STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC.,
as Depositor
HOMEBANC MORTGAGE TRUST 2004-1,
as Issuer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Indenture Trustee
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
and
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
as Seller and Company
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 30, 2004
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Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1,
Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2004-1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS............................................................................2
Section 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS..........................................................2
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
Section 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS TO ISSUER.................................................3
Section 2.02 ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE ISSUER.............................................5
Section 2.03 ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT.........................7
Section 2.04 SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS.........................................................8
Section 2.05 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE DEPOSITOR................................9
Section 2.06 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE MASTER SERVICER..........................10
Section 2.07 ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT...............................................................11
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
Section 3.01 MASTER SERVICER.......................................................................12
Section 3.02 [Reserved]............................................................................13
Section 3.03 MONITORING OF SERVICER................................................................13
Section 3.04 FIDELITY BOND.........................................................................14
Section 3.05 POWER TO ACT; PROCEDURES..............................................................14
Section 3.06 DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS............................................15
Section 3.07 RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES.............................................................15
Section 3.08 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF MASTER SERVICER TO
BE HELD FOR ISSUER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE..............................................16
Section 3.09 STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES................................17
Section 3.10 PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS......................................17
Section 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES................................17
Section 3.12 INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES
AND DOCUMENTS.........................................................................18
Section 3.13 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.............................................18
Section 3.14 COMPENSATION FOR THE MASTER SERVICER..................................................19
Section 3.15 REO PROPERTY..........................................................................19
Section 3.16 ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.........................................20
Section 3.17 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S SERVICING REPORT......................................20
Section 3.18 REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.................................20
Section 3.19 THE COMPANY...........................................................................21
Section 3.20 UCC...................................................................................21
Section 3.21 OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.........................................22
Section 3.22 MONTHLY ADVANCES......................................................................22
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Section 3.23 COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENTS........................................................22
ARTICLE IV
Accounts
Section 4.01 PROTECTED ACCOUNTS....................................................................24
Section 4.02 MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT....................................................25
Section 4.03 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE MASTER SERVICER
COLLECTION ACCOUNT....................................................................26
Section 4.04 PAYMENT ACCOUNT.......................................................................27
Section 4.05 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE PAYMENT ACCOUNT..........................27
ARTICLE V
The Master Servicer
Section 5.01 LIABILITIES OF THE MASTER SERVICER....................................................30
Section 5.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE MASTER SERVICER........................................30
Section 5.03 INDEMNIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OWNER TRUSTEE, THE
MASTER SERVICER AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR......................................30
Section 5.04 LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF THE MASTER SERVICER AND OTHERS............................31
Section 5.05 MASTER SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN.........................................................32
Section 5.06 SUCCESSOR MASTER SERVICER.............................................................32
Section 5.07 SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF MASTER SERVICING...............................................32
ARTICLE VI
Default
Section 6.01 MASTER SERVICER EVENTS OF DEFAULT.....................................................34
Section 6.02 INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR....................................35
Section 6.03 NOTIFICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS...........................................................36
Section 6.04 WAIVER OF DEFAULTS....................................................................37
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.01 AMENDMENT.............................................................................38
Section 7.02 RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT..............................................................39
Section 7.03 GOVERNING LAW.........................................................................39
Section 7.04 NOTICES...............................................................................39
Section 7.05 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS............................................................40
Section 7.06 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS................................................................40
Section 7.07 ARTICLE AND SECTION HEADINGS..........................................................40
Section 7.08 COUNTERPARTS..........................................................................40
Section 7.09 NOTICE TO RATING AGENCIES.............................................................40
Section 7.10 TERMINATION...........................................................................40
Section 7.11 NO PETITION...........................................................................41
Section 7.12 NO RECOURSE...........................................................................41
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit B - Request for Release of Documents
Exhibit C - HomeBanc Servicing Agreement
Exhibit D - Assignment Agreement
Exhibit E - Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit F - Special Servicing Agreement
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
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Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004 (the
"Agreement"), among Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., a Delaware
corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1, a
Delaware statutory trust, as issuer (the "Issuer"), U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but
solely as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer") and as securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator"), and EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller (in such capacity, the
"Seller") and as company (in such capacity, the "Company").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor acquired the Mortgage
Loans from the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Prior to
the Closing Date, pursuant to a Trust Agreement, as amended and restated on the
Closing Date, the Depositor created HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1, a Delaware
statutory trust, for the purpose of holding the Mortgage Loans and issuing the
Trust Certificates (the "Certificates"), pursuant to the Trust Agreement, and
the Notes, pursuant to the Indenture. Pursuant to this Agreement, on the Closing
Date, the Depositor will sell the Mortgage Loans and certain other property to
the Issuer and pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer will pledge all of its
right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and other property
acquired from the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee
to secure the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture. In consideration for the
Mortgage Loans and other property conveyed pursuant to this Agreement, the
Depositor will receive from the Issuer the Certificates evidencing the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Issuer and the Notes representing
indebtedness of the Issuer.
The Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date, of $992,673,226.36.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, each of the
Depositor, the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Seller, the Company and the Indenture Trustee undertakes and agrees to perform
their respective duties hereunder as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Definitions contained in Appendix A to the Indenture which
is incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings specified herein.
Section 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting
terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to
them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally
accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or
in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit
references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits
in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "including"
shall mean "including without limitation".
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein
or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references
to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a
Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
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ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
Section 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS TO ISSUER. (a) The Depositor
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, sells, transfers
and assigns to the Issuer without recourse all its right, title and interest in
and to (i) the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
including all interest and principal due with respect to the Mortgage Loans
after the Cut-off Date, but excluding any payments of principal and interest due
on or prior to the Cut-off Date; (ii) such assets as shall from time to time be
credited or are required by the terms of this Agreement to be credited to the
Master Servicer Collection Account, (iii) such assets relating to the Mortgage
Loans as from time to time may be held by the Servicer in the Protected Account,
the Master Servicer in the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Indenture
Trustee in the Payment Account, (iv) any REO Property, (v) the Required
Insurance Policies and any amounts paid or payable by the insurer under any
Insurance Policy (to the extent the mortgagee has a claim thereto), (vi) the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the extent provided in Subsection 2.03(a),
(vii) the rights with respect to the HomeBanc Servicing Agreement as assigned to
the Issuer by the Assignment Agreement and (viii) any proceeds of the foregoing.
Although it is the intent of the Depositor and the Issuer that the conveyance of
the Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and other
assets in the Trust Estate to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement shall
constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan, in the event that such conveyance
is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that
the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Issuer a first priority
perfected security interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and interest
in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Estate, and
that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
(b) In connection with the above transfer and assignment, the Depositor
hereby delivers to the Custodian, on behalf of the Issuer, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse in
blank or to the order of the Indenture Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of
endorsements from the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it in blank or
to the Indenture Trustee, or lost note affidavit together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note;
(ii) the original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan
is a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that such
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if the original
is not available, a copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or
if clause (w) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form);
(iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, a certified copy
of the assignment (which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted
in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) in blank or to
"U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Noteholders", with evidence of recording with respect to each Mortgage Loan in
the name of the Indenture Trustee thereon (or if clause (w) in the proviso below
applies or for Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged
Property is located in a state other than Maryland
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or an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set forth in this Section 2.01(b),
shall be in recordable form);
(iv) all intervening assignments of the Security Instrument,
if applicable and only to the extent available to the Depositor with evidence of
recording thereon;
(v) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
primary mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;
(vi) the original or a copy of the policy of title insurance
or mortgagee's certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title
insurance; and
(vii) originals of all modification agreements, if applicable
and available;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Depositor may deliver to
the Custodian, the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below:
(w) in lieu of the original Security Instrument (including the Mortgage),
assignments to the Indenture Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which
have been delivered, are being delivered or will, upon receipt of recording
information relating to such documents required to be included thereon, be
delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the
Depositor in time to permit their delivery as specified above, the Depositor may
deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the Servicer, or its agent
on its behalf, substantially to the effect that such copy is a true and correct
copy of the original; (x) in lieu of the Security Instrument, assignment in
blank or to the Indenture Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the
applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by
a certification from the Depositor to such effect) the Depositor may deliver
photocopies of such documents containing an original certification by the
judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such
documents were recorded or from the Depositor's agent, escrow agent or closing
attorney; (y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans
identified on Exhibit 5 to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Depositor
may deliver lost note affidavits from the Seller; and (z) the Depositor shall
not be required to deliver intervening assignments or Mortgage Note endorsements
between the Underlying Seller and the Seller, between the Seller and the
Depositor, between the Depositor and the Issuer, and between the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee; and provided, further, however, that in the case of Mortgage
Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the
Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may
deliver to the Indenture Trustee, a certification to such effect and shall
deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans in the Master
Servicer Collection Account on the Closing Date. The Depositor shall deliver
such original documents (including any original documents as to which certified
copies had previously been delivered) to the Custodian, promptly after they are
received. The Depositor shall cause the Seller, at its expense, to cause each
assignment of the Security Instrument to the Indenture Trustee to be recorded
not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, unless (a) such recordation is
not required by the Rating Agencies as evidenced in writing or an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee has been provided to the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer which states that recordation of such Security Instrument
is not required to protect the interests of the Noteholders in the related
Mortgage Loans or (b) MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly
recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the mortgagee of record solely as nominee
for the Seller and its successor and
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assigns; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, each assignment shall
be submitted for recording by the Seller in the manner described above, at no
expense to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of:
(i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Notes aggregating at least 25% of the
Note Principal Balance of the Notes, (ii) the occurrence of a Master Servicer
Event of Default or an Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy,
insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Seller and (iv) the occurrence of a
servicing transfer as described in Section 6.02 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Seller fails to pay the cost of recording the assignments,
such expense will be paid by the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
shall be reimbursed for such expenses by the Trust Estate in accordance with
Section 6.07 of the Indenture.
Section 2.02 ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE ISSUER. (a) The Issuer
acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment of the Trust Estate to it by the
Depositor and receipt of, subject to further review by the Custodian, on its
behalf, and the exceptions which may be noted by the Custodian, on its behalf,
pursuant to the procedures described below, and the Issuer will cause the
Custodian to hold, the documents (or certified copies thereof) delivered to the
Custodian, pursuant to Section 2.01, and any amendments, replacements or
supplements thereto and all other assets of the Trust Estate delivered to it, in
trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Notes
issued pursuant to the Indenture. On the Closing Date, in accordance with the
Custodial Agreement, the Custodian shall acknowledge with respect to each
Mortgage Loan by delivery to the Depositor, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee
and the Issuer of an Initial Certification, receipt of the Mortgage File, but
without review of such Mortgage File, except to the extent necessary to confirm
that such Mortgage File contains the related Mortgage Note or lost note
affidavit. No later than 90 days after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any
Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five Business Days after the receipt by the
Custodian thereof), the Custodian, in accordance with the Custodial Agreement,
shall review each Mortgage File delivered to it and shall execute and deliver to
the Depositor, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee and Issuer an Interim
Certification. In conducting such review, the Custodian will ascertain whether
all documents required to be reviewed by it have been executed and received, and
based on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, whether the Mortgage Notes relate,
determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and
loan number, to the Mortgage Loans it has received, as identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule. In performing any such review, the Custodian may
conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such
document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. If the
Custodian finds any document constituting part of the Mortgage File has not been
executed or received, or is unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor
name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans
identified in Exhibit A or does not conform on its face to the review criteria
specified in this Section (a "Material Defect"), the Custodian shall notify the
Seller and the Indenture Trustee of such Material Defect in writing. In
accordance with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct
or cure any such Material Defect within ninety (90) days from the date of notice
from the Indenture Trustee of the defect and if the Seller fails to correct or
cure the Material Defect within such period, the Indenture Trustee shall enforce
the Seller's obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to, within 90
days from the Indenture Trustee's notification, provide a Substitute Mortgage
Loan or purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price; provided, however,
that if such Material Defect relates solely to the inability of the Seller to
deliver the original Security Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or
a certified copy because the originals of such documents, or a certified copy
have not been
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returned by the applicable jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to
purchase such Mortgage Loan if the Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after
the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the
event that the Seller cannot deliver such original or copy of any document
submitted for recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such office;
provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such
recording office or, if such receipt is not available, a certificate confirming
that such documents have been accepted for recording, and delivery to the
Custodian shall be effected by the Seller within thirty days of its receipt of
the original recorded document.
(b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian, in
accordance with the Custodial Agreement, will review, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Mortgage Files delivered to it and will execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered to the Depositor, the Seller, the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer a Final Certification. In conducting such review, the
Custodian will ascertain whether an original of each document required to be
recorded has been returned from the recording office with evidence of recording
thereon or a certified copy has been obtained from the recording office. If the
Custodian finds a Material Defect, the Custodian shall promptly notify the
Seller and the Indenture Trustee in writing (provided, however, that with
respect to those documents described in subsections (b)(iv), (v) and (vii) of
Section 2.01, the Custodian's obligations shall extend only to the documents
actually delivered to the Custodian pursuant to such subsections). In accordance
with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure any
such Material Defect within 90 days from the date of notice from the Custodian
or the Indenture Trustee of the Material Defect and if the Seller is unable to
cure such Material Defect within such period, and if such Material Defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in the related
Mortgage Loan, the Indenture Trustee shall enforce the Seller's obligation under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to, within 90 days from the Custodian's or
Indenture Trustee's notification, provide a Substitute Mortgage Loan or purchase
such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price; provided, however, that if such
defect relates solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver the original
Security Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy,
because the originals of such documents or a certified copy, have not been
returned by the applicable jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to
purchase such Mortgage Loan, if the Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after
the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the
event that the Seller cannot deliver such original or copy of any document
submitted for recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such office;
provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such
recording office or, if such receipt is not available, a certificate confirming
that such documents have been accepted for recording, and delivery to the
Indenture Trustee shall be effected by the Seller within thirty days of its
receipt of the original recorded document.
(c) In the event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Seller in
accordance with Subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above, the Seller shall remit to the
Master Servicer the Repurchase Price for deposit in the Master Servicer
Collection Account and the Seller shall provide to the Securities Administrator
and the Indenture Trustee written notification detailing the components of the
Repurchase Price. Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Master Servicer
Collection Account, the Depositor shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the
Custodian and, the Indenture Trustee (upon
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receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and certification that the Repurchase Price has
been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account), shall cause the
Custodian to release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the Indenture
Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment,
without recourse, representation or warranty, furnished to it by the Seller, as
are necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan.
Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the
Repurchase Price in available funds is deposited in the Master Servicer
Collection Account. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
which was previously delivered to it by the Depositor in a form agreed to
between the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian, to reflect such
repurchase and shall promptly deliver to the Rating Agencies, the Indenture
Trustee, the Custodian and the Issuer a copy of such amendment. The obligation
of the Seller to repurchase or substitute for any Mortgage Loan a Substitute
Mortgage Loan as to which such a Material Defect in a constituent document
exists shall be the sole remedy respecting such Material Defect available to the
Issuer, the Noteholders or to the Indenture Trustee on their behalf.
Section 2.03 ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT. (a) The Depositor hereby assigns to the Issuer, all of its right,
title and interest in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including but not
limited to the Depositor's rights and obligations pursuant to the HomeBanc
Servicing Agreement (noting that the Seller has retained the right in the event
of breach of the representations, warranties and covenants, if any, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans of the Servicer under the HomeBanc Servicing Agreement to
enforce the provisions thereof and to seek all or any available remedies). The
Depositor hereby acknowledges that such right, title and interest in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, will be pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. The obligations of the Seller to substitute
or repurchase, as applicable, a Mortgage Loan shall be the Issuer's, the
Indenture Trustee's and the Noteholders' sole remedy for any breach thereof. At
the request of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor shall take
such actions as may be necessary to enforce the above right, title and interest
on behalf of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders and shall
execute such further documents as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may
reasonably require in order to enable the Indenture Trustee to carry out such
enforcement.
(b) If the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee discovers a breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which breach
materially and adversely affects the value of the interests of the Issuer, the
Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee in the related Mortgage Loan, the party
discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice of the breach to the
other parties. Any breach of a representation or warranty contained in clauses
(xviii) or (xxvi) through (xxx) of Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement in respect of a Group I Loan, shall be deemed to materially adversely
affect the interests of the Noteholders. The Seller, within 90 days of its
discovery or receipt of notice that such breach has occurred (whichever occurs
earlier), shall cure the breach in all material respects or, subject to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and Section 2.04 of this Agreement, shall
purchase the Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto from
the Issuer; provided, however, that if there is a breach of any representation
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and the Mortgage Loan or the
related property acquired with respect thereto has been sold, then the Seller
shall pay, in lieu of the Repurchase Price, any excess of the
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Xxxxxxxxxx Price over the Net Liquidation Proceeds received upon such sale. If
the Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the Repurchase Price, any excess shall be
paid to the Seller to the extent not required by law to be paid to the borrower.
Any such purchase by the Seller shall be made by providing an amount equal to
the Repurchase Price to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Master Servicer
Collection Account and written notification detailing the components of such
Repurchase Price. The Depositor shall submit to the Indenture Trustee and the
Custodian a Request for Release, and the Indenture Trustee shall cause the
Custodian to release, upon receipt of certification from the Master Servicer
that the Repurchase Price has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account, to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the Indenture Trustee shall
execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment furnished to it by
the Seller, without recourse, representation or warranty as are necessary to
vest in the Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan or any property
acquired with respect thereto. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on
the date on which the Repurchase Price in available funds is deposited in the
Master Servicer Collection Account. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage
Loan Schedule to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly deliver to the
Issuer, Indenture Trustee, the Custodian and the Rating Agencies a copy of such
amendment. Enforcement of the obligation of the Seller to purchase (or
substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan for) any Mortgage Loan or any property
acquired with respect thereto (or pay the Repurchase Price as set forth in the
above proviso) as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer, the
Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee on their behalf.
Section 2.04 SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of purchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02 or 2.03 of
this Agreement, the Seller may, no later than the date by which such purchase by
the Seller would otherwise be required, tender to the Indenture Trustee a
Substitute Mortgage Loan accompanied by a certificate of an authorized officer
of the Seller that such Substitute Mortgage Loan conforms to the requirements
set forth in the definition of "Substitute Mortgage Loan" in this Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee shall cause the Custodian to examine the Mortgage File for any
Substitute Mortgage Loan in the manner set forth in Section 2.02(a) and the
Indenture Trustee shall cause the Custodian to notify the Seller, in writing,
within five Business Days after receipt, whether or not the documents relating
to the Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfy the requirements of the fifth sentence
of Subsection 2.02(a). Within two Business Days after such notification, the
Seller shall provide to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Master Servicer
Collection Account the amount, if any, by which the Outstanding Principal
Balance as of the next preceding Due Date of the Mortgage Loan for which
substitution is being made, after giving effect to the Scheduled Principal due
on such date, exceeds the Outstanding Principal Balance as of such date of the
Substitute Mortgage Loan, after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such
date, which amount shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it
were the payment by the Seller of the Repurchase Price for the purchase of a
Mortgage Loan by the Seller. After such notification to the Seller and, if any
such excess exists, upon receipt of certification from the Master Servicer that
such excess has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account, the
Indenture Trustee shall accept such Substitute Mortgage Loan which shall
thereafter be deemed to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder. In the event of such a
substitution, accrued interest on the Substitute Mortgage Loan for the month in
which the substitution occurs and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during
such month shall be the property of the Trust Estate and accrued interest for
such month on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made and any
Principal Prepayments made
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thereon during such month shall be the property of the Seller. The Scheduled
Principal on a Substitute Mortgage Loan due on the Due Date in the month of
substitution shall be the property of the Seller and the Scheduled Principal on
the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made due on such Due Date shall
be the property of the Trust Estate. Upon acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage
Loan (and delivery to the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian of a Request for
Release for such Mortgage Loan), the Indenture Trustee shall cause the Custodian
to release to the Seller the related Mortgage File related to any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of
this Agreement, as applicable, and shall execute and deliver all instruments of
transfer or assignment, without recourse, representation or warranty in form as
provided to it as are necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under
any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable. The Seller shall deliver to the
Custodian the documents related to the Substitute Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the provisions of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and Subsections
2.01(b) and 2.02(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, with the date of
acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan deemed to be the Closing Date for
purposes of the time periods set forth in those Subsections. The representations
and warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed
to have been made by the Seller with respect to each Substitute Mortgage Loan as
of the date of acceptance of such Mortgage Loan by the Indenture Trustee. The
Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such
substitution and shall provide a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Custodian and the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.05 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator as follows:
(i) the Depositor (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) is
qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business in each
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so
to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the Depositor's business as presently conducted or on the Depositor's ability to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(ii) the Depositor has full corporate power to own its
property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(iii) the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Depositor; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance
with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor or its properties
or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, except those
conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Depositor's ability to enter into this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
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(iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state,
federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents,
approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been
obtained, given or made;
(v) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Depositor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable
bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of the rights of creditors generally);
(vi) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened against the Depositor, before or by
any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with
respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor will be
determined adversely to the Depositor and will if determined adversely to the
Depositor materially and adversely affect the Depositor's ability to enter into
this Agreement or perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the
Depositor is not in default with respect to any order of any court,
administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and
adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(vii) immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the
Issuer, each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage were not subject to an assignment
or pledge, and the Depositor had good and marketable title to and was the sole
owner thereof and had full right to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan to the
Issuer free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest.
Section 2.06 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE MASTER
SERVICER. The Master Servicer represents and warrants to the Issuer, the
Depositor, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders, as follows:
(i) The Master Servicer is a national banking association duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Untied
States of America and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact
the business in which it is currently engaged. The Master Servicer 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
properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the
failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Master Servicer or
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement;
(ii) The Master Servicer has the power and authority to make,
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions
contemplated under 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 legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Master Servicer enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement
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of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the availability of
equitable remedies;
(iii) The Master Servicer is not required to obtain the
consent of any other Person 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 such consent, license, approval or
authorization, or registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or
filed, as the case may be;
(iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Master Servicer will
not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or
decree of any court applicable to the Master Servicer or any provision of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Master Servicer, or constitute a
material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which
the Master Servicer is a party or by which the Master Servicer may be bound; and
(v) No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before
any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending (other than
litigation with respect to which pleadings or documents have been filed with a
court, but not served on the Master Servicer), or to the knowledge of the Master
Servicer threatened, against the Master Servicer or any of its properties or
with respect to this Agreement or the Notes or the Certificates which, to the
knowledge of the Master Servicer, has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a
material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any
termination of the Master Servicer hereunder.
Section 2.07 ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT. The Seller, the Depositor and the
Master Servicer hereby acknowledge and agree that the Issuer may assign its
interest under this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, as may be required to effect the purposes of the Indenture, without
further notice to, or consent of, the Seller, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to such of the rights of the
Issuer hereunder as shall be so assigned. The Issuer shall, pursuant to the
Indenture, assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage
Loans and its right to exercise the remedies created by Article II of this
Agreement for breaches of the representations, warranties, agreements and
covenants of the Seller contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to
the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders. The Seller agrees
that, upon such assignment to the Indenture Trustee, such representations,
warranties, agreements and covenants will run to and be for the benefit of the
Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may enforce, without joinder of the
Depositor or the Issuer, the repurchase obligations of the Seller set forth
herein and in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to breaches of
such representations, warranties, agreements and covenants. Any such assignment
to the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to constitute an assignment to the
Indenture Trustee of any obligations or liabilities of the Issuer under this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
Section 3.01 MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer shall supervise,
monitor and oversee the obligations of the Servicer to service and administer
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement and
shall have full power and authority to do any and all things which it may deem
necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and
administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Master Servicer
shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices.
Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicer as
necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer's obligations
hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other
data provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicer and shall cause the
Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be
performed or observed by such Servicer under the Servicing Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall independently and separately monitor the Servicer's servicing
activities with respect to the Mortgage Loans, reconcile the results of such
monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly
basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicer's and Master
Servicer's records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the
Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Securities Administrator
as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in
Section 7.03 of the Indenture, and prepare any other information and statements
required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer
shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual
remittances of the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
The Indenture Trustee shall furnish the Servicer and the Master
Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to
it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer and the Master Servicer to
service and administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property. The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the Servicer's or the Master
Servicer's use or misuse of such powers of attorney.
The Indenture Trustee shall provide access to the records and
documentation in possession of the Indenture Trustee regarding the related
Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the servicing thereof to the Noteholders,
the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access
being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal
business hours at the office of the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise required by law, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to
provide access to such records and documentation to the Noteholders if the
provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor. The
Indenture Trustee shall allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy
any of the records and documentation and shall provide equipment for that
purpose at a charge that covers the Indenture Trustee's actual costs.
The Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer or the
Master Servicer, as applicable based on the requesting party, any court
pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary or
reasonably desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee's sale with respect to a
Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any
Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a deficiency
judgment against the Mortgagor; or
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(iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or
Security Instrument or otherwise available at law or equity.
Section 3.02 [Reserved]
Section 3.03 MONITORING OF SERVICER. (a) The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for reporting to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor
the compliance by the Servicer with its duties under the Servicing Agreement. In
the review of the Servicer's activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an
officer's certificate of the Servicer (or similar document signed by an officer
of the Servicer) with regard to such Servicer's compliance with the terms of the
Servicing Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its judgment,
determines that the Servicer should be terminated in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should be sent pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement with respect to the occurrence of an event that, unless cured, would
constitute grounds for such termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the
Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer
shall issue such notice or take such other action as it deems appropriate.
(b) The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders, shall enforce the obligations of the Servicer under
the Servicing Agreement, and shall, in the event that the Servicer fails to
perform its obligations in accordance with the Servicing Agreement, subject to
the preceding paragraph, terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer
thereunder and act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or cause the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee to enter in to a new Servicing Agreement with a
successor Servicer selected by the Master Servicer; provided, however, it is
understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will be a period of
transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the actual servicing functions can be
fully transferred to such successor Servicer. Such enforcement, including,
without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of the
Servicing Agreement and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in
such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Master
Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner
of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such
enforcement at its own expense, provided that the Master Servicer shall not be
required to prosecute or defend any legal action except to the extent that the
Master Servicer shall have received reasonable indemnity for its costs and
expenses in pursuing such action.
(c) To the extent that the costs and expenses of the Master Servicer
related to any termination of the Servicer, appointment of a successor Servicer
or the transfer and assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect
to the Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs
and expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an
evaluation of the potential termination of the Servicer as a result of an event
of default by the Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the
complete transfer of servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing
data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as
may be required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or
insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor
service to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Servicing
Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by the terminated Servicer, the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of such costs and expenses
from the Master Servicer Collection Account.
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(d) The Master Servicer shall require the Servicer to comply with the
remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in the Servicing
Agreement.
(e) If the Master Servicer acts as Servicer, it will not assume
liability for the representations and warranties of the Servicer, if any, that
it replaces.
(f) In accordance with Section 10.02 of the HomeBanc Servicing
Agreement and the provisions of the Special Servicing Agreement, upon the
occurrence of a Servicing Termination Trigger, the Master Servicer shall
terminate the Servicer as servicer with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is
(i) 60 or more days delinquent, (ii) in bankruptcy and 60 or more days
delinquent, (iii) in foreclosure and 60 or more days delinquent or (iv) an REO
Property, and each Mortgage Loan which becomes 60 or more days delinquent on any
future Payment Date (each such Mortgage Loan, a "Specially Serviced Mortgage
Loan") and shall cause the Servicer to transfer the servicing with respect to
each such Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of
the Special Servicing Agreement. Anything to the contrary in this Agreement
notwithstanding, from and after the Effective Date (as defined in the Special
Servicing Agreement) with respect to the first occurrence of a transfer of
servicing of any Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, all references in this
Agreement to (x) "the Servicer" shall be deemed to include each of HomeBanc
Corp. as servicer under the HomeBanc Servicing Agreement and the Special
Servicer, as servicer under the Special Servicing Agreement, (y) "the Servicing
Agreement" shall refer to each of the HomeBanc Servicing Agreement and the
Special Servicing Agreement and (z) the "Mortgage Loans" shall mean, with
respect to the Servicer, the Mortgage Loans other than the Specially Serviced
Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Special Servicer, the Specially Serviced
Mortgage Loans; with the result that the Master Servicer shall master service in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans, other than the Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, by the Servicer and the
servicing of the Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans by the Special Servicer.
Section 3.04 FIDELITY BOND. The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall
maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance
policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees
and other Persons acting on such Master Servicer's behalf, and covering errors
and omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder.
The errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such
form and amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers or
trustees.
Section 3.05 POWER TO ACT; PROCEDURES. The Master Servicer shall master
service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority to do any and
all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the master
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to
the power and authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Issuer,
Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (iii) to
collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate
foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property
securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee
shall furnish the Master Servicer, upon written request from a Servicing
Officer, with any powers of attorney
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empowering the Master Servicer or the Servicer to execute and deliver
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, and to foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and
to appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the Mortgage
Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the Servicing Agreement and
this Agreement, and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver such other
documents, as the Master Servicer may request, to enable the Master Servicer to
master service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties
hereunder, in each case in accordance with Accepted Master Servicing Practices
(and the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability for use or misuse of any such
powers of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Servicer). If the Master
Servicer or the Indenture Trustee has been advised that it is likely that the
laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit such action if taken
in the name of the Indenture Trustee or that the Indenture Trustee would be
adversely affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of such state if such
action is taken in its name, the Master Servicer shall join with the Indenture
Trustee in the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to Section 6.10 of the
Indenture. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall
be an independent contractor and shall not, except in those instances where it
is taking action in the name of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, be deemed
to be the agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Section 3.06 DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS. To the extent
provided in the Servicing Agreement, to the extent Mortgage Loans contain
enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer to
enforce such clauses in accordance with the Servicing Agreement. If applicable
law prohibits the enforcement of a due-on-sale clause or such clause is
otherwise not enforced in accordance with the Servicing Agreement, and, as a
consequence, a Mortgage Loan is assumed, the original Mortgagor may be released
from liability in accordance with the Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.07 RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES. (a) Upon becoming aware of the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a
notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes for payment to Noteholders on the next Payment Date, the Servicer
will, if required under the Servicing Agreement, promptly furnish to the
Indenture Trustee two copies of a certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto signed by a Servicing Officer or in a mutually agreeable
electronic format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from
a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect
that all amounts received in connection with such payment that are required to
be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Servicer pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement have been so deposited) and shall request that the Indenture
Trustee deliver or cause the Custodian to deliver to the Servicer the related
Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Indenture
Trustee shall promptly release or cause the Custodian to release the related
Mortgage File to the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall have no further
responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. Upon any such payment in full,
the Servicer is authorized, to give, as agent for the Indenture Trustee, as the
mortgagee under the Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of
satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse) regarding the
Mortgaged Property subject to the 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 such payment, it being understood
and agreed that no expenses incurred in connection with such instrument of
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the
Protected Account.
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(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and in accordance with the Servicing Agreement,
the Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents as shall be prepared and
furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer or the Master Servicer (in
form reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) and as are necessary to the
prosecution of any such proceedings. The Indenture Trustee shall, upon the
request of the Servicer or the Master Servicer, and delivery to the Indenture
Trustee, of two copies of a request for release signed by a Servicing Officer
substantially in the form of Exhibit B (or in a mutually agreeable electronic
format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a
Servicing Officer), release or cause the Custodian to release the related
Mortgage File held in its or the Custodian's possession or control to the
Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable. The Servicer or the Master
Servicer shall be obligated to return the Mortgage File to the Indenture Trustee
or the Custodian when the need therefor by the Servicer or the Master Servicer,
as it reasonably determines, no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be
liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File shall be released by
the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian to the Servicer or the Master Servicer.
Section 3.08 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF MASTER
SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR ISSUER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE.
(a) The Master Servicer shall transmit and the Servicer (to the extent
required by the Servicing Agreement) shall transmit to the Indenture Trustee
such documents and instruments coming into the possession of the Master Servicer
or the Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms hereof, or in the
case of the Servicer, the Servicing Agreement, to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee. Any funds received by the Master Servicer or by the Servicer in respect
of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer or
by the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of any
Mortgage Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee subject to the Master Servicer's right to retain or withdraw from the
Master Servicer Collection Account the Master Servicing Compensation and other
amounts provided in this Agreement and the right of the Servicer to retain its
Servicing Fee (and, if the Special Servicer is servicing such Mortgage Loan, the
Special Servicing Fee) and other amounts as provided in the Servicing Agreement.
The Master Servicer shall, and (to the extent provided in the Servicing
Agreement) shall cause the Servicer to, provide access to information and
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee,
and their respective agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable request
and during normal business hours, and to Noteholders that are savings and loan
associations, banks or insurance companies, the Office of Thrift Supervision,
the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of such Office and Corporation
or examiners of any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory
authority if so required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision or other regulatory authority, such access to be afforded without
charge but only upon reasonable request in writing and during normal business
hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. In fulfilling such
a request the Master Servicer shall not be responsible for determining the
sufficiency of such information.
(b) All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the
control of, the Master Servicer, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from
the collection of principal and interest
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payments or from Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by
the Master Servicer for and on behalf of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Noteholders and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the
Issuer, subject to the pledge to the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that
the Master Servicer and the Servicer shall be entitled to setoff against, and
deduct from, any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the
Master Servicer or the Servicer under this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.09 STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES.
(a) For each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall enforce any
obligation of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement to maintain or cause to
be maintained standard fire and casualty insurance and, where applicable, flood
insurance, all in accordance with the provisions of the Servicing Agreement. It
is understood and agreed that such insurance shall be with insurers meeting the
eligibility requirements set forth in the Servicing Agreement and that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or
to be maintained on property acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than
pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance.
(b) Pursuant to Section 4.01 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the
Servicer or the Master Servicer, under any insurance policies (other than
amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to
the related Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the Master Servicer Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03. Any cost
incurred by the Master Servicer or the Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so shall be added to
the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so
permit; provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be taken
into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to be made to
Noteholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or such Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03.
Section 3.10 PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS. The
Master Servicer shall (to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement) cause
the Servicer to prepare and present on behalf of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders all claims under the Insurance Policies and take
such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement
of the insured's claim) as shall be necessary to realize recovery under such
policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the Master Servicer (or disbursed to the
Servicer and remitted to the Master Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds
or contracts shall be promptly deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account upon receipt, except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to
the repair or restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition
precedent to the presentation of claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the
insurer under any applicable Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or
remitted).
Section 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES.
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit the Servicer (to the
extent such action is prohibited under the Servicing Agreement) to take, any
action that would result in noncoverage under any applicable Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of
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the Master Servicer or the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The
Master Servicer shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause the Servicer (to
the extent required under the Servicing Agreement) to keep in force and effect
(to the extent that the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to maintain such
insurance), primary mortgage insurance applicable to each Mortgage Loan in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as
applicable. The Master Servicer shall not, and shall not permit the Servicer (to
the extent required under the Servicing Agreement) to, cancel or refuse to renew
any such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the
initial issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required to be kept in force
hereunder except in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the
Servicing Agreement, as applicable.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to present, or to cause the Servicer (to
the extent required under the Servicing Agreement) to present, on behalf of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, claims to the insurer under
any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such
reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to
Section 4.01 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or the
Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the
Master Servicer Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Sections
4.02 and 4.03.
Section 3.12 INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF CERTAIN
INSURANCE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS.
The Indenture Trustee shall retain or shall cause the Custodian to
retain possession and custody of the originals (to the extent available) of any
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, or certificate of insurance if applicable,
and any certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as may be issued from time
to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all amounts distributable in
respect of the Notes have been distributed in full and the Indenture has been
satisfied and discharged in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the
Indenture Trustee shall also retain, or shall cause the Custodian to retain,
possession and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee upon the execution or
receipt thereof the originals of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, any
certificates of renewal, and such other documents or instruments that constitute
portions of the Mortgage File that come into the possession of the Master
Servicer from time to time.
Section 3.13 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS. For each
Mortgage Loan that comes into and continues in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments, the
Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer (to the extent required under the
Servicing Agreement) to either (i) foreclose upon, repossess or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of Mortgaged Properties securing such Mortgage
Loans, all in accordance with the Servicing Agreement or (ii) as an alternative
to foreclosure, sell such defaulted Mortgage Loans at fair market value to
third-parties, if the Servicer reasonably believes that such sale would maximize
proceeds to the Trust (on a present value basis) with respect to those Mortgage
Loans. The Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by
it in any such
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proceedings or sale; provided, however, that such costs and expenses will be
recoverable as servicing advances by the Servicer as contemplated in Section
4.05.
Section 3.14 COMPENSATION FOR THE MASTER SERVICER.
On each Payment Date the Master Servicer will be entitled to all income
and gain realized from any investment of funds in the Master Servicer Collection
Account and the Payment Account, pursuant to Article IV, for the performance of
its activities hereunder (the "Master Servicer Compensation"). Servicing
compensation in the form of assumption fees, if any, late payment charges, as
collected, if any, or otherwise (but not including any prepayment premium or
penalty) shall be retained by the Servicer and shall not be deposited in the
Protected Account. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder and shall not be
entitled to reimbursement therefor except as provided in this Agreement.
Section 3.15 REO PROPERTY.
(a) In the event the Trust Estate acquires ownership of any REO
Property in respect of any related Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of
sale shall be issued to the Indenture Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf of
the Noteholders. The Master Servicer shall, to the extent provided in the
Servicing Agreement, cause the Servicer to sell any REO Property as
expeditiously as possible and in accordance with the provisions of the Servicing
Agreement, as applicable. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the
Master Servicer shall cause the the Servicer to protect and conserve, such REO
Property in the manner and to the extent required by the Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent required by the Servicing
Agreement, cause the Servicer to deposit all funds collected and received in
connection with the operation of any REO Property in the Protected Account.
(c) The Master Servicer and the Servicer, upon the final disposition of
any REO Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any related
unreimbursed Monthly Advances and other unreimbursed advances as well as any
unpaid Servicing Fees (and, in the case of the Special Servicer, the Special
Servicing Fees, if any) from Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with
the final disposition of such REO Property; provided, that any such unreimbursed
Monthly Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees (and, in the case of the
Special Servicer, the Special Servicing Fees, if any) may be reimbursed or paid,
as the case may be, prior to final disposition, out of any net rental income or
other net amounts derived from such REO Property.
(d) To the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement, the Liquidation
Proceeds from the final disposition of the REO Property, net of any payment to
the Master Servicer and the Servicer as provided above shall be deposited in the
Protected Account on or prior to the Determination Date in the month following
receipt thereof and be remitted by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to the Master Servicer for deposit into the related Master Servicer Collection
Account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date.
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Section 3.16 ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.
(a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Rating Agencies on or before March 1 of each year, commencing on
March 1, 2005, an Officer's Certificate, certifying that with respect to the
period ending December 31 of the prior year: (i) such Servicing Officer has
reviewed the activities of such Master Servicer during the preceding calendar
year or portion thereof and its performance under this Agreement, (ii) to the
best of such Servicing Officer's knowledge, based on such review, such Master
Servicer has performed and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year,
or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such duties,
responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known to such
Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof, (iii) nothing has come to
the attention of such Servicing Officer to lead such Servicing Officer to
believe that the Servicer has failed to perform any of its duties,
responsibilities and obligations under the Servicing Agreement in all material
respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a material default in the
performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations,
specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature and
status thereof.
(b) Copies of such statements shall be provided to any Noteholder upon
request, by the Master Servicer or by the Indenture Trustee at the Master
Servicer's expense if the Master Servicer failed to provide such copies (unless
(i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to provide the Indenture Trustee with
such statement or (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall be unaware of the Master
Servicer's failure to provide such statement).
Section 3.17 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S SERVICING REPORT. If the
Master Servicer has, during the course of any fiscal year, directly serviced any
of the Mortgage Loans, then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish a statement to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies
and the Depositor on or before March 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2005
to the effect that, with respect to the most recently ended fiscal year, such
firm has examined certain records and documents relating to the Master
Servicer's performance of its servicing obligations under this Agreement and
pooling and servicing and trust agreements in material respects similar to this
Agreement and to each other and that, on the basis of such examination conducted
substantially in compliance with the audit program for mortgages serviced for
Xxxxxxx Mac or the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such
firm is of the opinion that the Master Servicer's activities have been conducted
in compliance with this Agreement, or that such examination has disclosed no
material items of noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm
believes to be immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such
statement and (iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by Xxxxxxx Mac
requires it to report. Copies of such statements shall be provided to any
Noteholder upon request by the Master Servicer, or by the Indenture Trustee at
the expense of the Master Servicer if the Master Servicer shall fail to provide
such copies. If such report discloses exceptions that are material, the Master
Servicer shall advise the Indenture Trustee whether such exceptions have been or
are susceptible of cure, and will take prompt action to do so.
Section 3.18 REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Within 15 days after each Payment Date, the Securities Administrator shall, in
accordance with industry standards, file
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with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System
("XXXXX"), a Form 8-K (or other comparable Form containing the same or
comparable information or other information mutually agreed upon) with a copy of
the statement to the Noteholders for such Payment Date as an exhibit thereto.
Prior to January 30 in any year, the Securities Administrator shall, in
accordance with industry standards and only if instructed by the Depositor, file
a Form 15 Suspension Notice with respect to the Trust Estate, if applicable.
Prior to (i) March 15, 2005 and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension
Notice shall have been filed, prior to March 15 of each year thereafter, the
Master Servicer shall provide the Securities Administrator with a Master
Servicer Certification, together with a copy of the annual independent
accountant's servicing report and annual statement of compliance of the
Servicer, in each case, required to be delivered pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement, and, if applicable, the annual independent accountant's servicing
report and annual statement of compliance to be delivered by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Sections 3.16 and 3.17. Prior to (i) March 31, 2005, or such earlier
filing date as may be required by the Commission, and (ii) unless and until a
Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, March 31 of each year
thereafter, or such earlier filing date as may be required by the Commission,
the Securities Administrator shall file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to
industry standards, with respect to the Trust. Such Form 10-K shall include the
Master Servicer Certification and other documentation provided by the Master
Servicer pursuant to the second preceding sentence. The Depositor hereby grants
to the Securities Administrator a limited power of attorney to execute and file
each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall
continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the Securities Administrator
from the Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the
termination of the Trust Estate. The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the
Securities Administrator, from time to time upon request, such further
information, reports and financial statements within its control related to this
Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Securities Administrator reasonably
deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission.
The Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility to file any items
other than those specified in this Section 3.18; provided, however, the
Securities Administrator will cooperate with the Depositor and the Issuer in
connection with any additional filings with respect to the Trust Estate as the
Depositor deems necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"). Fees and expenses incurred by the Securities Administrator
in connection with this Section 3.18 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust
Estate.
Section 3.19 THE COMPANY. On the Closing Date, the Company will receive
from the Depositor a payment of $5,000.
Section 3.20 UCC. The Depositor shall inform the Indenture Trustee in
writing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements that were filed on
the Closing Date in connection with the Trust Estate with stamped recorded
copies of such financing statements to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee
promptly upon receipt by the Depositor. If directed by the Depositor in writing,
the Indenture Trustee will execute any continuation statements and deliver them
as directed solely at the expense of the Depositor. The Depositor shall file any
financing statements or amendments thereto required by any change in the Uniform
Commercial Code.
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Section 3.21 OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which as of the first day of a
Calendar Quarter is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more or is an REO
Property, the Servicer (which, notwithstanding Section 3.03(f), for purposes of
this Section shall only refer to HomeBanc and not the Special Servicer) shall
have the right to purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Estate at a price
equal to the Repurchase Price; provided however (i) that such Mortgage Loan is
still 90 days or more delinquent or is an REO Property as of the date of such
purchase and (ii) this purchase option, if not theretofore exercised, shall
terminate on the date prior to the last day of the related Calendar Quarter.
This purchase option, if not exercised, shall not be thereafter reinstated
unless the delinquency is cured and the Mortgage Loan thereafter again becomes
90 days or more delinquent or becomes an REO Property, in which case the option
shall again become exercisable as of the first day of the related Calendar
Quarter.
(b) If at any time the Servicer remits to the Master Servicer a payment
for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account covering the amount of the
Repurchase Price for such a Mortgage Loan, and the Master Servicer provides to
the Indenture Trustee a certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that
the amount of such payment has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account, then the Indenture Trustee shall execute the assignment of such
Mortgage Loan to the Servicer, without recourse, representation or warranty and
the Servicer shall succeed to all of the Indenture Trustee's right, title and
interest in and to such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative
thereto. Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security.
The Servicer will thereupon own such Mortgage, and all such security and
documents, free of any further obligation to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
or the Noteholders with respect thereto.
Section 3.22 MONTHLY ADVANCES. If the Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage
Loan that was due on a related Due Date is delinquent other than as a result of
application of the Relief Act and for which the Servicer was required to make an
advance pursuant to the Servicing Agreement exceeds the amount deposited in the
Master Servicer Collection Account which will be used for an advance with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will deposit in the Master
Servicer Collection Account not later than the Payment Account Deposit Date
immediately preceding the related Payment Date an amount equal to such
deficiency, net of the Servicing Fee (and, if the Special Servicer is servicing
such Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicing Fee) for such Mortgage Loan except to
the extent the Master Servicer determines any such advance to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall
continue to make such advances through the date that the Servicer is required to
do so under the Servicing Agreement. If the Master Servicer deems an advance to
be a Nonrecoverable Advance, on the Payment Account Deposit Date, the Master
Servicer shall present an Officer's Certificate to the Indenture Trustee (i)
stating that the Master Servicer elects not to make a Monthly Advance in a
stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance.
Section 3.23 COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENTS. The Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than each Payment
Account Deposit Date an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of the
aggregate amounts required to be paid by the Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement with respect to subclauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Interest
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with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Prepayment Period, and not so
paid by the Servicer and (ii) the Master Servicer Compensation for such Payment
Date (such amount, the "Compensating Interest Payment"). The Master Servicer
shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating Interest Payment.
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ARTICLE IV
Accounts
Section 4.01 PROTECTED ACCOUNTS. (a) The Master Servicer shall enforce
the obligation of the Servicer to establish and maintain a Protected Account in
accordance with the Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept with respect
thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, into which account shall be
deposited within 48 hours (or as of such other time specified in the Servicing
Agreement) of receipt, all collections of principal and interest on any Mortgage
Loan and any REO Property received by the Servicer, including Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, and advances made from
the Servicer's own funds (less servicing compensation as permitted by the
Servicing Agreement in the case of the Servicer) and all other amounts to be
deposited in the Protected Account. The Servicer is hereby authorized to make
withdrawals from and deposits to the Protected Account for purposes required or
permitted by this Agreement. To the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement,
the Protected Account shall be held by a Designated Depository Institution and
segregated on the books of such institution in the name of the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholders.
(b) To the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement, amounts on
deposit in the Protected Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in the
name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Noteholders and, except as
provided in the preceding paragraph, not commingled with any other funds. Such
Permitted Investments shall mature, or shall be subject to redemption or
withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be
withdrawn for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account, and shall be
held until required for such deposit. The income earned from Permitted
Investments made pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall be paid to the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, and the risk of loss of moneys required to be
distributed to the Noteholders resulting from such investments shall be borne by
and be the risk of the Servicer. The Servicer (to the extent required by the
Servicing Agreement) shall deposit the amount of any such loss in the Protected
Account within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not
later than the second Business Day prior to the Payment Date on which the moneys
so invested are required to be distributed to the Noteholders.
(c) To the extent required by the Servicing Agreement and subject to
this Article IV, on or before each Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall
withdraw or shall cause to be withdrawn from its Protected Account and shall
immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account amounts representing the following collections and payments (other than
with respect to principal of or interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before
the Cut-off Date):
(i) Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans received or any
related portion thereof advanced by the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement which were due on or before the related Due Date, net of the amount
thereof comprising the Servicing Fee (and, if the Special Servicer is servicing
such Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicing Fee) or any fees with respect to any
lender-paid primary mortgage insurance policy;
(ii) Principal Prepayments in full and any Liquidation
Proceeds received by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
related Prepayment Period, with interest to the
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date of prepayment or liquidation, net of the amount thereof comprising the
Servicing Fee (and, if the Special Servicer is servicing such Mortgage Loan, the
Special Servicing Fee);
(iii) Principal Prepayments in part received by the Servicer
for the Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period; and
(iv) Any amount to be used as a Monthly Advance.
(d) Withdrawals may be made from the Protected Account only to make
remittances as provided in Section 4.01(c), 4.02 and 4.03; to reimburse the
Master Servicer or the Servicer for Monthly Advances which have been recovered
by subsequent collections from the related Mortgagor; to remove amounts
deposited in error; to remove fees, charges or other such amounts deposited on a
temporary basis; or to clear and terminate the account at the termination of
this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.10. As provided in Sections 4.01(a)
and 4.02(b) certain amounts otherwise due to the Servicer may be retained by it
and need not be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account.
Section 4.02 MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Master
Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for
the benefit of the Noteholders, the Master Servicer Collection Account as a
segregated trust account or accounts. The Master Servicer Collection Account
shall be an Eligible Account. The Master Servicer will deposit in the Master
Servicer Collection Account as identified by the Master Servicer and as received
by the Master Servicer, the following amounts:
(i) Any amounts withdrawn from the Protected Account;
(ii) Any Monthly Advance and any Compensating Interest
Payments;
(iii) Any Insurance Proceeds or Net Liquidation Proceeds
received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or which were not deposited in
the Protected Account;
(iv) The Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans
purchased by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Sections 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, any amounts which are to be treated pursuant to
Section 2.04 of this Agreement as the payment of a Repurchase Price in
connection with the tender of a Substitute Mortgage Loan by the Seller and the
Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.21;
(v) Any amounts required to be deposited with respect to
losses on investments of deposits in the Master Servicer Collection Account or
Payment Account; and
(vi) Any other amounts received by or on behalf of the Master
Servicer and required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account
pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account
shall be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Indenture Trustee in
trust for the benefit of the Noteholders in
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accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture.
The requirements for crediting the Master Servicer Collection Account or the
Payment Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of (i)
prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service, statement account
or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release and other like fees and charges
and (ii) the items enumerated in Subsections 4.05(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv),
(vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii), need not be credited by the
Master Servicer or the Servicer to the Master Servicer Collection Account or
remitted by the Master Servicer or Servicer to the Indenture Trustee for deposit
in the Payment Account, as applicable. In the event that the Master Servicer
shall remit or cause to be remitted to the Indenture Trustee for deposit to the
Payment Account any amount not required to be credited thereto, the Indenture
Trustee, upon receipt of a written request therefor signed by a Servicing
Officer of the Master Servicer, shall promptly transfer such amount to the
Master Servicer, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(c) The amount at any time credited to the Master Servicer Collection
Account may be invested, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, or its nominee,
for the benefit of the Noteholders, in Permitted Investments as directed by
Master Servicer. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to
redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held until, the next
succeeding Payment Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings on
amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Account from time to time shall be for
the account of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer from time to time shall
be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment
earnings from the Master Servicer Account. The risk of loss of moneys required
to be distributed to the Noteholders resulting from such investments shall be
borne by and be the risk of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall
deposit the amount of any such loss in the Master Servicer Collection Account
within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not later
than the second Business Day prior to the Payment Date on which the moneys so
invested are required to be distributed to the Noteholders.
Section 4.03 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE MASTER
SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Master Servicer will, from time to time on
demand of the Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made
such withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account as the
Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this
Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer may clear and
terminate the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.10 and
remove amounts from time to time deposited in error.
(b) On an ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the
Master Servicer Collection Account (i) any expenses, costs and liabilities
recoverable by the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator pursuant to
Sections 3.03 and 5.04 hereof and Section 6.07 of the Indenture and (ii) any
amounts payable to the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14; provided
however, that the Master Servicer shall be obligated to pay from its own funds
any amounts which it is required to pay under Section 5.03(a).
(c) In addition, on or before each Payment Account Deposit Date, the
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Payment Account any Monthly Advances
required to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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(d) No later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each Payment Account
Deposit Date, the Securities Administrator will transfer all Available Funds on
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account with respect to the related
Payment Date to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Payment Account.
Section 4.04 PAYMENT ACCOUNT. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall establish
and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Payment Account as a segregated trust account or accounts.
(b) All amounts deposited to the Payment Account shall be held by the
Indenture Trustee in the name of the Indenture Trustee in trust for the benefit
of the Noteholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
(c) The Payment Account shall constitute a non-interest bearing trust
account of the Trust Estate segregated on the books of the Indenture Trustee and
held by the Indenture Trustee in trust, and the Payment Account and the funds
deposited therein shall not be subject to, and shall be protected from, all
claims, liens, and encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of the Indenture
Trustee (whether made directly, or indirectly through a liquidator or receiver
of the Indenture Trustee). The Payment Account shall be an Eligible Account. The
amount at any time credited to the Payment Account shall be held in cash and
fully insured by the FDIC to the maximum coverage provided thereby.
(d) The amount at any time credited to the Payment Account shall be (i)
held in cash and fully insured by the FDIC to the maximum coverage provided
thereby or (ii) invested, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit
of the Noteholders, in Permitted Investments as directed by Master Servicer. All
Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on
or before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding Payment Date if the
obligor for such Permitted Investment is the Indenture Trustee, or if such
obligor is any other Person, the Business Day preceding such Payment Date. All
investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Payment Account or benefit from
funds uninvested therein from time to time shall be for the account of the
Master Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall remit all investment earnings from
the Payment Account to the Master Servicer on each Payment Date. If there is any
loss on a Permitted Investment, the Master Servicer shall remit the amount of
the loss to the Indenture Trustee who shall deposit such amount in the Payment
Account.
(e) The Indenture Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive
additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Indenture Trustee's
economic self-interest for (i) servicing as investment advisor, administrator,
shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub- custodian with respect to
certain of the Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect
transactions in certain Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions
in certain Permitted Investments. Such compensation shall not be considered an
amount that is reimbursable or payable pursuant to Section 4.05.
Section 4.05 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE PAYMENT
ACCOUNT. (a) The Indenture Trustee will, from time to time on demand of the
Master Servicer or the Securities
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Administrator, make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from the
Payment Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or
withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement or as the
Securities Administrator has instructed hereunder for the following purposes
(limited in the case of amounts due the Master Servicer to those not withdrawn
from the Master Servicer Collection Account as certified by the Securities
Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement but not in any
order of priority):
(i) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer for any
Monthly Advance of its own funds, the right of the Master Servicer or the
Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being limited to
amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the
Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which
represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such
Mortgage Loan respecting which such Monthly Advance was made;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer from
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage
Loan for amounts expended by the Master Servicer or such Servicer in good faith
in connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property which was
damaged by an Uninsured Cause or in connection with the liquidation of such
Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer from
Insurance Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for insured expenses
incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the Master Servicer
or the Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a particular Mortgage Loan for
Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation
Expenses with respect to a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts with
respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation Proceeds pursuant
to clause (viii) of this Subsection 4.05 (a) to the Master Servicer; and (ii)
such Liquidation Expenses were not included in the computation of such Excess
Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer for
advances of funds (other than Monthly Advances) made with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, and the right to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause being
limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan (including, for this
purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation
Proceeds) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such
advances were made;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Servicer for any
Monthly Advance or advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the Monthly Advance or advance has not
been reimbursed pursuant to clauses (i) and (iv);
(vi) to pay the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14;
(vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and
liabilities incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to Sections 3.03,
5.04(c) and (d), to the extent that the Master Servicer has not already
reimbursed itself for such amounts from the Master Servicer Collection Account;
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(viii) to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing
compensation, any Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not retained by the
Servicer;
(ix) to reimburse or pay the Servicer any such amounts as are
due thereto under the Servicing Agreement and have not been retained by or paid
to the Servicer, to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement;
(x) to reimburse the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and
the Securities Administrator for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or
reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust
Agreement, to the extent such amounts have not already been paid or reimbursed
to such party from the Master Servicer Collection Account;
(xi) to remove amounts deposited in error; and
(xii) to clear and terminate the Payment Account pursuant to
Section 7.10.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on
a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of accounting for any
reimbursement from the Payment Account pursuant to subclauses (i) through (iv)
or with respect to any such amounts which would have been covered by such
subclauses had the amounts not been retained by the Master Servicer without
being deposited in the Payment Account under Section 4.02(b).
(c) On each Payment Date, pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture,
the Indenture Trustee shall distribute the Available Funds to the extent on
deposit in the Payment Account to the Holders of the Notes, in accordance with
payment instructions provided to it by the Securities Administrator no later
than two Business Days prior to such Payment Date, and determined by the
Securities Administrator in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Indenture.
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Section 5.01 LIABILITIES OF THE MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer
shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically imposed upon and undertaken by it herein.
Section 5.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE MASTER SERVICER.
(a) The Master Servicer will keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business
as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement,
the Notes or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this
Agreement.
(b) Any Person into which the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
business of the Master Servicer, shall be the successor of the Master Servicer
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 5.03 INDEMNIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OWNER TRUSTEE,
THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR. The Master Servicer agrees
to indemnify the Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee and Securities Administrator
(each an "Indemnified Person") for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of
counsel) incurred on their part that may be sustained in connection with,
arising out of, or relating to, any claim or legal action (including any pending
or threatened claim or legal action) relating to this Agreement, the Indenture,
the Servicing Agreement, the Assignment Agreement or the Notes or the powers of
attorney delivered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder (i) related to the Master
Servicer's failure to perform its duties in compliance with this Agreement
(except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable
pursuant to this Agreement) or (ii) incurred by reason of the Master Servicer's
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder, provided, in each case, that with respect to any such claim or legal
action (or pending or threatened claim or legal action), the Indemnified Person
shall have given the Master Servicer and the Depositor written notice thereof
promptly after such Indemnified Person shall have with respect to such claim or
legal action knowledge thereof. The Master Servicer's failure to receive any
such notice shall not affect an Indemnified Persons' right to indemnification
hereunder, except to the extent the Master Servicer is materially prejudiced by
such failure to give notice. This indemnity shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator and the termination of this Agreement. The Seller
agrees to indemnify the Owner Trustee for any loss, liability or expense for
which the Depositor is required to indemnify the Owner Trustee pursuant to
Section 7.02 of the Trust Agreement, other than (x) any loss liability or
expense required to be covered by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section
5.03 (y) and any loss, liability or expense already paid by the Depositor in
accordance with Section 7.02 of the Trust Agreement.
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Section 5.04 LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF THE MASTER SERVICER AND
OTHERS. Subject to the obligation of the Master Servicer to indemnify the
Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 5.03:
(a) Neither the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Indemnified Persons, the Depositor, the Trust Estate or the Noteholders for
taking any action or for refraining from taking any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Master Servicer or any such Person against
any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of such Person's willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.
(b) The Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima
facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising hereunder.
(c) The Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Estate and held harmless
thereby against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees
and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their part that may be sustained in
connection with, arising out of, or related to, any claim or legal action
(including any pending or threatened claim or legal action) relating to this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes or the Servicing Agreement (except to the
extent that the Master Servicer is indemnified by the Servicer thereunder),
other than (i) any such loss, liability or expense related to the Master
Servicer's failure to perform its duties in compliance with this Agreement
(except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable
pursuant to this Agreement), or (ii) any such loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of the Master Servicer's willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.
(d) The Master Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties under
this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, the Master Servicer may in its discretion
undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect
to this Agreement or the Indenture and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto and the interests of the Noteholders hereunder and thereunder. In such
event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Estate, and the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Master
Servicer Collection Account as provided by Section 4.03. Nothing in this
Subsection 5.04(d) shall affect the Master Servicer's obligation to supervise,
or to take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Subsection 3.01(a).
(e) In taking or recommending any course of action pursuant to this
Agreement, unless specifically required to do so pursuant to this Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to investigate or make recommendations
concerning potential liabilities which the Trust Estate might incur as a result
of such course of action by reason of the condition of the Mortgaged Properties
but shall give written notice to the Indenture Trustee if it has notice of such
potential liabilities.
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(f) The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions
of the Servicer, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
Section 5.05 MASTER SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN. Except as provided in
Section 5.07, the Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except upon a determination that any such duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such
impermissibility cannot be cured. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
addressed to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer to such effect delivered to
the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer. No such resignation by the Master Servicer
shall become effective until the Company or the Indenture Trustee or a successor
to the Master Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall
have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Master Servicer in
accordance with Section 6.02 hereof. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the
Rating Agencies of the resignation of the Master Servicer.
Section 5.06 SUCCESSOR MASTER SERVICER. In connection with the
appointment of any successor master servicer or the assumption of the duties of
the Master Servicer, the Company or the Indenture Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor master servicer out of
payments on the Mortgage Loans as the Company or the Indenture Trustee and such
successor master servicer shall agree. If the successor master servicer does not
agree that such market value is a fair price, such successor master servicer
shall obtain two quotations of market value from third parties actively engaged
in the servicing of single-family mortgage loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the compensation payable to a successor master servicer may not exceed the
compensation which the Master Servicer would have been entitled to retain if the
Master Servicer had continued to act as Master Servicer hereunder.
Section 5.07 SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF MASTER SERVICING. The Master
Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations
in its entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement and the Company may
terminate the Master Servicer without cause and select a new Master Servicer;
provided, however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such
assignment and delegation (a) shall be a Person which shall be qualified (or
have an Affiliate that is qualified) to service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac; (b) shall have a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 (unless
otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below); (c)
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee (as evidenced in a
writing signed by the Indenture Trustee); and (d) shall execute and deliver to
the Indenture Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, which contains an
assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of
each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by it as master servicer
under this Agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior written
notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each
Rating Agency's rating of the Notes in effect immediately prior to such
assignment, sale and delegation will not be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn
as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to
such effect delivered to the Master Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee; (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing
shall deliver to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement
have been completed and such action is permitted by
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and complies with the terms of this Agreement; and (iv) in the event the Master
Servicer is terminated without cause by the Company, the Company shall pay the
terminated Master Servicer a termination fee equal to 0.25% of the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time the master
servicing of the Mortgage Loans is transferred to the successor Master Servicer.
No such assignment or delegation shall affect any liability of the Master
Servicer arising prior to the effective date thereof.
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ARTICLE VI
Default
Section 6.01 MASTER SERVICER EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Master Servicer Event
of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Master Servicer Event of Default 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) and only with respect to the
defaulting Master Servicer:
(i) The Master Servicer fails to cause to be deposited in the
Payment Account any amount so required to be deposited pursuant to this
Agreement (other than a Monthly Advance), and such failure continues unremedied
for a period of three Business Days after the date upon which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Master Servicer; or
(ii) The Master Servicer fails to observe or perform in any
material respect any other material covenants and agreements set forth in this
Agreement to be performed by it, which covenants and agreements materially
affect the rights of Noteholders, and such failure continues unremedied for a
period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
properly requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master
Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Master Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee by the Holders of Notes aggregating at least 25% of the Note Principal
Balance of the Notes; or
(iii) There is entered against the Master Servicer a decree or
order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the continuance of any such decree or order is unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days, or an involuntary case is commenced against the
Master Servicer under any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute and
the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after the commencement of the case;
or
(iv) The Master Servicer consents to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Master Servicer or substantially all of its property; or the Master Servicer
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations;
(v) The Master Servicer assigns or delegates its duties or
rights under this Agreement in contravention of the provisions permitting such
assignment or delegation under Sections 5.05 or 5.07; or
(vi) The Master Servicer fails to deposit, or cause to be
deposited, in the Payment Account any Monthly Advance (other than a
Nonrecoverable Advance) by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Payment Account
Deposit Date.
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In each and every such case, so long as such Master Servicer Event of Default
with respect to the Master Servicer shall not have been remedied, either the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes aggregating at least 51% of the Note
Principal Balance of the Notes, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer (and
to the Indenture Trustee if given by such Noteholders), with a copy to the
Rating Agencies, and with the consent of the Company, may terminate all of the
rights and obligations (but not the liabilities) of the Master Servicer under
this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and/or the REO Property serviced
by the Master Servicer and the proceeds thereof. Upon the receipt by the Master
Servicer of the written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Mortgage Loans, REO
Property or under any other related agreements (but only to the extent that such
other agreements relate to the Mortgage Loans or related REO Property) shall,
subject to Section 6.02, automatically and without further action pass to and be
vested in the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.01; and, without
limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any
and all documents and other instruments and to do or accomplish all other acts
or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of
the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Indenture Trustee in effecting the termination of
the Master Servicer's rights and obligations hereunder, including, without
limitation, the transfer to the Indenture Trustee of (i) the property and
amounts which are then or should be part of the Trust Estate or which thereafter
become part of the Trust Estate; and (ii) originals or copies of all documents
of the Master Servicer reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee to enable
it to assume the Master Servicer's duties thereunder. In addition to any other
amounts which are then, or, notwithstanding the termination of its activities
under this Agreement, may become payable to the Master Servicer under this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any amount
received on account of a Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, that portion of
such payments which it would have received as reimbursement under this Agreement
if notice of termination had not been given. The termination of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer shall not affect any obligations incurred by
the Master Servicer prior to such termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default described in
clause (vi) of this Section 6.01 shall occur of which a Responsible Officer of
the Indenture Trustee has received written notice or has actual knowledge, the
Indenture Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer, which may
be delivered by telecopy, immediately terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer thereafter arising under this Agreement, but
without prejudice to any rights it may have as a Noteholder or to reimbursement
of Monthly Advances and other advances of its own funds, and the Indenture
Trustee shall thereupon become the successor Master Servicer as provided in
Section 6.02 and carry out the duties of the Master Servicer, including the
obligation to make any Monthly Advance the nonpayment of which was an Event of
Default described in clause (vi) of this Section 6.01. Any such action taken by
the Indenture Trustee must be prior to the distribution on the relevant Payment
Date.
Section 6.02 INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. (a)
Upon the receipt by the Master Servicer of a notice of termination pursuant to
Section 6.01 or an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 5.05 to the effect
that the Master Servicer is legally unable to act or to delegate
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its duties to a Person which is legally able to act, the Indenture Trustee shall
automatically become the successor in all respects to the Master Servicer in its
capacity under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for
herein and shall thereafter be subject to all the responsibilities, duties,
liabilities and limitations on liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master
Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that the Seller
shall have the right to either (a) immediately assume the duties of the Master
Servicer or (b) select a successor Master Servicer; provided further, however,
that the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever with respect to
any liability (including advances deemed recoverable and not previously made
with respect to the relevant Payment Date giving rise to the Master Servicer
Event of Default which shall be made by such successor Master Servicer )
incurred by the Master Servicer at or prior to the time of termination. As
compensation therefor, but subject to Section 5.06, the Indenture Trustee shall
be entitled to compensation which the Master Servicer would have been entitled
to retain if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder, except for
those amounts due the Master Servicer as reimbursement permitted under this
Agreement for advances previously made or expenses previously incurred.
Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling
so to act, or shall, if it is legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home
finance institution which is a Xxxxxx Xxx- or Xxxxxxx Mac- approved servicer,
and with respect to a successor to the Master Servicer only, having a net worth
of not less than $10,000,000, as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder
in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or
liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided, that the Indenture
Trustee shall obtain a letter from each Rating Agency that the ratings, if any,
on each of the Notes will not be lowered as a result of the selection of the
successor to the Master Servicer. Pending appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be the successor and act
in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment
and assumption, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as it and
such successor shall agree; provided, however, that the provisions of Section
5.06 shall apply, the compensation shall not be in excess of that which the
Master Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had continued
to act hereunder, and that such successor shall undertake and assume the
obligations of the Master Servicer to pay compensation to any third Person
acting as an agent or independent contractor in the performance of master
servicing responsibilities hereunder. The Indenture Trustee and such successor
shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to any duties of the Master
Servicer respecting the Mortgage Loans as provided herein, it shall do so in a
separate capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly,
the provisions of Article VI of the Indenture shall be inapplicable to the
Indenture Trustee in its duties as the successor to the Master Servicer in the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans (although such provisions shall continue to
apply to the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Indenture Trustee); the
provisions of Article V, however, shall apply to it in its capacity as successor
master servicer.
Section 6.03 NOTIFICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS. Upon any termination or
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders at their respective addresses
appearing in the Note Register and to the Rating Agencies.
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Section 6.04 WAIVER OF DEFAULTS. The Indenture Trustee shall transmit
by mail to all Noteholders, within 60 days after the occurrence of any Master
Servicer Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee received written notice or has actual knowledge, unless such Master
Servicer Event of Default shall have been cured, notice of each such Master
Servicer Event of Default. The Holders of Notes aggregating at least 51% of the
Note Principal Balance of the Notes may, on behalf of all Noteholders, waive any
default by the Master Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder
and the consequences thereof, except a default in the making of or the causing
to be made any required distribution on the Notes, which default may only be
waived by Holders of Notes aggregating 100% of the Note Principal Balance of the
Notes. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall be deemed to
cease to exist, and any Master Servicer Event of Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been timely remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived. The Indenture
Trustee shall give notice of any such waiver to the Rating Agencies.
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ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.01 AMENDMENT. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Issuer, the Company, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, without notice to or the
consent of any of the Noteholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provisions herein or therein that may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provisions herein or therein, to comply with any
changes in the Code or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Indenture Trustee,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer,
the Company, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator
and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes aggregating
at least 51% of Note Principal Balance of the Notes, for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the
amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are
required to be distributed on any Note without the consent of the Holder of such
Note or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes the Holders of which are
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of
all Notes then outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to
this Section 7.01(b), Notes registered in the name of or held for the benefit of
the Issuer, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, or
the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to vote their
Percentage Interests with respect to matters affecting such Notes.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Indenture
Trustee shall furnish a copy of such amendment or written notification of the
substance of such amendment to each Noteholder, with a copy to the Rating
Agencies.
(d) In the case of an amendment under Subsection 7.01(b) above, it
shall not be necessary for the Noteholders to approve the particular form of
such an amendment. Rather, it shall be sufficient if the Noteholders approve the
substance of the amendment. The manner of obtaining such consents and of
evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders shall be
subject to such reasonable regulations as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee stating that the execution of such
amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee,
the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects its own respective
rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.
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Section 7.02 RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and
in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere. The Depositor
shall effect such recordation, at the expense of the Trust Estate upon the
request in writing of a Noteholder, but only if such direction is accompanied by
an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of the Noteholder requesting
recordation) to the effect that such recordation would materially and
beneficially affect the interests of the Noteholders or is required by law.
Section 7.03 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE
TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5- 1401 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH THE PARTIES HERETO EXPRESSLY RELY UPON IN THE CHOICE OF
SUCH LAW AS THE GOVERNING LAW HEREUNDER) AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
Section 7.04 NOTICES. All demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when delivered at (including delivery by
facsimile) or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or by recognized overnight courier, to (i) in the case of the
Depositor, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Vice
President-Servicing, telecopier number: (000) 000-0000, or to such other address
as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (ii) in
the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing;
(iii) in the case of the Company, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Vice President-Servicing, telecopier number: (000) 000-0000, or to
such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in
writing; (iv) in the case of the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
(or, in the case of overnight deliveries, 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 21045) (Attention: Corporate Trust Services - HomeBanc 2004-1),
facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000, or such other address as may hereafter be
furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; or (v) in the case of the
Issuer, to HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1 c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx
Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as may hereafter be
furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (vi) in the case of the Owner
Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto
in writing; and (vii) in the case of the Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, a
division of The XxXxxx- Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000 and Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000. Any notice delivered to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
under this Agreement shall be effective only upon receipt. Any notice required
or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder, unless otherwise provided herein,
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Noteholder as shown in the Note Register. Any notice so mailed within the time
prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given when mailed, whether or not the Noteholder receives such notice.
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Section 7.05 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severed from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Notes or the
rights of the Noteholders thereof.
Section 7.06 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon the parties hereto, the Noteholders and their respective
successors and assigns. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to exercise
all rights of the Issuer under this Agreement.
Section 7.07 ARTICLE AND SECTION HEADINGS. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 7.08 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 7.09 NOTICE TO RATING AGENCIES. The Indenture Trustee shall
promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the
following of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual
knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Master Servicer Event of Default that
has not been cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator; and
4. Any change in the location of the Master Servicer
Collection Account or the Payment Account.
Section 7.10 TERMINATION. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the parties hereto created hereby shall terminate upon the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 4.10 thereof
and, if applicable, the optional redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section
8.07 thereof. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by reason of the
payment or liquidation of all Mortgage Loans or the disposition of all property
acquired with respect to all Mortgage Loans under this Section, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Payment
Account all distributable amounts remaining in the Master Servicer Collection
Account. Upon the presentation and surrender of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee
shall distribute to the remaining Noteholders, pursuant to the written direction
of the Securities Administrator and in accordance with their respective
interests, all distributable amounts remaining in the Payment Account. Upon
deposit by the Master Servicer of such distributable amounts, and following such
final Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall, or shall cause the Custodian
to, release promptly to
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the Issuer or its designee the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans,
and the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Payment Account shall
terminate, subject to the Indenture Trustee's obligation to hold any amounts
payable to the Noteholders in trust without interest pending final distributions
pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 7.11 NO PETITION. Each party to this Agreement by entering into
this Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees that it will not at any time
institute against the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Issuer, any
bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or
similar law in connection with any obligations of the Issuer. This section shall
survive the termination of this Agreement by one year.
Section 7.12 NO RECOURSE. The Master Servicer acknowledges that no
recourse may be had against the Issuer, except as may be expressly set forth in
this Agreement.
Section 7.13 ADDITIONAL TERMS REGARDING INDENTURE. The Indenture
Trustee shall have only such duties and obligations under this Agreement as are
expressly set forth herein, and no implied duties on its part shall be read into
this Agreement. In entering into and acting under this Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and
other protections set forth in Article VI of the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Company, the
Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator have
caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS II INC., as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
HOMEBANC MORTGAGE TRUST
2004-1, as Issuer
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not
in its individual capacity, but solely
as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Financial Services Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Securities Administrator
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
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XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 30th day of July, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, known to me to be a Vice
President of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II 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.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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STATE OF DELAWARE )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF WILMINGTON )
On the 30th day of July, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, known to me to be a Financial
Services Officer of Wilmington Trust Company, the entity that executed the
within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the
within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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XXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
On the 30th day of July, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to be a Associate
of U.S. Bank National Association, the entity that executed the within
instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of
said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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XXXXX XX XXXXXXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the 30th day of July, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, known to me to be an Assistant
Vice President of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, the entity that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity
executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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XXXXX XX XXXXXXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the 30th day of July, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, known to me to be an Assistant
Vice President of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, the entity that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity
executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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XXXXX XX XXXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
On the 30th day of July, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Xxxx Xxxxxxx, known to me to be an Senior Vice
President of EMC Mortgage Corporation, 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.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
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[Provided Upon Request]
A-1
EXHIBIT B
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: U.S. Bank National Association (the "Indenture Trustee")
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
JPMorgan Chase Bank (the "Custodian")
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
RE: Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2004 (the "Sale and
Servicing Agreement"), among HomeBanc Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1 as
Issuer, Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., as Depositor,
U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Associations, as Securities Administrator and Master Servicer
and EMC Mortgage Corporation, as Seller.
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by the
Custodian for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
above-captioned Sale and Servicing Agreement, we request the release, and hereby
acknowledge receipt, of the Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan described below,
for the reason indicated.
Mortgage Loan Number:
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Mortgagor Name, Address & ZIP Code:
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Reason for Requesting Documents (Check One):
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_____ 1. Mortgage Paid in Full and proceeds have been
deposited into the Master Servicer Collection Account
_____ 2. Foreclosure
_____ 3. Substitution
_____ 4. Other Liquidation
_____ 5. Nonliquidation Reason:
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_____ 6. California Mortgage Loan paid in full
By:
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(authorized signer)
Issuer:
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Address:
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Date:
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EXHIBIT C
HOMEBANC SERVICING AGREEMENT
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[Provided Upon Request]
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EXHIBIT D
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
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[Provided Upon Request]
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EXHIBIT E
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
as Mortgage Loan Seller
and
STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC.
as Purchaser
Dated as of
July 30, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 1. Definitions.....................................................................................2
Section 2. Purchase and Sale of the Mortgage Loans and Related Rights......................................4
Section 3. Mortgage Loan Schedules.........................................................................5
Section 4. Mortgage Loan Transfer..........................................................................5
Section 5. Examination of Mortgage Files...................................................................6
Section 6. Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage..........................................................9
Section 7. Representations and Warranties of Mortgage Loan Seller Concerning the Mortgage
Loans..........................................................................................10
Section 8. Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage Loan Seller.............................15
Section 9. Representations and Warranties Concerning the Purchaser........................................16
Section 10. Conditions to Closing..........................................................................17
Section 11. Fees and Expenses..............................................................................19
Section 12. Accountants' Letters...........................................................................20
Section 13. Indemnification................................................................................20
Section 14. Notices........................................................................................22
Section 15. Transfer of Mortgage Loans.....................................................................22
Section 16. Termination....................................................................................23
Section 17. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.................................23
Section 18. Severability...................................................................................23
Section 19. Counterparts...................................................................................23
Section 20. Amendment......................................................................................23
Section 21. GOVERNING LAW..................................................................................23
Section 22. Further Assurances.............................................................................23
Section 23. Successors and Assigns.........................................................................24
Section 24. The Mortgage Loan Seller.......................................................................24
Section 25. Entire Agreement...............................................................................24
Section 26. No Partnership.................................................................................24
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULE TO
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1 Contents of Mortgage File
Exhibit 2 Mortgage Loan Schedule Information
Exhibit 3 Mortgage Loan Seller's Information
Exhibit 4 Purchaser's Information
Exhibit 5 Schedule of Lost Notes
Exhibit 6 Standard & Poor's Levels Glossary, Version 5.6 Revised, Appendix E
Schedule A Required Ratings for Each Class of Notes
Schedule B Mortgage Loan Schedule
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 30, 2004, as amended
and supplemented by any and all amendments hereto (collectively, the
"Agreement"), by and between EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the "Mortgage Loan Seller") and STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser").
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase,
certain conventional, first lien mortgage loans secured primarily by one- to
four-family residential properties and individual condominium units
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") as described herein. The Purchaser has
established HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the
"Issuer") pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2004, as amended
and restated on July 30, 2004, among the Purchaser, the Issuer and U.S. Bank
National Association, as certificate registrar and certificate paying agent. The
Purchaser intends to sell the Mortgage Loans to the Issuer pursuant to a Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2004 among the Purchaser, the
Issuer, the Mortgage Loan Seller, U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as
securities administrator (in such capacity the "Securities Administrator") and
as master servicer (in such capacity the "Master Servicer"). The Issuer,
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July 30, 2004 (the "Indenture") among the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, intends to
pledge the Mortgage Loans to the Indenture Trustee and, issue and transfer to
the Purchaser the HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series
2004-1 and the Certificates issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement (the
"Certificates"). The Certificates will be transferred by the Purchaser to the
Mortgage Loan Seller as partial consideration for the sale of the Mortgage
Loans. The Master Servicer will master service the Mortgage Loans on behalf of
the Issuer, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Primary servicing of
the Mortgage Loans will be provided by HomeBanc Corp. (the "Servicer") pursuant
to a Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004 (the
"HomeBanc Servicing Agreement") between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer
and HMB Acceptance Corp., which (other than with respect to certain rights of
the Mortgage Loan Seller against the Servicer) will be assigned to the Issuer on
the Closing Date.
The Purchaser has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (Number 333-115122)
relating to its Mortgage-Backed Notes and the offering of certain series thereof
(including certain classes of the Notes) from time to time in accordance with
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Act").
Such registration statement, when it became effective under the Securities Act,
and the prospectus relating to the public offering of certain classes of the
Notes by the Purchaser (the "Public Offering"), as each may be amended or
supplemented from time to time pursuant to the Securities Act or otherwise, are
referred to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus,"
respectively. The "Prospectus Supplement" shall mean that supplement, dated July
29, 2004 to the Prospectus, dated May 14, 2004, relating to certain classes of
the Notes. With respect to the Public Offering of certain classes of the Notes,
the Purchaser, Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. ("Bear Xxxxxxx") and X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. ("X.X. Xxxxxx"; together with Bear Xxxxxxx, the "Underwriters")
have entered into a
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terms agreement dated as of July 29, 2004 to an underwriting agreement dated
December 30, 2003, between the Purchaser and Bear Xxxxxxx (collectively, the
"Underwriting Agreement").
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS. Certain terms are defined herein. Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in
Appendix A to the Indenture. The following other terms are defined as follows:
ACQUISITION PRICE: Cash in an amount equal to $ * (plus $ * in accrued
interest).
BEAR XXXXXXX: Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
CLOSING DATE: July 30, 2004.
CUSTODIAN: JPMorgan Chase Bank.
CUT-OFF DATE: July 1, 2004.
CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: $992,673,226.36
DELETED MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Substitute Mortgage Loan.
DUE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on
which its scheduled payment is due if such due date is the first day of a month
and otherwise is deemed to be the first day of the following month or such other
date specified in the HomeBanc Servicing Agreement.
XXXXXX XXX: The Federal National Mortgage Association, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
X.X. XXXXXX: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
MASTER SERVICER: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS(R) SYSTEM: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
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* Please contact Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
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MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or its successors in
interest.
MORTGAGE: The mortgage or deed of trust creating a first lien on an
interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note.
MORTGAGE FILE: The items referred to in Exhibit 1 pertaining to a
particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to
such documents pursuant to this Agreement.
MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage
Note as stated therein.
MORTGAGOR: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
NET RATE: For each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Interest Rate for such
Mortgage Loan less the sum of (x) the Servicing Fee Rate and (y) the Special
Servicing Fee Rate, if any, in each case expressed as a per annum rate.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser, reasonably acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee.
PERSON: Any legal person, including any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
PURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any property
acquired with respect thereto) required to be repurchased by the Mortgage Loan
Seller pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i)(a) 100% of
the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of
repurchase (or if the related Mortgaged Property was acquired with respect
thereto, 100% of the Outstanding Principal Balance at the date of the
acquisition), plus (b) accrued but unpaid interest on the Outstanding Principal
Balance at the related Mortgage Interest Rate, through and including the last
day of the month of repurchase, plus (c) any unreimbursed Monthly Advances and
servicing advances payable to the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan
and (ii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection with
any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any predatory lending laws.
RATING AGENCIES: Standard & Poor's and Moody's, each a "Rating Agency."
SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SECURITY INSTRUMENT: A written instrument creating a valid first lien
on a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note, which may be any applicable
form of mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or security deed, including
any riders or addenda thereto.
STANDARD & POOR'S: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. or its successors in interest.
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SUBSTITUTE MORTGAGE LOAN: A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan, which is tendered to the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf pursuant to this Agreement and Section 2.04 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, (i) which has an Outstanding Principal Balance not greater nor
materially less than the Mortgage Loan for which it is to be substituted; (ii)
which has a Mortgage Interest Rate and Net Rate not less than, and not
materially greater than, such Mortgage Loan; (iii) which has a maturity date not
materially earlier or later than such Mortgage Loan and not later than the
latest maturity date of any Mortgage Loan; (iv) which is of the same property
type and occupancy type as such Mortgage Loan; (v) which has a Loan-to-Value
Ratio not greater than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan; (vi) which
is current in payment of principal and interest as of the date of substitution;
(vii) as to which the payment terms do not vary in any material respect from the
payment terms of the Mortgage Loan for which it is to be substituted and (viii)
which has a Gross Margin, Periodic Rate Cap and Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate
no less than those of such Mortgage Loan, has the same Index and interval
between Interest Adjustment Dates as such Mortgage Loan, and a Minimum Lifetime
Mortgage Rate no lower than that of such Mortgage Loan. Upon such substitution,
such mortgage loan shall be a "Mortgage Loan" hereunder.
VALUE: The value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of origination
of the related Mortgage Loan, such value being the lesser of (i) the value of
such property set forth in an appraisal accepted by the applicable originator of
the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the sales price of such property at the time of
origination.
Section 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND RELATED RIGHTS.
(a) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 10 hereof, the
Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase
Mortgage Loans having an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the
Cut-off Date equal to the Cut-off Date Balance.
(b) The closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans and the
closing for the issuance of the Notes will take place on the Closing Date at the
office of the Purchaser's counsel in New York, New York or such other place as
the parties shall agree.
(c) Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 10
hereof, on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to the Mortgage Loan Seller
the Acquisition Price for the Mortgage Loans in immediately available funds by
wire transfer to such account or accounts as shall be designated by the Mortgage
Loan Seller and shall deliver the Certificates to, or at the direction of, the
Mortgage Loan Seller.
(d) In addition to the foregoing, on the Closing Date the Mortgage Loan
Seller assigns to the Purchaser all of its right, title and interest in the
HomeBanc Servicing Agreement (other than its right to enforce the
representations and warranties set forth therein).
Section 3. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULES. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to
provide to the Purchaser as of the date hereof a preliminary listing of the
Mortgage Loans (the "Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule") setting forth the
information listed on Exhibit 2 to this Agreement with respect to each of the
Mortgage Loans being sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If there are changes to
the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide
to the Purchaser as of the Closing Date a final schedule (the "Final Mortgage
Loan Schedule") setting forth the
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information listed on Exhibit 2 to this Agreement with respect to each of the
Mortgage Loans being sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. The
Final Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be delivered to the Purchaser on the Closing
Date, shall be attached to an amendment to this Agreement to be executed on the
Closing Date by the parties hereto and shall be in form and substance mutually
agreed to by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser (the "Amendment"). If
there are no changes to the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Preliminary
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule for all
purposes hereof.
Section 4. MORTGAGE LOAN TRANSFER.
(a) The Purchaser will be entitled to all scheduled payments of
principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date
(regardless of when actually collected) and all payments thereon, other than
scheduled principal and interest due on or before the Cut-off Date but received
after the Cut-off Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller will be entitled to all
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or
before the Cut-off Date (including payments collected after the Cut-off Date)
and all payments thereon, other than scheduled principal and interest due after
the Cut-off Date but received on or before the Cut-off Date. Such principal
amounts and any interest thereon belonging to the Mortgage Loan Seller as
described above will not be included in the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth on the Final
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(b) Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser will
sell, assign and transfer on the Closing Date all of its right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans to the Issuer and, pursuant to the
Indenture, the Issuer will assign all of its right, title and interest to the
Mortgage Loans to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, to
secure the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture. In connection with such
transfers and assignments of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan Seller has
delivered or will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, or
the Custodian on its behalf, by the Closing Date or such later date as is agreed
to by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller (each of the Closing Date and
such later date is referred to as a "Mortgage File Delivery Date"), the items of
each Mortgage File, provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the
Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver the following documents, under the
circumstances set forth below: (w) in lieu of the original Security Instrument
(including the Mortgage), assignments to the Indenture Trustee or intervening
assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being delivered or will, upon
receipt of recording information relating to such documents required to be
included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have not
been returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller in time to permit their delivery as
specified above, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a true copy thereof with a
certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its agent on its behalf,
substantially to the effect that such copy is a true and correct copy of the
original; (x) in lieu of the Security Instrument, assignments to the Indenture
Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction
retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by a certification from
the Mortgage Loan Seller to such effect) the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver
photocopies of such documents containing an original certification by the
judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such
documents were recorded; (y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the
Mortgage Loans, each identified in the list delivered by the Purchaser to the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date and attached hereto as Exhibit 5, the
Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver lost note affidavits and indemnities of the
Mortgage Loan Seller;
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and (z) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver intervening
assignments or Mortgage Note endorsements between the related Underlying Seller
and the Mortgage Loan Seller, between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the
Depositor, between the Depositor and the Issuer and between the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee; and provided further, however, that in the case of Mortgage
Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the
Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, in lieu of delivering the above
documents, may deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian a
certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to such effect
and shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans in the
Master Servicer Collection Account on the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller
shall deliver such original documents (including any original documents as to
which certified copies had previously been delivered) or such certified copies
to the Indenture Trustee promptly after they are received. The Mortgage Loan
Seller shall cause the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and the
assignment of the Security Instrument to be recorded not later than 180 days
after the Closing Date, unless such assignment is not required to be recorded
under the terms set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
(c) In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered
on the MERS(R) System, the Mortgage Loan Seller further agrees that it will
cause, at the Mortgage Loan Seller's own expense, within 30 days after the
Closing Date, the MERS(R) System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been
assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser, by the Purchaser to the
Issuer and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with this
Agreement for the benefit of the Noteholders by including (or deleting, in the
case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement)
in such computer files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific
Indenture Trustee and (b) the code in the field "Pool Field" which identifies
the series of the Notes issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The
Mortgage Loan Seller further agrees that it will not, and will not permit any
Servicer or the Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it will
not, alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage
Loan during the term of the Indenture unless and until such Mortgage Loan is
repurchased in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(d) The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge hereunder
that all of the Mortgage Loans and the related servicing will ultimately be
assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Noteholders, on the date hereof.
Section 5. EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES.
(a) On or before the Mortgage File Delivery Date, the Mortgage Loan
Seller will have made the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent
for examination which may be at the offices of the Indenture Trustee or the
Mortgage Loan Seller and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller's custodian. The fact that
the Purchaser or its agent has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or
complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser's
rights to demand cure, repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided in
this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
make the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent from time to
time so as to permit the Purchaser to confirm the Mortgage Loan Seller's
compliance with the delivery and recordation requirements of this Agreement and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In addition, upon request of the Purchaser,
the Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to provide to the Purchaser, the Underwriters
and to any investors or prospective investors in the Notes information
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regarding the Mortgage Loans and their servicing, to make the Mortgage Files
available to the Purchaser, the Underwriters and to such investors or
prospective investors (which may be at the offices of the Mortgage Loan Seller
and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller's custodian) and to make available personnel
knowledgeable about the Mortgage Loans for discussions with the Purchaser, the
Underwriters and such investors or prospective investors, upon reasonable
request during regular business hours, sufficient to permit the Purchaser, the
Underwriters and such investors or potential investors to conduct such due
diligence as any such party reasonably believes is appropriate.
(b) Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, on the Closing Date the
Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, will acknowledge receipt of each Mortgage Loan, by delivery to the
Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and the Issuer of an initial certification
in the form attached as Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement.
(c) Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, within 90 days of the Closing
Date (or, with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five Business
Days after the receipt by the Indenture Trustee or Custodian thereof), the
Custodian will review items of the Mortgage Files as set forth on Exhibit 1 and
will deliver to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and the Indenture
Trustee an interim certification substantially in the form of Exhibit Two to the
Custodial Agreement. If the Indenture Trustee or Custodian, as its agent, finds
any document listed on Exhibit 1 has not been executed or received, or is
unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal
balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Final Mortgage
Loan Schedule does not conform on its face to review criteria specified in
Section 2.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (a "Material Defect"), the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan Seller of such
Material Defect. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall correct or cure any such
Material Defect within 90 days from the date of notice from the Indenture
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, of the Material Defect and if the
Mortgage Loan Seller fails to correct or cure such Material Defect within such
period and such defect materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Noteholders in the related Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller will, in
accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, within 90 days of
the date of notice, provide the Indenture Trustee with a Substitute Mortgage
Loan or purchase the related Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price;
provided, however, that if such Material Defect relates solely to the inability
of the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the original Security Instrument or
intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy because the originals of
such documents, or a certified copy, have not been returned by the applicable
jurisdiction, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after
the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the
event that the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver such original or copy of any
document submitted for recording to the appropriate recording office in the
applicable jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such
office; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not available, a
certificate confirming that such documents have been accepted for recording, and
delivery to the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall be
effected by the Mortgage Loan Seller within thirty days of its receipt of the
original recorded document.
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(d) Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, within 180 days of the Closing
Date (or, with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five Business
Days after the receipt by the Indenture Trustee or Custodian thereof) the
Custodian will review items of the Mortgage Files as set forth on Exhibit 1 and
will deliver to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee a final certification substantially in the form of Exhibit
Three to the Custodial Agreement. If the Indenture Trustee or Custodian, as its
agent, finds a Material Defect, the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan Seller of such Material Defect.
The Mortgage Loan Seller shall correct or cure any such Material Defect within
90 days from the date of notice from the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, of the Material Defect and if the Mortgage Loan Seller fails to
correct or cure such Material Defect within such period and such defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in the related
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller will, in accordance with the terms of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, within 90 days of the date of notice, provide
the Indenture Trustee with a Substitute Mortgage Loan or purchase the related
Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such
Material Defect relates solely to the inability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to
deliver the original Security Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or
a certified copy because the originals of such documents, or a certified copy,
have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction, the Mortgage Loan Seller
shall not be required to purchase such Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan Seller
delivers such original documents or certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in
no event later than 360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase
obligation shall not apply in the event that the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recording to the
appropriate recording office in the applicable jurisdiction because such
document has not been returned by such office; provided that the Mortgage Loan
Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if
such receipt is not available, a certificate confirming that such documents have
been accepted for recording, and delivery to the Indenture Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Mortgage Loan Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded document.
(e) At the time of any substitution, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered the Substitute Mortgage Loan, the related
Mortgage File and any other documents and payments required to be delivered in
connection with a substitution pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. At
the time of any purchase or substitution, the Indenture Trustee in accordance
with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall (i) assign to the
Mortgage Loan Seller and cause the Custodian to release the documents
(including, but not limited to, the Mortgage, Mortgage Note and other contents
of the Mortgage File) in the possession of the Custodian relating to the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and (ii) execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the
Mortgage Loan Seller title to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Section 6. RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE.
(a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause each assignment of the
Security Instrument from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Indenture Trustee to be
recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, unless (a) such
recordation is not required by the Rating Agencies or an Opinion of Counsel has
been provided to the Indenture Trustee (with a copy to the Custodian) which
states that the recordation of such assignments is not necessary to protect the
interests of the Noteholders
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in the related Mortgage Loans or (b) MERS is identified on the Mortgage or a
properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage, as the Mortgagee of record solely
as nominee for the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns;
provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, each assignment shall be
submitted for recording by the Mortgage Loan Seller in the manner described
above, at no expense to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, upon the earliest
to occur of (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Notes aggregating at
least 25% of the Note Principal Balance of the Notes, (ii) the occurrence of a
Master Servicer Event of Default or an Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of
a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller and
(iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section 6.02 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
While each such Mortgage or assignment is being recorded, if
necessary, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall leave or cause to be left with the
Indenture Trustee a certified copy of such Mortgage or assignment. All customary
recording fees and reasonable expenses relating to the recordation of the
assignments of mortgage to the Indenture Trustee or the Opinion of Counsel, as
the case may be, shall be borne by the Mortgage Loan Seller.
(b) It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance
of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser, as
contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated as, a sale. It is, further,
not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the
Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or
other obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held by a
court to continue to be property of the Mortgage Loan Seller, then (a) this
Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of
Articles 8 and 9 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; (b) the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by the
Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in all of the
Mortgage Loan Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans
and all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, to the
extent the Purchaser would otherwise be entitled to own such Mortgage Loans and
proceeds pursuant to Section 4 hereof, including all amounts, other than
investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in any accounts created
pursuant to the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, whether in the
form of cash, instruments, securities or other property; (c) the possession by
the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee of Mortgage Notes and such
other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents
or chattel paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party" for
purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-313 (or
comparable provision) of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and (d)
notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications
to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial
intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Any
assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to any provision hereof or
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and any subsequent assignment
pursuant to the Indenture shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any
security interest created hereby. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser
shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be
reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create
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a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be
deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable
law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the Indenture.
Section 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER
CONCERNING THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Purchaser as of the Closing Date or such other date as may be
specified below with respect to each Mortgage Loan being sold by it:
(i) the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
hereto is true and correct in all material respects and the information
provided to the Rating Agencies, including the Mortgage Loan level
detail, is true and correct according to the Rating Agencies'
requirements;
(ii) immediately prior to the transfer to the Purchaser, the
Mortgage Loan Seller was the sole owner of beneficial title and holder
of each Mortgage and Mortgage Note relating to the Mortgage Loans and
is conveying the same free and clear of any and all liens, claims,
encumbrances, participation interests, equities, pledges, charges or
security interests of any nature and the Mortgage Loan Seller has full
right and authority to sell or assign the same pursuant to this
Agreement;
(iii) Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in
all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations,
including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity,
disclosure and recording laws and all predatory lending laws; and each
Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all material respects in accordance
with all applicable laws and regulations, including, without
limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and recording
laws and all predatory lending laws and the terms of the related
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and other loan documents;
(iv) there is no monetary default existing under any Mortgage
or the related Mortgage Note and there is no material event which, with
the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or
cure period, would constitute a default, breach or event of
acceleration; and neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, any of its
affiliates nor any servicer of any related Mortgage Loan has taken any
action to waive any default, breach or event of acceleration; no
foreclosure action is threatened or has been commenced with respect to
the Mortgage Loan;
(v) the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by
written instruments, (i) if required by law in the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located, or (ii) to protect the interests of
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders;
(vi) no selection procedure reasonably believed by the
Mortgage Loan Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Noteholders
was utilized in selecting the Mortgage Loans;
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(vii) each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on
the property securing the related Mortgage Note and each Mortgaged
Property is owned by the Mortgagor in fee simple (except with respect
to common areas in the case of condominiums, PUDs and de minimis PUDs)
or by leasehold for a term longer than the term of the related
Mortgage, subject only to (i) the lien of current real property taxes
and assessments, (ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of
way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of
recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions being acceptable to
mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in
the appraisal obtained in connection with the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan or referred to in the lender's title insurance
policy delivered to the originator of the related Mortgage Loan and
(iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which
do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended
to be provided by such Mortgage;
(viii) there is no mechanics' lien or claim for work, labor or
material affecting the premises subject to any Mortgage which is or may
be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage except
those which are insured against by the title insurance policy referred
to in (xiii) below;
(ix) as of the Closing Date, to the best of the Mortgage Loan
Seller's knowledge, there was no delinquent tax or assessment lien
against the property subject to any Mortgage, except where such lien
was being contested in good faith and a stay had been granted against
levying on the property;
(x) there is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the Mortgagor to
pay the unpaid principal and interest on such Mortgage Note;
(xi) to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller's knowledge,
except to the extent insurance is in place which will cover such
damage, the physical property subject to any Mortgage is free of
material damage and is in good repair and there is no proceeding
pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any
Mortgaged Property;
(xii) to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller's knowledge, the
Mortgaged Property and all improvements thereon comply with all
requirements of any applicable zoning and subdivision laws and
ordinances;
(xiii) a lender's title insurance policy (on an ALTA or CLTA
form) or binder, or other assurance of title customary in the relevant
jurisdiction therefor in a form acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx
Mac, was issued on the date that each Mortgage Loan was created by a
title insurance company which, to the best of the Mortgage Loan
Seller's knowledge, was qualified to do business in the jurisdiction
where the related Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Mortgage
Loan Seller and its successors and assigns that the Mortgage is a first
priority lien on the related Mortgaged Property in the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan Seller is the
sole insured under such lender's title insurance policy, and such
policy, binder or assurance is valid and remains in full force and
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effect, and each such policy, binder or assurance shall contain all
applicable endorsements including a negative amortization endorsement,
if applicable;
(xiv) at the time of origination, each Mortgaged Property was
the subject of an appraisal which conformed to the underwriting
requirements of the originator of the Mortgage Loan and, the appraisal
is in a form acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMC;
(xv) as of the Closing Date, the improvements on each
Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is insured (by an insurer
which is acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller) against loss by fire
and such hazards as are covered under a standard extended coverage
endorsement in the locale in which the Mortgaged Property is located,
in an amount which is not less than the lesser of the maximum insurable
value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, but in no event in
an amount less than an amount that is required to prevent the Mortgagor
from being deemed to be a co insurer thereunder; if the improvement on
the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it is included under the
coverage afforded by a blanket policy for the condominium project; if
upon origination of the related Mortgage Loan, the improvements on the
Mortgaged Property were in an area identified as a federally designated
flood area, a flood insurance policy is in effect in an amount
representing coverage not less than the least of (i) the outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the restorable cost of
improvements located on such Mortgaged Property or (iii) the maximum
coverage available under federal law; and each Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the insurance referred to above at the
Mortgagor's cost and expense;
(xvi) none of the Mortgage Loans are secured by an interest in
a leasehold estate;
(xvii) each Mortgage Loan was originated or funded by (a) a
savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit
union, insurance company or similar institution which is supervised and
examined by a federal or state authority (or originated by (i) a
subsidiary of any of the foregoing institutions which subsidiary is
actually supervised and examined by applicable regulatory authorities
or (ii) a mortgage loan correspondent of any of the foregoing and that
was originated pursuant to the criteria established by any of the
foregoing) or (b) a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the National
Housing Act, as amended;
(xviii) none of the Mortgage Loans are (a) loans subject to 12
CFR Part 226.31, 12 CFR Part 226.32 or 12 CFR Part 226.34 of Regulation
Z, the regulation implementing TILA, which implements the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, as amended or (b)
classified and/or defined as a "high cost home loan" under any federal,
state or local law, including, but not limited to, the States of
Georgia or North Carolina;
(xix) the information set forth in Schedule A of the
Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Mortgage Loans is true and
correct in all material respects;
(xx) no Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as
applicable (as such terms are defined in Standard & Poor's LEVELS(R)
Glossary, Version 5.6 Revised,
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Appendix E, attached hereto as Exhibit 6) and no Mortgage Loan
originated on or after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 is
governed by the "Georgia Fair Lending Act";
(xxi) each Mortgage Loan was originated in accordance with the
underwriting guidelines of the related originator;
(xxii) each original Mortgage has been recorded or is in the
process of being recorded in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in the appropriate
jurisdictions wherein such recordation is required to perfect the lien
thereof for the benefit of the Trust Fund;
(xxiii) the related Mortgage File contains each of the
documents and instruments listed in Section 2.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, subject to any exceptions, substitutions and
qualifications as are set forth in such Section;
(xxiv) the Mortgage Loans are currently being serviced in
accordance with accepted servicing practices;
(xxv) at the time of origination, each Mortgaged Property was
the subject of an appraisal which conformed to the underwriting
requirements of the originator of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal
is in a form which was acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMC at the time of
origination;
(xxvi) None of the Mortgage Loans originated on or after
October 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003 was secured by property
located in the State of Georgia;
(xxvii) No proceeds from any Group I Loan were used to finance
single-premium credit insurance policies;
(xxviii) The servicer for each Group I Loan has fully
furnished, and will continue to fully furnish, in accordance with the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and complete information (ie. favorable and unfavorable) on its
borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis;
(xxix) The conforming one- to four-family mortgage loans in
Loan Group I, which may include the balance of any subordinated lien,
each have an original principal balance that does not exceed Xxxxxxx
Mac's dollar amount limits; and
(xxx) No Mortgage Loan in the is a "high cost home," "covered"
(excluding home loans defined as "covered home loans" in the New Jersey
Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 that were originated between
November 26, 2003 and July 7, 2004), "high risk home" or "predatory"
loan under any applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly
classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing
heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for
residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or
fees)."
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It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 7 will inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement
on any Mortgage Note or assignment of Mortgage or the examination of any
Mortgage File. Upon any substitution for a Mortgage Loan, the representations
and warranties set forth above shall be deemed to be made by the Mortgage Loan
Seller as to any Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of substitution.
Upon discovery or receipt of notice by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
Purchaser, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee of a breach of any representation
or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Seller set forth in this Section 7 which
materially and adversely affects the value of the interests of the Purchaser,
the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee in any of the Mortgage
Loans delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the party
discovering or receiving notice of such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the others. It is understood and agreed that a breach of any one of the
representations contained in clauses (xviii) and (xxvi) through (xxx) above in
respect of a Group I Loan will be deemed to materially adversely affect the
interests of the Noteholders. In the case of any such breach of a representation
or warranty set forth in this Section 7, within 90 days from the date of
discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller, or the date the Mortgage Loan Seller is
notified by the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach (whichever
occurs earlier), the Mortgage Loan Seller will (i) cure such breach in all
material respects, (ii) purchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable
Purchase Price or (iii) substitute a qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan in
exchange for such Mortgage Loan. The obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller to
cure, purchase or substitute a qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan shall
constitute the Purchaser's, the Issuer's, the Indenture Trustee's and the
Noteholder's sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement or otherwise
respecting a breach of representations or warranties hereunder with respect to
the Mortgage Loans, except for the obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to
indemnify the Purchaser for such breach as set forth in and limited by Section
13 hereof.
Any cause of action against the Mortgage Loan Seller or relating to or
arising out of a breach by the Mortgage Loan Seller of any representations and
warranties made in this Section 7 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i)
discovery of such breach by the Mortgage Loan Seller or notice thereof by the
party discovering such breach and (ii) failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to
cure such breach, purchase such Mortgage Loan or substitute a qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE MORTGAGE LOAN
SELLER. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan
Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as to itself in the capacity
indicated as follows:
(a) the Mortgage Loan Seller (i) is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction
where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Mortgage Loan Seller's business as presently conducted or on the Mortgage Loan
Sellers ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby;
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(b) the Mortgage Loan Seller has full power to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(c) the execution and delivery by the Mortgage Loan Seller of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
Mortgage Loan Seller; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance
with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Mortgage Loan Seller or its
properties or the charter or by-laws of the Mortgage Loan Seller, except those
conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan Seller's ability to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Mortgage Loan Seller
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state,
federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents,
approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been
obtained, given or made and, in connection with the recordation of the
Mortgages, powers of attorney or assignments of Mortgages not yet completed;
(e) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Mortgage
Loan Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Purchaser, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan
Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to
applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);
(f) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, threatened against the Mortgage Loan
Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of
the Mortgage Loan Seller will be determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan
Seller and will if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller materially
and adversely affect the Mortgage Loan Seller's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement; and the Mortgage Loan Seller is not in default
with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and
(g) the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information (as defined in Section 13(a)
hereof) does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE PURCHASER. As
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser represents and
warrants to the Mortgage Loan Seller as follows:
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(a) the Purchaser (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) is
qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business in each
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to
so qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the Purchaser's business as presently conducted or on the Purchaser's ability to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(b) the Purchaser has full corporate power to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(c) the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Purchaser; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the
provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation,
judgment, decree or order binding on the Purchaser or its properties or the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Purchaser, except those conflicts,
breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Purchaser's ability to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not
require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration
with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or
other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals,
notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or
made;
(e) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Mortgage Loan Seller, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Purchaser enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to
applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);
(f) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser, before or by any
court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect
to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect
to any other matter which in the judgment of the Purchaser will be determined
adversely to the Purchaser and will if determined adversely to the Purchaser
materially and adversely affect the Purchaser's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser is not in default with
respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and
(g) the Purchaser's Information (as defined in Section 13(b) hereof)
does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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Section 10. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.
(a) The obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement will be
subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following
conditions:
(1) Each of the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller
required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied
with in all material respects; all of the representations and
warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall be
true and correct as of the date or dates specified in all material
respects; and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the
passage of time, would constitute a default under this Agreement or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement; and the Purchaser shall have received
certificates to that effect signed by authorized officers of the
Mortgage Loan Seller.
(2) The Purchaser shall have received all of the following
closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories (other
than the Purchaser) as required pursuant to the respective terms
thereof:
(i) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment
dated as of the Closing Date and any documents referred to therein;
(ii) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Final
Mortgage Loan Schedule containing the information set forth on Exhibit
2 hereto, one copy to be attached to each counterpart of the Amendment;
(iii) The Trust Agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, and all documents required thereby duly
executed by all signatories;
(iv) The Sale and Servicing Agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the
Purchaser, and all documents required thereby duly executed by all
signatories;
(v) The Indenture, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Purchaser,
and all documents required thereby duly executed by all signatories;
(vi) A certificate of an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller
dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser, and attached thereto the resolutions of the Mortgage Loan
Seller authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
together with copies of the charter and by-laws of the Mortgage Loan
Seller;
(vii) One or more opinions of counsel from the Mortgage Loan
Seller's counsel otherwise in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
each Rating Agency;
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(viii) A letter from each of the Rating Agencies giving each
Class of Notes set forth on Schedule A the rating set forth on Schedule
A; and
(ix) Such other documents, certificates (including additional
representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably
necessary to secure the intended ratings from each Rating Agency for
the Notes.
(3) The Notes to be sold to the Underwriters pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement shall have been issued and sold to the
Underwriters.
(4) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have furnished to the
Purchaser such other certificates of its officers or others and such
other documents and opinions of counsel to evidence fulfillment of the
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby as the Purchaser and its counsel may reasonably
request.
(b) The obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement
shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the
following conditions:
(1) The obligations of the Purchaser required to be performed
by it on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with in all
material respects, and all of the representations and warranties of the
Purchaser under this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and
no event shall have occurred which would constitute a breach by it of
the terms of this Agreement, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have
received a certificate to that effect signed by an authorized officer
of the Purchaser.
(2) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received copies of all
of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon
and reasonably acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, duly executed by
all signatories other than the Mortgage Loan Seller as required
pursuant to the respective terms thereof:
(i) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment
dated as of the Closing Date and any documents referred to therein;
(ii) The Trust Agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Mortgage Loan Seller, and all documents required
thereby duly executed by all signatories;
(iii) The Sale and Servicing Agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Mortgage Loan Seller, and all documents
required thereby duly executed by all signatories;
(iv) The Indenture, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Mortgage Loan Seller, and all documents required
thereby duly executed by all signatories;
(v) A certificate of an officer of the Purchaser dated as of
the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Mortgage Loan
Seller, and attached thereto the resolutions
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of the Purchaser authorizing the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, together with copies of
the Purchaser's articles of incorporation, and evidence as to the good
standing of the Purchaser dated as of a recent date;
(vi) One or more opinions of counsel from the Purchaser's
counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Mortgage
Loan Seller; and
(vii) Such other documents, certificates (including additional
representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably
necessary to secure the intended rating from each Rating Agency for the
Notes;
(3) The Certificates shall have been transferred to, or at the
direction of, the Mortgage Loan Seller.
Section 11. FEES AND EXPENSES. Subject to Section 16 hereof, the
Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay on the Closing Date or such later date as may be
agreed to by the Purchaser (i) the fees and expenses of the Mortgage Loan
Seller's attorneys and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Purchaser's
attorneys, (ii) the fees and expenses of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (iii) the fee
for the use of Purchaser's Registration Statement based on the aggregate
original principal amount of the Certificates and the filing fee of the
Commission as in effect on the date on which the Registration Statement was
declared effective, (iv) the fees and expenses including counsel's fees and
expenses in connection with any "blue sky" and legal investment matters, (v) the
fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee which shall include without
limitation the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee (and the fees and
disbursements of its counsel) with respect to (A) legal and document review of
this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Notes and related agreements, (B) attendance at the Closing and
(C) review of the Mortgage Loans to be performed by the Custodian, (vi) the
expenses for printing or otherwise reproducing the Notes, the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement, (vii) the fees and expenses of each Rating Agency (both
initial and ongoing), (viii) the fees and expenses relating to the preparation
and recordation of mortgage assignments (including intervening assignments, if
any and if available, to evidence a complete chain of title from the originator
to the Indenture Trustee) from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Indenture Trustee
or the expenses relating to the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 6(a)
hereof, as the case may be, and (ix) Mortgage File due diligence expenses and
other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the
purchase of the Mortgage Loans and by Bear Xxxxxxx in connection with the sale
of the Notes. The Mortgage Loan Seller additionally agrees to pay directly to
any third party on a timely basis the fees provided for above which are charged
by such third party and which are billed periodically.
Section 12. ACCOUNTANTS' LETTERS.
(a) Deloitte & Touche LLP will review the characteristics of a sample
of the Mortgage Loans described in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and will
compare those characteristics to the description of the Mortgage Loans contained
in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Summary of Prospectus
Supplement-The Mortgage Loans" and "The Mortgage Pool" and in Schedule A
thereto. The Mortgage Loan Seller will cooperate with the Purchaser in making
available all information and taking all steps reasonably necessary to permit
such accountants to complete the
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review and to deliver the letters required of them under the Underwriting
Agreement. Deloitte & Touche LLP will also confirm certain calculations as set
forth under the caption "Yield On The Notes" in the Prospectus Supplement.
(b) To the extent statistical information with respect to the Master
Servicer's or a Servicer's servicing portfolio is included in the Prospectus
Supplement under the caption "The Master Servicer and the Servicer," a letter
from the certified public accountant for the Master Servicer and such Servicer
or Servicers will be delivered to the Purchaser dated the date of the Prospectus
Supplement, in the form previously agreed to by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the
Purchaser, with respect to such statistical information.
Section 13. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Purchaser and its directors, officers and controlling persons (as defined in
Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim, damage or
liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information
as identified in Exhibit 3, the omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement
or Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto approved by the
Mortgage Loan Seller and in which additional Mortgage Loan Seller's Information
is identified), in reliance upon and in conformity with Mortgage Loan Seller's
Information a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading, (ii) any representation or warranty assigned or made by the
Mortgage Loan Seller in Section 7 or Section 8 hereof being, or alleged to be,
untrue or incorrect, or (iii) any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform
its obligations under this Agreement; and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
reimburse the Purchaser and each other indemnified party for any legal and other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action.
The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which
the Mortgage Loan Seller otherwise may have to the Purchaser or any other such
indemnified party.
(b) The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mortgage Loan
Seller and its respective directors, officers and controlling persons (as
defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim,
damage or liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them
may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Purchaser's Information as
identified in Exhibit 4, the omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement or
Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto approved by the
Purchaser and in which additional Purchaser's Information is identified), in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Purchaser's Information, a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any
representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in Section 9 hereof being, or
alleged to be, untrue or incorrect, or (iii) any failure by the Purchaser to
perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser shall reimburse
the Mortgage Loan Seller, and each other
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indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by them
in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is
in addition to any liability which the Purchaser otherwise may have to the
Mortgage Loan Seller, or any other such indemnified party,
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a)
or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is
to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to
notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have under this Section 13 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced
in any material respect by such failure or from any liability which it may have
otherwise). In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party,
and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent it
may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly (but, in
any event, within 30 days) after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own
counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of
such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying
parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying
parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such
action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or
(iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that
there is a conflict of interest between itself or themselves and the
indemnifying party in the conduct of the defense of any claim or that the
interests of the indemnified party or parties are not substantially co-extensive
with those of the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying parties
shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses
shall be borne by the indemnifying parties; provided, however, that the
indemnifying party shall be liable only for the fees and expenses of one counsel
in addition to one local counsel in the jurisdiction involved. Anything in this
subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement or any claim or action effected without its written
consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section 13 shall for any reason be unavailable to an indemnified party in
respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect
thereof, referred to in Section 13, then the indemnifying party shall in lieu of
indemnifying the indemnified party contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Mortgage Loan Seller on the one hand and
the Purchaser on the other from the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans, the
transfer of the Certificates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the offering of the
Notes and the other transactions contemplated hereunder. No person found liable
for a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not
also found liable for such fraudulent misrepresentation.
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(e) The parties hereto agree that reliance by an indemnified party on
any publicly available information or any information or directions furnished by
an indemnifying party shall not constitute negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct by such indemnified party.
Section 14. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing but may be delivered by facsimile transmission subsequently
confirmed in writing. Notices to the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be directed to
EMC Mortgage Corporation, Mac Xxxxxx Xxxxx XX, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (Telecopy: (972-444-2880)), and notices to the
Purchaser shall be directed to Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Telecopy: (212-272-7206)),
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx; or to any other address as may hereafter be
furnished by one party to the other party by like notice. Any such demand,
notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on the
date received at the premises of the addressee (as evidenced, in the case of
registered or certified mail, by the date noted on the return receipt) provided
that it is received on a business day during normal business hours and, if
received after normal business hours, then it shall be deemed to be received on
the next business day.
Section 15. TRANSFER OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The Purchaser retains the right
to assign the Mortgage Loans and any or all of its interest under this Agreement
to the Issuer, with the understanding that the Issuer will then assign such
rights to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent
of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and, upon such assignment, the Indenture Trustee,
as the ultimate assignee, shall succeed to the applicable rights and obligations
of the Purchaser hereunder; provided, however, the Purchaser shall remain
entitled to the benefits set forth in Sections 11, 13 and 17 hereto and as
provided in Section 2(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and exclusive
right and remedy of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee with respect to a breach
of representation or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be the purchase
or substitution obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in Sections 5
and 7 hereof.
Section 16. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated (a) by the
mutual consent of the parties hereto prior to the Closing Date, (b) by the
Purchaser, if the conditions to the Purchaser's obligation to close set forth
under Section 10(a) hereof are not fulfilled as and when required to be
fulfilled or (c) by the Mortgage Loan Seller, if the conditions to the Mortgage
Loan Seller's obligation to close set forth under Section 10(b) hereof are not
fulfilled as and when required to be fulfilled. In the event of termination
pursuant to clause (b), the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay, and in the event of
termination pursuant to clause (c), the Purchaser shall pay, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In the event of a termination pursuant to clause
(a), each party shall be responsible for its own expenses.
Section 17. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE
DELIVERY. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller
submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect
and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, delivery by
the Purchaser to the Issuer and the pledge by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders. Subsequent to the delivery of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser, the Mortgage Loan Seller's representations and
warranties contained herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall
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be deemed to relate to the Mortgage Loans actually delivered to the Purchaser
and included in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and any Substitute Mortgage
Loan and not to those Mortgage Loans deleted from the Preliminary Mortgage Loan
Schedule pursuant to Section 3 hereof prior to the Closing.
Section 18. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
prohibited or invalid under applicable law, the Agreement shall be ineffective
only to such extent, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.
Section 19. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which will be an original, but which together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 20. AMENDMENT. This Agreement cannot be amended or modified in
any manner without the prior written consent of each party.
Section 21. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
MADE AND PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE.
Section 22. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each of the parties agrees to execute
and deliver such instruments and take such actions as another party may, from
time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purpose and to carry
out the terms of this Agreement including any amendments hereto which may be
required by each of the Rating Agencies.
Section 23. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall bind and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the
Purchaser and their permitted successors and assigns and, to the extent
specified in Section 13 hereof, Bear Xxxxxxx, and their directors, officers and
controlling persons (within the meaning of federal securities laws). The
Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser may assign its
rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to the
Mortgage Loan Seller's representations and warranties respecting the Mortgage
Loans) to Issuer and that the Issuer may further assign such rights to the
Indenture Trustee. Any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged
or consolidated (or any person resulting from any merger or consolidation
involving the Mortgage Loan Seller), any person resulting from a change in form
of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any person succeeding to the business of the
Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be considered the "successor" of the Mortgage Loan
Seller hereunder and shall be considered a party hereto without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act or consent on the part of any party
hereto. Except as provided in the two preceding sentences, this Agreement cannot
be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by either party hereto without the written
consent of the other parties to this Agreement and any such assignment or
purported assignment shall be deemed null and void.
Section 24. THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER. The Mortgage Loan Seller will
keep in full effect all rights as are necessary to perform their respective
obligations under this Agreement.
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Section 25. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements,
understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written,
of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section 26. NO PARTNERSHIP. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or
construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first
above written.
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS II INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 1
CONTENTS OF MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser or its designee, and which shall be delivered to the Purchaser or its
designee pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
(a) with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
1. The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse in
blank or to the order of the Indenture Trustee and showing an unbroken
chain of endorsements from the originator thereof to the Person
endorsing it in blank or to the Indenture Trustee, or a lost note
affidavit together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;
2. The original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan is
a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that
such Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if
the original is not available, a copy), with evidence of such recording
indicated thereon (or if the original Security Instrument, assignments
to the Indenture Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which have
been delivered, are being delivered or will, upon receipt of recording
information relating to the Security Instrument required to be included
thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have not
been returned to the Seller in time to permit their recording as
specified in Section 2.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall
be in recordable form);
3. unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, a certified copy of
the assignment (which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if
permitted in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located) in blank or to "U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture
Trustee", with evidence of recording with respect to each Mortgage Loan
in the name of the Indenture Trustee thereon (or if (A) the original
Security Instrument, assignments to the Indenture Trustee or
intervening assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being
delivered or will, upon receipt of recording information relating to
the Security Instrument required to be included thereon, be delivered
to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the
Seller in time to permit their delivery as specified in Section 2.01(b)
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller may deliver a true copy
thereof with a certification by the Seller, on the face of such copy,
substantially as follows: "Certified to be a true and correct copy of
the original, which has been transmitted for recording" or (B) the
related Mortgaged Property is located in a state other than Maryland
and an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set forth in Section
2.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall be in recordable
form);
4. all intervening assignments of the Security Instrument, if
applicable and only to the extent available to the Mortgage Loan Seller
with evidence of recording thereon;
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5. the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
primary mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;
6. the original or copy of the policy of title insurance or
mortgagee's certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for
title insurance; and
7. originals of all modification agreements, if applicable and
available.
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EXHIBIT 2
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE INFORMATION
The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(a) the loan number;
(b) the city, state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property;
(c) the property type;
(d) the Mortgage Interest Rate;
(e) the Servicing Fee Rate;
(f) the Net Rate;
(g) the original term to maturity;
(h) the maturity date;
(i) the stated remaining term to maturity;
(j) the original principal balance;
(k) the first payment date;
(l) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(m) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(n) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(o) the paid-through date of the Mortgage Loan;
(p) the insurer of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy;
(q) the Index and Gross Margin, if applicable;
(r) the Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;
(s) the Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;
(t) the Adjustment Date frequency, if applicable;
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(u) the number of days delinquent, if any; and
(v) the Loan Group.
Such schedule also shall set forth the total number of Mortgage Loans, the total
of each of the amounts described under (k) and (n) above for all of the Mortgage
Loans, the weighted average by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of each
of the rates described under (e), (f) and (g) above for all of the Mortgage
Loans, and the weighted average remaining term to maturity by unpaid principal
balance as of the Cut-off Date for all of the Mortgage Loans.
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EXHIBIT 3
MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER'S INFORMATION
All information in the Prospectus Supplement described under the
following Sections: "SUMMARY OF PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT - The Mortgage Loans,"
"THE MORTGAGE POOL" and "SCHEDULE A - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE
LOANS."
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EXHIBIT 4
PURCHASER'S INFORMATION
All information in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, except
the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information.
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EXHIBIT 5
SCHEDULE OF LOST NOTES
Available Upon Request
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EXHIBIT 6
STANDARD & POOR'S LEVELS GLOSSARY,
VERSION 5.6 REVISED, APPENDIX E
APPENDIX E: Standard & Poor's Predatory Lending Categorization
REVISED July 7, 2004
Standard & Poor's has categorized loans governed by anti-predatory lending laws
in the Jurisdictions listed below into three categories based upon a combination
of factors that include (a) the risk exposure associated with the assignee
liability and (b) the tests and thresholds set forth in those laws. Note that
certain loans classified by the relevant statute as Covered are included in
Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Category because they included thresholds and
tests that are typical of what is generally considered High Cost by the
industry.
Name of Anti Predatory Lending Category under Applicable
State/Jurisdiction Law/Effective Date Anti Predatory Lending Law
------------------ ------------------ --------------------------
Arkansas Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act, High Cost Home Loan
Ark. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 00-00-000 et seq.
Effective July 16, 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX Ordinance No. 72-2003 (PSH), Mun. Covered Loan
Codess.ss.757.01 et seq.
Effective June 2, 2003
Colorado Consumer Equity Protection, Colo. Covered Loan
Stat. Xxx. xx.xx. 5-3.5-101 et seq.
Effective for covered loans offered or
entered into on or after January 1,
2003. Other provisions of the Act took effect on
June 7, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Abusive Home Loan High Cost Home Loan
Lending Practices Act, Conn. Gen.
Stat. xx.xx. 36a-746 et seq. Effective October
1, 0000
Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx Home Loan Protection Act, D.C. Covered Loan
Code xx.xx. 26-1151.01 et seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after
January 28, 2003
Florida Fair Lending Act, Fla. Stat. Xxx.xx.xx. High Cost Home Loan
494.0078 et seq.
Effective October 2, 2002
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Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 - Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code High Cost Home Loan
Mar. 6, 2003) Xxx.ss.ss.7-6A-1 et seq.
Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6,
2003
Georgia as amended Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code High Cost Home Loan
(Mar. 7, 2003 - current) Xxx.ss.ss.7-6A-1 et seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after
Xxxxx 0, 0000
XXXXX Section 32 Home Ownership and Equity High Cost Loan
Protection Act of 1994, 15 U.S.C. ss.
1639, 12 C.F.R. xx.xx. 226.32 and
226.34
Effective October 1, 1995,
amendments October 1, 2002
Illinois High Risk Home Loan Act, Ill. High Risk Home Loan
Comp. Stat. tit. 815, xx.xx. 137/5 et seq.
Effective January 1, 2004 (prior to this date,
regulations under Residential Mortgage License
Act effective from May 14, 2001)
Kansas Consumer Credit Code, Kan. Stat. High Loan to Value Consumer
Xxx. xx.xx. 16a-1-101 et seq. Loan (id. ss.
16a-3-207) and; Sections 16a-1-301 and 16a-3-207
High APR Consumer Loan (id. became effective
April 14, 1999; ss. 16a-3-308a) Section
16a-3-308a became effective
July 1, 1999
Kentucky 2003 KY H.B. 287 - High Cost High Cost Home Loan
Home Loan Act, Ky. Rev. Xxxx.xx.xx.
360.100 et seq.
Effective June 24, 2003
Maine Truth in Lending, Me. Rev. Stat. tit. High Rate High Fee Mortgage
9-A,ss.ss.8-101 et seq.
Effective September 29, 1995 and as
amended from time to time
Massachusetts Part 40 and Part 32, 209 X.X.X.xx.xx. High Cost Home Loan
32.00 et seq. and 209 X.X.X.xx.xx.
40.01 et seq.
Effective March 22, 2001 and
amended from time to time
Nevada Assembly Xxxx No. 284, Nev. Rev. Home Loan
Stat.ss.ss.598D.010 et seq.
Effective October 1, 0000
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Xxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Home Ownership High Cost Home Loan
Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat.
ss.ss.46:10B-22 et seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after
November 27, 2003
New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. High Cost Home Loan
Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 58-21A-1 et seq.
Effective as of January 1, 2004;
Revised as of February 26, 2004
New York N.Y. Banking Law Article 6-l High Cost Home Loan
Effective for applications made on or
after April 1, 2003
North Carolina Restrictions and Limitations on High High Cost Home Loan
Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat.
ss.ss.24-1.1E et seq.
Effective July 1, 2000; amended
October 1, 2003 (adding open-end
lines of credit)
Ohio H.B. 386 (codified in various Covered Loan
sections of the Ohio Code), Ohio
Rev. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 1349.25 et seq. Effective
May 24, 2002
Oklahoma Consumer Credit Code (codified in Subsection 10 Mortgage
various sections of Title 14A)
Effective July 1, 2000; amended
effective January 1, 2004
South Carolina South Carolina High Cost and High Cost Home Loan
Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C.
Code Xxx.ss.ss.37-23-10 et seq.
Effective for loans taken on or after
January 1, 0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Residential Mortgage West Virginia Mortgage Loan
Lender, Broker and Servicer Act, W. Act Loan
Va. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 31-17-1 et seq. Effective
June 5, 2002
Georgia (Oct. 1, 0000 - Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xx. Code Covered Loan
Mar. 6, 2003) Xxx.ss.ss.7-6A-1 et seq.
Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6,
0000
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Home Ownership Covered Home Loan
Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat.
ss.ss.46:10B-22 et seq.
Effective November 27, 2003 - July
5, 2004
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North Carolina Restrictions and Limitations on High Consumer Home Loan
Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat.
ss.ss.24-1.1E et seq.
Effective July 1, 2000; amended
October 1, 2003 (adding open-end
lines of credit)
South Carolina South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loan
Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C.
Code Xxx.ss.ss.37-23-10 et seq.
Effective for loans taken on or after
January 1, 2004
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SCHEDULE A
REQUIRED RATINGS FOR EACH CLASS OF NOTES
Notes
CLASS S&P/XXXXX'X
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Class A AAA/Aaa
Class M-1 AA/Aa2
Class M-2 A/A2
Class B BBB/Baa2
None of the above ratings has been lowered since the respective dates of such
letters.
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SCHEDULE B
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[Provided upon request]
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EXHIBIT F
SPECIAL SERVICING AGREEMENT
[Provided Upon Request]
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