Exhibit 99.15b
EXECUTION COPY
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
Purchaser
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
_______________________________________________
MASTER SELLER'S WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 2006
_______________________________________________
Fixed Rate and Adjustable Rate Prime Mortgage Loans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I......................................................................1
DEFINITIONS....................................................................1
ARTICLE II....................................................................15
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS.................15
ARTICLE III...................................................................21
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH............................21
ARTICLE IV....................................................................41
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS................................41
ARTICLE V.....................................................................59
PAYMENTS TO PURCHASER.........................................................59
ARTICLE VI....................................................................61
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES..................................................61
ARTICLE VII...................................................................66
COMPANY TO COOPERATE..........................................................66
ARTICLE VIII..................................................................67
THE COMPANY...................................................................67
ARTICLE IX....................................................................69
AGENCY SALES, SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS OR WHOLE LOAN TRANSFERS.............69
ARTICLE X.....................................................................81
DEFAULT.......................................................................81
ARTICLE XI....................................................................83
TERMINATION...................................................................83
ARTICLE XII...................................................................83
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS......................................................84
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Conveyance
Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Company Certification
Exhibit D Custodial Agreement
Exhibit E Data File
Exhibit F Contents of each Mortgage File
Exhibit G Form of Opinion of Counsel
Exhibit H Servicing Criteria to be addressed
in the Assessment of Compliance
Exhibit I Form of Sarbanes Certification
Exhibit J List of Xxxxxxx Mac Representations
and Warranties
Exhibit K Form of Indemnification Agreement
This is a Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement for fixed rate
and adjustable rate residential, first lien mortgage loans, dated and effective
as of April 1, 2006, and is executed between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc. as purchaser (the "Purchaser"), and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as seller and
servicer (the "Company").
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, the Purchaser has agreed to purchase from the Company and the
Company has agreed to sell to the Purchaser from time to time (each a
"Transaction") on a servicing retained basis, certain first lien, fixed rate and
adjustable rate residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") which shall be
delivered as whole loans (each a "Loan Package") on various dates (each a
"Closing Date") as provided for in certain Assignment and Conveyance Agreements
by and between the Purchaser and the Company as executed in conjunction with
each Transaction;
WHEREAS, each of the Mortgage Loans is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust
or other security instrument creating a one- to four-family first lien on a
residential dwelling located in the jurisdictions indicated on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule; and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Company wish to prescribe the manner of
purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the conveyance, servicing and control of the
Mortgage Loans.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set
forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy
of which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Company agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the content
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, those
customary mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions
which service mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that contains a provision
pursuant to which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted periodically.
Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date on
which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
Affiliate: Any Person who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled
by, or is under direct or indirect common control with such person. For the
purposes of this definition, the term "control" when used with respect to any
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person
directly or indirectly, whether thorough the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
Agency/Agencies: Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA, or any of them as
applicable.
Agency Sale: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans by
the Purchaser to an Agency which sale or transfer is not a Securitization
Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer.
Agreement: This Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement and all
exhibits hereto, amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA: The American Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i) the
value set forth on the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan as to the value of the related Mortgaged Property, or (ii)
the purchase price paid for the Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that in
the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value shall be based solely on the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement: The agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement: The agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer
or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the
sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser or its designated assignee, or if the
related Mortgage has been recorded in the name of MERS or its designee, such
actions as are necessary to cause the Purchaser to be shown as the owner of the
related Mortgage on the records of MERS for purposes of the system or recording
transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.
Assignment of Mortgage Note and Pledge Agreement: With respect to a
Cooperative Loan, as assignment of the Mortgage Note and Pledge Agreement.
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Assignment of Proprietary Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, as
assignment of the Proprietary Lease sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative Apartment is located to effect the
assignment of such Proprietary Lease.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on
which banking and savings and loan institutions in the State of Iowa, the State
of California, the State of Maryland, the State of South Carolina, the State of
Minnesota or the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Buydown Agreement: An agreement between the Company and a Mortgagor, or an
agreement among the Company, a Mortgagor and a seller of a Mortgaged Property or
a third party with respect to a Mortgage Loan which governs the payment by such
Mortgagor, seller or third party of, and the application of Buydown Funds.
Buydown Funds: In respect of any Buydown Mortgage Loan, any amount
contributed by the seller of a Mortgaged Property subject to a Buydown Mortgage
Loan, the buyer of such property, the Company or any other source, plus interest
earned thereon, in order to enable the Mortgagor to reduce the payments required
to be made from the Mortgagor's funds in the early years of a Mortgage Loan.
Buydown Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan in respect of which, pursuant to a
Buydown Agreement, (i) the Mortgagor pays less than the full monthly payments
specified in the Mortgage Note for a specified period, and (ii) the difference
between the payments required under such Buydown Agreement and the Mortgage Note
is provided from Buydown Funds.
Buydown Period: The period of time when a Buydown Agreement is in effect
with respect to a related Buydown Mortgage Loan.
Closing Date: The date or dates, set forth in the related Commitment
Letter, on which from time to time the Purchaser shall purchase and the Company
shall sell the Mortgage Loans listed on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule
for each Transaction.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to
time or any successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the
Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Commission: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Commitment Letter: The commitment letter between the Purchaser to the
Company which sets forth, among other things, the Purchase Price for certain
Mortgage Loans described therein to be sold by the Company and purchased by the
Purchaser on the Closing Date set forth therein.
Company: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest or assigns,
or any successor to the Company under this Agreement appointed as herein
provided.
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Company Certification: The certification delivered by the Company to the
Purchaser in the form substantially similar to Exhibit C of this Agreement.
Company Information: As defined in Section 9.01(f)(i)(A).
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged
Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the
power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not required to be
released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Loan Documents.
Cooperative: The entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable leasehold
estate) to all of the real property that the Project comprises, including the
land, separate dwelling units and all common areas.
Cooperative Apartment: The specific dwelling unit relating to a Cooperative
Loan.
Cooperative Lien Search: A search for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics'
liens, lis pendens, judgments of record or otherwise against (i) the
Cooperative, (ii) the seller of the Cooperative Apartment and (iii) the Company
if the Cooperative Loan is a refinanced Mortgage Loan, (b) filings of financing
statements and (c) the deed of the Project into the Cooperative.
Cooperative Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is secured by Cooperative Shares and
a Proprietary Lease granting exclusive rights to occupy the related Cooperative
Apartment.
Cooperative Shares: The shares of stock issued by a Cooperative, owned by
the Mortgagor, and allocated to a Cooperative Apartment.
Covered Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as "Covered" pursuant to the
Standard & Poor's Glossary for File Format for LEVELS(R) Version 5.6c, Appendix
E, as revised from time to time and in effect on each related Closing Date.
Custodial Account: The separate account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.04.
Custodial Agreement: That certain custodial agreement, dated as of October
1, 2005, by and between the Purchaser, the Company and the Custodian, a copy of
which is annexed hereto as Exhibit D.
Custodian: The custodian under the Custodial Agreement, or its successor in
interest or assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under the Custodial
Agreement as provided therein.
Cut-off Date: With respect to each Transaction, the first day of the month
in which the Closing Date occurs.
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Data File: The electronic data file prepared by the Company and delivered
to the Purchaser, including the data fields set forth on Exhibit E with respect
to each Mortgage Loan, in relation to each Transaction.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which is repurchased by the Company
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which is, in the case of a
substitution pursuant to Section 3.03, replaced or to be replaced with a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Depositor: The depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with
respect to any Securitization Transaction.
Determination Date: The Business Day immediately preceding the related
Remittance Date.
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a
Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace, as specified in the related
Mortgage Note.
Due Period: With respect to each Remittance Date, the period commencing on
the second day of the month preceding the month in which the related Remittance
Date occurs ending on the first day of the month in which the related Remittance
Date occurs.
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy: An errors and omissions insurance
policy to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12.
Escrow Account: The separate account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.06.
Escrow Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents,
municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance
premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by
the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other related
document.
Event of Default: Any one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in
Section 10.01.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
Fidelity Bond: A fidelity bond to be maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.12.
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Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor
thereto.
GNMA: The Government National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed
percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which is added to the
Index in order to determine the related Mortgage Interest Rate, as set forth in
the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule.
High Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a "high cost" loan under
the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) a "high cost home,"
"threshold," "covered,", "high risk home," "predatory" or similar loan under any
other applicable state, federal or local law or (c) a Mortgage Loan categorized
as "High Cost" pursuant to the Standard & Poor's Glossary for File Format for
LEVELS(R) Version 5.6c, Appendix E, as revised from time to time and in effect
on each related Closing Date.
Incremental Interest: As to any Incremental Rate Mortgage Loan, the amount
of interest accrued on such Mortgage Loan attributable to the Incremental Rate;
provided, however, that with respect to any payment of interest received in
respect of such a Mortgage Loan (whether paid by the Mortgagor or received as
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise) which is less than the full amount of
interest then due with respect to such Mortgage Loan, only that portion of such
payment of interest that bears the same relationship to the total amount of such
payment of interest as the Incremental Rate, if any, in respect of such Mortgage
Loan bears to the Mortgage Interest Rate shall be allocated to the Incremental
Interest with respect thereto.
Incremental Rate: For an Incremental Rate Mortgage Loan, the per annum
increase to the initial Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the addendum to the
related Mortgage Note, which increase takes effect upon the occurrence of
certain specified conditions prior to the first Adjustment Date and remains in
effect until the first Adjustment Date.
Incremental Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the related
Mortgage Note includes an addendum that allows for an increase to the initial
Mortgage Interest Rate upon the occurrence of certain specified conditions.
Index: With respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index
identified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and set forth in the related
Mortgage Note for the purpose of calculating the interest thereon.
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property,
including, without limitation, LPMI Proceeds, if applicable.
Interest Only Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which an interest-only
payment feature is allowed during the interest-only period set forth in the
related Mortgage Note.
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Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy: A PMI Policy for
which the Company pays all premiums from its own funds, without reimbursement
therefor.
Letter of Credit: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a guaranty
issued to the Company by the Pledge Holder for the Pledged Value Amount.
Liquidation Proceeds: Cash received in connection with the liquidation of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage
Loan, trustee's sale, foreclosure sale, sale of REO property or otherwise, or
the sale of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired
in satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan.
Loan Package: As defined in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of
the original loan amount of the Mortgage Loan at its origination (unless
otherwise indicated) to the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI Proceeds: Proceeds of any Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance Policy.
Master Servicer: With respect to any Securitization Transaction, the
"master servicer," if any, identified in the related transaction document.
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the absolute maximum Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the
related Mortgage Note.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically
maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number used to identify mortgage loans
registered under MERS.
Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the absolute minimum Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the
related Mortgage Note.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee, solely
as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and
assigns.
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Monthly Advance: The portion of each Monthly Payment that is delinquent
with respect to each Mortgage Loan at the close of business on the Determination
Date that is required to be advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 5.03.
Monthly Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on
a Mortgage Loan or in the case of an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, payments of
(i) interest, or (ii) principal and interest, as applicable, on a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Note, which creates a first lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee
simple in real property securing the Mortgage Note, or the Pledge Agreement
securing the Mortgage Note for a Cooperative Loan.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan referred
to in Exhibit F annexed hereto, and any additional documents required to be
added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement or the Custodial
Agreement.
Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy: A mortgage impairment or blanket
hazard insurance policy as described in Section 4.11.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage
Note in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loan: An individual mortgage loan which is the subject of this
Agreement and identified on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule, which
Mortgage Loan includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly
Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds and all other rights, benefits,
proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Documents: : With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the documents
listed as items 1 through 10 of Exhibit F attached hereto.
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate of interest to be remitted to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to
the related Mortgage Interest Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: With respect to each Transaction, a schedule of
Mortgage Loans setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan: (1) the Company's Mortgage Loan number; (2) the city, state and
zip code of the Mortgaged Property; (3) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged
Property is a single family residence, two-family residence, three-family
residence, four-family residence, planned unit development or Cooperative
Apartment or condominium; (4) the current Mortgage Interest Rate; (5) the
Servicing Fee Rate; (6) the current Monthly Payment; (7) the original term to
maturity; (8) the scheduled maturity date; (9) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date after deduction of payments of principal
due on or before the Cut-off Date whether or not collected; (10) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio; (11) the due date of the Mortgage Loan; (12) whether
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the Mortgage Loan is convertible or not; (13) a code indicating the mortgage
guaranty insurance company; (14) with respect to each MERS Mortgage Loan, the
MIN; and (15) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, (a) the first
Adjustment Date and the Adjustment Date frequency; (b) the Gross Margin; (c) the
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (d) the
Periodic Rate Cap; (e) the first Adjustment Date immediately following the
related Cut off Date; and (f) the Index.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property: The real property securing repayment of the debt
evidenced by a Mortgage Note, or with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related
Cooperative Apartment.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or
the Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President or an
Assistant Vice President and certified by the Treasurer or the Secretary or one
of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Company, and
delivered to the Purchaser as required by this Agreement, a form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of
the Company, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Periodic Interest Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
maximum increase or decrease in the Mortgage Interest Rate on any Adjustment
Date pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge Account: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, an account
that is managed by the Pledge Holder to secure a Letter of Credit.
Pledge Agreement: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the specific
agreement creating a first lien on and pledge of the Cooperative Shares and the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease.
Pledge Holder: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the entity
that holds the Pledge Account, manages the Pledge Account and provides the
Letter of Credit.
Pledge Instruments: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the Stock Power,
the Assignment of the Proprietary Lease and the Assignment of the Mortgage Note
and Pledge Agreement.
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Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has
pledged financial assets as partial collateral for the Mortgage Loan, in lieu of
a cash down payment.
Pledged Value Amount: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
minimum of 20% of the lower of the Purchase Price or Appraised Value of a
Mortgaged Property.
PMI Policy: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance evidenced by an
electronic form and certificate number issued by a Qualified Insurer, as
required by this Agreement with respect to certain Mortgage Loans. The premiums
on a PMI Policy may be paid by the Mortgagor or by the Company from its own
funds, without reimbursement. If the premiums are paid by the Company, the PMI
Policy is an LPMI Policy.
Prepayment Penalty: Payments penalties, fees or charges calculated pursuant
to the Mortgage Note and due pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan as the
result of a Principal Prepayment of the Mortgage Loan, not otherwise due thereon
in respect of principal or interest.
Prime Rate: The prime rate announced to be in effect from time to time, as
published as the average rate in The Wall Street Journal.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a
Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including
any Prepayment Penalty or premium thereon and which is not accompanied by an
amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in
any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment Period: The calendar month preceding the month in
which the related Remittance Date occurs.
Project: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, all real property owned by the
related Cooperative including the land, separate dwelling units and all common
areas.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, a lease on a
Cooperative Apartment evidencing the possessory interest of the Mortgagor in
such Cooperative Apartment.
Purchase Price: The purchase price for each Loan Package shall be the
purchase price specified in the related Commitment Letter.
Purchaser: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., or its successor in
interest or any successor to the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein
provided.
Qualified Correspondent: Any Person from which the Company purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (i) such
Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an agreement between the Company and
such Person that contemplated that such Person would underwrite mortgage loans
from time to time, for sale to the Company, in accordance with underwriting
guidelines designated by the Company ("Designated Guidelines") or guidelines
that do not vary materially from such Designated Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage
Loans were in fact underwritten as described in clause (i) above and were
acquired by the
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Company within one hundred eighty (180) days after origination; (iii) either (x)
the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were originated,
used by the Company in origination of mortgage loans of the same type as the
Mortgage Loans for the Company's own account or (y) the Designated Guidelines
were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were underwritten, designated by the
Company on a consistent basis for use by lenders in originating mortgage loans
to be purchased by the Company; and (iv) the Company employed, at the time such
Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Company, pre-purchase or post-purchase
quality assurance procedures (which may involve, among other things, review of a
sample of mortgage loans purchased during a particular time period or through
particular channels) designed to ensure that Persons from which it purchased
mortgage loans properly applied the underwriting criteria designated by the
Company.
Qualified Depository: A deposit account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution the deposits in which are
insured by the FDIC to the applicable limits and the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution that is a
subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of
such holding company) are rated A-1 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or
Prime-1 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. (or a comparable rating if another
rating agency is specified by the Purchaser by written notice to the Company) at
the time any deposits are held on deposit therein; provided, however, that in
the event any of the Mortgage Loans are subject to a Pass Through Transfer, the
Company agrees that the holding company or other entity which maintains any
accounts subject to this definition, shall satisfy the rating requirements
established by any Rating Agency which rates securities issued as part of the
Securitization Transaction.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly authorized
and licensed where required by law to transact mortgage guaranty insurance
business and approved as an insurer by Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Company for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date
of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction
of all scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a
substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an
aggregate principal balance), not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate not less
than, and not more than two percent (2%) greater, than the Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to
maturity not greater than and not more than one year less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be of the same type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and
(v) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 3.01 and
3.02.
Rating Agency: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Ratings
Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Fitch, Inc. (doing business as
"Fitch Ratings"), or any other nationally recognized statistical credit rating
agency rating any security issued in connection with any Securitization
Transaction.
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Reconstitution: Any Securitization Transaction, Agency Sale or Whole Loan
Transfer.
Reconstitution Agreement: The agreement or agreements entered into by the
Company and the Purchaser and/or certain third parties with respect to any or
all of the Mortgage Loans serviced hereunder, in connection with a Whole Loan
Transfer or Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution Date: The date on which any or all of the Mortgage Loans
serviced under this Agreement may be removed from this Agreement and
reconstituted as part of an Agency Sale, Securitization Transaction or Whole
Loan Transfer pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof. The Reconstitution Date shall be
such date which the Purchaser shall designate.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and
subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the
Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act
Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff
of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from
time to time.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to a
REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1,
Subtitle A of the Code, and related provisions, regulations, rulings or
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.
Remittance Date: The 18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business Day,
the immediately preceding Business Day) of any month.
Remittance Report Date: The 10th day (or if such 10th day is not a Business
Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) of any month.
REO Disposition: The final sale by the Company of any REO Property.
REO Disposition Proceeds: All amounts received with respect to an REO
Disposition pursuant to Section 4.16.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Company on behalf of the
Purchaser through foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in
Section 4.16.
Repurchase Price: Unless otherwise agreed by the Purchaser and the Company
(including without limitation as set forth in the related Commitment Letter), a
price equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
date on which such repurchase takes place, plus (ii) interest on such Stated
Principal Balance at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate from the date on which
interest has last been paid and distributed to the Purchaser through the last
day of
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the month in which such repurchase takes place, less amounts received or
advanced in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held in
the Custodial Account for distribution in the month of repurchase, plus (iii)
all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser arising out of or based upon
such breach, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in the
enforcement of the Company's repurchase obligation hereunder.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization Transaction: Any transaction involving either (a) a sale or
other transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an
issuing entity in connection with an issuance of publicly offered or privately
placed, rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities or (b) an issuance of
publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated securities, the payments
on which are determined primarily by reference to one or more portfolios of
residential mortgage loans consisting, in whole or in part, of some or all of
the Mortgage Loans.
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of
2003 (50 U.S.C. App xx.xx. 501-596).
Servicer: As defined in Section 9.01(e)(iii).
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket"
costs and expenses other than Monthly Advances (including reasonable attorney's
fees and disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Company of its
servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the
preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management
and liquidation of any REO Property and (d) compliance with the obligations
under Section 4.08 (excluding the Company's obligation to pay the premiums on
LPMI Policies) and Section 4.10.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual
fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Company, which shall, for a period of one
full month, be equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate
and (b) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be
payable monthly, computed on the basis of the same principal amount and period
respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is received.
The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the
Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion (including recoveries
with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds, to the extent permitted by
Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payment collected by the Company, or as otherwise
provided under Section 4.05.
Servicing Fee Rate: The per annum percentage for each Mortgage Loan, as
stated in the related Commitment Letter.
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Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file retained by
the Company consisting of originals of all documents in the Mortgage File which
are not delivered to the Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents
listed in the Custodial Agreement the originals of which are delivered to the
Custodian pursuant to Section 2.03.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Company involved in or responsible
for the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on
a list of servicing officers furnished by the Company to the Purchaser upon
request, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan, (i) the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan on the Cut-off Date (and thereafter the related Due
Date) after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such date,
whether or not received, minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to the
Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or
recoveries of principal or advances in lieu thereof.
Static Pool Information: Static pool information as described in Item
1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Stock Certificate: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, a certificate
evidencing ownership of the Cooperative Shares issued by the Cooperative.
Stock Power: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Stock
Certificate or an assignment of the Cooperative Shares issued by the
Cooperative.
Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not
responsible for the overall servicing (as "servicing" is commonly understood by
participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but
performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the
Company or a Subservicer.
Subservicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Company or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether
directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of
the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Company under
this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Subsidy Account: An account maintained by the Company specifically to hold
all Subsidy Funds to be applied to individual Subsidy Loans.
Subsidy Funds: With respect to any Subsidy Loans, funds contributed by the
employer of a Mortgagor in order to reduce the payments required from the
Mortgagor for a specified period in specified amounts.
Subsidy Loan: Any Mortgage Loan subject to a temporary interest subsidy
agreement pursuant to which the monthly interest payments made by the related
Mortgagor will be less than
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the scheduled monthly interest payments on such Mortgage Loan, with the
resulting difference in interest payments being provided by the employer of the
Mortgagor. Each Subsidy Loan will be identified as such in the related Data
File.
Third-Party Originator: Each Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent,
that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the Company.
Time$aver(R) Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which has been refinanced
pursuant to a Company program that allows a rate/term refinance of an existing
Company serviced loan with minimal documentation.
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the Company,
applicable to each Loan Package, as provided by the Company to the Purchaser.
Whole Loan Transfer: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage
Loans by the Purchaser to a third party, which sale or transfer is not a
Securitization Transaction or an Agency Sale.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Mortgage Files;
Maintenance of Servicing Files.
Pursuant to each Assignment and Conveyance Agreement, on the related
Closing Date, the Company, simultaneously with the payment of Purchase Price by
the Purchaser, shall thereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the
Purchaser, without recourse, but subject to the terms of this Agreement and the
related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement, all the right, title and interest
of the Company in and to the Mortgage Loans listed on the respective Mortgage
Loan Schedule annexed to such Assignment and Conveyance Agreement. The Company
shall deliver the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and the related Data File to
the Purchaser at least two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date. Pursuant
to Section 2.03, the Company shall deliver the Mortgage Loan Documents for each
Mortgage Loan comprising the related Loan Package to the Custodian.
In addition to the documents delivered to the Custodian, the Company shall
maintain a Servicing File consisting of a copy of the contents of each Mortgage
File and the originals of the documents in each Mortgage File not delivered to
the Custodian. The possession of each Servicing File by the Company is at the
will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of servicing the related Mortgage
Loan, and such retention and possession by the Company is in a custodial
capacity only. Upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser pursuant to
the
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Commitment Letter and this Agreement, the ownership of each Mortgage Note, the
related Mortgage and the related Mortgage File and Servicing File shall vest
immediately in the Purchaser, and the ownership of all records and documents
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the
possession of the Company shall vest immediately in the Purchaser and shall be
retained and maintained by the Company, in trust, at the will of the Purchaser
and only in such custodial capacity. The Company shall release its custody of
the contents of any Servicing File only in accordance with written instructions
from the Purchaser, unless such release is required as incidental to the
Company's servicing of the Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase
or satisfaction of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02. All such
costs associated with the release, transfer and re-delivery of any Mortgage
Files and Servicing Files between the parties shall be the responsibility of the
party in possession of such file or files.
In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage Loan,
the Company agrees that it will cause the MERS(R) System to indicate that such
Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Company to the Purchaser in accordance
with this Agreement by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans
which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files
the information required by the MERS(R) System to identify the Purchaser as
beneficial owner of such Mortgage Loans. Prior to the assignment of any MERS
Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser will provide the Company with Purchaser's MERS
registration number. The Company further agrees that it will not alter the
information referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan
during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is
repurchased in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.02 Books and Records; Transfers of Mortgage Loans.
From and after the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in the
related Loan Package on each Closing Date, all rights arising out of the
Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, all funds received on or in
connection with such Mortgage Loans, shall be received and held by the Company
in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser as owner of the Mortgage Loans, and
the Company shall retain record title to the related Mortgages for the sole
purpose of facilitating the servicing and the supervision of the servicing of
the Mortgage Loans.
The sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Company's balance
sheet and other financial statements as a sale of assets by the Company. The
Company shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set
of books and records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be marked clearly to
reflect the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In particular, the
Company shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the
Purchaser, or its designee, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand,
evidence of compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations, and requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, including but not
limited to documentation as to the method(s) used in determining the
applicability of the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended, to each Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage
and eligibility of any condominium project for approval by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac and records of periodic inspections as required by Section 4.13. To the
extent that original documents are not
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required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds, documents maintained by the Company may be in the form of microfilm,
microfiche, optical imagery techniques or such other reliable means of
recreating original documents, so long as the Company complies with the
requirements of the Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac Selling and Servicing Guide, as
amended from time to time.
The Company shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and shall
make available for inspection by any purchaser or its designee the related
Servicing File during the time the Purchaser retains ownership of a Mortgage
Loan and thereafter in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The Company shall keep at its servicing office books and records in which
the Company shall note transfers of Mortgage Loans. No transfer of a Mortgage
Loan may be made unless such transfer is effected in compliance with the terms
hereof. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be under no
obligation to deal with any Person with respect to this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans unless the books and records show such Person as the Purchaser or
subsequent owner of the Mortgage Loan. The Purchaser may, subject to the terms
of this Agreement, sell and transfer one or more of the Mortgage Loans. The
Purchaser also shall advise the Company of the transfer. Upon receipt of notice
of the transfer, the Company shall xxxx its books and records to reflect the
ownership of the Mortgage Loans of such assignee, and shall release the previous
owner from its obligations hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold or
transferred. Such notification of a transfer shall include a final loan schedule
which shall be received by the Company no fewer than five (5) Business Days
before the last Business Day of the month. If such notification is not received
as specified above, the Company's duties to remit and report as required by
Section 5 shall begin with the next Due Period.
Section 2.03 Custodial Agreement; Delivery of Documents.
On each Closing Date with respect to each Mortgage Loan comprising the
related Loan Package, the Company shall have delivered to the Custodian not
fewer than five (5) Business Days prior to such Closing Date those Mortgage Loan
Documents as required by Exhibit F to this Agreement with respect to each
Mortgage Loan.
The Custodian shall certify its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan Documents
required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, as evidenced by the initial
certification of the Custodian in the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement.
The Purchaser will be responsible for the fees and expenses of the Custodian.
The Company shall forward to the Custodian original documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan
entered into in accordance with Section 4.01 or 6.01 within one (1) week of
their execution; provided, however, that the Company shall provide the Custodian
with a certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within
ten (10) days of its execution, and shall provide the original of any document
submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the
appropriate
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public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original within
sixty (60) days of its submission for recordation.
In the event the public recording office is delayed in returning any
original document, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian within two hundred
forty (240) days of its submission for recordation, a copy of such document and
an Officer's Certificate, which shall (i) identify the recorded document; (ii)
state that the recorded document has not been delivered to the Custodian due
solely to a delay by the public recording office, (iii) state the amount of time
generally required by the applicable recording office to record and return a
document submitted for recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable
recorded document will be delivered to the Custodian. The Company will be
required to deliver the document to the Custodian by the date specified in (iv)
above. An extension of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from
the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
In the event that new, replacement, substitute or additional Stock
Certificates are issued with respect to existing Cooperative Shares, the Company
immediately shall deliver to the Custodian the new Stock Certificates, together
with the related Stock Powers in blank. Such new Stock Certificates shall be
subject to the related Pledge Instruments and shall be subject to all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement.
Upon the Company's receipt of the Purchase Price, the Company shall provide
notification to the Custodian to release the ownership of the Mortgage Loan
Documents specified above to the Purchaser. Such notification shall be in a form
of a written notice by facsimile or other electronic media, with a copy sent to
the Purchaser. Subsequent to such release, such Mortgage Loan Documents shall be
retained by the Custodian for the benefit of the Purchaser.
Section 2.04 Examination of Mortgage Files
Prior to the related Closing Date, the Company shall (a) deliver to the
Purchaser in escrow, for examination, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan,
including a copy of the Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage
Loan, or (b) make the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser for examination
at the Company's offices or such other location as shall otherwise be agreed
upon by the Purchaser and the Company. Such examination may be made by the
Purchaser at any time before or after such Closing Date or by any prospective
purchaser of the Mortgage Loans from the Purchaser, at any time after such
Closing Date upon prior reasonable notice to the Company. The fact that the
Purchaser or any prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans has conducted or
has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files
shall not affect the Purchaser's (or any of its successor's) rights to demand
repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided under this Agreement.
Section 2.05 Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company
The Company agrees and acknowledges that it shall, as a condition to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, make the representations
and warranties specified in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 as of each Closing Date. The
Company, without conceding that the
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Mortgage Loans are securities, hereby makes the following additional
representations, warranties and agreements which shall be deemed to have been
made as of the related Closing Date:
Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loans, any
interest in any Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of any Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with
respect to any Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage Loans or any
other similar security with, any Person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or
taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the
Mortgage Loans under the Securities Act or which would render the
disposition of any Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5 of the
Securities Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor has it authorized or will it authorize any Person to act, in such
manner with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Section 2.06 Representation, Warranties and Agreement of Purchaser.
The Purchaser, without conceding that the Mortgage Loans are securities,
hereby makes the following representations, warranties and agreements, which
shall have been deemed to have been made as of the related Closing Date.
(i) the Purchaser understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been
registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of
any state;
(ii) the Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for its own
account only and not for any other person;
(iii) the Purchaser considers itself a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of investment in the Mortgage Loans;
(iv) the Purchaser has been furnished with all information regarding
the Mortgage Loans which it has requested from the Company; and
(v) neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any
Mortgage Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other
similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of any Mortgage Loan, any
interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any
Mortgage Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other
similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner, or taken any other action which would constitute
a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the Securities
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Act or which would render the disposition of any Mortgage
Loan a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or
require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in
such manner with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Section 2.07 Closing.
The closing for the purchase and sale of each Loan Package, shall take
place on the related Closing Date. At the Purchaser's option, the closing shall
be either: by telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree;
or conducted in person, at such place as the parties shall agree.
The closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
(i) all of the representations and warranties of the Company under this
Agreement shall be true and correct as of such respective Closing
Date and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the
passage of time, would constitute an Event of Default under this
Agreement;
(ii) the Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser's attorneys
shall have received in escrow, all closing documents as specified in
Section 2.08 of this Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and
acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other
than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the respective terms
thereof;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Custodian all documents
required pursuant to this Agreement; and
(iv) all other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been
complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the Company
on such Closing Date the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by the Company and upon the Company's
receipt of such Purchase Price the Company shall release all Mortgage Loan
Documents pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 2.08 Closing Documents.
With respect to the initial Closing Date, the closing documents shall
consist of fully executed originals of the following documents:
(i) this Agreement, in two counterparts;
(ii) the Custodial Agreement, in three counterparts, attached as Exhibit
D to this Agreement;
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(iii) the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Loan Package, one copy to
be attached to each counterpart of the related Assignment and
Conveyance Agreement, and to each counterpart of the Custodial
Agreement, as the Mortgage Loan Schedule thereto;
(iv) a trust receipt and certification, as required under the Custodial
Agreement;
(v) a Company Certification;
(vi) an Opinion of Counsel of the Company, in the form of Exhibit G
hereto; and
(vii) an Assignment and Conveyance Agreement for the related Mortgage
Loans.
On each subsequent Closing Date, the following documents:
(i) the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Loan Package;
(ii) an Assignment and Conveyance Agreement of Mortgage Loans for the
related Loan Package; and
(iii) a trust receipt and certification, as required under the Custodial
Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH
Section 3.01 Company Representations and Warranties.
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as of the
related Closing Date:
(a) Due Organization and Authority.
The Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States and
has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being
conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in each
state where a Mortgaged Property is located if the laws of such state
require licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the
type conducted by the Company, and in any event the Company is in
compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary to
ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan and the
servicing of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement; the Company has
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the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to perform its obligations in accordance herewith; the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments
of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Company
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly and validly authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid,
binding and enforceable obligation of the Company; and all requisite
action has been taken by the Company to make this Agreement valid and
binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms;
(b) Ordinary Course of Business.
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are in the ordinary course of business of the Company, which is in the
business of selling and servicing loans, and the transfer, assignment
and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any
similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(c) No Conflicts.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition
of the Mortgage Loans by the Company, the sale of the Mortgage Loans
to the Purchaser or the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms, articles of incorporation or by-laws or any legal restriction
or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a party or
by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in the
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to
which the Company or its property is subject, or impair the ability of
the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of
the Mortgage Loans;
(d) Ability to Service.
The Company is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential
mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities,
procedures, and experienced personnel necessary for the sound
servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans.
The Company is a HUD approved mortgagee and is in good standing to
sell mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a
change in insurance coverage, which would make the Company unable to
comply with Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac eligibility requirements or
which would require notification to either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(e) Reasonable Servicing Fee.
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Servicing Fee represents
reasonable compensation for servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans and that the entire Servicing Fee shall be treated by the
Company, for accounting and tax purposes, as compensation for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
Agreement;
(f) Ability to Perform.
The Company does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to
believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in
this Agreement. The Company is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage
Loans will not cause the Company to become insolvent. The sale of the
Mortgage Loans is not undertaken to hinder, delay or defraud any of
the Company's creditors;
(g) No Litigation Pending.
There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
threatened against the Company which, either in any one instance or in
the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Company, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the
Company to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in
any material liability on the part of the Company, or which would draw
into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or
of any action taken or to be contemplated herein, or which would be
likely to impair materially the ability of the Company to perform
under the terms of this Agreement;
(h) No Consent Required.
No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with
this Agreement or the sale of the Mortgage Loans as evidenced by the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if
required, such approval has been obtained prior to the related Closing
Date;
(i) Selection Process.
The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding fixed rate
or adjustable rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Company's
mortgage banking portfolio at the related Closing Date as to which the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 could be made
and such selection was not made in a manner so as to affect adversely
the interests of the Purchaser;
(j) No Untrue Information.
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Neither this Agreement nor any statement, report or other document
furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any
untrue statement of fact or omits to state a fact necessary to make
the statements contained therein not misleading;
(k) Sale Treatment.
The Company has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for
accounting and tax purposes;
(l) No Material Change.
There has been no material adverse change in the business, operations,
financial condition or assets of the Company since the date of the
Company's most recent financial statements;
(m) No Brokers' Fees.
The Company has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or
other Person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in
the connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans; and
(n) MERS Status.
The Company is a member of MERS in good standing.
Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage
Loans.
As to each Mortgage Loan, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchaser that as of the related Closing Date:
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described.
The information set forth in the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule and
the information contained on the respective Data File delivered to the
Purchaser is true and correct;
(b) Payments Current.
All payments required to be made up to the Cut-off Date for the
Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and
credited. No payment under any Mortgage Loan has been thirty (30) days
delinquent more than one (1) time within the twelve (12) months prior
to the related Closing Date;
(c) No Outstanding Charges.
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There are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage, and
all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold
payments, water, sewer and municipal charges, which previously became
due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been
established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which
remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and
payable. The Company has not advanced funds, or induced, or solicited
directly or indirectly, the payment of any amount required under the
Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the
related Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan
proceeds, whichever is later, to the day which precedes by one month
the Due Date of the first installment of principal and interest;
(d) Original Terms Unmodified.
The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been impaired,
waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written
instrument which has been recorded, if necessary, to protect the
interests of the Purchaser and which has been delivered to the
Custodian. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy
or LPMI Policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by the
policy, and its terms are reflected on the respective Mortgage Loan
Schedule. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except
in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the issuer of
any related PMI Policy or LPMI Policy and the title insurer, to the
extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is part
of the Mortgage Loan Documents delivered to the Custodian and the
terms of which are reflected in the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e) No Defenses.
The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense of
usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note
or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render
either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in
part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense, including without limitation the defense of usury, and no
such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been
asserted with respect thereto;
(f) No Satisfaction of Mortgage.
The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or
rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not
been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor
has any instrument been executed that
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would effect any such satisfaction, release, cancellation,
subordination or rescission;
(g) Validity of Mortgage Documents.
The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and related documents are genuine,
and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker
thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to enter into the
Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been duly and
properly executed by such parties.
With respect to each Cooperative Loan, the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Pledge Agreement, and related documents are genuine, and
each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof
enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage, the Pledge Agreement, the Proprietary Lease, the
Stock Power, Recognition Agreement and the Assignment of Proprietary
Lease had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to
execute and deliver such documents, and such documents have been duly
and properly executed by such parties;
(h) No Fraud.
No error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud or similar
occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part
of the Company, or the Mortgagor, or to the best of Company's
knowledge, any appraiser, any builder, or any developer, or any other
party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the
application of any insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan;
(i) Compliance with Applicable Laws.
Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including,
without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity,
disclosure, or predatory and abusive lending laws applicable to the
Mortgage Loan have been complied with. All inspections, licenses and
certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all
occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the
use and occupancy of the same, including, but not limited to,
certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have
been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities;
(j) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property.
The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a contiguous parcel of
real property with a
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detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to
four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in a
condominium project, or a Cooperative Apartment, or an individual unit
in a planned unit development or a townhouse, provided, however, that
any condominium project or planned unit development shall conform to
the requirements under the Underwriting Guidelines of the Company
regarding such dwellings, and no residence or dwelling is a mobile
home or manufactured dwelling. As of the respective appraisal date for
each Mortgaged Property, no portion of the Mortgaged Property was
being used for commercial purposes outside of the Underwriting
Guidelines;
(k) Valid First Lien.
Each Mortgage Loan is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien
on the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged
Property and all installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing,
heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed to such
buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any
time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is
subject only to:
(1) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet
due and payable;
(2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements
and other matters of the public record as of the date of
recording acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally
and specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance
policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (i)
referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the
originator of the Mortgage Loan and (ii) which do not adversely
affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in
such appraisal; and
(3) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which
do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security
intended to be provided by the mortgage or the use, enjoyment,
value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
related to and delivered in connection with each Mortgage Loan
establishes and creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien
and first priority security interest on the property described therein
and the Company has full right to sell and assign the same to the
Purchaser.
With respect to each Cooperative Loan, each Pledge Agreement creates a
valid, enforceable and subsisting first security interest in the
Cooperative Shares and Proprietary Lease, subject only to (i) the lien
of the related Cooperative for unpaid
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assessments representing the Mortgagor's pro rata share of the
Cooperative's payments for its blanket mortgage, current and future
real property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other
assessments to which like collateral is commonly subject and (ii)
other matters to which like collateral is commonly subject which do
not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to
be provided by the Pledge Agreement; provided, however, that the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease may be subordinated or otherwise subject
to the lien of any mortgage on the Project;
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds.
The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, except
for escrows established or created due to seasonal weather conditions,
and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and
the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not
entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage
Note or Mortgage;
(m) Consolidation of Future Advances.
Any future advances made prior to the Cut-off Date, have been
consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the
Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a
single interest rate and single repayment term reflected on the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The lien of the Mortgage securing the
consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having first
lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the
policy insuring the mortgagee's consolidated interest or by other
title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac; the
consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal
amount of the Mortgage Loan; the Company shall not make future
advances after the Cut-off Date;
(n) Ownership.
The Company is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage
Loan and the related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not assigned
or pledged, and the Company has good and marketable title thereto and
has full right and authority to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to
the Purchaser. The Company is transferring the Mortgage Loan free and
clear of any and all encumbrances, liens, pledges, equities,
participation interests, claims, charges or security interests of any
nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan;
(o) Origination/Doing Business.
The Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, a
savings bank, a commercial bank, a credit union, an insurance company,
or similar
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institution that is supervised and examined by a federal or state
authority or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National
Housing Act. All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage
Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or,
during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest,
were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing
requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property
is located, and (2) either (a) organized under the laws of such state,
or (b) qualified to do business in such state, or (c) federal savings
and loan associations or national banks having principal offices in
such state, or (d) not doing business in such state;
(p) LTV, PMI Policy; LPMI Policy.
Each Mortgage Loan has an LTV as specified on the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule. Except as indicated on such Mortgage Loan Schedule,
each Mortgage Loan with an LTV greater than 80%, at the time of
origination, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan is and will be insured as to payment defaults by a PMI Policy. If
the Mortgage Loan is insured by a PMI Policy for which the Mortgagor
pays all premiums, the coverage will remain in place until (i) the LTV
decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI Policy is otherwise terminated
pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12 USC ss.4901, et
seq. All provisions of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy have been and
are being complied with, such policy is in full force and effect, and
all premiums due thereunder have been paid. The Qualified Insurer has
a claims paying ability acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Any
Mortgage Loan subject to a PMI Policy or LPMI Policy obligates the
Mortgagor or the Company thereunder to maintain the PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy, as applicable, and to pay all premiums and charges in
connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest Rate for the Mortgage Loan
as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is net of any PMI
Policy or LPMI Policy insurance premium;
(q) Title Insurance.
The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title insurance
policy (or in the case of any Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged
Property located in a jurisdiction where such policies are generally
not available, an opinion of counsel of the type customarily rendered
in such jurisdiction in lieu of title insurance) or other generally
acceptable form of policy of insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac, issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Company, its successors
and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the
exceptions contained in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Paragraph (k) of
this Section 3.02, and against any loss by reason of the invalidity or
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unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of the
Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and
Monthly Payment. The Company is the sole insured of such lender's
title insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is in
full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No
claims have been made under such lender's title insurance policy, and
no prior holder of the Mortgage, including the Company, has done, by
act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such
lender's title insurance policy;
(r) No Defaults.
There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which,
with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any
grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration, and neither the Company nor its predecessors
have waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(s) No Mechanics' Liens.
There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have been
filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that
under the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related
Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage which are not
insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph
(q) above;
(t) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments.
Except as insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in
Paragraph (q) above, all improvements which were considered in
determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lay wholly
within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged
Property and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the
Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation;
(u) Payment Terms.
Except with respect to the Interest Only Mortgage Loans, principal
payments commenced no more than sixty (60) days after the funds were
disbursed to the Mortgagor in connection with the Mortgage Loan. The
Mortgage Loans have an original term to maturity of not more than
thirty (30) years, with interest payable in arrears on the first day
of each month. As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan on each
applicable Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Interest Rate will be
adjusted to equal the sum of the Index plus the applicable Gross
Margin, rounded
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up or down to the nearest multiple of 0.125% indicated by the Mortgage
Note; provided that the Mortgage Interest Rate will not increase or
decrease by more than the Periodic Interest Rate Cap on any Adjustment
Date, and will in no event exceed the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate
or be lower than the Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate listed on the
Mortgage Note for such Mortgage Loan. As to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan that is not an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, each
Mortgage Note requires a monthly payment which is sufficient, during
the period prior to the first adjustment to the Mortgage Interest
Rate, to fully amortize the outstanding principal balance as of the
first day of such period over the then remaining term of such Mortgage
Note and to pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate. As to
each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, if the related Mortgage Interest
Rate changes on an Adjustment Date, the then outstanding principal
balance will be reamortized over the remaining life of such Mortgage
Loan. No Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would result
in negative amortization;
(v) Customary Provisions.
The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of
the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including,
(i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by
trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is
no homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which would
interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's
sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(w) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property.
As of the date of origination, the Mortgaged Property was lawfully
occupied under applicable law;
(x) No Additional Collateral.
Except in the case of a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan and as indicated
on the related Data File, the Mortgage Note is not and has not been
secured by any collateral, pledged account or other security except
the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of
any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in
Paragraphs (k);
(y) Deeds of Trust.
In the event that the Mortgage is a deed of trust, a trustee, duly
qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly
designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and
no fees or expenses are or will become
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payable by the Mortgagee to the trustee under the deed of trust,
except in connection with a trustee's sale after default by the
Mortgagor;
(z) Acceptable Investment.
The Company has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with
respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or
the Mortgagor's credit standing that can reasonably be expected to
cause private institutional investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as
an unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become
delinquent, or adversely affect the value or marketability of the
Mortgage Loan;
(aa) Transfer of Mortgage Loans.
As to any Mortgage Loan which is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Assignment of Mortgage, upon the insertion of the name of the assignee
and recording information, is in recordable form and is acceptable for
recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located;
(bb) Mortgaged Property Undamaged.
The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or
earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to
affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for
the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(cc) Servicing and Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits.
The origination, servicing and collection practices used with respect
to the Mortgage Loan have been in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices, and have been in all material respects legal and proper.
With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments
are in the possession of the Company and there exist no deficiencies
in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in
full compliance with state and federal law. No escrow deposits or
Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Company have been
capitalized under the Mortgage Note;
(dd) No Condemnation.
There is no proceeding pending or to the best of the Company's
knowledge threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the
related Mortgaged Property;
(ee) The Appraisal.
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The Servicing File includes an appraisal of the related Mortgaged
Property. As to each Time$aver(R) Mortgage Loan, the appraisal may be
from the original of the existing Company-serviced loan, which was
refinanced via such Time$aver(R) Mortgage Loan. The appraisal was
conducted by an appraiser who had no interest, direct or indirect, in
the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof;
and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval
of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and the appraiser both satisfy
the applicable requirements of Title XI of the Financial Institution
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan
was originated;
(ff) Insurance.
The Mortgaged Property securing each Mortgage Loan is insured by an
insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire
and such hazards as are covered under a standard extended coverage
endorsement and such other hazards as are customary in the area where
the Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to insurance policies
conforming to the requirements of Section 4.10, in an amount which is
at least equal to the lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable value on a
replacement cost basis of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan
and (ii) the greater of either (a) the outstanding principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan or (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such
insurance shall be sufficient to prevent the application to the
Mortgagor or the loss payee of any coinsurance clause under the
policy. If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it is
included under the coverage afforded by a blanket policy for the
project. If the improvements on the Mortgaged Property are in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy
meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration is in effect with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than
the least of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan, (B) the full insurable value and (C) the maximum amount of
insurance which was available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973, as amended. All individual insurance policies contain a
standard mortgagee clause naming the Company and its successors and
assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain a hazard
insurance policy at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the
Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to
obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's cost and
expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. The
hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the
insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and
effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has
not acted so as to impair or failed to act to avoid impairment of the
coverage of any such insurance policy or the validity, binding effect
and enforceability thereof;
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(gg) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
The Mortgagor has not notified the Company, and the Company has no
knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended or other similar state
statute;
(hh) Balloon Payments, Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests.
The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the
Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent
interest feature. Except as indicated on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, no Mortgage Loan has a balloon payment feature;
(ii) Construction Loans.
No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (i) the construction or
rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or (ii) facilitating the
trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property other than a
construction-to-permanent loan which has converted to a permanent
Mortgage Loan;
(jj) Underwriting.
Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the
Underwriting Guidelines of the Company; and the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae;
(kk) Bankruptcy.
To the best of the Company's knowledge, no Mortgagor was a debtor in
any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time
the Mortgage Loan was originated and as of the related Closing Date
and to the best of Company's knowledge, the Company has not received
notice that any Mortgagor is a debtor under any state or federal
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
(ll) Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, has
fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and
its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g.,
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;
(mm) Violation of Environmental Laws.
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To the best of the Company's knowledge, there is no pending action or
proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which
compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue;
there is no violation of any environmental law, rule or regulation
with respect to the Mortgaged Property; and nothing further remains to
be done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule or
regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said
property;
(nn) HOEPA.
No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan;
(oo) Single-Premium Credit Life Insurance.
No Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit
insurance policy (e.g. life, disability, accident, unemployment or
health insurance product) or debt cancellation agreement as a
condition of obtaining the Mortgage Loan. No Mortgagor obtained a
prepaid single premium credit insurance policy (e.g. life, disability,
accident, unemployment or health insurance product) as part of the
origination of the Mortgage Loan. No proceeds from any Mortgage Loan
were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies or debt
cancellation agreements as part of the origination of, or as a
condition to closing, such Mortgage Loan;
(pp) Delivery of Mortgage Files.
The Mortgage Loan Documents and any other documents required to be
delivered by the Company under this Agreement for the Mortgage Loans
have been delivered to the Custodian (except for those submitted for
recordation). The Company is in possession of a complete, true and
accurate Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit F, except for such
documents the originals of which have been delivered to the Custodian
or submitted for recordation;
(qq) Pledged Assets.
Except as indicated on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, no Mortgage
Loan is subject to the Company's pledged asset program;
(rr) Prepayment Penalty Term.
No Mortgage Loan has a Prepayment Penalty feature;
(ss) Buydown Mortgage Loans.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Buydown Mortgage Loan:
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(i) On or before the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, the
Company and the Mortgagor, or the Company, the Mortgagor and the
seller of the Mortgaged Property or a third party entered into a
Buydown Agreement. The Buydown Agreement provides that the seller
of the Mortgaged Property (or another third party) shall deliver
to the Company temporary Buydown Funds in an amount equal to the
aggregate undiscounted amount of payments that, when added to the
amount the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan is obligated to pay on
each Due Date in accordance with the terms of the Buydown
Agreement, is equal to the full scheduled Monthly Payment due on
such Mortgage Loan. The effective interest rate of a Buydown
Mortgage Loan, if less than the interest rate set forth in the
related Mortgage Note, will increase within the Buydown Period as
provided in the related Buydown Agreement so that at the end of
such Buydown Period the effective interest rate will be equal to
the interest rate as set forth in the related Mortgage Note. The
Buydown Mortgage Loan satisfies the requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines or the Underwriting Guidelines;
(ii) The Mortgage and Mortgage Note reflect the permanent payment
terms rather than the payment terms of the Buydown Agreement. The
Buydown Agreement provides for the payment by the Mortgagor of
the full amount of the Monthly Payment on any Due Date that the
Buydown Funds are available. The Buydown Funds were not used to
reduce the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or to
increase the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property when
calculating the Loan-to-Value Ratios for purposes of the
Agreement and, if the Buydown Funds were provided by the Company
and if required under Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines or
Underwriting Guidelines, the terms of the Buydown Agreement were
disclosed to the appraiser of the Mortgaged Property;
(iii) The Buydown Funds may not be refunded to the Mortgagor unless
the Mortgagor makes a principal payment of the outstanding
balance of and all other amounts due or accrued under the
Mortgage Loan;
(iv) As of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, the
provisions of the related Buydown Agreement complied with the
requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines or
Underwriting Guidelines regarding buydown agreements;
(tt) Interest Calculation.
Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a three
hundred sixty (360)-day year consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30)-day
months;
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(uu) Due on Sale.
The Mortgage or Mortgage Note contains an enforceable provision, to
the extent not prohibited by federal law, for the acceleration of the
payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the
event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the
prior written consent of the Mortgagee thereunder;
(vv) No Arbitration.
No borrower with respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on or after
August 1, 2004, agreed to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute
arising out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage Loan
transaction;
(ww) Cooperative Loans.
With respect to each Cooperative Loan
(i) The Cooperative Shares are held by a Person as a
tenant-stockholder in a Cooperative. Each original UCC
financing statement, continuation statement or other
governmental filing or recordation necessary to create or
preserve the perfection and priority of the first lien and
security interest in the Cooperative Loan and Proprietary Lease
has been timely and properly made. Any security agreement,
chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to the
Cooperative Loan and delivered to Purchaser or its designee
establishes in Purchaser a valid and subsisting perfected first
lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property
described therein, and Purchaser has full right to sell and
assign the same. The Proprietary Lease term expires no less
than five years after the Mortgage Loan term or such other term
acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(ii) A Cooperative Lien Search has been made by a company competent
to make the same which company is acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Cooperative is located;
(iii) (a) The term of the related Proprietary Lease is not less than
the terms of the Cooperative Loan; (b) there is no provision in
any Proprietary Lease which requires the Mortgagor to offer for
sale the Cooperative Shares owned by such Mortgagor first to
the Cooperative; (c) there is no prohibition in any Proprietary
Lease against pledging the Cooperative Shares or assigning the
Proprietary Lease; (d) the Cooperative has been created and
exists in full compliance with the requirements for residential
cooperatives in the jurisdiction in which the Project is
located and qualifies as a cooperative housing corporation
under Section 210 of the Code; (e) the Recognition Agreement is
on a form published by Aztech
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Document Services, Inc. or includes similar provisions; and
(f) the Cooperative has good and marketable title to the
Project, and owns the Project either in fee simple or under
a leasehold that complies with the requirements of the
Xxxxxx Xxx Guidelines; such title is free and clear of any
adverse liens or encumbrances, except the lien of any
blanket mortgage;
(iv) The Company has the right under the terms of the Mortgage Note,
Pledge Agreement and Recognition Agreement to pay any
maintenance charges or assessments owed by the Mortgagor; and
(v) Each Stock Power (i) has all signatures guaranteed or (ii) if
all signatures are not guaranteed, then such Cooperative Shares
will be transferred by the stock transfer agent of the
Cooperative if the Company undertakes to convert the ownership
of the collateral securing the related Cooperative Loan;
(xx) Georgia.
There is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after October 1,
2002 and before March 7, 2003, which is secured by property located in
the State of Georgia. There is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on
or after March 7, 2003, which is a "high cost home loan" as defined
under the Georgia Fair Lending Act; and
(yy) Indiana.
There is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after January 1,
2005, which is a "high cost home loan" as defined under the Indiana
Home Loan Practices Act (I.C. 24-9).
Section 3.03 Repurchase.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to
the Purchaser and the delivery of the related Mortgage Loan Documents to the
Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of
Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon
discovery by either the Company or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties which materially and adversely affects
the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Purchaser (or which
materially and adversely affects the interests of Purchaser in the related
Mortgage Loan in the case of a representation and warranty relating to a
particular Mortgage Loan), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other.
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Within ninety (90) days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to
the Company of any breach of a representation or warranty which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or any individual Mortgage
Loan, the Company shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all
material respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the Company shall, at the
Purchaser's option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price. In
the event that a breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth
in Section 3.01, and such breach cannot be cured within ninety (90) days of the
earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Company of such breach, all of
the Mortgage Loans shall, at the Purchaser's option, be repurchased by the
Company at the Repurchase Price. However, if the breach shall involve a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 and the Company discovers
or receives notice of any such breach within one hundred twenty (120) days of
the Closing Date, the Company shall, if the breach cannot be cured, at the
Purchaser's option and provided that the Company has a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above,
remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") and substitute in its
place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, provided that any such
substitution shall be effected not later than one hundred twenty (120) days
after the Closing Date. If the Company has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan(s), it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan within ninety (90) days
of the written notice of the breach. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or Loans
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 shall be accomplished
by deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount of the Repurchase Price for
distribution to Purchaser on the Remittance Date immediately following the
Principal Repayment Period in which such Repurchase Price is received, after
deducting therefrom any amount received in respect of such repurchased Mortgage
Loan or Loans and being held in the Custodial Account for future distribution.
If pursuant to the foregoing provisions the Company repurchases a Mortgage
Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Company shall either (i) cause MERS to
execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer
the Mortgage from MERS to the Company on behalf of the Purchaser and shall cause
such Mortgage to be removed from registration on the MERS(R) System in
accordance with MERS' rules and regulations or (ii) cause MERS to designate on
the MERS(R) System the Company as the beneficial holder with respect to such
Mortgage Loan.
At the time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the Company
shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Company
and the delivery to the Company of any documents held by the Custodian relating
to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, the
Company shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give written notice to the
Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken place, amend the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan from this Agreement, and, in the case of substitution, identify a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this Agreement. In
connection with any such substitution, the Company shall be deemed to have made
as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement except that all such representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made as of the date of such
substitution.
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The Company shall effect such substitution by delivering to the Custodian for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the documents required by Section 2.03,
with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by Section 2.03. Any substitution
will be made as of the first day of the Due Period beginning in the month in
which such substitution occurs. Accordingly, Monthly Payments due with respect
to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be
retained by the Company and the Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account
the Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due on such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans in the month following the date of such substitution.
With respect to any Deleted Mortgage Loan, distributions to Purchaser shall
include the Monthly Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of
substitution, and the Company shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts
subsequently received by the Company in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which the Company substitutes a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Company shall determine the
amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after
application of scheduled principal payments due in the month of substitution).
The amount of such shortfall shall be paid by the Company to the Purchaser in
the month of substitution pursuant to Section 5.01. Accordingly, on the date of
such substitution, the Company shall deposit from its own funds into the
Custodial Account an amount equal to the amount of such shortfall.
In addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the Company
shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of
the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is understood
and agreed that the obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 3.03 to
cure, substitute for or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify
the Purchaser as provided in this Section 3.03 constitute the sole remedies of
the Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and
warranties.
Any cause of action against the Company relating to or arising out of the
breach of any representations and warranties made in Sections 3.01 and 3.02
shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the
Purchaser or notice thereof by the Company to the Purchaser, (ii) failures by
the Company to cure such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified
above, and (iii) demand upon the Company by the Purchaser for compliance with
this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 4.01 Company to Act as Servicer.
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The Company, as an independent contractor, shall service and administer the
Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through
the utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, to do any and
all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the
Company may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with the terms of this
Agreement, with Accepted Servicing Practices and, in the case of any Mortgage
Loan transferred to a REMIC, with the REMIC Provisions. The Company shall be
responsible for any and all acts of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as
applicable, and the Company's utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as
applicable, shall in no way relieve the liability of the Company under this
Agreement.
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and subject to the REMIC
Provisions if the Mortgage Loans have been transferred to a REMIC, the Company
may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the
postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant
indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent
determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not
materially adverse to the Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company shall
not make any future advances, other than Servicing Advances, with respect to a
Mortgage Loan. The Company shall not permit any modification of any Mortgage
Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment
of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding principal amount
(except for actual payments of principal) or change the maturity date on such
Mortgage Loan, unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage
Loan or such default is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, imminent. In
the event that no default exists or is imminent, the Company shall request
written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the
Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection
to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the
Company's request. In the event of any such modification which permits the
deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company
shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any
month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit
in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03,
the difference between (a) such month's principal and one month's interest at
the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Company shall be
entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other
advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered,
to execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties when required, consistent with the foregoing
restrictions. If reasonably required by the Company, the Purchaser shall furnish
the Company with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative
duties under this Agreement.
In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ
procedures (including collection procedures) and exercise the same care that it
customarily
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employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own
account, giving due consideration to Accepted Servicing Practices where such
practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement, and the
Purchaser's reliance on the Company.
The Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name,
when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register
any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the
registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other
comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a
Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its
successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with
the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS
Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.
Section 4.02 Liquidation of Mortgage Loans.
In the event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan and not postponed
pursuant to Section 4.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or
in the event that the Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or
obligation under the Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any
applicable grace period, the Company shall take such action as (1) the Company
would take under similar circumstances with respect to a similar mortgage loan
held for its own account for investment, (2) shall be consistent with Accepted
Servicing Practices, (3) the Company shall determine prudently to be in the best
interest of Purchaser, and (4) is consistent with any related PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy. In the event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not
postponed pursuant to Section 4.01 and remains delinquent for a period of ninety
(90) days or any other default continues for a period of ninety (90) days beyond
the expiration of any grace or cure period, the Company shall commence
foreclosure proceedings. In the event the Purchaser objects to such foreclosure
action, the Company shall not be required to make Monthly Advances with respect
to such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to Section 5.03, and the Company's obligation to
make such Monthly Advances shall terminate on the 90th day referred to above. In
such connection, the Company shall from its own funds make all necessary and
proper Servicing Advances, provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards
the restoration or preservation of any Mortgaged Property, unless it shall
determine (a) that such preservation, restoration and/or foreclosure will
increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Purchaser after
reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (b) that such expenses will be
recoverable by it either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall
have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to
Section 4.05) or through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have
similar priority).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection
with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event
the Company has reasonable cause to believe that a Mortgaged Property is
contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, or if the Purchaser
otherwise requests an environmental inspection or
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review of such Mortgaged Property, such an inspection or review is to be
conducted by a qualified inspector. The cost for such inspection or review shall
be borne by the Purchaser. Upon completion of the inspection or review, the
Company shall promptly provide the Purchaser with a written report of the
environmental inspection.
After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Purchaser shall
determine how the Company shall proceed with respect to the Mortgaged Property.
In the event (a) the environmental inspection report indicates that the
Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes
and (b) the Purchaser directs the Company to proceed with foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall be reimbursed for
all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in
lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental clean up costs, as applicable,
from the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation Proceeds are
insufficient to fully reimburse the Company, the Company shall be entitled to be
reimbursed from amounts in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05
hereof. In the event the Purchaser directs the Company not to proceed with
foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall be
reimbursed for all Servicing Advances made with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof.
Section 4.03 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.
Continuously from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all
Mortgage Loans are paid in full, the Company shall proceed diligently to collect
all payments due under each of the Mortgage Loans when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and shall take
special care in ascertaining and estimating Escrow Payments and all other
charges that will become due and payable with respect to the Mortgage Loan and
the Mortgaged Property, to the end that the installments payable by the
Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become due
and payable.
Section 4.04 Establishment of and Deposits to Custodial Account.
The Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in
connection with a Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts,
in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled "Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.,
in trust for the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers of Mortgage Loans, - P &
I." The Custodial Account shall be established with a Qualified Depository. Upon
request of the Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof, the Company shall
provide the Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such
Custodial Account. The Custodial Account shall at all times be insured to the
fullest extent allowed by applicable law. Funds deposited in the Custodial
Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance with Section 4.05.
The Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account within two (2) Business
Days of Company's receipt, and retain therein, the following collections
received by the Company and payments made by the Company after the Cut-off Date,
other than payments of principal and
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interest due on or before the Cut-off Date, or received by the Company prior to
the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including all Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted
to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
(iii) all Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) all Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited
pursuant to Section 4.10 (other than proceeds to be held in the
Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
Section 4.14), Section 4.11 and Section 4.15;
(v) all Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration
or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with Section 4.14;
(vi) any amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 4.01, 5.03, 6.01 or 6.02;
(vii) any amounts payable in connection with the repurchase of any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 and all amounts required to
be deposited by the Company in connection with a shortfall in
principal amount of any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Section 3.03;
(viii) with respect to each Principal Prepayment an amount (to be paid by
the Company out of its funds) which, when added to all amounts
allocable to interest received in connection with the Principal
Prepayment, equals one month's interest on the amount of principal
so prepaid at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
(ix) any amounts required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.11 in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket
hazard insurance policy;
(x) any amounts received with respect to or related to any REO Property
and all REO Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section 4.16;
(xi) with respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan and Subsidy Loan, an
amount from the Escrow Account that when added to the amount
received from the Mortgagor for such month, will equal the full
Monthly Payment due under the related Mortgage Note; and
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(xii) with respect to Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans, any amounts required
to be deposited pursuant to Section 4.27 of this Agreement in
connection with a Letter of Credit.
The foregoing requirements for deposit into the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges and assumption
fees, to the extent permitted by Section 6.01, and any amounts received with
respect to or related to Incremental Interest need not be deposited by the
Company into the Custodial Account. Any interest paid on funds deposited in the
Custodial Account by the depository institution shall accrue to the benefit of
the Company and the Company shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such
interest from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05.
Section 4.05 Permitted Withdrawals From Custodial Account.
The Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Custodial
Account for the following purposes:
(i) to make payments to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner
provided for in Section 5.01;
(ii) to reimburse itself for Monthly Advances of the Company's funds made
pursuant to Section 5.03, the Company's right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this sub clause (ii) being limited to amounts received
on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late Monthly Payments,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and
such other amounts as may be collected by the Company respecting
which any such advance was made, it being understood that, in the
case of any such reimbursement, the Company's right thereto shall be
prior to the rights of Purchaser, except that, where the Company is
required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or
6.02, the Company's right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent
to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to
such sections and all other amounts required to be paid to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and for any
unpaid Servicing Fees, the Company's right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this sub clause (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan
being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be
collected by the Company from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to
the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of any such
reimbursement, the Company's right thereto shall be prior to the
rights of Purchaser, except that where the Company is required to
repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02, in
which case the Company's right to such reimbursement shall be
subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price
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pursuant to such sections and all other amounts required to be paid
to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(iv) to pay itself interest actually earned on funds deposited in the
Custodial Account;
(v) to reimburse itself for expenses incurred and reimbursable to it
pursuant to Section 8.01;
(vi) to pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.16
related to any REO Property, it being understood that, in the case
of any such expenditure or withdrawal related to a particular REO
Property, the amount of such expenditure or withdrawal from the
Custodial Account shall be limited to amounts on deposit in the
Custodial Account with respect to the related REO Property;
(vii) to reimburse itself for any Servicing Advances or REO expenses after
liquidation of the Mortgaged Property not otherwise reimbursed
above;
(viii) to reimburse the trustee with respect to any Securitization
Transaction for any unreimbursed Monthly Advances or Servicing
Advances made by the Trustee, as applicable, the right to
reimbursement pursuant to this sub clause (viii) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds,
proceeds of REO Dispositions, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by the Company
from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage Loan, it
being understood that, in the case of such reimbursement, such
trustee's right thereto shall be prior to the rights of the Company
to reimbursement under (ii) and (iii) above, and prior to the rights
of the Purchaser under (i) above;
(ix) to remove funds inadvertently placed in the Custodial Account by the
Company; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of
this Agreement.
In the event that the Custodial Account is interest bearing, on each
Remittance Date, the Company shall withdraw all funds from the Custodial Account
except for those amounts which, pursuant to Section 5.01, the Company is not
obligated to remit on such Remittance Date. The Company may use such withdrawn
funds only for the purposes described in this Section 4.05.
Section 4.06 Establishment of and Deposits to Escrow Account.
The Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received
pursuant to a Mortgage Loan constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from
any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or
more Escrow Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled,
"Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in trust for the Purchaser and/or
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subsequent purchasers of Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors - T
& I." The Escrow Accounts shall be established with a Qualified Depository, in a
manner which shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder. Upon request
of the Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof, the Company shall provide the
Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such Escrow Account.
Funds deposited in the Escrow Account may be drawn on by the Company in
accordance with Section 4.07.
The Company shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts within two (2)
Business Days of Company's receipt, and retain therein:
(i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for
the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as
required under the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) all amounts representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds
which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any
Mortgaged Property;
(iii) all payments on account of Buydown Funds or Subsidy Funds; and
(iv) all Servicing Advances for Mortgagors whose Escrow Payments are
insufficient to cover escrow disbursements.
The Company shall make withdrawals from the Escrow Account only to effect
such payments as are required under this Agreement, as set forth in Section
4.07. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds
deposited in the Escrow Account by the depository institution, other than
interest on escrowed funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor. To the
extent required by law, the Company shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the
Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow Account may be non-interest bearing or
that interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes. The Company shall
reimburse the Escrow Account for any losses incurred as a result of the
investment of amounts on deposit in the Escrow Account.
Section 4.07 Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
Withdrawals from the Escrow Account or Accounts may be made by the Company
only:
(i) to effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates, mortgage insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and
hazard insurance premiums or other items constituting Escrow
Payments for the related Mortgage;
(ii) to reimburse the Company for any Servicing Advances made by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.08 with respect to a related Mortgage
Loan, but only from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan
which represent late collections of Escrow Payments thereunder;
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(iii) to refund to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the
amounts required under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan;
(iv) for transfer to the Custodial Account and application to reduce the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms
of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note;
(v) for application to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property in accordance with the procedures outlined in Section 4.14;
(vi) to pay to the Company, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by
law, any interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account;
(vii) to remove funds inadvertently placed in the Escrow Account by the
Company;
(viii) to transfer payment on account of Buydown Funds or Subsidy Funds to
the Custodial Account, as applicable; and
(ix) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this
Agreement.
Section 4.08 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company shall maintain accurate
records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates,
sewer rents, and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged
Property and the status of PMI Policy or LPMI Policy premiums and fire and
hazard insurance coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the
payment of such charges (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment
thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date, employing for such
purpose deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been
estimated and accumulated by the Company in amounts sufficient for such
purposes, as allowed under the terms of the Mortgage. The Company assumes full
responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills and shall effect timely
payment of all such charges irrespective of each Mortgagor's faithful
performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments, and the
Company shall make advances from its own funds to effect such payments.
Section 4.09 Protection of Accounts.
The Company may transfer the Custodial Account, Subsidy Account or the
Escrow Account to a different Qualified Depository from time to time, provided
that the Company shall give notice to the Purchaser of such transfer.
Section 4.10 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
The Company shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan hazard
insurance such that all buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by an
insurer acceptable to
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Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and
such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is
located, in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) 100% of the
insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements securing such
Mortgage Loan and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such insurance
shall be sufficient to prevent the application to the Mortgagor or the loss
payee of any coinsurance clause under the policy. In the event a hazard
insurance policy shall be in danger of being terminated, or in the event the
insurer shall cease to be acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company
shall notify the Purchaser and the related Mortgagor, and shall use its best
efforts, as permitted by applicable law, to obtain from another qualified
insurer a replacement hazard insurance policy substantially and materially
similar in all respects to the original policy. In no event, however, shall a
Mortgage Loan be without a hazard insurance policy at any time, subject only to
Section 4.11 hereof.
If the related Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such
flood insurance has been made available) the Company shall cause the Mortgagor
to maintain a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current
guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect with a generally
acceptable insurance carrier acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac in an
amount representing coverage equal to the lesser of (i) the minimum amount
required, under the terms of coverage, to compensate for any damage or loss on a
replacement cost basis (or the unpaid balance of the mortgage if replacement
cost coverage is not available for the type of building insured) and (ii) the
maximum amount of insurance which is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended. If at any time during the term of the
Mortgage Loan, the Company determines, in accordance with applicable law, that a
Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area and is not covered
by flood insurance or is covered in an amount less than the amount required by
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, the Company shall notify
the related Mortgagor that the Mortgagor must obtain such flood insurance
coverage, and if said Mortgagor fails to obtain the require flood insurance
coverage within forty-five (45) days after such notification, the Company shall
immediately force place the required flood insurance on the Mortgagor's behalf.
If a Mortgage is secured by a unit in a condominium project, the Company
shall verify that the coverage required of the owner's association, including
hazard, flood, liability, and fidelity coverage, is being maintained in
accordance with then current Xxxxxx Mae requirements, and secure from the
owner's association its agreement to notify the Company promptly of any change
in the insurance coverage or of any condemnation or casualty loss that may have
a material effect on the value of the Mortgaged Property as security.
In the event that any Purchaser or the Company shall determine that the
Mortgaged Property should be insured against loss or damage by hazards and risks
not covered by the insurance required to be maintained by the Mortgagor pursuant
to the terms of the Mortgage, the Company shall communicate and consult with the
Mortgagor with respect to the need for such insurance and bring to the
Mortgagor's attention the required amount of coverage for the
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Mortgaged Property and if the Mortgagor does not obtain such coverage, the
Company shall immediately force place the required coverage on the Mortgagor's
behalf.
All policies required hereunder shall name the Company as loss payee and
shall be endorsed with standard or union mortgagee clauses, without
contribution, which shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice of any cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage.
The Company shall not interfere with the Mortgagor's freedom of choice in
selecting either his insurance carrier or agent, provided, however, that the
Company shall not accept any such insurance policies from insurance companies
unless such companies are acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac and are
licensed to do business in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located. The Company shall determine that such policies provide sufficient risk
coverage and amounts, that they insure the property owner, and that they
properly describe the property address.
Pursuant to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company under any
such policies (other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account and
applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property, or
property acquired in liquidation of the Mortgage Loan, or to be released to the
Mortgagor, in accordance with the Company's normal servicing procedures as
specified in Section 4.14) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject
to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05.
Section 4.11 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
In the event that the Company shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy
insuring against losses arising from fire and hazards covered under extended
coverage on all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides
coverage in an amount equal to the amount required pursuant to Section 4.10 and
otherwise complies with all other requirements of Section 4.10, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section
4.10. The Company shall prepare and make any claims on the blanket policy as
deemed necessary by the Company in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
Any amounts collected by the Company under any such policy relating to a
Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 4.05. Such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which
case, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related
Mortgaged Property a policy complying with Section 4.10, and there shall have
been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, the Company shall
deposit in the Custodial Account at the time of such loss the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause,
such amount to be deposited from the Company's funds, without reimbursement
therefor. Upon request of the Purchaser, the Company shall cause to be delivered
to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance and a statement from the insurer
thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated or materially
modified without thirty (30) days' prior written notice to such Purchaser.
Section 4.12 Maintenance of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance.
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The Company shall maintain with responsible companies, at its own expense,
a blanket Fidelity Bond and an Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy, with broad
coverage on all officers, employees or other Persons acting in any capacity
requiring such Persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to
the Mortgage Loans ("Company Employees"). Any such Fidelity Bond and Errors and
Omissions Insurance Policy shall be in the form of the Mortgage Banker's Blanket
Bond and shall protect and insure the Company against losses, including forgery,
theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of such
Company Employees. Such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy
also shall protect and insure the Company against losses in connection with the
release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in
full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of this Section 4.12
requiring such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall
diminish or relieve the Company from its duties and obligations as set forth in
this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such Fidelity Bond and Errors and
Omissions Insurance Policy shall be at least equal to the amounts acceptable to
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Upon the request of any Purchaser, the Company shall
cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance for such
Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and a statement from the
surety and the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without
thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Purchaser.
Section 4.13 Inspections.
If any Mortgage Loan is more than sixty (60) days delinquent, the Company
immediately shall inspect the Mortgaged Property and shall conduct subsequent
inspections in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices or as may be
required by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer. The Company shall keep a
record of each such inspection and, upon request, shall provide the Purchaser
with such information.
Section 4.14 Restoration of Mortgaged Property.
The Company need not obtain the approval of the Purchaser prior to
releasing any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property if such release
is in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. For claims greater than
$15,000, at a minimum the Company shall comply with the following conditions in
connection with any such release of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds:
(i) the Company shall receive satisfactory independent verification of
completion of repairs and issuance of any required approvals with
respect thereto;
(ii) the Company shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority
of the lien of the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring
waivers with respect to mechanics' and materialmen's liens;
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(iii) the Company shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default;
and
(iv) pending repairs or restoration, the Company shall place the
Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow Account.
If the Purchaser is named as an additional loss payee, the Company is
hereby empowered to endorse any loss draft issued in respect of such a claim in
the name of the Purchaser.
Section 4.15 Maintenance of PMI Policy and LPMI Policy; Claims.
Except as indicated on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, each Mortgage
Loan with an LTV in excess of 80% at the time of origination, the Company shall,
without any cost to the Purchaser, maintain or cause the Mortgagor to maintain
in full force and effect a PMI Policy insuring a portion of the unpaid principal
balance of the First Lien Mortgage Loan as to payment defaults. If the Mortgage
Loan is insured by a PMI Policy for which the Mortgagor pays all premiums, the
coverage will remain in place until (i) the LTV decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI
Policy is otherwise terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act of
1998, 12 USC ss.4901, et seq. In the event that such PMI Policy shall be
terminated other than as required by law, the Company shall obtain from another
Qualified Insurer a comparable replacement policy, with a total coverage equal
to the remaining coverage of such terminated PMI Policy. If the insurer shall
cease to be a Qualified Insurer, the Company shall determine whether recoveries
under the PMI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial
condition of such insurer, it being understood that the Company shall in no
event have any responsibility or liability for any failure to recover under the
PMI Policy for such reason. If the Company determines that recoveries are so
jeopardized, it shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor, if required, and
obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement insurance policy. The
Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in full force and effect any
LPMI Policy issued by a Qualified Insurer with respect to each Mortgage Loan for
which such coverage is in existence or is obtained. The Purchaser shall notify
the Company of any Mortgage Loan covered under an LPMI Policy. The Company shall
not take any action which would result in noncoverage under any applicable PMI
Policy or LPMI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Company
would have been covered thereunder. In connection with any assumption or
substitution agreement entered into or to be entered into pursuant to Section
6.01, the Company shall promptly notify the insurer under the related PMI Policy
or LPMI Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in
accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy and shall take all
actions which may be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation
of coverage under such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy. If such PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of
liability, the Company shall obtain a replacement PMI Policy or LPMI Policy as
provided above.
In connection with its activities as servicer, the Company agrees to
prepare and present, on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, claims to the
insurer under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy and, in this regard, to take
such action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any PMI Policy or
LPMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to Section 4.04, any
amounts
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collected by the Company under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy shall be deposited
in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05.
Any premiums payable on LPMI Policies will be paid from the Company's own
funds without reimbursement.
Section 4.16 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.
In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be taken in the name of the Company, or in the event the Company is not
authorized or permitted to hold title to real property in the state where the
REO Property is located, or would be adversely affected under the "doing
business" or tax laws of such state by so holding title, or the perfection of
the ownership or security interest of the Purchaser in such REO Property would
be adversely affected, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the
name of such Person or Persons as shall be consistent with an Opinion of Counsel
obtained by the Company from any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
state where the REO Property is located. The Person or Persons holding such
title other than the Purchaser shall acknowledge in writing that such title is
being held as nominee for the Purchaser.
The Company shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for the Purchaser solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale. The
Company, either itself or through an agent selected by the Company, shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the same manner that
it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for its
own account, and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality
as the REO Property is managed. The Company shall attempt to sell the same (and
may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than one year, except as
otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as the Company deems to
be in the best interest of the Purchaser.
The Company shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO Property as
soon as possible and shall sell such REO Property in any event prior to the
close of the third calendar year beginning after the year in which title has
been taken to such REO Property, unless (i) a REMIC election has not been made
with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and the REO
Property are held, and (ii) the Company determines that a longer period is
necessary for the orderly liquidation of such REO Property. If a period longer
than three years is permitted under the foregoing sentence and is necessary to
sell any REO Property, (i) the Company shall report monthly to the Purchaser as
to the progress being made in selling such REO Property and (ii) if a purchase
money mortgage is taken in connection with such sale, such purchase money
mortgage shall name the Company as mortgagee, and such purchase money mortgage
shall not be held pursuant to this Agreement.
The Company shall also maintain on each REO Property fire and hazard
insurance with extended coverage in amount which is at least equal to the
maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property,
liability insurance and, to the extent required and available under the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in the amount
required above.
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The disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by the Company at such
price, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Company deems to be in the
best interests of the Purchaser. The proceeds of sale of the REO Property shall
be promptly deposited in the Custodial Account. As soon as practical thereafter
the expenses of such sale shall be paid and the Company shall reimburse itself
for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid Servicing Fees and
unreimbursed advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. On the Remittance Date
immediately following the Principal Prepayment Period in which such sale
proceeds are received the net cash proceeds of such sale remaining in the
Custodial Account shall be distributed to the Purchaser.
The Company shall withdraw from the Custodial Account funds necessary for
the proper operation management and maintenance of the REO Property, including
the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Section 4.10 and the
fees of any managing agent of the Company, or the Company itself. The Company
shall make monthly distributions on each Remittance Date to the Purchaser of the
net cash flow from the REO Property (which shall equal the revenues from such
REO Property net of the expenses described in this Section 4.16 and of any
reserves reasonably required from time to time to be maintained to satisfy
anticipated liabilities for such expenses).
If REO Property is held by a REMIC, then it shall be disposed of within the
time required by the REMIC Provisions unless an extension of such time is
granted by the IRS.
Section 4.17 Real Estate Owned Reports.
Together with the statement furnished pursuant to Section 5.02, the Company
shall furnish to the Purchaser on or before the Remittance Date each month a
statement with respect to any REO Property covering the operation of such REO
Property for the previous month and the Company's efforts in connection with the
sale of such REO Property and any rental of such REO Property incidental to the
sale thereof for the previous month. That statement shall be accompanied by such
other information as the Purchaser shall reasonably request.
Section 4.18 Liquidation Reports.
Upon the foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition
thereof by the Purchaser pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company
shall submit to the Purchaser a liquidation report with respect to such
Mortgaged Property.
Section 4.19 Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged
Property.
Following the foreclosure sale or abandonment of any Mortgaged Property,
the Company shall report such foreclosure or abandonment as required pursuant to
Section 6050J of the Code. The Company shall file information reports with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business and
information returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness
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income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as required by the Code. Such
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by the Code.
Section 4.20 Confidentiality/Protection of Customer Information.
The Company shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party,
without the Purchaser's prior written consent, the price paid by the Purchaser
for the Mortgage Loans, except to the extent that it is reasonable and necessary
for the Company to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing
authorities or other governmental agencies. Each party agrees that it shall
comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy or
security of Customer Information shall maintain appropriate administrative,
technical and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and
integrity of Customer Information, including maintaining security measures
designed to meet the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing
Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, 66 Fed. Reg. 8616 (the
"Interagency Guidelines"). For purposes of this Section, the term "Customer
Information" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Interagency
Guidelines.
Section 4.21 Notification of Adjustments.
With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Company shall
adjust the Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Adjustment Date in compliance
with the requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note. The Company shall execute and deliver any and all necessary notices
required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments. Upon the discovery by
the Company or the receipt of notice from the Purchaser that the Company has
failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note, the Company shall immediately deposit in the Custodial
Account from its own funds the amount of any interest loss or deferral caused
the Purchaser thereby.
Section 4.22 Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, agrees to
fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its
implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., 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.
Section 4.23 Application of Buydown Funds.
With respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Company shall have
deposited into the Escrow Account, no later than the last day of the month,
Buydown Funds in an amount equal to the aggregate undiscounted amount of
payments that, when added to the amount the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan is
obligated to pay on all Due Dates in accordance with the terms of the Buydown
Agreement, is equal to the full scheduled Monthly Payments which are required to
be paid by the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Note (without
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regard to the related Buydown Agreement as if the Mortgage Loan were not subject
to the terms of the Buydown Agreement). With respect to each Buydown Mortgage
Loan, the Company will distribute to the Purchaser on each Remittance Date an
amount of Buydown Funds equal to the amount that, when added to the amount
required to be paid on such date by the related Mortgagor, pursuant to and in
accordance with the related Buydown Agreement, equals the full Monthly Payment
that would otherwise be required to be paid on such Mortgage Loan by the related
Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Note (as if the Mortgage Loan
were not a Buydown Mortgage Loan and without regard to the related Buydown
Agreement).
If the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan defaults on such Mortgage Loan
during the Buydown Period and the Mortgaged Property securing such Buydown
Mortgage Loan is sold in the liquidation thereof (either by the Company or the
insurer under any related Primary Insurance Policy) the Company shall, on the
Remittance Date following the date upon which Liquidation Proceeds or REO
Disposition proceeds are received with respect to any such Buydown Mortgage
Loan, distribute to the Purchaser all remaining Buydown Funds for such Mortgage
Loan then remaining in the Escrow Account. Pursuant to the terms of each Buydown
Agreement, any amounts distributed to the Purchaser in accordance with the
preceding sentence will be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance
of the related Buydown Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan
prepays such Mortgage Loan in its entirety during the related Buydown Period,
the Company shall be required to withdraw from the Escrow Account any Buydown
Funds remaining in the Escrow Account with respect to such Buydown Mortgage Loan
in accordance with the related Buydown Agreement. If a principal prepayment by a
Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan during the related Buydown Period, together
with any Buydown Funds then remaining in the Escrow Account related to such
Buydown Mortgage Loan, would result in a principal prepayment of the entire
unpaid principal balance and all other amounts owed under the Buydown Mortgage
Loan, the Company shall distribute to the Purchaser on the Remittance Date
occurring in the month immediately succeeding the month in which such Principal
Prepayment is received, all Buydown Funds related to such Mortgage Loan so
remaining in the Escrow Account, together with any other amounts required to be
deposited into the Custodial Account.
Section 4.24 Establishment of and Deposits to Subsidy Account.
The Company shall segregate and hold all Subsidy Funds collected and
received pursuant to the Subsidy Loans separate and apart from any of its own
funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Subsidy
Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled "Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., in trust for the Purchaser, its successors or assigns, and/or
subsequent purchasers of Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors."
The Subsidy Account shall be an eligible deposit account established with a
Qualified Depository.
The Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Subsidy
Account for the following purposes:
(i) to deposit in the Custodial Account in the amounts and in the
manner provided for in Section 4.04(xi);
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(ii) to transfer funds to another eligible institution in accordance
with Section 4.09 hereof;
(iii) to withdraw funds deposited in error; and
(iv) to clear and terminate the Subsidy Account upon the termination
of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the
Company may employ the Escrow Account as the Subsidy Account to the extent that
the Company can separately identify any Subsidy Funds deposited therein.
Section 4.25 Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.
The Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any
Subservicer to fulfill any of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the
provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 4.25. The Company shall not hire or
otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, and shall not permit any
Subservicer to hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, to
fulfill any of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions of
paragraph (b) of this Section 4.25.
(a) The Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any
Subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans without giving the Purchaser
or its designee fifteen (15) Business Days' advance written notice of the
effective date of such hiring or utilization of a Subservicer, followed by
written confirmation of such hiring or utilization of a Subservicer on the
effective date of such engagement and indicating the circumstances
surrounding such hiring or utilization. Any notices required by this
Section 4.25(a) shall be sent via telecopier or certified or registered
mail to the addresses set forth below: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Servicer Oversight
Group, 0000 X-Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Telecopy:
000-000-0000, and emailed to: xxxxx_xxxxxxxx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, with
a copy to Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Telecopy: 000-000-0000, Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx (or such
other address as such Person may otherwise specify to the Company). The
Company shall cause any Subservicer used by the Company (or by any
Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any Depositor to comply
with the provisions of this Section 4.25 and with Sections 6.04, 6.06,
9.01(e)(iii), 9.01(e)(v), 9.01(e)(vi), 9.01(e)(vii), 9.01(e)(viii) and
9.01(f) of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were
the Company, and to provide the information required with respect to such
Subservicer under Section 9.01(e)(iv) of this Agreement. The Company shall
be responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the
Purchaser and any Depositor any servicer compliance statement required to
be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 6.04 and any assessment of
compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subservicer
under Section 6.06 and any certification required to be delivered to the
Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes Certification
under Section 6.06 as and when required to be delivered.
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(b) It shall not be necessary for the Company to seek the consent of the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor to the utilization of any
Subcontractor. The Company shall promptly upon request provide to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor (or any designee of the
Depositor, such as an administrator) a written description (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, such Depositor and such Master
Servicer) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the
Company or any Subservicer, specifying (i) the identity of each such
Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122
of Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will
be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor
identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, the Company shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 6.06 and 9.01(e) of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Company. The
Company shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and
delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any assessment of compliance and
attestation and other certifications required to be delivered by such
Subcontractor under Section 6.06, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
Section 4.26 Letter of Credit Compliance.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall
comply with all the requirements of any Letter of Credit so as to assure the
full benefit of such Letter of Credit to the Purchaser.
Section 4.27 Letter of Credit Draws.
The Company shall take all steps necessary to make draws under any Letter
of Credit in accordance with the provisions thereof and shall draw on each
Letter of Credit all amounts payable thereunder within the time frame required
by the Letter of Credit or such shorter time within which the Company can effect
such draw (not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days) of (i) the date the related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan becomes ninety (90) days or more delinquent and (ii)
the receipt of notice of non-renewal from the Pledge Holder at any time prior to
the date that all amounts owed under the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan are
less than or equal to 80% of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged
Property. The Company shall notify the Purchaser promptly in writing upon
receipt of notice from the Pledge Holder of non-renewal of any Letter of Credit.
Upon receipt of any amounts as a result of a draw on a Letter of Credit because
of the non-renewal of such Letter of Credit or as a result of the Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loan continuing in default for ninety (90) or more days, the Company
shall deposit such amounts in the Custodial Account and such amount shall be
treated as a payment of principal.
Section 4.28 Assignment of the Letter of Credit.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the termination or transfer of the servicing rights and/or
obligations of the Company pursuant to Articles X and XI hereof), the Company,
as beneficiary under any Non-Assigned Letters of Credit, shall transfer and
assign, at no cost to the Purchaser, each Non-Assigned Letter of Credit to the
Purchaser in accordance with the provisions thereof within ten (10) Business
Days of such termination or transfer. In addition, the Company shall forward
within one (1) Business Day of receipt any notice received of non-renewal of any
Letter of Credit. Any funds received by the Company from draws on the
Non-Assigned Letters of Credit after the Company is no longer the servicer
hereunder shall be remitted by the Company to the successor servicer for deposit
into the Custodial Account.
Section 4.29 Pledge Holder Defaults.
Upon a default under the Letter of Credit by the Pledge Holder, the Company
shall take possession of the assets securing the Letter of Credit and shall
deposit such assets or the proceeds thereof in the Custodial Account and apply
them as a prepayment of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan. If such default
described in the prior sentence occurs at any time that the Company is no longer
the servicer of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Company shall, upon
knowledge of such default or notice from the successor servicer of such default
with respect to any Non-Assigned Letter of Credit forward such proceeds to the
successor servicer for deposit into the Custodial Account.
ARTICLE V
PAYMENTS TO PURCHASER
Section 5.01 Remittances.
On each Remittance Date the Company shall remit by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Purchaser (a) all amounts deposited in the
Custodial Account as of the close of business on the Determination Date (net of
charges against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section
4.05), plus (b) all amounts, if any, which the Company is obligated to
distribute pursuant to Section 5.03, minus (c) any amounts attributable to
Principal Prepayments received after the applicable Principal Prepayment Period
which amounts shall be remitted on the following Remittance Date, together with
any additional interest required to be deposited in the Custodial Account in
connection with such Principal Prepayment in accordance with Section 4.04(viii);
minus (d) any amounts attributable to Monthly Payments collected but due on a
Due Date or Dates subsequent to the first day of the month of the Remittance
Date, and minus (e) any amounts attributable to Buydown Funds being held in the
Custodial Account, which amounts shall be remitted on the Remittance Date
succeeding the Due Period for such amounts.
With respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser after the second
(2nd) Business Day following the Business Day on which such payment was due, the
Company shall pay to the
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Purchaser interest on any such late payment at an annual rate equal to the Prime
Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change, plus three percentage points, but
in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Such
interest shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the Company on the date
such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing with the day
following such second (2nd) Business Day and ending with the Business Day on
which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such interest shall be remitted
along with the distribution payable on the next succeeding Remittance Date. The
payment by the Company of any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of
time for payment or a waiver of any Event of Default by the Company.
Section 5.02 Statements to Purchaser.
Not later than the Remittance Report Date, the Company shall furnish to the
Purchaser a monthly remittance advice, in an electronic form as mutually agreed
to by the Company and Purchaser, with a trial balance report attached thereto,
as to the remittance period ending on the last day of the preceding month.
In addition, the Company shall provide the Purchaser with such information
as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time concerning the
Mortgage Loans as is necessary for the Purchaser to prepare its federal income
tax return and any and all other tax returns, information statements or other
filings required to be delivered to any governmental taxing authority or to the
Purchaser pursuant to any applicable law with respect to the Mortgage Loans and
the transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 5.03 Monthly Advances by Company.
On the Business Day immediately preceding each Remittance Date, the Company
shall deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds or from amounts held
for future distribution an amount equal to all Monthly Payments (with interest
adjusted to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate) which were due on the Mortgage
Loans during the applicable Due Period and which were delinquent at the close of
business on the immediately preceding Determination Date or which were deferred
pursuant to Section 4.01. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used
shall be replaced by the Company by deposit in the Custodial Account on or
before any future Remittance Date if funds in the Custodial Account on such
Remittance Date shall be less than payments to the Purchaser required to be made
on such Remittance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
permitted to make any advances from amounts held for future distribution, and
instead shall be required to make all advances from its own funds, unless the
Company, its parent, or their respective successors hereunder shall have a
long-term credit rating of at least "A" by Fitch, Inc. (doing business as Fitch
Ratings), "A" by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and "A2" by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. The
Company's obligation to make such Monthly Advances as to any Mortgage Loan will
continue through the last Monthly Payment due prior to the payment in full of
the Mortgage Loan, or through the last Remittance Date prior to the Remittance
Date for the distribution of all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or
recoveries (including REO Disposition Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and
Condemnation Proceeds) with respect to the
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Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that if requested by a Rating Agency in
connection with Securitization Transaction, the Company shall be obligated to
make such advances through the Remittance Date prior to the date on which cash
is received in connection with the liquidation of REO Property; provided,
further, that such obligation shall cease if the Company determines, in its sole
reasonable opinion, that advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan are
non-recoverable by the Company from Liquidation Proceeds, REO Disposition
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, or otherwise with respect
to a particular Mortgage Loan. In the event that the Company determines that any
such advances are non-recoverable, the Company shall provide the Purchaser with
a certificate signed by two officers of the Company evidencing such
determination.
The Company shall not have an obligation to advance amounts in respect to
shortfalls relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state or
local laws.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES
Section 6.01 Transfers of Mortgaged Property.
The Company shall use its best efforts to enforce any "due-on-sale"
provision contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage Note and to deny assumption by
the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be sold
whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the
Mortgagor remains liable on the Mortgage and the Mortgage Note. When the
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Company shall, to the
extent it has knowledge of such conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate
the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause applicable
thereto, provided, however, that the Company shall not exercise such rights if
prohibited by law from doing so or if the exercise of such rights would impair
or threaten to impair any recovery under the related PMI Policy, if any.
If the Company reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to
enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, the Company shall enter into (i) an
assumption and modification agreement with the Person to whom such property has
been conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note and the original Mortgagor remains liable thereon or (ii) in the event the
Company is unable under applicable law to require that the original Mortgagor
remain liable under the Mortgage Note and the Company has the prior consent of
the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, a substitution of liability agreement
with the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to which the original
Mortgagor is released from liability and the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property
is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. If an
assumption fee is collected by the Company for entering into an assumption
agreement the fee will be retained by the Company as additional servicing
compensation. In connection with any such assumption, neither the Mortgage
Interest Rate borne by the related Mortgage Note, the term of the Mortgage Loan,
the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan nor any other material
terms shall be changed without Purchaser's consent.
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To the extent that any Mortgage Loan is assumable, the Company shall
inquire diligently into the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee, and
shall use the underwriting criteria for approving the credit of the proposed
transferee which are used with respect to underwriting mortgage loans of the
same type as the Mortgage Loan. If the credit worthiness of the proposed
transferee does not meet such underwriting criteria, the Company diligently
shall, to the extent permitted by the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and by
applicable law, accelerate the maturity of the Mortgage Loan.
Section 6.02 Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Company of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Company shall notify the Purchaser in the
monthly remittance advice as provided in Section 5.02, and may request the
release of any Mortgage Loan Documents. If such Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage
Loan, the Company is authorized to cause the removal from the registration on
the MERS System of such Mortgage and to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Purchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of partial
or full release.
If the Company satisfies or releases the lien of the Mortgage without first
having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage
(other than as a result of a modification of the Mortgage pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or liquidation of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement) or should the Company otherwise prejudice any rights the
Purchaser may have under the mortgage instruments, upon written demand of the
Purchaser, the Company shall repurchase the related Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price by deposit thereof in the Custodial Account within two (2)
Business Days of receipt of such demand by the Purchaser. The Company shall
maintain the Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy as provided
for in Section 4.12 insuring the Company against any loss it may sustain with
respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures set
forth herein.
Section 6.03 Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its services hereunder, the Company shall be entitled
to withdraw from the Custodial Account the amount of its Servicing Fee. The
Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly and shall be computed on the basis of the
same unpaid principal balance and for the period respecting which any related
interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is received. The obligation of the Purchaser
to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and payable solely from, the interest
portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds, to the extent permitted by Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payments.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, to the
extent provided in Section 6.01, and late payment charges shall be retained by
the Company to the extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account.
The Company shall be required to pay all
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expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder
and shall not be entitled to reimbursement thereof except as specifically
provided for herein.
Section 6.04 Annual Statements as to Compliance.
On or before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Company
shall deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
is the master servicer, to the master servicer a statement of compliance
addressed to the Purchaser and such Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is
the master servicer, to the master servicer and signed by an authorized officer
of the Company, to the effect that (a) a review of the Company's activities
during the immediately preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof)
and of its performance under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution
Agreement during such period has been made under such officer's supervision, and
(b) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Company
has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement in all material respects throughout such calendar year
(or applicable portion thereof) or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any
such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each such
failure known to such officer and the nature and the status thereof.
Section 6.05 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
Other than with respect to any Mortgage Loans that are the subject of a
Securitization Transaction, on or before March 1 of each calendar year,
commencing in 2007, the Company, at its expense, shall cause a firm of
independent public accountants which is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to each Purchaser to the
effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the
servicing of the mortgage loans similar in nature and that such firm is of the
opinion that the provisions of this or similar agreements have been complied
with, and that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers,
nothing has come to their attention which would indicate that such servicing has
not been conducted in compliance therewith, except for (i) such exceptions as
such firm shall believe to be immaterial, and (ii) such other exceptions as
shall be set forth in such statement. By providing Purchaser a copy of a Uniform
Single Attestation Program Report from their independent public accountant's on
an annual basis, Company shall be considered to have fulfilled its obligations
under this Section 6.05.
Section 6.06 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
With respect to any Mortgage Loans that are the subject of a Securitization
Transaction, on or before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the
Company shall:
(i) deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer a report (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such
Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer)
regarding the Company's assessment of compliance with the
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Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar
year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange
Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be
addressed to the Purchaser and such Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer and
signed by an authorized officer of the Company and shall address
each of the "Applicable Servicing Criteria" specified on Exhibit
H hereto (or those Servicing Criteria otherwise mutually agreed
to by the Purchaser, the Company or any successor Person that
will be responsible for signing any Sarbanes Certification with
respect to a Securitization Transaction in response to evolving
interpretations of Regulation AB);
(ii) deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer a report of a
registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser and such Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the
master servicer, to the master servicer that attests to, and reports
on, the assessment of compliance made by the Company and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in
accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
(iii) cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor, determined by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.25(b) to be "participating in the
servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB, to deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor an assessment of
compliance and accountants' attestation as and when provided in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 6.06; and
(iv) deliver, and cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor described
in clause (iii) above to deliver to the Purchaser, any Depositor,
any Master Servicer and any other Person that will be responsible
for signing the certification (a "Sarbanes Certification") required
by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to
Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) on behalf of an
asset-backed issuer with respect to a Securitization Transaction a
certification, signed by the appropriate officer of the Company, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
The Company acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iv) above
may rely on the certification provided by the Company pursuant to such clause in
signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission.
Each assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section
6.06(iii) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified substantially
in the form of Exhibit H hereto delivered to the Purchaser concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement or, in the case of a Subservicer subsequently
appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such appointment. An assessment of
compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section 6.06(iii) need not
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address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.25.
Section 6.07 Remedies.
(i) Any failure by the Company, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any
Third-Party Originator to deliver any information, report, certification,
accountants' letter or other material when and as required under Article IX,
Section 4.25, Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 9.01(e)(vi)(A), or in a writing
furnished pursuant to Section 9.01(e)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the
closing date of the related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such
breach is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(e)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing date,
shall, except as provided in sub-clause (ii) of this Section, immediately and
automatically, without notice or grace period, constitute an Event of Default
with respect to the Company under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser or any Depositor, as
applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and obligations of
the Company as servicer under this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement to the contrary) of any
compensation to the Company (and, if the Company is servicing any of the
Mortgage Loans in a Securitization Transaction, the Purchaser or Depositor, as
applicable, may appoint a successor servicer; provided that to the extent that
any provision of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
expressly provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations following
termination of the Company as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
(ii) Any failure by the Company, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to
deliver any information, report, certification or accountants' letter when and
as required under Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, including any failure by the
Company to identify any Subcontractor "participating in the servicing function"
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which continues unremedied for
ten (10) calendar days after the date on which such information, report,
certification or accountants' letter was required to be delivered shall
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Company under this Agreement
and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser or
any Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and
obligations of the Company under this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation to the Company; provided that to
the extent that any provision of this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the survival of certain rights
or obligations following termination of the Company as servicer, such provision
shall be given effect.
(iii) The Company shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or any designee
of the Purchaser), any Master Servicer and any Depositor, as applicable, for all
reasonable expenses incurred by the Purchaser (or such designee) or such
Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the
Company as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the
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Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall
not limit whatever rights the Purchaser or any Depositor may have under other
provisions of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement or
otherwise, whether in equity or at law, such as an action for damages, specific
performance or injunctive relief.
Section 6.08 Right to Examine Company Records.
The Purchaser, or its designee, shall have the right to examine and audit
any and all of the books, records, or other information of the Company, whether
held by the Company or by another on its behalf, with respect to or concerning
this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, during business hours or at such other
times as may be reasonable under applicable circumstances, upon reasonable
advance notice. The Purchaser shall pay its own expenses associated with such
examination.
Section 6.09 Compliance with REMIC Provisions.
If a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under
which the Mortgage Loans or any of them and REO Property are held, the Company
shall not take any action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take
(or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if
taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of the
REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC
(including but not limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in
Section 860F(a) (2) of the Code and the tax on "contributions" to a REMIC set
forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Company has received an Opinion
of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the
effect that the contemplated action will not endanger such REMIC status or
result in the imposition of any such tax.
ARTICLE VII
COMPANY TO COOPERATE
Section 7.01 Provision of Information.
During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the
Purchaser such periodic, special, or other reports or information, and copies or
originals of any documents contained in the Servicing File for each Mortgage
Loan provided for herein. All other special reports or information not provided
for herein as shall be necessary, reasonable, or appropriate with respect to the
Purchaser or any regulatory agency will be provided at the Purchaser's expense.
All such reports, documents or information shall be provided by and in
accordance with all reasonable instructions and directions which the Purchaser
may give.
The Company shall execute and deliver all such instruments and take all
such action as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time, in order
to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
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Section 7.02 Financial Statements; Servicing Facility.
In connection with marketing the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser may make
available to a prospective purchaser a Consolidated Statement of Operations of
the Company for the most recently completed two (2) fiscal years for which such
a statement is available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of Condition at
the end of the last two (2) fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement
of Operations. The Company, upon request, also shall make available any
comparable interim statements to the extent any such statements have been
prepared by or on behalf of the Company (and are available upon request to
members or stockholders of the Company or to the public at large).
The Company also shall make available to Purchaser or prospective
purchasers a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of
answering questions respecting recent developments affecting the Company or the
financial statements of the Company, and to permit any prospective purchaser to
inspect the Company's servicing facilities for the purpose of satisfying such
prospective purchaser that the Company has the ability to service the Mortgage
Loans as provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE COMPANY
Section 8.01 Indemnification; Third Party Claims.
The Company shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any
and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and
expenses that the Purchaser may sustain in any way related to the failure of the
Company to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in strict
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company immediately shall
notify the Purchaser if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, and assume (with the prior written consent of
the Purchaser) the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection
therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any
judgment or decree which may be entered against it or the Purchaser in respect
of such claim. The Company shall follow any written instructions received from
the Purchaser in connection with such claim. The Purchaser promptly shall
reimburse the Company for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding
sentence except when the claim is in any way related to the Company's
indemnification pursuant to Section 3.03, or the failure of the Company to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of
this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Company.
The Company shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
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shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement
or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Company may be merged or consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Company shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Company, shall be the successor of the Company hereunder, without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, provided, however, that
the successor or surviving Person shall be an institution which is a Xxxxxx
Xxx/Xxxxxxx Mac-approved company in good standing. Furthermore, in the event the
Company transfers or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its
assets to an affiliate of the Company, such affiliate shall satisfy the
condition above, and shall also be fully liable to the Purchaser for all of the
Company's obligations and liabilities hereunder.
Section 8.03 Limitation on Liability of Company and Others.
Neither the Company nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents
of the Company shall be under any liability to the Purchaser for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to
this Agreement, or for errors in judgment, provided, however, that this
provision shall not protect the Company or any such Person against any breach of
warranties or representations made herein, or failure to perform its obligations
in strict compliance with any standard of care set forth in this Agreement or
any other liability which would otherwise be imposed under this Agreement. The
Company and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company 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. The Company
shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal
action which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability, provided, however, that the Company may, with the consent
of the Purchaser, undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto. In such event, the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement from the
Purchaser of the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action.
Section 8.04 Limitation on Resignation and Assignment by Company.
The Purchaser has entered into this Agreement with the Company and
subsequent purchasers will purchase the Mortgage Loans in reliance upon the
independent status of the Company, and the representations as to the adequacy of
its servicing facilities, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity,
reputation and financial standing, and the continuance thereof. Therefore, the
Company shall neither assign this Agreement or the servicing rights hereunder or
delegate its rights or duties hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 4.01) or
any portion hereof or sell or otherwise dispose of all of its property or assets
without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
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The Company shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed
on it except by mutual consent of the Company and the Purchaser or upon the
determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Company. Any such
determination permitting the resignation of the Company shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Purchaser which Opinion of
Counsel shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the
Company's responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in
Section 12.01.
Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section 8.04, in the
event that the Company either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing
responsibilities hereunder or delegate its duties hereunder (other than pursuant
to Section 4.01) or any portion thereof or sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its property or assets, without the prior written consent
of the Purchaser, then the Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon notice given as set forth in Section 10.01, without payment of
any penalty, damages or termination fees, and without any liability whatsoever
to the Company or any third party.
ARTICLE IX
AGENCY SALES, SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS OR WHOLE LOAN TRANSFERS
Section 9.01 Removal of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion Under this Agreement
The Purchaser and the Company agree that with respect to some or all of the
Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser, at its sole option, may effect Whole Loan
Transfers, Agency Sales or Securitization Transactions, retaining the Company as
the servicer thereof or as subservicer if a master servicer is employed, or as
applicable the "seller/servicer." In the event that any Mortgage Loan
transferred pursuant to this Section 9.01 is rejected by the transferee, the
Company shall continue to service such rejected Mortgage Loan on behalf of the
Purchaser in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with each
Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sales or Securitization Transaction in accordance
with this Section 9.01, provided that no such Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sale
or Securitization Transaction shall create a greater obligation or cost on the
part of the Company than otherwise set forth in this Agreement. In connection
therewith:
(a) the Company shall make all representations and warranties with respect
to the Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and with respect to the
Company itself as of the closing date of each Whole Loan Transfer,
Agency Sale or Securitization Transaction. In the event of a
Securitization Transaction or Agency Sale for which Xxxxxxx Mac
representations and warranties are required, the Company agrees to
make the representations and warranties listed on Exhibit J, as of the
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related Closing Date, at the time of such Securitization Transaction
or Agency Sale, with respect to the Mortgage Loans included therein;
(b) the Company shall negotiate in good faith and execute any
seller/servicer agreements required to effectuate the foregoing,
including, without limitation, an Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B;
provided, such agreements create no greater obligation or cost on the
part of the Company than otherwise set forth in this Agreement;
(c) the Company shall represent to the Purchaser, the depositor, the
trustee, and the initial purchaser of the securities issued in
connection with any Securitization Transaction that: (1) that the
Company has serviced the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, and has otherwise complied with all covenants and
obligations hereunder, and (2) that the Company has taken no action
that would, nor omitted to take any required action the omission of
which would, have the effect of impairing the mortgage insurance or
guarantee on the Mortgage Loans;
(d) the Company shall deliver an opinion of counsel (which can be an
opinion of in-house counsel to the Company) reasonably acceptable to
the Purchaser; provided that any out-of-pocket, third party expenses
incurred by the Company in connection with the foregoing shall be paid
by the Purchaser;
(e) in connection with any Securitization Transaction the Company shall
(1) within five (5) Business Days following request by the Purchaser
or any Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor (or, as
applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer to
provide), in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Purchaser and such Depositor, the information and materials
specified in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (vii) of this subsection
(e), and (2) as promptly as practicable following notice to or
discovery by the Company, provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor
(in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser and such Depositor) the information specified in paragraph
(iv) of this subsection (e).
(i) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company
shall provide such information regarding (1) the Company, as
originator of the Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of
Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent), or (2) each
Third-Party Originator, and (3) as applicable, each Subservicer,
as is requested for the purpose of compliance with Items
1103(a)(1), 1105, 1110, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the originator's form of organization;
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(B) a description of the originator's origination program and
how long the originator has been engaged in originating
residential mortgage loans, which description shall include
a discussion of the originator's experience in originating
mortgage loans of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans;
information regarding the size and composition of the
originator's origination portfolio; and information that may
be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or
any Depositor, to an analysis of the performance of the
Mortgage Loans, including the originators' credit-granting
or underwriting criteria for mortgage loans of similar
type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as
the Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably request for
the purpose of compliance with Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation
AB;
(C) a description of any material legal or governmental
proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against
the Company, each Third-Party Originator and each
Subservicer; and
(D) a description of any affiliation or relationship (of a type
described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the
Company, each Third-Party Originator, each Subservicer and
any of the following parties to a Securitization
Transaction, as such parties are identified to the Company
by the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in advance of a
Securitization Transaction:
(1) the sponsor;
(2) the depositor;
(3) the issuing entity;
(4) any servicer;
(5) any trustee;
(6) any originator;
(7) any significant obligor;
(8) any enhancement or support provider; and
(9) any other material transaction party.
(ii) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company
shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party
Originator to provide) Static Pool Information with respect to
the mortgage loans (of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans, as
reasonably identified by the Purchaser as provided below)
originated by (1) the Company, if the Company is an originator of
Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a
Qualified Correspondent), and/or (2) each Third-Party Originator.
Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared by the Company (or
Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its reasonable, good
faith interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3)
of Regulation AB. To the extent
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that there is reasonably available to the Company (or Third-Party
Originator) Static Pool Information with respect to more than one
mortgage loan type, the Purchaser or any Depositor shall be
entitled to specify whether some or all of such information shall
be provided pursuant to this paragraph. The content of such
Static Pool Information may be in the form customarily provided
by the Company, and need not be customized for the Purchaser or
any Depositor. Such Static Pool Information for each vintage
origination year or prior securitized pool, as applicable, shall
be presented in increments no less frequently than quarterly over
the life of the mortgage loans included in the vintage
origination year or prior securitized pool. The most recent
periodic increment must be as of a date no later than 135 days
prior to the date of the prospectus or other offering document in
which the Static Pool Information is to be included or
incorporated by reference. The Static Pool Information shall be
provided in an electronic format that provides a permanent record
of the information provided, such as a portable document format
(pdf) file, or other such electronic format reasonably required
by the Purchaser or the Depositor, as applicable.
Promptly following notice or discovery of a material error in
Static Pool Information provided pursuant to the immediately
preceding paragraph (including an omission to include therein
information required to be provided pursuant to such paragraph),
the Company shall provide corrected Static Pool Information to
the Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in the same format
in which Static Pool Information was previously provided to such
party by the Company.
If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company
shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party
Originator to provide), at the expense of the requesting party
(to the extent of any additional incremental expense associated
with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon
procedures letters of certified public accountants reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable,
pertaining to Static Pool Information relating to prior
securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after January
1, 2006 or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect
to the Company's or Third-Party Originator's originations or
purchases, to calendar months commencing January 1, 2006, as the
Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably request. Such
statements and letters shall be addressed to and be for the
benefit of such parties as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall
designate, which may include, by way of example, any sponsor, any
Depositor and any broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement
agent or initial purchaser with respect to a Securitization
Transaction. Any such statement or letter may take the form of a
standard, generally applicable
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document accompanied by a reliance letter authorizing reliance by
the addressees designated by the Purchaser or such Depositor.
(iii) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company
shall provide such information regarding the Company, as servicer
of the Mortgage Loans, and each Subservicer (each of the Company
and each Subservicer, for purposes of this paragraph, a
"Servicer"), as is requested for the purpose of compliance with
Items 1108, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such information
shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the Servicer's form of organization;
(B) a description of how long the Servicer has been servicing
residential mortgage loans; a general discussion of the
Servicer's experience in servicing assets of any type as
well as a more detailed discussion of the Servicer's
experience in, and procedures for, the servicing function it
will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution
Agreements; information regarding the size, composition and
growth of the Servicer's portfolio of residential mortgage
loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans and
information on factors related to the Servicer that may be
material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any
Depositor, to any analysis of the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans or the related asset-backed securities, as applicable,
including, without limitation:
(1) whether any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of
a type similar to the Mortgage Loans involving the
Servicer have defaulted or experienced an early
amortization or other performance triggering event
because of servicing during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
(2) the extent of outsourcing the Servicer utilizes;
(3) whether there has been previous disclosure of material
noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria
with respect to other securitizations of residential
mortgage loans involving the Servicer as a servicer
during the three-year period immediately preceding the
related Securitization Transaction;
(4) whether the Servicer has been terminated as servicer in
a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due
to a
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servicing default or to application of a servicing
performance test or trigger; and
(5) such other information as the Purchaser or any
Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of
compliance with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a description of any material changes during the three-year
period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction to the Servicer's policies or procedures with
respect to the servicing function it will perform under this
Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements for mortgage
loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans;
(D) information regarding the Servicer's financial condition, to
the extent that there is a material risk that an adverse
financial event or circumstance involving the Servicer could
have a material adverse effect on the performance by the
Company of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or
any Reconstitution Agreement;
(E) information regarding advances made by the Servicer on the
Mortgage Loans and the Servicer's overall servicing
portfolio of residential mortgage loans for the three-year
period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction, which may be limited to a statement by an
authorized officer of the Servicer to the effect that the
Servicer has made all advances required to be made on
residential mortgage loans serviced by it during such
period, or, if such statement would not be accurate,
information regarding the percentage and type of advances
not made as required, and the reasons for such failure to
advance;
(F) a description of the Servicer's processes and procedures
designed to address any special or unique factors involved
in servicing loans of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans;
(G) a description of the Servicer's processes for handling
delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as
through liquidation of mortgaged properties, sale of
defaulted mortgage loans or workouts;
(H) information as to how the Servicer defines or determines
delinquencies and charge-offs, including the effect of any
grace period, re-aging, restructuring, partial payments
considered current or other practices with respect to
delinquency and loss experience;
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(I) a description of any material legal or governmental
proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against
the Servicer; and
(J) a description of any affiliation or relationship between the
Servicer and any of the following parties to a
Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified
to the Servicer by the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing
in advance of a Securitization Transaction:
(1) the sponsor;
(2) the depositor;
(3) the issuing entity;
(4) any servicer;
(5) any trustee;
(6) any originator;
(7) any significant obligor;
(8) any enhancement or support provider; and
(9) any other material transaction party.
(iv) For the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the
Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities, the Company shall (or shall cause each Subservicer
and Third-Party Originator to) (1) provide prompt notice to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor in writing of
(A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings pending
against the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator, (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop
following the closing date of a Securitization Transaction
between the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator and any of the parties specified in Section
9.01(e)(i)(D) (and any other parties identified in writing by the
requesting party) with respect to such Securitization
Transaction, (C) any Event of Default under the terms of this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any merger,
consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, and (E) the Company's entry into an agreement with a
Subservicer to perform or assist in the performance of any of the
Company's obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement and (2) provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor a
description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
(v) As a condition to the succession to the Company or any
Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or
any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person (i) into which the
Company or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or
(ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Company or any
Subservicer, the Company shall provide to the Purchaser and any
Depositor, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the
effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written
notice
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to the Purchaser and any Depositor of such succession or
appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, all
information reasonably requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor in order to comply with is reporting obligation under
Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities.
(vi) (A) The Company shall be deemed to represent to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and to any Depositor, as of
the date on which information is first provided to the
Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is
the master servicer, to the master servicer under this
Section 9.01(e) that, except as disclosed in writing to the
Purchaser and such Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
is the master servicer, to the master servicer prior to such
date: (1) the Company is not aware and has not received
notice that any default, early amortization or other
performance triggering event has occurred as to any other
securitization due to any act or failure to act of the
Company; (2) the Company has not been terminated as servicer
in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to
a servicing default or to application of a servicing
performance test or trigger; (3) no material noncompliance
with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other
securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the
Company as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the
Company; (4) no material changes to the Company's policies
or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will
perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution
Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to the
Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction; (5) there are no aspects of the Company's
financial condition that could have a material adverse
effect on the performance by the Company of its servicing
obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement; (6) there are no material legal or governmental
proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against
the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator;
and (7) there are no affiliations, relationships or
transactions relating to the Company, any Subservicer or any
Third-Party Originator with respect to any Securitization
Transaction and any party thereto identified by the related
Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB.
(B) If so requested by the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any
Depositor on any date following the date on which
information is first provided to the Purchaser, any Master
Servicer or any
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Depositor under this Section 9.01(e), the Company shall,
within five (5) Business Days following such request,
confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in sub clause (A) above or, if any such
representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date
of such request, provide reasonably adequate disclosure of
the pertinent facts, in writing, to the requesting party.
(vii) In addition to such information as the Company, as
servicer, is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of
this Agreement, if so requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, the Company shall provide such information regarding
the performance or servicing of the Mortgage Loans as is
reasonably required to facilitate preparation of distribution
reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall be provided concurrently with the monthly
reports otherwise required to be delivered by the servicer under
this Agreement, commencing with the first such report due not
less than ten (10) Business Days following such request.
(f) The Company shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the
Purchaser, and each of the following parties participating in a
Securitization Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; each
Person (including, but not limited to, any Master Servicer, if
applicable) responsible for the preparation, execution or filing of
any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to
such Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act
with respect to such Securitization Transaction; each broker dealer
acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser, each
Person who controls any of such parties or the Depositor (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the
Exchange Act); and the respective present and former directors,
officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each of the foregoing
and of the Depositor (each, an "Indemnified Party"), and shall hold
each of them harmless from and against any claims, losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related
costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of
them may sustain arising out of or based upon:
(i) (A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged
to be contained in any information, report, certification, data,
accountants' letter or other material provided in written or
electronic form under Sections 4.25, 6.04, 6.06 and 9.01(f) by or
on behalf of the Company, or provided under Sections 4.25, 6.04,
6.06 and 9.01(f) by or on behalf of any Subservicer,
Subcontractor or Third-Party Originator (collectively, the
"Company Information"), or (B) the omission or alleged omission
to state in the Company Information a material fact required to
be stated in the Company Information or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not
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misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of
this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the
Company Information and not to any other information communicated
in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without
regard to whether the Company Information or any portion thereof
is presented together with or separately from such other
information;
(ii) any breach by the Company of its obligations under this Section
9.01(f), including particularly any failure by the Company, any
Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to
deliver any information, report, certification, accountants'
letter or other material when and as required under Sections
4.25, 6.04, 6.06 and 9.01(e), including any failure by the
Company to identify any Subcontractor "participating in the
servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB; or
(iii) any breach by the Company of a representation or warranty set
forth in Section 9.01(e)(vi)(A) or in a writing furnished
pursuant to Section 9.01(e)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to
the closing date of the related Securitization Transaction, to
the extent that such breach is not cured by such closing date, or
any breach by the Company of a representation or warranty in a
writing furnished pursuant to Section 9.01(e)(vi)(B) to the
extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing date; or
(iv) the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Company in
connection with its performance under Sections 4.25, 6.04, 6.06
or 9.01(e).
In the case of any failure of performance described in sub-clause (ii)
of this Section 9.01(f), the Company shall promptly reimburse the
Purchaser, any Depositor, as applicable, and each Person responsible
for the preparation, execution or filing of any report required to be
filed with the Commission with respect to such Securitization
Transaction, or for execution of a certification pursuant to Rule
13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to
such Securitization Transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by
each such party in order to obtain the information, report,
certification, accountants' letter or other material not delivered as
required by the Company, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any
Third-Party Originator.
This indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement
or the termination of any party to this Agreement.
(g) The Purchaser shall indemnify the Company, each affiliate of the
Company, each Person who controls any of such parties or the Company
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20
of the Exchange Act) and the respective present and former directors,
officers, employees and agents of each of the foregoing and of the
Company, in an Indemnification Agreement substantially
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in the form of Exhibit K attached hereto, and shall hold each of them
harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and
any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain
arising out of or based upon:
(i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to
be contained in any offering materials related to a
Securitization Transaction, including without limitation the
registration statement, prospectus, prospectus supplement, any
private placement memorandum, any offering circular, any
computational materials, and any amendments or supplements to the
foregoing (collectively, the "Securitization Materials") or
(ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Securitization
Materials a material fact required to be stated in the
Securitization Materials or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading,
but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission is other than a statement or
omission arising out of, resulting from, or based upon the Company
Information; provided however, that notwithstanding the forgoing, the
parties agree that for the purposes of this Section 9.01(g), the
Purchaser shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. and provided
further that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. shall have no
liability under this Section 9.01 (g) with respect to information
included in or omitted from any Securitization Materials prepared in
connection with (i) a Securitization Transaction which occurs after
the Mortgage Loans have been sold in a Whole Loan Transfer to a third
party which is not Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. or an
Affiliate of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. or (ii) any
Securitization Transaction in which the issuer, depositor or
transferor is an entity other than Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc. or an Affiliate of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
This indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement
or the termination of any party to this Agreement.
The Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the purpose of
Section 9.01(e) is to facilitate compliance by the Purchaser and any Depositor
with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the
Commission. Although Regulation AB is applicable by its terms only to offerings
of asset-backed securities that are registered under the Securities Act, the
Company acknowledges that investors in privately offered securities may require
that the Purchaser or any Depositor provide comparable disclosure in
unregistered offerings. References in this Agreement to compliance with
Regulation AB also apply to comparable disclosure in private offerings.
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Neither the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall exercise its right to request
delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than
in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or
the provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required
under the Securities Act). The Company acknowledges that interpretations of the
requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive
guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants
in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and
agrees to comply with requests made by the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer in good
faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of
evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with any Securitization
Transaction, the Company shall cooperate fully with the Purchaser and any Master
Servicer to deliver to the Purchaser (including any of its assignees or
designees), any Master Servicer and any Depositor, any and all statements,
reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good
faith determination of the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer to permit the Purchaser and
such Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the
master servicer to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with
such disclosures relating to the Company, any Subservicer, any Third-Party
Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans,
reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any Depositor to be necessary in order
to effect such compliance.
The Purchaser shall cooperate with the Company by providing timely notice
of requests for information under this Article IX and by reasonably limiting
such requests to information necessary, in the Purchaser's reasonable judgment,
to comply with Regulation AB.
In the event that the Purchaser has elected to have the Company hold record
title to the Mortgages, prior to the date of any Whole Loan Transfer, Agency
Sale of Securitization Transaction the Company shall prepare an Assignment of
Mortgage in blank or to the trustee from the Company acceptable to the trustee
for each Mortgage Loan that is part of the Whole Loan Transfers, Agency Sales or
Securitization Transactions. The Purchaser shall pay all preparation and
recording costs associated therewith, if the Assignments of Mortgage have not
been previously prepared and recorded in the name of the Purchaser or its
designee. The Company shall execute each Assignment of Mortgage, track such
Assignments of Mortgage to ensure they have been recorded and deliver them as
required by the trustee upon the Company's receipt thereof. Additionally, the
Company shall prepare and execute, at the direction of the Purchaser, any note
endorsements in connection with any and all seller/servicer agreements.
All Mortgage Loans (i) not sold or transferred pursuant to Whole Loan
Transfers, Agency Sales or Securitization Transactions or (ii) that are subject
to a Securitization Transaction for which the related trust is terminated for
any reason, shall remain subject to this Agreement and shall continue to be
serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
Section 10.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default on the part of
the Company:
(i) any failure by the Company to remit to the Purchaser any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which
continues unremedied for a period of five days after the date upon
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Purchaser; or
(ii) failure by the Company duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Company set forth in this Agreement or in the Custodial Agreement
which continues unremedied for a period of ninety (90) days after
the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same
to be remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the
Purchaser or by the Custodian; or
(iii) failure by the Company to maintain its license to do business in any
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located if such license
is required; or
(iv) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, including
bankruptcy, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs,
shall have been entered against the Company and such decree or order
shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period
of sixty (60) days; or
(v) the Company shall consent 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 Company or of or relating to all or substantially
all of its property; or
(vi) the Company shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of
any applicable insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization statute,
make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily
suspend payment of its obligations or cease its normal business
operations for three Business Days; or
(vii) the Company ceases to meet the qualifications of a Xxxxxx
Mae/Xxxxxxx Mac servicer; or
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(viii) the Company attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation
hereunder or to assign this Agreement or the servicing
responsibilities hereunder or to delegate its duties hereunder or
any portion thereof in violation of Section 8.04; or
(ix) the taking of any action by the Company, any Company Employee, any
Affiliate or any director or employee thereof that constitutes fraud
or criminal activity in the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement or the indictment of any of the foregoing Persons for
criminal activity related to the mortgage origination or servicing
activities of the Company, in each case, where such indictment
materially and adversely affects the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement (subject to the
condition that such indictment is not dismissed within ninety (90)
days); or
(ix) an Event of Default as defined in Section 6.07.
In each and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have
been remedied, in addition to whatever rights the Purchaser may have at law or
equity to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, the
Purchaser, by notice in writing to the Company, may terminate all the rights and
obligations of the Company under this Agreement, subject to Section 12.01, and
in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Company is
terminated pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.01, no liquidated damages
shall be payable to the Company pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof.
Upon receipt by the Company of such written notice, all authority and power
of the Company under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans
or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the successor appointed pursuant to
Section 12.01. Upon written request from any Purchaser, the Company shall
prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity designated by the Purchaser
any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successor's
possession all Mortgage Files, and do or cause to be done all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, including but not limited to the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, at the Company's sole
expense. The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser and such successor in
effecting the termination of the Company's responsibilities and rights
hereunder, including without limitation, the transfer to such successor for
administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited by
the Company to the Custodial Account, Subsidy Account or Escrow Account or
thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
If any of the Mortgage Loans are MERS Mortgage Loans, in connection with
the termination or resignation (as described in Section 8.04) of the Company
hereunder, either (i) the successor servicer shall represent and warrant that it
is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all material
respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, or (ii) the Company shall
cooperate with the successor servicer either (x) in causing MERS to execute and
deliver an assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage
from MERS to
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the Purchaser and to execute and deliver such other notices, documents and other
instruments as may be necessary to remove such Mortgage Loan(s) from the MERS(R)
System or (y) in causing MERS to designate on the MERS(R) System the successor
servicer as the servicer of such Mortgage Loan.
Section 10.02 Waiver of Defaults.
By a written notice, the Purchaser may waive any default by the Company in
the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been 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.
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
Section 11.01 Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon either: (i) the later of the final
payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan or the disposition of any REO Property with respect to the last
Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due hereunder; (ii) mutual consent
of the Company and the Purchaser in writing; or (iii) termination pursuant to
Section 10.01 or 11.02.
Section 11.02 Termination Without Cause.
The Purchaser may terminate, at its sole option, any rights the Company may
have hereunder, without cause as provided in this Section 11.02. Any such notice
of termination shall be in writing and delivered to the Company and any Rating
Agency by registered mail as provided in Section 12.05.
Other than with respect to a termination of the Company, as servicer,
pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof, the Company shall be entitled to receive, as
such liquidated damages, upon the transfer of the servicing rights, an amount
equal to 2.75% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage
Loans as of the termination date paid by the Purchaser to the Company with
respect to all of the Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .250% is
paid per annum.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 12.01 Successor to Company.
Prior to termination of the Company's responsibilities and duties under
this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.04, 10.01, 11.01 (ii) or pursuant to
Section 11.02 the Purchaser shall, (i) succeed to and assume all of the
Company's responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement,
or (ii) appoint a successor having the characteristics set forth in Section 8.02
and which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities of the Company under this Agreement simultaneously with
the termination of Company's responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this
Agreement. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Purchaser may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree. In the event that the
Company's duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement should
be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned sections, the Company shall
discharge such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it
acquires knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with the
same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under
this Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or
prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor. The resignation or
removal of the Company pursuant to the aforementioned sections shall not become
effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant to this Section 12.01
and shall in no event relieve the Company of liability for the representations
and warranties made pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and the remedies
available to the Purchaser under Section 3.03, it being understood and agreed
that the provisions of such Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 and 8.01 shall be
applicable to the Company notwithstanding any such sale, assignment, resignation
or termination of the Company, or the termination of this Agreement.
Any successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to the Purchaser an instrument accepting such
appointment, wherein the successor shall make the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.01, except for subsection (h) with respect to the sale of
the Mortgage Loans and subsections (i) and (k) thereof, whereupon such successor
shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations and liabilities of the Company, with like effect as if originally
named as a party to this Agreement. Any termination or resignation of the
Company or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.04, 10.01, 11.01
or 11.02 shall not affect any claims that any Purchaser may have against the
Company arising out of the Company's actions or failure to act prior to any such
termination or resignation.
The Company shall deliver promptly to the successor servicer the funds in
the Custodial Account, Subsidy Account and Escrow Account and all Mortgage Files
and related documents and statements held by it hereunder and the Company shall
account for all funds and shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such
other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitively vest
in the successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations
and liabilities of the Company.
Upon a successor's acceptance of appointment as such, the Company shall
notify by mail the Purchaser of such appointment in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 12.05.
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Section 12.02 Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by written agreement signed
by the Company and the Purchaser.
Section 12.03 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
Each of the Company and the Purchaser hereby knowingly, voluntarily and
intentionally waives any and all rights it may have to a trial by jury with
respect to, or any litigation based on, or arising out of, under, or in
connection with, this Agreement, or any other documents and instruments executed
in connection herewith, or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements
(whether oral or written), or actions of the Company or the Purchaser. This
provision is a material inducement for the Purchaser to enter into this
Agreement.
Section 12.04 Duration of Agreement.
This Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as
herein provided. This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding transfers of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser.
Section 12.05 Notices.
All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(i) if to the Company with respect to servicing issues:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
1 Home Campus
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Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, MAC X2401-042
Fax: 515/000-0000
(ii) if to the Company with respect to all other issues:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance Manager, MAC X3906-012
Fax: 301/000-0000
In each instance, with a copy to:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
1 Home Campus
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel MAC X2401-06T
Fax: 515/000-0000
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser
in writing by the Company;
(ii) if to Purchaser:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Whole Loan Operations Manager
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Company
in writing by the Purchaser;
Section 12.06 Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement.
Section 12.07 Relationship of Parties.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a
partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of the
Company shall be rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for the
Purchaser.
Section 12.08 Execution; Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Subject to Section 8.04, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by,
the Company and the Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns,
including without limitation, any trustee appointed by the Purchaser with
respect to any Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sale or Securitization Transaction.
The parties agree that this Agreement and signature pages thereof may be
transmitted between them by facsimile and that faxed signatures may constitute
original signatures and that a faxed signature page containing the signature
(faxed or original) is binding on the parties.
Section 12.09 Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, as to each Mortgage Loan which
is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, each of the Assignments of Mortgage 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, such recordation to be effected at the Company's expense in
the event recordation is either necessary under applicable law or requested by
the Purchaser at its sole option.
Section 12.10 Assignment by Purchaser.
The Purchaser shall have the right, without the consent of the Company to
assign, in whole or in part, its interest under this Agreement with respect to
some or all of the Mortgage Loans, and designate any person to exercise any
rights of the Purchaser hereunder, by executing an Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, and the
assignee or designee shall accede to the rights and obligations hereunder of the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loans. All references to the Purchaser
in this Agreement shall be deemed to include its assignee or designee.
Section 12.11 Solicitation of Mortgagor.
Neither party shall, after the Closing Date, take any action to solicit the
refinancing of any Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed that neither (i)
promotions undertaken by either party or any affiliate which are directed to the
general public at large, including, without limitation, mass mailings based upon
commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio, television advertisements
nor (ii) serving the refinancing needs of a Mortgagor who, without
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solicitation, contacts either party in connection with the refinance of such
Mortgage or Mortgage Loan, shall constitute solicitation under this Section.
Section 12.12 Further Agreements.
The Purchaser and the Company each agree to execute and deliver to the
other such additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary
or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
Section 12.13 Third-Party Beneficiary.
Each Master Servicer shall be considered a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement, entitled to all the rights and benefits hereof as if it were a direct
party to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Purchaser have caused their names
to be signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the day
and year first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
Purchaser Company
By:________________________________ By:________________________________
Name:______________________________ Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________ Title:_____________________________
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STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF ___________ )
On the _____ day of _______________, 20___ before me, a Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared _________________, known to me to be
_______________________ of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., 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 affixed my office seal the
day and year in this certificate first above written.
________________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires___________________
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STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____ day of _______________, 20___ before me, a Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared _______________________________________,
known to me to be the ___________________________ of __________________________,
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 affixed my office seal the
day and year in this certificate first above written.
________________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires___________________
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EXHIBIT A
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
On this _____ day of __________, 20___, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the
"Company") as the Company under that certain Master Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of April 1, 2006, as may be
amended from time to time, does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
convey to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. as the Purchaser (the
"Purchaser") under the Agreement, and Purchaser hereby accepts from Company,
without recourse, but subject to the terms of the Agreement, all right, title
and interest of, in and to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A, together with the Mortgage Files and all
rights and obligations arising under the documents contained therein. Pursuant
to Section 2.03 of the Agreement, the Company has delivered to the Custodian the
Mortgage Loan Documents for each Mortgage Loan to be purchased. The Servicing
Files retained by the Company pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Agreement shall be
appropriately marked to clearly reflect the sale of the related Mortgage Loans
to the Purchaser.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Agreement.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
Purchaser Company
By:________________________________ By:________________________________
Name:______________________________ Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________ Title:_____________________________
Exhibit A
Mortgage Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated
_____________, 20__, ("Agreement") among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
("Assignor"), [_____________________] ("Assignee") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
(the "Company"):
For and in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and
other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
Assignment and Conveyance
1. The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns to the
Assignee all of the right, title and interest of the Assignor, as purchaser, in,
to and under (a) those certain mortgage loans listed on the schedule (the
"Mortgage Loan Schedule") attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Mortgage Loans")
and (b) except as described below, that certain Master Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated as April 1, 2006, between
the Assignor, as purchaser, and the Company, as seller, solely insofar as the
Purchase Agreement relates to the Mortgage Loans.
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the
Assignee hereunder any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and
any obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to
the Purchase Agreement which are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement.
Recognition of the Company
2. From and after the date hereof (the "Closing Date"), the Company shall
and does hereby recognize that the Assignor will transfer the Mortgage Loans and
assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement (solely to the extent set forth
herein) to the Assignee [and that the Assignee will thereafter transfer the
Mortgage Loans and assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement and this
Agreement to [________________] (the "Trust") created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of [________________] (the "Pooling Agreement"),
among the Assignor, [________________], as trustee (including its successors in
interest and any successor trustees under the Pooling Agreement, the "Trustee")
and [________________], as servicer (including its successors in interest and
any successor servicer under the Pooling Agreement, the "Servicer")]. The
Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i)
the [Assignee] [Trust] will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Company
shall look solely to the [Assignee] [Trust] for performance of any obligations
of the Assignor [insofar as they relate to the enforcement of the
representations, warranties and covenants with respect to the Mortgage Loans],
(iii) the [Assignee] [Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on
the Trust's behalf)] shall have all the rights and remedies available to the
Assignor, insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, the enforcement of the document
delivery requirements set forth in Section [___] of the Purchase Agreement, and
shall be entitled to enforce all of the obligations of the Company thereunder
insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, and (iv) all references to the
Purchaser [(insofar as they relate to the rights, title and interest and, with
respect to obligations of the Purchaser, only insofar as they relate to the
enforcement of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company)]
under the Purchase Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, shall
be deemed to refer to the [Assignee] [Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)]. [Neither the Company nor the Assignor
shall amend or agree to amend, modify, waiver, or otherwise alter any of the
terms or provisions of the Purchase Agreement which amendment, modification,
waiver or other alteration would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the
Company's performance under the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage
Loans without the prior written consent of the Trustee.]
3. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary in Section 2 above, the
Company shall and does hereby acknowledge that the indemnification provisions
set forth in the sixth paragraph of Section 3.03, Section 8.01 and Section
9.01(e) of the Purchase Agreement shall be available to and for the benefit of
the Assignor, the Assignee [and the Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)], as provided in the Purchase Agreement.
[SECTIONS 4 AND 5 TO BE INCLUDED WITH RESPECT TO WHOLE LOAN TRANSFERS ONLY]
Representations and Warranties of the Assignor
4. The Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignee as of the date
hereof that:
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a. The Assignor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the
full right to transfer the Mortgage Loans free from any and all claims and
encumbrances whatsoever;
b. The Assignor has not received notice of, and has no knowledge of,
any offsets, counterclaims or other defenses available to the Company with
respect to the Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage Loans;
c. The Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under, or
agreed to any amendment or other modification of, the Purchase Agreement or
the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation the transfer of the
servicing obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The Assignor has no
knowledge of, and has not received notice of, any waivers under or
amendments or other modifications of, or assignments of rights or
obligations under, the Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage Loans; and
d. Neither the Assignor nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or any
other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or
taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the
Mortgage Loans under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act") or which
would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5
of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto.
Representations and Warranties of the Assignee
5. The Assignee warrants and represents to the Assignor and the Company
as of the date hereof that:
a. The Assignee agrees to be bound, as Purchaser, by all of the terms,
covenants and conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the Mortgage Loans,
and from and after the date hereof, the Assignee assumes for the benefit of
each of the Company and the Assignor all of the Assignor's obligations as
purchaser thereunder;
b. The Assignee understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been
registered under the 33 Act or the securities laws of any state;
c. The Assignee is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for investment for its
own account only and not for any other person. In this connection, neither
the Assignee nor any person authorized to act therefor has offered to sell
the Mortgage Loans by means of any general advertising or general
solicitation within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of US Securities and
Exchange Commission Regulation D, promulgated under the 1933 Act;
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d. The Assignee considers itself a substantial sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of investment in the Mortgage Loans;
e. The Assignee has been furnished with all information regarding the
Mortgage Loans that it has requested from the Assignor or the Company;
f. Neither the Assignee nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accepted a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or any
other similar security with, any person in any manner which would
constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the 33 Act or which
would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5
of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such
manner with respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
g. Either (1) the Assignee is not an employee benefit plan ("Plan")
within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or a plan (also "Plan") within
the meaning of section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
("Code"), and the Assignee is not directly or indirectly purchasing the
Mortgage Loans on behalf of, investment manager of, as named fiduciary of,
as Trustee of, or with assets of, a Plan; or (2) the Assignee's purchase of
the Mortgage Loans will not result in a prohibited transaction under
section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.]
Miscellaneous
6. The Assignee's address for purposes of all notices and correspondence
related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase Agreements is: [
[________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Attention: _________________
7. The Assignee's wire transfer instructions for purposes of all
remittances and payments related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase
Agreement is:
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[
Attention: _________________
8. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles, and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with such laws.
9. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified
unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against
whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
10. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of [(i)] the successors and
assigns of the parties hereto [and (ii) the Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)]. Any entity into which Assignor,
Assignee or Company may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement
for any further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee or Company, respectively,
hereunder.
11. Each of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall survive the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Purchase Agreement
(solely with respect to the Mortgage Loans) by Assignor to Assignee and nothing
contained herein shall supersede or amend the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
12. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
13. In the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any
provision of the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the
terms of this Agreement shall control.
14. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the exhibits
hereto) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Purchase Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Its:_____________________________________
[____________________________]
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Its:_____________________________________
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Its:_____________________________________
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF COMPANY CERTIFICATION
I, ____________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected ____________ of Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., an institution organized under the laws of the United States
(the "Company") and state as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the
articles of association of the Company which are in full force and effect
on the date hereof.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the
bylaws of the Company which are in effect on the date hereof.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the
resolutions of the Mortgage Banking Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company authorizing the Company to execute and deliver each of the
Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement dated as of _________ by
and between the Company and the Purchaser (the "Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement") and the Custodial Agreement among the Purchaser, the
Company and ____________ as ("Custodian"), collectively (the "Agreements"),
by original signature, and to endorse the Mortgage Notes and execute the
Assignments of Mortgages by original or facsimile signature, and each such
resolutions are in effect on the date hereof.
5. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the
Agreements or the sale of the Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Agreements; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
6. To the best of my knowledge, neither the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Agreements,
conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of,
or constitutes or will constitute a default under, the charter or by-laws
of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is
subject, or any statute or order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or
decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body to which the
Company is subject or by which it is bound.
7. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of my
knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company that would
materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to perform its
obligations under the Agreements. No proceedings looking toward merger,
consolidation or liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company are
pending or contemplated.
8. The Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions described and
contemplated by the Agreements.
9. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned in the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed by name and affixed the seal of
the Company.
Dated: By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
[Seal] Title:_________________________________
I, _____________, ______________ of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., hereby certify
that _____________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting _____________
of the Company and that the signature appearing above is his genuine
signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
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EXHIBIT D
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CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT E
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DATA FILE
(1) the Company's Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(2) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city,
state, county and zip code;
(3) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a single family
residence, a 2-4 family dwelling, a PUD, a cooperative, a townhouse,
manufactured housing or a unit in a condominium project;
(4) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
(5) the current Monthly Payment;
(6) loan term, number of months;
(7) the stated maturity date;
(8) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal
due on or before the Cut-off Date;
(9) the Loan-to-Value Ratio;
(10) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Interest Only
Mortgage Loan;
(11) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a temporary buydown (Y
or N);
(12) the Servicing Fee Rate;
(13) a code indicating the mortgage insurance provider and percent of
coverage, if applicable;
(14) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by lender-paid
mortgage insurance (Y or N);
(15) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Time$aver(R) Mortgage
Loan (Y or N);
(16) the Mortgagor's first and last name;
(17) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied;
(18) the remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, based on the
original amortization schedule;
(19) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
(20) the actual next Due Date of the Mortgage Loan;
(21) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied to
the actual principal balance;
(22) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(23) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, financing,
rate/term refinancing, cash-out refinancing);
(24) the Mortgage Interest Rate at origination;
(25) the amount on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
(26) a code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full (providing two
years employment verification - 2 years W-2's and current pay stub or
2 years 1040's for self employed borrowers), alternative or reduced);
(27) a code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is subject to a PMI Policy;
(28) the Appraised Value of the Mortgage Property;
(29) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable;
(30) the Mortgagor's Underwriting FICO Score;
(31) term of prepayment penalty in years;
(32) a code indicating the product type;
(33) a code indicating the credit grade of the Mortgage Loan;
(34) the unpaid balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Cut-off Date, after deduction of all payments of principal;
(35) the Note date of the Mortgage Loan;
(36) the mortgage insurance certificate number and percentage of coverage,
if applicable;
(37) the Mortgagor's and Co-Mortgagor's (if any) date of birth;
(38) if the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the MIN Number for each
MERS Mortgage Loan;
(39) employer name;
(40) subsidy program code;
(41) servicer name;
(42) the combined Loan-to-Value Ratio;
(43) the total Loan-to-Value Ratio;
(44) whether the Mortgage Loan is convertible (Y or N);
(45) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a relocation loan (Y or
N);
(46) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a leasehold loan (Y or
N);
(47) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Alt A loan (Y or N);
(48) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a no ratio loan (Y or
N);
(49) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loan (Y or N);
(50) effective LTV percentage for Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans;
(51) citizenship type code;
(52) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a conforming or
non-conforming loan, based on the original loan balance;
(53) the name of the client for which the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(54) the program code;
(55) the loan sub doc code;
(56) a code indicating amortization type (1 or 2);
(57) interest only note payment;
(58) first full amortization payment date;
(59) interest only term, number of months;
(60) remaining interest only term, number of months;
(61) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a 2nd lien (Y or N);
(62) a code indicating borrower verification of assets or lender
verification of assets (L or B);
(63) combined current loan balance;
(64) the remaining interest-only term for Interest Only Mortgage Loans;
(65) the schedule of the payment delinquencies in the prior twelve (12)
months, if applicable;
(66) the appraisal type;
(67) the appraisal date;
(68) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio;
The Company shall provide the following
For the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA):
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(69) the Mortgagor's and co-Mortgagor's (if applicable) ethnicity;
(70) the Mortgagor's and co-Mortgagor's (if applicable) race;
(71) lien status;
(72) for cash-out refinance loans, the cash purpose;
(73) the Mortgagor's and co-Mortgagor's (if applicable) gender;
(74) the Mortgagor's and co-Mortgagor's (if applicable) social security
numbers;
(75) the number of units for the property;
(76) the year in which the property was built;
(77) the qualifying monthly income of the Mortgagor;
(78) the number of bedrooms contained in the property;
(79) a code indicating first time buyer (Y or N);
(80) the total rental income, if any;
The Seller shall provide the following
for the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans (if applicable):
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(81) the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage
Note;
(82) the Periodic Interest Rate Cap;
(83) the Index;
(84) the next interest rate and payment Adjustment Date;
(85) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment cap and all subsequent interest
rate Adjustment Dates;
(86) the Gross Margin;
(87) the lifetime interest rate cap; and
(88) code for Incremental Rate Mortgage Loans.
EXHIBIT F
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CONTENTS OF EACH 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
and any prospective Purchaser, and which shall be retained by the Company in the
Servicing File or delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03
of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement to which this Exhibit is
attached (the "Agreement"):
1. The original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements,
endorsed "Pay to the order of __________________ without recourse" and
signed in the name of the Company by an authorized officer (in the
event that the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Company in a merger,
the signature must be in the following form: "[Company], successor by
merger to [name of predecessor]"; and in the event that the Mortgage
Loan was acquired or originated by the Company while doing business
under another name, the signature must be in the following form:
"[Company], formerly known as [previous name]").
2. The original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage
Note.
3. If the Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original
Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon or a certified true and
correct copy of the Mortgage sent for recordation. If in connection
with any Mortgage Loan, the Company cannot deliver or cause to be
delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on
or prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for
recordation or because such Mortgage has been lost or because such
public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a
photocopy of such Mortgage, together with (i) in the case of a delay
caused by the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the
Company stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that the
original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian
upon receipt thereof by the Company; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage
where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage
or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office or by the title insurance company that issued the
title policy to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage.
Further, with respect to MERS Mortgage Loans, (a) the Mortgage names
MERS as the Mortgagee and (b) the requirements set forth in the
Electronic Tracking
Agreement have been satisfied, with a conformed recorded copy to
follow as soon as the same is received by the Company.
4. The originals or certified true copies of any document sent for
recordation of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, with evidence of recording thereon.
5. If the Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original
Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance
acceptable for recording (except for the insertion of the name of the
assignee and recording information). The Assignment of Mortgage must
be duly recorded only if recordation is either necessary under
applicable law or commonly required by private institutional mortgage
investors in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located or on
direction of the Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is to be
recorded, the Mortgage shall be assigned to the Purchaser. If the
Assignment of Mortgage is not to be recorded, the Assignment of
Mortgage shall be delivered in blank. If the Mortgage Loan was
acquired by the Company in a merger, the Assignment of Mortgage must
be made by "[Company], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]."
If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Company while
doing business under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be
by "[Company], formerly know as [previous name]."
6. Originals or certified true copies of documents sent for recordation
of all intervening assignments of the Mortgage with evidence of
recording thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not been
returned from the applicable recording office or has been lost or if
such public recording office retains the original recorded assignments
of mortgage, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together with
(i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an
Officer's Certificate of the Company stating that such intervening
assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that such original recorded
intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of such intervening
assignment of mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording
office or by the title insurance company that issued the title policy
to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian
upon receipt thereof by the Company; or (ii) in the case of an
intervening assignment where a public recording office retains the
original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded intervening assignment.
7. The electronic form of PMI Policy as identified by certificate number.
8. The original mortgagee policy of title insurance or evidence of title
or, in the event such original title policy is unavailable, a
certified true copy of the related policy binder or commitment for
title certified to be true and complete by the title insurance
company.
9. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent executed in
connection with the Mortgage.
10. Original or a copy of a power of attorney, if applicable.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicing File shall include each of the
following items to the extent in the possession of the Company or in the
possession of the Company's agent(s):
11. The original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law, flood
insurance policy, in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Agreement.
12. Residential loan application.
13. Mortgage Loan closing statement.
14. Verification of employment and income, unless originated under the
Company's Limited Documentation program, Xxxxxx Xxx Timesaver Plus.
15. Verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of down
payment.
16. Credit report on the Mortgagor.
17. Residential appraisal report.
18. Photograph of the Mortgaged Property.
19. Survey of the Mortgage property, if required by the title company or
applicable law.
20. Copy of each instrument necessary to complete identification of any
exception set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy,
i.e. map or plat, restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home
association declarations, etc.
21. All required disclosure statements.
22. If available, termite report, structural engineer's report, water
potability and septic certification.
23. Sales contract, if applicable.
24. Evidence of payment of taxes and insurance premiums, insurance claim
files, correspondence, current and historical computerized data files,
and all other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records
which are customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are
required to document the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage
Loan.
25. Amortization schedule, if available.
26. Payment history for any Mortgage Loan that has been closed for more
than 90 days.
In the event an Officer's Certificate of the Company is delivered to the
Custodian because of a delay caused by the public recording office in returning
any recorded document, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian, within 240
days of the Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate which shall (i) identify the
recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document has not been delivered
to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the public recording office,
(iii) state the amount of time generally required by the applicable recording
office to record and return a document submitted for recordation, and (iv)
specify the date the applicable recorded document will be delivered to the
Custodian. The Company shall be required to deliver to the Custodian the
applicable recorded document by the date specified in (iv) above. An extension
of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
EXHIBIT G
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
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___________________
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Re: Mortgage Loan Sale by Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the "Company") to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. (the "Purchaser") of fixed rate and
adjustable rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loan") pursuant to
that certain Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement by and
between the Company and the Purchaser, dated as of April 1, 2006
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am Associate General Counsel of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and have acted as
counsel to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the "Company"), with respect to certain
matters in connection with the sale by the Company of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
that certain Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement by and between
the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. (the "Purchaser"), dated as
of April 1, 2006, (the "Agreement"), which sale is in the form of whole mortgage
loans. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set
forth in the Agreement.
I have examined the following documents:
1. the Agreement;
2. the Custodial Agreement;
4. the form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
5. such other documents, records and papers as I have deemed necessary
and relevant as a basis for this opinion.
To the extent I have deemed necessary and proper, I have relied upon the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreement. I have
assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons and the
conformity to the originals of all documents.
Based upon the foregoing, it is my opinion that;
1. The Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States.
2. The Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated by the
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement and all requisite power, authority and
legal right to execute and deliver the Agreement, the Custodial Agreement
and the Mortgage Loans, and to perform and observe the terms and conditions
of such instruments.
3. Each person who, as an officer or attorney-in-fact of the Company, signed
(a) the Agreement, each dated as of ___________________, 20__, by and
between the Company and the Purchaser, and (b) any other document delivered
prior hereto or on the date hereof in connection with the sale and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Agreement was, at
the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is, as of the date
hereof, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or
attorney-in-fact, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such
documents are their genuine signatures.
4. Each of the Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, and the Mortgage Loans, has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal,
valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to the effect of insolvency, liquidation, conservatorship and other
similar laws administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
affecting the enforcement of contract obligations of insured banks and
subject to the application of the rules of equity, including those
respecting the availability of specific performance, none of which will
materially interfere with the realization of the benefits provided
thereunder or with the Purchaser's ownership of the Mortgage Loans.
5. The Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to
execute any and all documents by original or facsimile signature in order
to complete the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the
Custodial Agreement and in order to execute the endorsements to the
Mortgage Notes and the assignments of the Mortgages, and the original or
facsimile signature of the officer at the Company executing the Agreement,
the Custodial Agreement, the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the
assignments of the Mortgages represents the legal and valid signature of
said officer of the Company.
6. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the sale and delivery of the Mortgage
Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and the Custodial Agreement; or (ii) any required consent, approval,
authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
7. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the
fulfillment of the terms of the Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, will
conflict with or results in or will result in a breach of or constitutes or
will constitute a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company, the
terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or
violates any statute or order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction or
decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body to which the
Company is subject or by which it is bound.
8. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the
best of my knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in my opinion,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties
or assets of the Company or in any material impairment of the right or
ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now
conducted or in any material liability on the part of the Company or which
would draw into question the validity of the Agreement and the Custodial
Agreement, or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the
transactions contemplated thereby, or which would be likely to impair
materially the ability of the Company to perform under the terms of the
Agreement and the Custodial Agreement.
9. For purposes of the foregoing, I have not regarded any legal or
governmental actions, investigations or proceedings to be "threatened"
unless the potential litigant or governmental authority has manifested to
the legal department of the Company (either directly or to an officer of
the Company who has relayed such information to the legal department) or an
employee of the Company responsible for the receipt of process a present
intention to initiate such proceedings; nor have I regarded any legal or
governmental actions, investigations or proceedings as including those that
are conducted by state or federal authorities in connection with their
routine regulatory activities. The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage
as and in the manner contemplated by the Agreement is sufficient fully to
transfer all right, title and interest of the Company thereto as noteholder
and mortgagee, apart from the rights to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to the Agreement.
10. The form of endorsement that is to be used with respect to the Mortgage
Loans is legally valid and sufficient to duly endorse the Mortgage Notes to
the Purchaser. Upon the completion of the endorsement of the Mortgage Notes
and the completion of the assignments of the Mortgages, and the recording
thereof, the endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the delivery to the
Custodian of the completed assignments of the Mortgages, and the delivery
of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Custodian would be
sufficient to permit the entity to which such Mortgage Note is initially
endorsed at the Purchaser's direction, and to whom such assignment of
Mortgages is initially assigned at the Purchaser's direction, to avail
itself of all protection available under applicable law against the claims
of any present or future creditors of the Company, and would be sufficient
to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation of the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from
being enforceable.
This opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or
entity is entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to
which you initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this
opinion as if it were addressed to them as of its date.
Sincerely,
___________________
___________________
___________________/___________________
EXHIBIT H
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Company][Name of
Subservicer] shall address, as a minimum, the criteria identified below
as "Applicable Servicing Criteria"
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Applicable Inapplicable
Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Servicing Servicing
Criteria Criteria
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General Servicing Considerations
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Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any
performance or other triggers and events of default X
1122(d)(1)(i) in accordance with the transaction agreements.
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If any material servicing activities are outsourced X
to third parties, policies and procedures are
instituted to monitor the third party's performance
1122(d)(1)(ii) and compliance with such servicing activities.
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Any requirements in the transaction agreements to X
maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans
1122(d)(1)(iii) are maintained.
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A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in X
effect on the party participating in the servicing
function throughout the reporting period in the
amount of coverage required by and otherwise in
1122(d)(1)(iv) accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.
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Cash Collection and Administration
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Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the X
appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank
clearing accounts no more than two business days
following receipt, or such other number of days
1122(d)(2)(i) specified in the transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an
obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized X
1122(d)(2)(ii) personnel.
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Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, X
cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other
fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and
1122(d)(2)(iii) approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
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The related accounts for the transaction, such as X
cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a
form of overcollateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of
1122(d)(2)(iv) cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.
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Each custodial account is maintained at a federally X
insured depository institution as set forth in the
transaction agreements. For purposes of this
criterion, "federally insured depository institution"
with respect to a foreign financial institution means
a foreign financial institution that meets the
requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
1122(d)(2)(v) Exchange Act.
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Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent X
1122(d)(2)(vi) unauthorized access.
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Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for X
all asset-backed securities related bank accounts,
including custodial accounts and related bank
clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A)
mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30
calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date,
or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by
someone other than the person who prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for
reconciling items. These reconciling items are
resolved within 90 calendar days of their original
identification, or such other number of days
1122(d)(2)(vii) specified in the transaction agreements.
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Investor Remittances and Reporting
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Reports to investors, including those to be filed X
with the Commission, are maintained in accordance
with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports
(A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and
other terms set forth in the transaction agreements;
(B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the terms specified in the transaction agreements;
(C) are filed with the Commission as required by its
rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors'
or the trustee's records as to the total unpaid
principal balance and number of mortgage loans
1122(d)(3)(i) serviced by the Servicer.
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Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted X
1122(d)(3)(ii) in accordance with timeframes,
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distribution priority and other terms set forth in the
transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two X
business days to the Servicer's investor records, or such
other number of days specified in the transaction
1122(d)(3)(iii) agreements.
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Amounts remitted to investors per the investor X
reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of
1122(d)(3)(iv) payment, or custodial bank statements.
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Pool Asset Administration
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Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained X
as required by the transaction agreements or related
1122(d)(4)(i) mortgage loan documents.
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Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded X
1122(d)(4)(ii) as required by the transaction agreements
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Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset X
pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance
with any conditions or requirements in the transaction
1122(d)(4)(iii) agreements.
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Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, X
made in accordance with the related mortgage loan
documents are posted to the Servicer's obligor
records maintained no more than two business days
after receipt, or such other number of days specified
in the transaction agreements, and allocated to
principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in
1122(d)(4)(iv) accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
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The Servicer's records regarding the mortgage loans X
agree with the Servicer's records with respect to an
1122(d)(4)(v) obligor's unpaid principal balance.
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Changes with respect to the terms or status of an X
obligor's mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or
re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized
personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
1122(d)(4)(vi) and related pool asset documents.
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Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance X
plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure,
foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are
initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with
the timeframes or other requirements established by the
1122(d)(4)(vii) transaction agreements.
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Records documenting collection efforts are maintained X
during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in
accordance with the transaction agreements. Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis,
or such other period specified in the transaction
agreements, and describe the entity's activities in
monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for
example, phone calls, letters and payment
rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is
1122(d)(4)(viii) deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
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Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for X
mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based
1122(d)(4)(ix) on the related mortgage loan documents.
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Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor X
(such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are
analyzed, in accordance with the obligor's mortgage
loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such
other period specified in the transaction agreements;
(B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to
obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are
returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of
full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such
other number of days specified in the transaction
1122(d)(4)(x) agreements.
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or X
insurance payments) are made on or before the related
penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments,
provided that such support has been received by the
servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the
1122(d)(4)(xi) transaction agreements.
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Any late payment penalties in connection with any X
payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from
the Servicer's funds and not charged to the obligor,
unless the late payment was due to the obligor's error
1122(d)(4)(xii) or omission.
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted X
within two business days to the obligor's records
maintained by the servicer, or such other number of
1122(d)(4)(xiii) days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts X
are recognized and recorded in accordance with the
1122(d)(4)(xiv) transaction agreements.
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Any external enhancement or other support, identified in X
Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of
Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the
1122(d)(4)(xv) transaction agreements.
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EXHIBIT I
SARBANES CERTIFICATION
Re: The [ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the
"Agreement"), among [IDENTIFY PARTIES]
I, ________________________________, the _______________________ of [Name of
Servicer] (the "Servicer"), certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the
[Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers, with
the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer
provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the "Compliance
Statement"), the report on assessment of the Servicer's compliance with the
servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the
"Servicing Criteria"), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18
under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and
Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the "Servicing Assessment"), the registered
public accounting firm's attestation report provided in accordance with
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of
Regulation AB (the "Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports,
officer's certificates and other information relating to the servicing of
the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer during 200[ ] that were delivered by the
Servicer to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator]
[Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the "Servicer Servicing
Information");
(2) Based on my knowledge, the Servicer Servicing Information, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicer Servicing
Information;
(3) Based on my knowledge, all of the Servicer Servicing Information
required to be provided by the Servicer under the Agreement has been
provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator]
[Trustee];
(4) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance
review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as
disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the
Attestation Report, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the
Agreement in all material respects; and
(5) The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Servicer
pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation
Report required to be provided by the Servicer and by any Subservicer and
Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement have been provided to the
[Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed to the [Depositor] [Master
Servicer]. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing
Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Date:
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
EXHIBIT J
XXXXXXX MAC REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1. Eligible Products.
With respect to each mortgage loan underlying the security, the borrower
was not encouraged or required to select a mortgage loan product offered by
the mortgage loan's originator which is a higher cost product designed for
less creditworthy borrowers, taking into account such facts as, without
limitation, the mortgage loan's requirements and the borrower's credit
history, income, assets and liabilities. For a borrower who seeks financing
through a mortgage loan originator's higher-priced subprime lending
channel, the borrower should be directed towards or offered the mortgage
loan originator's standard mortgage line if the borrower is able to qualify
for one of the standard products.
2. Borrower's Ability to Repay.
The methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for each
mortgage loan in the trust did not rely on the extent of the borrower's
equity in the collateral as the principal determining factor in approving
such extension of credit. The methodology employed objective criteria that
related such facts as, without limitation, the borrower's credit history,
income, assets or liabilities, to the proposed mortgage payment and, based
on such methodology, the mortgage loan's originator made a reasonable
determination that at the time of origination the borrower had the ability
to make timely payments on the mortgage loan.
3. Points and Fees.
No borrower under a mortgage loan in the trust was charged "points and
fees" in an amount greater than (a) $1,000 or (b) 5% of the principal
amount of such mortgage loan, whichever is greater. For purposes of this
representation, "points and fees" (x) include origination, underwriting,
broker and finder's fees and charges that the lender imposed as a condition
of making the mortgage loan, whether they are paid to the lender or a third
party; and (y) exclude bona fide discount points, fees paid for actual
services rendered in connection with the origination of the mortgage (such
as attorneys' fees, notaries fees and fees paid for property appraisals,
credit reports, surveys, title examinations and extracts, flood and tax
certifications, and home inspections); the cost of mortgage insurance or
credit-risk price adjustments; the costs of title, hazard, and flood
insurance policies; state and local transfer taxes or fees; escrow deposits
for the future payment of taxes and insurance premiums; and other
miscellaneous fees and charges that, in total, do not exceed 0.25 percent
of the loan amount.
EXHIBIT K
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Indemnification Agreement dated as of ___________, 200__ (the
"Agreement") between Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Company"), ___________ (the
"Trust/Issuer" and _____________________ (the "Depositor").
Reference is made to the issuance of ____________________, Series
________, Asset-Backed Certificates (the "Certificates"), pursuant to a [Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or Trust Agreement], dated as of _______________ (the
"[Pooling and Servicing Agreement/Trust Agreement"), among the Depositor as
depositor, _________________ as master servicer and _____________________ as
trustee. The Depositor will sell certain of the Certificates to _______________
(the "Underwriter") for offer and sale pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting
Agreement, dated ______________, ____, between the Depositor and the
Underwriter. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Reference is also made to the information provided by the Company
contained in the Prospectus Supplement, under the caption, "The
Originators--______________" and "The Servicer--"__________" and any information
furnished by the Company to facilitate the Purchaser's compliance with
Regulation AB of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and
included in or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplement
(collectively, the "Company Information").
1. (a) Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Trust/Issuer and Depositor and each of its directors and officers and affiliates
and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a
"Depositor Indemnified Party"), against any and all actual losses, claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities to which the Depositor Indemnified Party may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or (ii) alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in the Company Information or omission to state therein,
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading (in each case, regardless of whether a
final judgment has been entered by a finder of fact); provided, by way of
clarification, that clause (ii) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by
reference to the Company Information and not to any other information
communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard
to whether the Company Information or any portion thereof is presented together
with or separately from such other information. The Company will reimburse any
such reasonable legal or other expenses actually incurred by the Depositor
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Depositor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and each of its directors and officers and affiliates and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a "Company Indemnified
Party" and
collectively with any Depositor Indemnified Party, "Indemnified Parties"),
against any and all actual losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities to
which the Company Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration
statement, prospectus, prospectus supplement, any private placement memorandum,
any offering circular, any computational materials, and any amendments or
supplements to the foregoing other than with respect to the Company Information,
or omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading (in each case,
regardless of whether a final judgment has been entered by a finder of fact);
and will reimburse such reasonable legal or other expenses actually incurred by
the Company Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be
in addition to any liability which the Depositor may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party under this Section
1 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action described therein,
such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
the indemnifying party under this Section 1, notify the indemnifying party of
such claim or the commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have to the Indemnified Party (a) under this Agreement except to the
extent that the omission to notify the indemnifying party with respect to this
Agreement has a material adverse effect on the indemnifying party's ability to
interpose an adequate defense to such action or (b) other than under this
Agreement. In case any such action is brought against the Indemnified Party, and
it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying
Party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may
wish to do so, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party (who shall not, except with the consent of the Indemnified
Party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the
indemnifying party to the Indemnified Party under this Section 1, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party
unless: (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the
indemnifying party in writing (which authorization shall not be unreasonably
withheld); (ii) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of
counsel to the Indemnified Party) between the Indemnified Party and the
indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right
to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party) or
(iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, in which case,
if the Indemnified Party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it
elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the Indemnified Party, it being understood, however, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for the
Indemnified Party, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Company, in
the case of Company Indemnified Parties, or by the Depositor, in the case of
Depositor Indemnified Parties.
The Indemnified Party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements
contained in Section 1(a), Section 1(b) and Section 1(c), shall use its best
efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such
action or claim. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement
of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if there
be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party from and against any
loss or liability (to the extent set forth in Section 1(a), Section 1(b) or
Section 1(c) as applicable) by reason of such settlement or judgment.
2. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to
or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or transmitted by facsimile or
electronic mail and confirmed by similar mailed writing as follows:
(i) if to the Company:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance Manager, MAC X3906-012
Fax: 301/000-0000
(ii) with a copy to:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
1 Home Campus
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel MAC X2401-06T
Fax: 515/000-0000
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the
Depositor in writing by the Company;
(iii) if to the Depositor:
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or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the
Company in writing by the Depositor.
(iv) if to the Trust/Issuer:
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or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Company in
writing by the Trust/Issuer.
3. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such
counterparts shall together constitute one instrument.
4. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor and Company have caused their names
to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the
date first above written.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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Depositor
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
