EXHIBIT 99.1
EXECUTION COPY
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CWMBS, INC.,
Depositor
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller and Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 2001
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ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2001-7
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2001-14
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS I
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES II
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.......................................II-1
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans........................II-8
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller and
Master Servicer...................................................II-11
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans....................................................II-13
SECTION 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions.....................................................II-13
SECTION 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates............................II-14
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Matters.....................................................II-14
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Master Servicer..................................II-14
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS III
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.........................III-1
SECTION 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicers.........III-2
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the
Master Servicer...................................................III-2
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.................................III-2
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account;
Distribution Account; Supplemental Loan Account;
Capitalized Interest Account......................................III-3
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts..........................................................III-6
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans................................................III-7
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and the
Distribution Account..............................................III-7
SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies................................................III-9
SECTION 3.10. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements........III-10
SECTION 3.11. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain Mortgage Loans...........................................III-11
SECTION 3.12. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..................III-13
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SECTION 3.13. Documents Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer
to be Held for the Trustee.......................................III-14
SECTION 3.14. Servicing Compensation...........................................III-14
SECTION 3.15. Access to Certain Documentation..................................III-15
SECTION 3.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance................................III-15
SECTION 3.17. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement;
Financial Statements.............................................III-15
SECTION 3.18. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds...................III-16
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER IV
SECTION 4.01. Advances...........................................................IV-1
SECTION 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.........................................IV-1
SECTION 4.03. [Reserved].........................................................IV-5
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses......................................IV-5
SECTION 4.05. [Reserved].........................................................IV-6
SECTION 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders...........................IV-6
SECTION 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI Certificates..........IV-8
SECTION 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates.........IV-9
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES V
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates....................................................V-1
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
of Certificates.....................................................V-1
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...................V-5
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners...............................................V-5
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses...........V-6
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.....................................V-6
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER VI
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer...........................................................VI-1
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer...........................................................VI-1
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer and Others.........................................VI-1
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer.......................VI-2
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT VII
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.................................................VII-1
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..........................VII-2
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders................................VII-3
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE VIII
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee................................................VIII-1
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee............................VIII-1
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans............VIII-2
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.....................................VIII-3
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses......................................VIII-3
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.............................VIII-3
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee...............................VIII-4
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee................................................VIII-4
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...............................VIII-5
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee....................VIII-5
SECTION 8.11. Tax Matters......................................................VIII-6
SECTION 8.12. Periodic Filings.................................................VIII-8
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION IX
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage Loans.....IX-1
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.............................IX-1
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements................................IX-2
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS X
SECTION 10.01. Amendment...........................................................X-1
SECTION 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts..............................X-2
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.......................................................X-2
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties................................................X-2
SECTION 10.05. Notices.............................................................X-3
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions..........................................X-4
SECTION 10.07. Assignment..........................................................X-4
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders..........................X-4
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.........................................X-5
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid...........................X-5
SECTION 10.11. [Reserved]..........................................................X-5
SECTION 10.12. Protection of Assets................................................X-5
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SCHEDULES
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule...........................................................S-I-1
Schedule II Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer....................S-II-1
Schedule III Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans........................S-III-1
Schedule IV Principal Balances Schedule.....................................................S-IV-1
Schedule V Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report...........................................S-V-I
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A: Form of Senior Certificate (excluding Notional Amount Certificates)................A-1
Exhibit B: Form of Subordinated Certificate...................................................B-1
Exhibit C: Form of Class A-R Certificate......................................................C-1
Exhibit D: Form of Notional Certificate.......................................................D-1
Exhibit E: Form of Reverse of Certificates....................................................E-1
Exhibit F-1: Form of Initial Certification of Trustee ((Initial Mortgage Loans).................F-1
Exhibit F-2: Form of Initial Certification of Trustee (Supplemental Mortgage
Loans)..........................................................................F-2
Exhibit G-1: Form of Delay Delivery Certification of Trustee (Initial Mortgage
Loans)..........................................................................G-1
Exhibit G-2: Form of Delay Delivery Certification of Trustee (Supplemental Mortgage Loans)......G-2
Exhibit H-1: Form of Final Certification of Trustee (Initial Mortgage Loans)....................H-1
Exhibit H-2: Form of Final Certification of Trustee (Supplemental Mortgage Loans)...............H-2
Exhibit I: Form of Transfer Affidavit.........................................................I-1
Exhibit J-1: Form of Transferor Certificate (Residual)..........................................J-1
Exhibit J-2: Form of Transfer Certificate (Private).............................................J-2
Exhibit K: Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule 144A]..........................................K-1
Exhibit L: Form of Rule 144A Letter...........................................................L-1
Exhibit M: Form of Request for Release (for Trustee)..........................................M-1
Exhibit N: Form of Request for Release (Mortgage Loan) Paid in Full,
Repurchased and Replaced...........................................................N-1
Exhibit O: [Reserved].........................................................................O-1
Exhibit P: Form of Supplemental Transfer Agreement............................................P-1
Exhibit Q: Form of Transferee Certificate.....................................................Q-1
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THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1,
2001, among CWMBS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a New York corporation, as seller
(in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation organized
under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby
conveyed to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for
federal income tax purposes will consist of two REMICs. The Subsidiary REMIC
will consist of all of the assets constituting the Trust Fund and will be
evidenced by the Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests (which will be
uncertificated and will represent the "regular interests" in the Subsidiary
REMIC) and the SR Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Subsidiary
REMIC. The Trustee will hold the Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests. The
Master REMIC will consist of the Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests and will
be evidenced by the Regular Certificates (which will represent the "regular
interests" in the Master REMIC) and the MR Interest as the single "residual
interest" in the Master REMIC. The Class A-R Certificates will represent
beneficial ownership of the SR Interest and the MR Interest. The "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests
created hereby will be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The following table sets forth characteristics of the
Certificates, together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples
in excess thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one
Certificate of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount
and, in addition, one Residual Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person
Certificate may be issued in a different amount):
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Integral
Initial Class Multiples
Certificate Pass-Through Minimum in Excess of
Class Designation Balance Rate Denomination Minimum
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Class A-1 $5,000,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-2 $68,463,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-3 $8,028,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-4 $3,000,000.00 7.00% $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-5 $3,000,000.00 7.00% $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-6 $3,000,000.00 7.00% $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-7 $3,000,000.00 7.00% $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-8 $2,000,000.00 7.00% $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-9 $1,657,000.00 7.00% $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-10 $10,000,000.00 6.50% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-11 $43,642,000.00 6.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-12 $32,428,000.00 (4) $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-13 N/A(1) (5) $25,000.00(2) $1,000.00(2)
Class A-14 $21,500,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class PO $606,646.00 (3) $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class A-R $100.00 7.00% $100.00 N/A
Class M $4,085,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class B-1 $1,935,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class B-2 $1,612,000.00 7.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
Class B-3 $967,500.00 7.00% $100,000.00 $1,000.00
Class B-4 $430,000.00 7.00% $100,000.00 $1,000.00
Class B-5 $645,253.[ ] 7.00% $100,000.00 $1,000.00
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(1) The Class A-13 Certificates will be Notional Certificates, will have
no principal balance and will bear interest on its Notional Amount
(initially, $32,428,000).
(2) Minimum denomination is based on the Notional Amount of such Class.
(3) The Class PO Certificates will be Principal Only Certificates and will
not bear interest.
(4) The Class A-12 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 45 basis points, subject
to maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rates of 8.50% and 0.45% per annum,
respectively. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-12 Certificates
during the initial Interest Accrual Period is 4.46%.
(5) The Class A-13 Certificates will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate of 8.05% minus LIBOR, subject to
maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rates of 8.05%
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and 0.00% per annum, respectively. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class
A-13 Certificates during the initial Interest Accrual Period is 4.04%.
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Principal of and interest on the Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests and the SR
Interest shall be allocated to the Corresponding Classes of Certificates in
the manner set forth in the following table:
Corresponding Class of Certificates(1)
Subsidiary Initial Principal Allocation of Allocation of
REMIC Interest Balance Interest Rate Principal Interest
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1 $5,000,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
2 $68,463,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
3 $8,028,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
4 $3,000,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
5 $3,000,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
6 $3,000,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
7 $3,000,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
8 $3,000,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
9 $1,657,000.00 7.00% X-0 X-0
10 $10,000,000.00 6.50% X-00 X-00
11 $43,642,000.00 6.00% X-00 X-00
12 $32,428,000.00 Variable X-00 X-00, X-00
13 $21,500,000.00 7.00% X-00 X-0
14 $606,646.00 (2) XX XX
00 $4,085,000.00 7.00% M M
16 $1,935,000.00 7.00% B-1 B-1
17 $1,612,500.00 7.00% B-2 B-2
18 $967,500.00 7.00% B-3 B-3
19 $430,000.00 7.00% B-4 B-4
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Corresponding Class of Certificates(1)
Subsidiary Initial Principal Allocation of Allocation of
REMIC Interest Balance Interest Rate Principal Interest
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20 $645,353.00 7.00% B-5 B-5
21 $100.00 7.00% A-R A-R
SR(3) N/A N/A A-R(4) A-R(4)
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(1) The amount of principal and interest allocable from a Subsidiary
REMIC Regular Interest to its Corresponding Class of Certificates on
any Distribution Date shall be 100%.
(2) Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests 14 will be principal only
Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests and will not bear interest.
(3) The beneficial ownership of the SR Interest is represented by the
Class A-R Certificates.
(4) The SR Interest will have no principal balance and will not bear
interest. It is not anticipated that there will be any distributions
to the SR Interest.
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Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the categories
used herein:
Accretion Directed Certificates.............Class A-2 Certificates.
Accrual Certificates........................Class A-3 Certificates.
Accrual Components..........................None.
Book-Entry Certificates.....................All Classes of Certificates other than the Physical Certificates.
Component Certificates......................None.
Components..................................For purposes of calculating distributions, the Component
Certificates will be comprised of multiple payment components
having the designations, Initial Component Balances and
Pass-Through Rates set forth below:
Initial
Component
Designation Balance Pass-Through Rate
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N/A N/A N/A
Delay Certificates.................. All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the
Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates........................ The Residual Certificates and Private Certificates; until an ERISA
Qualifying Underwriting has occurred with respect to such Class, the
Class PO Certificates; and any Certificate that does not satisfy the
applicable rating requirement under the Underwriter's Exemption.
Floating Rate Certificates.......... Class A-12 Certificates.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates........................ Class A-13 Certificates.
COFI Certificates................... None.
LIBOR Certificates.................. Floating Rate Certificates and Inverse Floating Rate Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates.............. Class A-12 and Class A-13 Certificates.
Notional Amount
Certificates........................ Class A-13 Certificates.
Offered Certificates................ All Classes of Certificates other than the Private Certificates.
Physical Certificates............... Private Certificates and the Residual Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes........... Class A-1, Class A-10, Class A-11 and Class A-12 Certificates.
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Primary Planned Principal
Classes............................. None.
Principal Only
Certificates........................ Class PO Certificates.
Private Certificates................ Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates.
Rating Agencies..................... Xxxxx'x and Fitch.
Regular Certificates................ All Classes of Certificates, other than the Residual Certificates.
Residual Certificates............... Class A-R Certificates.
Scheduled Principal
Classes............................. None.
Secondary Planned Principal
Class............................... None.
Senior Certificates................. Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3 Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6,
Class A-7, Class A-8, Class A-9, Class A-10, Class A-11, Class A-12,
Class A-13, Class A-14, Class PO and Class A-R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates .......... Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5
Certificates.
Support Classes..................... None.
Targeted Principal
Classes............................. Class A-2 Certificates.
With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to
which the corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions
herein relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect,
and any calculations herein incorporating references to such designations
shall be interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts.
Defined terms and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies
not designated above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.
If the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial
Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date is equal to or greater than the aggregate
Class Certificate Balances of the Certificates as of such date, all references
herein to "Conveyance Period", "Conveyance Period Distribution Date",
"Supplemental Amount", "Supplemental Loan Account", "Supplemental Mortgage
Loan", "Supplemental Transfer Agreement" and "Supplemental Transfer Date"
shall be of no force or effect and all provisions herein related thereto shall
similarly be of no force or effect.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accretion Directed Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Accretion Direction Rule: With respect to any Distribution
Date up to and including the Accrual Termination Date and the Class A-3
Certificates, the Accretion Direction Rule shall refer to the Class A-3
Accretion Direction Rule.
Accrual Amount: With respect to any Accrual Certificates and
any Distribution Date prior to the Accrual Termination Date, the amount
allocable to interest on such Class of Accrual Certificates with respect to
such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(ii).
Accrual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual Components: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual Termination Date: With respect to the Class A-3
Certificates, the Accrual Termination Date shall refer to the Class A-3
Accrual Termination Date.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any
time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Basic Master
Servicing Fee Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at
any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of (x)
with respect to each Lender PMI Mortgage Loan, the interest premium charged by
the related lender for the related Primary Insurance Policy and (y) the sum of
the Trustee Fee Rate and the Basic Master Servicing Fee Rate. For purposes of
determining whether any Substitute Mortgage Loan is a Discount Mortgage Loan
or a Non-Discount Mortgage Loan and for purposes of calculating the applicable
PO Percentage, applicable Non-PO Percentage, and the Excess Master Servicing
Fee, each Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have an Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate equal to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan for which it is substituted.
Advance: The payment required to be made by the Master
Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the
amount of any such payment being equal to the aggregate of payments of
principal and interest (net of the Basic Master Servicing Fee and net of any
net income in the case of any REO Property and, for so long as Countrywide is
the Master Servicer, the related Excess Master Servicing Fee) on the Mortgage
Loans that were due on the related Due Date and not received as of the close
of business on the related Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of
any such delinquent payments that the Master Servicer has determined would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance if advanced.
Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount: With respect to any
Supplemental Transfer Date, the "Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount"
identified in the related Supplemental Transfer Agreement, which shall be an
estimate of the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans identified in such Supplemental Transfer Agreement.
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Aggregate Supplemental Transfer Amount: With respect to any
Supplemental Transfer Date, the aggregate Stated Principal Balances as of the
related Supplemental Cut-off Dates of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed
on such Supplemental Transfer Date, as listed on the revised Mortgage Loan
Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(f); provided, however, that such
amount shall not exceed the amount on deposit in the Supplemental Loan
Account.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments or supplements hereto.
Allocable Share: As to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan (i) with respect to the Class PO Certificates, zero and (ii)
with respect to each other Class of Certificates the product of (a) the lesser
of (I) the ratio that the Required Coupon bears to the Adjusted Mortgage Rate
of such Mortgage Loan and (II) one, multiplied by (b) the ratio that the
amount calculated with respect to such Distribution Date for such Class
pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount (without giving effect to any reduction of such amount
pursuant to Section 4.02(d)) bears to the amount calculated with respect to
such Distribution Date for each Class of Certificates pursuant to clause (i)
of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount (without
giving effect to any reduction of such amount pursuant to Section 4.02(d)).
Amount Available for Senior Principal: As to any
Distribution Date, Available Funds for such Distribution Date, reduced by the
aggregate amount distributable (or allocable to the Accrual Amount, if
applicable) on such Distribution Date in respect of interest on the Senior
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(ii).
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution
Date, the aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of
business on the related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal
Prepayments received after the related Prepayment Period and Liquidation
Proceeds received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all
Scheduled Payments due after the related Due Date.
Applicable Credit Support Percentage: As defined in Section
4.02(e).
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect
to a Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a)
the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time
of the origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the
Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii)
with respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan other than a Streamlined
Documentation Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the appraisal made-at the time of the origination of such Refinancing Mortgage
Loan; and (iii) with respect to a Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a)
if the loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the
time of the origination thereof was 90% or less, the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the
Original Mortgage Loan and (b) if the loan-to-value ratio with respect to the
Original Mortgage Loan at the time of the origination thereof was greater than
90%, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal (which may
be a drive-by appraisal) made at the time of the origination of such
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.
Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a)
the aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business
on the related Determination Date net of the Amount Held for Future
Distribution and net of amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Certificate
Account pursuant to clauses (i)-(viii), inclusive, of Section 3.08(a) and
amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Distribution Account pursuant to
clauses (i)-(iii) inclusive of Section 3.08(b), (b) the amount of the
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related Advance, (c) in connection with Defective Mortgage Loans, as
applicable, the aggregate of the Purchase Prices and Substitution Adjustment
Amounts deposited on the related Distribution Account Deposit Date, (d) on
each Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the amount, if any, transferred from
the Capitalized Interest Account in respect of the applicable Capitalized
Interest Requirement, and (e) on the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, transferred from the Supplemental Loan Account
representing the Remaining Non-PO Supplemental Loan Amount and the Remaining
PO Supplemental Loan Amount.
Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, as amended.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at
which the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a
Bankruptcy Loss shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the
Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master Servicer
is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the
related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in
default with regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of
principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow
payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current
basis by the Master Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt
Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any Determination
Date, the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the Initial Bankruptcy
Coverage Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses
allocated to the Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any permissible
reductions in the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as evidenced by a letter of
each Rating Agency to the Trustee to the effect that any such reduction will
not result in a downgrading of the then current ratings assigned to the
Classes of Certificates rated by it.
Basic Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount payable out of each full payment of interest
received on such Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth of the Basic Master
Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the Due Date in the month of such Distribution Date (prior to
giving effect to any Scheduled Payments due on such Mortgage Loan on such Due
Date), subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.14.
Basic Master Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each
Mortgage Loan 0.25% per annum.
Blanket Mortgage: The mortgage or mortgages encumbering the
Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday,
or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York,
or the State of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to be closed.
Capitalized Interest Account: The separate Eligible Account
designated as such and created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.05(h) hereof. The Capitalized Interest Account shall be treated as
an "outside reserve fund" under applicable Treasury regulations and shall not
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be part of either REMIC. Except as provided in Section 3.05(h) hereof, any
investment earnings on the Capitalized Interest Account shall be treated as
owned by the Depositor and will be taxable to the Depositor.
Capitalized Interest Requirement: With respect to each
Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (1)
the amount calculated pursuant to Clause (i) of the definition of Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of Certificates for such
Distribution Date, plus (2) the Trustee Fee, over (b) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, (1) 1/12 of the product of related Adjusted Mortgage Rate and
the related Stated Principal Balance as of the related Due Date (prior to
giving effect to any Scheduled Payment due on such Mortgage Loan on such Due
Date) minus (2) any related reductions required by Section 4.02(d) hereof
minus (3) the Excess Master Servicing Fee. On the Closing Date, the amount
deposited in the Capitalized Interest Account shall be $295,328.16.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the
Trustee in substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or
Accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.05 with a depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for the
benefit of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated
"Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. in trust for the registered holders of
Alternative Loan Trust 2001-7, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2001-14."
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate at any
date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is
then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the Denomination thereof
(A) minus the sum of (i) all distributions of principal previously made with
respect thereto and (ii) all Realized Losses allocated thereto and, in the
case of any Subordinated Certificates, all other reductions in Certificate
Balance previously allocated thereto pursuant to Section 4.03 and (B) in the
case of any Class of Accrual Certificates, increased by the Accrual Amount
added to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class prior to such date.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02 hereof.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for
the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate
registered in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor
shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
amount of Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been
obtained; provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor)
owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates,
such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any
provision hereof (other than the second sentence of Section 10.01 hereof) that
requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a
condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to
rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any affiliate of the
Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an
affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
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Class A-3 Accretion Direction Rule: With respect to the
Class A-3 Certificates and any Distribution Date up to and including the Class
A-3 Accrual Termination Date, the Accrual Amount with respect to the Class A-3
Certificates shall be distributed as principal, first, to the Class A-2
Certificates, until its Class Certificate is reduced to zero, and then to the
Class A-3 Certificates, until its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to
zero.
Class A-3 Accrual Termination Date: With respect to the
Class A-3 Certificates, the earlier of (a) the Senior Credit Support Depletion
Date and (b) the Distribution Date on which the Class Certificate Balance of
the Class A-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as
to any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date and
Class, the amount by which the amount described in clause (i) of the
definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class
exceeds the amount of interest actually distributed on such Class on such
Distribution Date pursuant to such clause (i).
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date and interest bearing Class or, with respect to any
interest bearing Component, any Component thereof, the sum of (i) one month's
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the related Class Certificate Balance,
Component Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, subject to reduction as
provided in Section 4.02(d) and (ii) any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts for
such Class or Component.
Class PO Deferred Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the applicable PO Percentage of each Realized Loss, other than
any Excess Loss, to be allocated to the Class PO Certificates on such
Distribution Date on or prior to the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date or
previously allocated to the Class PO Certificates and not yet paid to the
Holders of the Class PO Certificates.
Class Subordination Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Class of Subordinated Certificates, the quotient
(expressed as a percentage) of (a) the Class Certificate Balance of such Class
of Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided by (b) the
aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances immediately prior to such
Distribution Date of all Classes of Certificates.
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date
and Class of interest bearing Certificates, the amount by which the aggregate
Class Interest Shortfalls for such Class on prior Distribution Dates exceeds
the amount distributed on such Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount.
Closing Date: June 29, 2001.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any
successor or amendatory provisions.
COFI: The Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for
the Eleventh District Savings Institutions published by the Federal Home Loan
Bank of San Francisco.
COFI Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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Component: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Balance: With respect to any Component and any
Distribution Date, the Initial Component Balance thereof on the Closing Date,
less all amounts applied in reduction of the principal balance of such
Component and Realized Losses allocated thereto on previous Distribution
Dates.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Conveyance Period Distribution Date: Each Distribution Date
during the Conveyance Period and, if the Conveyance Period ends after the
Distribution Date in a month, the immediately succeeding Distribution Date.
Conveyance Period: The period from the Closing Date until
the earliest of (i) the date on which the amount on deposit in the
Supplemental Loan Account is equal to or less than $150,000, or (ii) an Event
of Default occurs or (iii) July 31, 2001.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or
an acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Coop Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares
and a Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements
owned by the Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual
dwelling units to the holders of the Coop Shares of the Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling located in a
Cooperative Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee
in the State of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at
the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Attn: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWMBS,
Inc. Series 2001-14, facsimile no. (000) 000-0000), and which is the address
to which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Countrywide: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York
corporation and its successors and assigns.
Cut-off Date: In the case of any Initial Mortgage Loan, June
1, 2001 and in the case of any Supplemental Mortgage Loan, the later of (i)
July 1, 2001 and (ii) the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the
Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off
Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such
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Mortgage Loan which became final and non-appealable, except such a reduction
resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which is required
to be repurchased pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an
amount less than the then-outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or
any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any
Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which
valuation or reduction results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a
Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry
Certificate pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delay Delivery Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a)
hereof.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which
all or a portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to Trustee on the
Closing Date or Supplemental Transfer Date, as applicable. The number of Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate number of
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and 90% of the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans conveyed on a Supplemental Transfer Date. To the extent that
Countrywide shall be in possession of any Mortgage Files with respect to any
Delay Delivery Loan, until delivery of such Mortgage File to the Trustee as
provided in Section 2.01, Countrywide shall hold such files as Master Servicer
hereunder, as agent and in trust for the Trustee.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c) hereof.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount
set forth on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate" or the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if
neither of the foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face
thereof.
Depositor: CWMBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successor in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository
Trust Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of
the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State of New York.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date, the 22nd
day of each month or if such 22nd day is not a Business Day the next preceding
Business Day; provided, however, that if such 22nd day or such Business Day,
whichever is applicable, is less than two Business Days prior to the related
Distribution Date, the Determination Date shall be the first Business Day
which is two Business Days preceding such Distribution Date.
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Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate that is less than the Required Coupon.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of
New York in trust for registered holders of Alternative Loan Trust 2001-7
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-14." Funds in the Distribution
Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution
Date, 12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after
the initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in July, 2001.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first
day of the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of
a depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of
a holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the
highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency at the time any amounts are
held on deposit therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository
institution or trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC
(to the limits established by the FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which
accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the
Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a
perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which shall
be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to
claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or
trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with (a) the trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or (b) a trust company, acting in its
fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency.
Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified
under this definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.
Eligible Repurchase Month: As defined in Section 3.11 hereof.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm
commitment underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of an
Underwriter's Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established
and maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(a) hereof.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
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Excess Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss realized after
the Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss realized
after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii) Bankruptcy Loss
realized after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date.
Excess Master Servicing Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the aggregate of the Excess Master Servicing Fee Amount.
Excess Master Servicing Fee Amount: As to each Non-Discount
Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an amount payable out of each full
payment of interest received on such Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth of
the related Excess Master Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Excess Master Servicing Fee Rate: As to any Non-Discount
Mortgage Loan, the excess of (x) the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan over (y) the Required Coupon. As to any Discount
Mortgage Loan, 0.00%.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan, the amount, if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds of such
Mortgage Loan received in the calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts previously reimbursed to
the Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in
which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued
interest at the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last
paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date
applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the calendar month
during which such liquidation occurred.
Expense Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the
related Basic Master Servicing Fee Rate, the Excess Master Servicing Fee Rate
and the Trustee Fee Rate.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a
corporate instrumentality of the United States created and existing under
Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any
successor thereto.
Final Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a) hereof.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage
Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally
chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud
Loss has occurred.
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Fraud Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which
a loss is sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, including a
loss by reason of the denial of coverage under any related Primary Insurance
Policy because of such fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing Date,
$4.300,000 subject to reduction from time to time, by the amount of Fraud
Losses allocated to the Certificates. In addition, on each anniversary of the
Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will be reduced as follows: (a)
on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Cut-off Date, to
an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the then current Pool Stated
Principal Balance and (ii) the excess of the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount as of
the preceding anniversary of the Cut-off Date over the cumulative amount of
Fraud Losses allocated to the Certificates since such preceding anniversary;
and (b) on the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, to zero.
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at
which the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Index: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the
COFI Certificates, the then-applicable index used by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.07 to determine the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Interest
Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a
custodial relationship with a Depository Participant.
Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount: $100,000.
Initial Cut-off Date: June 1, 2001.
Initial Certification: As defined in Section 2.01(a) hereof.
Initial Component Balance: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Initial Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: $152,542,062.00.
Initial Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust
Fund on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement as identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included
in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any
Insurance Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to
any Insurance Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such
Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or
any other insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay
Certificates, corresponding Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interest and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of such Distribution
Date. With respect to any Non-Delay Certificates, corresponding Subsidiary REMIC
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Regular Interest and any Distribution Date , the one month period
commencing on the 25th day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs (other than the first Distribution Date, for which it
is the Closing Date) and ending on the 24th day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to (a) any
Interest Accrual Period for any LIBOR Certificates and (b) any Interest
Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates for which the applicable Index is
LIBOR, the second Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual
Period.
Interest Rate: With respect to each Subsidiary REMIC
Interest, the applicable rate set forth or calculated in the manner described
in the Preliminary Statement.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date
following the third anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage
Loan having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan: Certain Mortgage Loans as to which
the lender (rather than the borrower) acquires the Primary Insurance Policy
and charges the related borrower an interest premium.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month
United States dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section
4.08.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution
Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was
liquidated in the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Master Servicer has determined (in accordance with this
Agreement) that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, including the final
disposition of an REO Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds,
received in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise
or amounts received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of
a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Basic Master Servicing Fees,
Servicing Advances and Advances.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and
as to any date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at
such date of determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property.
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which
was permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent
paid by the Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the
Proprietary Lease.
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular
Certificates, the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the
aggregate, at least 51% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all
Certificates of such Class.
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Master REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Master Servicer: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York
corporation, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master
servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date,
12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
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(R) System: The system of recording transfers of
mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for any MERS
Mortgage Loan.
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.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.06.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor
thereto. If Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's
shall be Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address
as Moody's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real
property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
hereof pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents
delivered to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof and any Supplemental
Transfer Agreement as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund
(including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held being identified in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition
of title of the related Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from
time to time amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of
Substitute Mortgage Loans, the addition of any Supplemental Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and any Supplemental Transfer
Agreement and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust
Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Schedule I, setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan:
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(i) the loan number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name and the street address of the
Mortgaged Property, including the zip code;
(iii) the maturity date;
(iv) the original principal balance;
(v) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vi) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(vii) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off
Date;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling
at the time of origination was represented to be
owner-occupied;
(x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is
either (a) a detached single family dwelling (b) a dwelling
in a de minimis PUD, (c) a condominium unit or PUD (other
than a de minimis PUD), (d) a two- to four-unit residential
property or (e) a Cooperative Unit;
(xi) the Mortgage Rate;
(xii) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan and, in the case of any Lender PMI
Mortgage Loan, a percentage representing the amount of the
related interest premium charged to the borrower;
(xiii) the purpose for the Mortgage Loan;
(xiv) the type of documentation program pursuant to which
the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(xv) [reserved]; and
(xvi) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a
MERS Mortgage Loan.
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts
described under (iv) and (v) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. The Seller
shall update the Mortgage Loan Schedule in connection with each Supplemental
Transfer Agreement within a reasonable period of time after delivery to it of
the Schedule of Supplemental Mortgage Loans attached to the related
Supplemental Transfer Agreement as Schedule A thereto.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence
of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a
Mortgage Note from time to time, net of any interest premium charged by the
mortgagee to obtain or maintain any Primary Insurance Policy.
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Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop
Shares and Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
National Cost of Funds Index: The National Monthly Median
Cost of Funds Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions published by the Office of
Thrift Supervision.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution
Date, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
during the related Prepayment Period exceeds an amount equal to one-half of
the aggregate Basic Master Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date before
reduction of the Basic Master Servicing Fee in respect of such Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate that is greater than or equal to the Required
Coupon.
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution
Date, the sum of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of (a) the principal portion
of each Scheduled Payment (without giving effect, prior to the Bankruptcy
Coverage Termination Date, to any reductions thereof caused by any Debt
Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage Loan on the
related Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that
was repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution Adjustment Amount
in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan received with respect to such
Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans that are not yet
Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, the amount of the Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to principal received during the calendar month preceding the month
of such Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (f) all
Principal Prepayments received during the related Prepayment Period, and (g)
on the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date the amounts remaining in the
Supplemental Loan Account other than the Remaining PO Supplemental Amount,
provided, however, that if a Bankruptcy Loss that is an Excess Loss is
sustained with respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan that is not a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, the PO Formula Principal Amount will be reduced on the related
Distribution Date by the applicable PO Percentage of the principal portion of
such Bankruptcy Loss.
Non-PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a
fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which
is the Required Coupon. As to any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 100%.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously
made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith
judgment of the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the
Master Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided
pursuant to Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the
Certificates shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
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Notional Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-13 Certificates, an amount equal to the Class Certificate Balance
of the Class A-12 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a
Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice
President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii), if
provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may
be, and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee, as the case may be, as
required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including, in-house counsel,
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to
the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must
(i) in fact be independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not
have any direct financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or
in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with the Depositor or
the Master Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the trust created
hereunder in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 9.01(a) hereof.
Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect
to each of the following Classes of Subordinated Certificates, the
corresponding percentage described below, as of the Closing Date:
Class M 4.50%
Class B-1 2.60%
Class B-2 1.70%
Class B-3 0.95%
Class B-4 0.50%
Class B-5 0.30%
Original Mortgage Loan: The mortgage loan refinanced in
connection with the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Original Subordinated Principal Balance: The aggregate of
the Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated Certificates as of the
Closing Date.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside Reference Date: As to any Interest Accrual Period
for the COFI Certificates, the close of business on the tenth day thereof.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date
of determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated
under this Agreement except:
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(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage
Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero, which was not the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did
not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any
ownership interest in such Certificate including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether
direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest bearing Class of
Certificates or Component, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the
manner described in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage
interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related
Class, such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal
to the percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by
the aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the
following obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,
provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia
receiving the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating
Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to
the Certificates by each Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper
rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings
then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities,
provided that the commercial paper and/or long term
unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or
trust company (or in the case of the principal depository
institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such
holding company, but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency)
are then rated one of the two highest long-term and the
highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency for such
securities, or such lower ratings as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Certificates by either Rating Agency;
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(v) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case
entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (iv) above;
(vi) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the
highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency (except if
Fitch is a Rating Agency and has not rated the portfolio,
the highest rating assigned by Moody's) and restricted to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of
America or entities whose obligations are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America and
repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations;
and
(vii) such other relatively risk free investments bearing
interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating
Agency as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by either
Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by
each Rating Agency
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United
States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government,
International Organization or any agency or instrumentality of either of the
foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives
described in section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in
section 860E(c)(l) of the Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv)
rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C)
of the Code, (v) an "electing large partnership" as defined in Section 775 of
the Code, (vi) a Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity created or organized in or
under the laws of the United States , any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, or an estate or trust whose income from sources without the United
States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax
purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States or a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust unless such Person has furnished the
transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8ECI or any applicable successor form, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause
either REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision
thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and,
with the exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority
of its board of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
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Planned Balance: With respect to the Planned Principal
Classes in the aggregate and any Distribution Date appearing on Schedule IV
hereto, the applicable amount appearing opposite such Distribution Date for
Class in the aggregate.
Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date,
the sum of the applicable PO Percentage of (a) the principal portion of each
Scheduled Payment (without giving effect, prior to the Bankruptcy Coverage
Termination Date, to any reductions thereof caused by any Debt Service
Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage Loan on the related
Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was
repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as
of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution Adjustment Amount in
connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan received with respect to such
Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans that are not yet
Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the month preceding the calendar
month of such Distribution Date, the amount of Liquidation Proceeds allocable
to principal received during the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (f) all Principal
Prepayments received during the related Prepayment Period and (g) on the last
Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the Remaining PO Supplemental Amount.
PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the excess of the
Required Coupon over the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage
Loan and the denominator of which is the Required Coupon. As to any
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 0%.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date,
the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans which
were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.
Prepayment Interest Excess: As to any Principal Prepayment
received by the Master Servicer from the first day through the fifteenth day
of any calendar month (other than the calendar month in which the Cut-off Date
occurs), all amounts paid by the related Mortgagor in respect of interest on
such Principal Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess shall be paid to the
Master Servicer as additional master servicing compensation.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date,
Mortgage Loan and Principal Prepayment received on or after the sixteenth day
of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of
the first Distribution Date, on or after the Cut-off Date) and on or before
the last day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the
amount, if any, by which one month's interest at the related Mortgage Rate,
net of the Basic Master Servicing Fee Rate and, so long as Countrywide is the
Master Servicer, the related Excess Master Servicing Fee Rate, on such
Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount of interest paid in connection with
such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period
from the 16th day of the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the
Cut-off Date) through the 15th of the month of such Distribution Date.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any
Mortgage Loan.
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Primary Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and is not accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due
on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master
Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made
by a Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Priority Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the amount
equal to the sum of (i) the product of (A) the Scheduled Principal
Distribution Amount, (B) the Shift Percentage and (C) the Priority Percentage
and (ii) the product of (A) the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount, (B)
the Prepayment Shift Percentage and (C) the Priority Percentage.
Priority Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class A-14 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the Class
Certificate Balance of the Certificates (other than the Class PO Certificate)
immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Private Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pro Rata Share: As to any Distribution Date, the
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount and any Class of Subordinated
Certificates, the portion of the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount
allocable to such Class, equal to the product of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of
which is the related Class Certificate Balance thereof and the denominator of
which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated
Certificates.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a
lease or occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of
related Coop Shares.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated June
26, 2001 relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required
to be purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof or
purchased at the option of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase, and (ii) accrued interest thereon
at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate
if (x) the purchaser is the Master Servicer or (y) if the purchaser is the
Seller and the Seller is the Master Servicer) from the date through which
interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due Date in the month in which
the Purchase Price is to be distributed to Certificateholders.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company
duly qualified as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of
business and each state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection
with the insurance policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed
in such states to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such
states and to write the insurance provided by
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the insurance policy issued by it, approved as a FNMA-approved mortgage insurer
and having a claims paying ability rating of at least "AA" or equivalent rating
by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Any replacement
insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a claims
paying ability rating as the insurer it replaces had on the Closing Date.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee.
References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean
such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage
Loan, an amount (not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the
Stated Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of
such liquidation, plus (ii) interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate from
the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced (and not
reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date in the month in which
Liquidation Proceeds are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal
Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the
Liquidation Proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such
liquidation occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient
Valuation, if the principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has
been reduced, the difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Debt
Service Reduction and any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the
principal portion of the related Scheduled Payment has been reduced.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan,
an agreement between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights of such originator in the
Cooperative Property.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.07.
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in
connection with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
Relief Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of
interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a
result of the application of the Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which (i)
interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended
calendar month is less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month
pursuant to the Mortgage Note.
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Remaining Non-PO Supplemental Loan Amount: With respect to
the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the excess of the amount on
deposit in the Supplemental Loan Account on such date over the Remaining PO
Supplemental Amount.
Remaining PO Supplemental Amount: With respect to the last
Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the excess of $80,432.06 over the product
of the PO Percentage and the Stated Principal Balance of each Supplemental
Mortgage Loan as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within
the meaning of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final
regulation, revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement
or interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the
Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related
provisions, and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust
Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by
the Master Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M
and N, as appropriate.
Required Coupon: 7.00% per annum.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, any insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time
under this Agreement.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee,
any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Restricted Classes: As defined in Section 4.02(e).
Scheduled Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a
Mortgage Loan due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on
such Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect
to any related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects
the amount of the monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
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Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount: As to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of all amounts described in
clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of Non-PO Formula Principal Amount
for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that if a Bankruptcy Loss that
is an Excess Loss is sustained with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amounts will be
reduced on the related Distribution Date by the applicable Non-PO Percentage
of the principal portion of such Bankruptcy Loss.
Secondary Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York
corporation, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date: The date on which the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates has been
reduced to zero.
Senior Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate of
the Class Certificate Balances of each Class of Senior Certificates (other
than the Class PO Certificates) as of such date and the denominator of which
is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of all Classes of
Certificates (other than the Class PO Certificates) as of such date.
Senior Prepayment Percentage: For any Distribution Date
during the five years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 100%. The
Senior Prepayment Percentage for any Distribution Date occurring on or after
the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution Date will, except as provided
herein, be as follows: for any Distribution Date in the first year thereafter,
the Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the second year thereafter,
the Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the third year thereafter, the
Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year thereafter,
the Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and for any Distribution Date thereafter, the Senior
Percentage for such Distribution Date (unless on any Distribution Date the
Senior Percentage exceeds the initial Senior Percentage, in which case the
Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will once again equal
100%). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no decrease in the Senior Prepayment
Percentage will occur unless both of the Senior Step Down Conditions are
satisfied.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the sum, not less than zero, of the Senior Percentage of
(x) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clauses (a)
through (d) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such
Distribution Date and (y) on the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the
Remaining Non-PO Supplemental Amount, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan
that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Senior Percentage of
the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan and (y) either (A) the Senior Prepayment Percentage, or (B) if
an Excess Loss was sustained with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan
during such prior calendar month, the Senior Percentage, of the applicable
Non-PO Percentage of the amount of the Liquidation Proceeds allocable to
principal received with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the sum of
(x) the Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
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applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amounts described in clause (f) of the
definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such Distribution Date
plus (y) on the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the amount, if any,
of the Remaining Non-PO Supplemental Amount not applied in clause (i) hereof.
Senior Step Down Conditions: As of the first Distribution
Date as to which any decrease in the Senior Prepayment Percentage applies, (i)
the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or
more (averaged over the preceding six month period), as a percentage of the
aggregate principal balance of the Subordinated Certificates on such
Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed 50% and (ii) cumulative Realized
Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) with respect to
the Distribution Date on the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
30% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance, (b) with respect to the
Distribution Date on the sixth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 35%
of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance, (c) with respect to the
Distribution Date on the seventh anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
40% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance, (d) with respect to the
Distribution Date on the eighth anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
45% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance and (e) with respect to the
Distribution Date on the ninth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 50%
of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary
"out of pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master
Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost
of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11
and any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.09.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the
Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
Shift Percentage: As to any Distribution Date occurring
during the five years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 0%.
Thereafter, the Shift Percentage for any Distribution Date occurring on or
after the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution Date will be as follows:
for any Distribution Date in the first year thereafter, 30%, for any
Distribution Date in the second year thereafter, 40% for any Distribution Date
in the third year thereafter, 60%; for any Distribution Date occurring in the
fourth year thereafter, 80%; for any Distribution Date thereafter, 100%.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: The point in time
at which the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a
Mortgaged Property on account of direct physical loss but not including (i)
any loss of a type covered by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance
policy required to be maintained with respect to such Mortgaged Property
pursuant to Section 3.09 to the extent of the amount of such loss covered
thereby, or (ii) any loss caused by or resulting from:
(a) normal wear and tear;
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(b) fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of
the Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees
(without regard to any portion of the loss not covered by any errors
and omissions policy);
(c) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty
materials, unless the collapse of the property or a part thereof
ensues and then only for the ensuing loss;
(d) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or
uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate
or remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special
Hazard Loss;"
(e) hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending against an
actual, impending or expected attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de
jure or de facto, or by any authority maintaining or using
military, naval or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power,
authority or forces;
(f) any weapon of war employing nuclear fission, fusion or
other radioactive force, whether in time of peace or war; or
(g) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped
power or action taken by governmental authority in hindering,
combating or defending against such an occurrence, seizure or
destruction under quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by
order of any government or public authority or risks of contraband or
illegal transportation or trade.
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount: With respect to the
first Distribution Date, $3,996,956. With respect to any Distribution Date
after the first Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the greatest of (i) 1% of
the aggregate of the principal balances of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) twice the
principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan and (iii) the aggregate of the
principal balances of all Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties
located in the single California postal zip code area having the highest
aggregate principal balance of any such zip code area and (b) the Special
Hazard Loss Coverage Amount as of the Closing Date less the amount, if any, of
Special Hazard Losses allocated to the Certificates since the Closing Date.
All principal balances for the purpose of this definition will be calculated
as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date after giving effect to Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage
Loans then due, whether or not paid.
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as
to which a Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to S&P
shall be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as S&P may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
SR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the
Subsidiary REMIC.
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Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due
Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date
as specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before
any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial
Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other
than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of
principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in payment
by the related Mortgagor.
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan
originated pursuant to the Seller's Streamlined Loan Documentation Program
then in effect.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subordinated Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, 100%
minus the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage: As to any Distribution
Date, 100% minus the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (A) the sum, not less
than zero, of the sum of (i) the Subordinated Percentage of (x) the applicable
Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clauses (a) through (d) of the
definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such Distribution Date and
(y) on the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the Remaining Non-PO
Supplemental Amount, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amount of the
Liquidation Proceeds allocated to principal received with respect thereto
remaining after application thereof pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition
of Senior Principal Distribution Amount, up to the Subordinated Percentage of
the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan and (iii) the sum of (x) the Subordinated Prepayment Percentage
of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clause (f) of
the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such Distribution Date
plus (y) on the last Conveyance Period Distribution Date, the amount, if any,
of the Remaining Non-PO Supplemental Amount not applied in clause (i) hereof
reduced by (B) the amount of any payments in respect of Class PO Deferred
Amounts on the related Distribution Date.
Subsidiary REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Subsidiary REMIC Interest: Any one of the Subsidiary REMIC
Interests or the SR Interest.
Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interest: Any one of the "regular
interests" in the Subsidiary REMIC described in the Preliminary Statement.
Subservicer: Any person to whom the Master Servicer has
contracted for the servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof.
Supplemental Amount: The amount deposited in the
Supplemental Loan Account on the Closing Date, which shall equal
$50,595,282.84.
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Supplemental Loan Account: The separate Eligible Account
created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank
of New York, in trust for registered holders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-14." Funds in the Supplemental Loan
Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement and shall not be a part of any REMIC
created hereunder; provided, however, that any investment income earned from
Permitted Investments made with funds in the Supplemental Loan Account shall
be for the account of the Depositor.
Supplemental Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan other than an
Initial Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof and to a Supplemental Transfer Agreement, which Mortgage Loan shall be
listed on the revised Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered pursuant to this
Agreement and on Schedule A to such Supplemental Transfer Agreement. When used
with respect to a single Supplemental Transfer Date, Supplemental Mortgage
Loan shall mean a Supplemental Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund on
that Supplemental Transfer Date.
Supplemental Transfer Agreement: A Supplemental Transfer
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P hereto, executed and
delivered b the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee as
provided in Section 2.01 hereof.
Supplemental Transfer Date: For any Supplemental Transfer
Agreement, the date the related Supplemental Mortgage Loans are transferred to
the Trust Fund pursuant to the related Supplemental Transfer Agreement.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the
Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form
of Exhibit M, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution,
not in excess of, and not more than 10% less than the Stated Principal Balance
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) be accruing interest at a rate no lower
than and not more than 1% per annum higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not
more than one year less than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) not be a
Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and
(vi) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03
hereof.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such
term pursuant to Section 2.03.
Support Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Targeted Balances: With respect to any Targeted Principal
Classes and any Distribution Date appearing in Schedule IV hereto, the
applicable amount appearing opposite such Distribution Date for such
respective Class.
Targeted Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax matters
person" in the manner provided under Treasury regulation ss. 1.860F-4(d) and
temporary Treasury regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)1T. Initially, the Tax Matters
Person shall be the Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate
with a Denomination of $0.05.
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Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a
successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by (i) the Pool Stated
Principal Balance plus (ii) any amounts remaining in the Supplemental Loan
Account (excluding any investment earnings thereon) with respect to such
Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
per annum rate agreed upon in writing on or prior to the Closing Date by the
Trustee and the Depositor.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder
consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received
on or with respect thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof; (ii) the Certificate
Account, the Distribution Account, the Supplemental Loan Account and the
Capitalized Interest Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a
Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise; and (iv) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary
or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Underwriter's Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption
2000-58, 65 Fed. Reg 67765 (2000), as amended (or any successor thereto), or
any substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount: As to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the Non-PO Percentage of the
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan and (ii) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amount
described in clause (f) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount"
for such Distribution Date.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights (or 100%
of the Voting Rights if there is no Class of Notional Amount Certificates)
shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in
proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on
such date.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to
the Depositor, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Seller in and to the Initial Mortgage Loans, including all interest and
principal received or receivable by the Seller on or with respect to the
Initial Mortgage Loans after the Initial Cut-off Date and all interest and
principal payments on the Mortgage Loans received prior to the Initial Cut-off
Date in respect of installments of interest and principal due thereafter, but
not including payments of principal and interest due and payable on the
Mortgage Loans on or before the Initial Cut-off Date. On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Depositor or, at the Depositor's
direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor, the Mortgage
File for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (except that,
in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, such delivery may take place
within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date or twenty-one (21) days
following the applicable Supplemental Transfer Date, as applicable. Such
delivery of the Mortgage Files shall be made against payment by the Depositor
of the purchase price, previously agreed to by the Seller and Depositor, for
the Mortgage Loans. With respect to any Initial Mortgage Loan that does not
have a first payment date on or before the Due Date in the month of the first
Distribution Date or any Supplemental Mortgage Loan that does not have a first
payment date on or before the Due Date in the month after the related
Supplemental Transfer Date, the Seller shall deposit into the Distribution
Account on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date relating to the
first applicable Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at
the related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan.
(b) Immediately upon the conveyance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans referred to in clause (a), the Depositor sells, transfers, assigns, sets
over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Trust Fund together with the Depositor's right to
require the Seller to cure any breach of a representation or warranty made
herein by the Seller or to repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage
Loan in accordance herewith.
(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth
in clause (b) above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Trustee (or, in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans that are
Initial Mortgage Loans will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date and in the case of the
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans that are Supplemental Mortgage Loans, will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee within twenty-one (21) days
following the applicable Supplemental Transfer Date) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders the following documents or instruments with respect to each
Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) (A) the original Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or
facsimile signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to the order
of ____________ without recourse," with all intervening endorsements
showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (each such endorsement being
sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage
Note); or
(B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost
note affidavit from the Seller
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stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed,
together with a copy of such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan
that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage or a
copy of such Mortgage certified by the Seller as being a true and
complete copy of the Mortgage (or, in the case of a Mortgage for
which the related Mortgage Property is located in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, a true copy of the Mortgage certified as such by the
applicable notary) and in the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan, the
original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage
Loans and either language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was
not a MOM Loan at origination, the original Mortgage and the
assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of recording indicated
thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording
office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;
(iii) in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which
may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments), together
with, except as provided below, all interim recorded assignments of
such mortgage (each such assignment, when duly and validly completed,
to be in recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of
and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the
assignment relates); provided that, if the related Mortgage has not
been returned from the applicable public recording office, such
assignment of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be provided
by the recording office; provided, further, that such assignment of
Mortgage need not be delivered in the case of a Mortgage for which
the related Mortgaged Property is located in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico:
(iv) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if any;
(v) except as provided below, the original or duplicate
original lender's title policy or a printout of the electronic
equivalent and all riders thereto; and
(vi) in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of
the following documents or instruments:
(A) The Coop Shares, together with a stock
power in blank;
(B) The executed Security Agreement;
(C) The executed Proprietary Lease;
(D) The executed Recognition Agreement;
(E) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have been filed in all
places required to perfect the Seller's interest in the Coop
Shares and the Proprietary Lease; and
(F) Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other
appropriate UCC financing statements required by state law,
evidencing a complete and unbroken line from the mortgagee
to the Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in a
form suitable for recordation).
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In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS
Mortgage Loan, the Seller agrees that it will cause, at the Trustee's expense,
the MERS(R) System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by
the Seller to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement (and any
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, as applicable) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders 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 series of
the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Seller
further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer to,
and the Master Servicer 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.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that
is not a MERS Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original
recorded Mortgage, (b) all interim recorded assignments or (c) the lender's
title policy (together with all riders thereto) satisfying the requirements of
clause (ii), (iii) or (v) above, respectively, concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof because such document or documents have not been returned
from the applicable public recording office in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii) above, or because the title policy has not been delivered to either the
Master Servicer or the Depositor by the applicable title insurer in the case
of clause (v) above, the Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, in
the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, such original Mortgage or such interim
assignment, as the case may be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon
upon receipt thereof from the public recording office, or a copy thereof,
certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office, but in no event
shall any such delivery of the original Mortgage and each such interim
assignment or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant
recording office, be made later than one year following the Closing Date, or,
in the case of clause (v) above, no later than 120 days following the Closing
Date; provided, however, in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver by
such date each Mortgage and each such interim assignment by reason of the fact
that any such documents have not been returned by the appropriate recording
office, or, in the case of each such interim assignment, because the related
Mortgage has not been returned by the appropriate recording office, the
Depositor shall deliver such documents to the Trustee as promptly as possible
upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within 720 days following the Closing
Date. The Depositor shall forward or cause to be forwarded to the Trustee (a)
from time to time additional original documents evidencing an assumption or
modification of a Mortgage Loan and (b) any other documents required to be
delivered by the Depositor or the Master Servicer to the Trustee. In the event
that the original Mortgage is not delivered and in connection with the payment
in full of the related Mortgage Loan and the public recording office requires
the presentation of a "lost instruments affidavit and indemnity" or any
equivalent document, because only a copy of the Mortgage can be delivered with
the instrument of satisfaction or reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall
execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such a document to
the public recording office. In the case 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, the Seller shall deliver to
the Trustee a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office
to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage.
As promptly as practicable subsequent to such transfer and
assignment, and in any event, within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Trustee
shall (i) as the assignee thereof, affix the following language to each
assignment of Mortgage: "CWMBS Series 2001-14, The Bank of New York, as
trustee", (ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for recording in the
appropriate public office for real property records and (iii) cause to be
delivered for recording in the appropriate public office for real property
records the assignments of the Mortgages to the Trustee, except that, with
respect to any assignments of Mortgage as to which the Trustee has not
received the information required to prepare such assignment in recordable
form, the Trustee's obligation to do so and to deliver the same for such
recording shall be as soon as practicable after receipt of such information
and in any event within thirty
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(30) days after receipt thereof and that the Trustee need not cause to be
recorded any assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan (a) the Mortgaged
Property and Mortgage File relating to which are located in California or (b)
in any other jurisdiction (including Puerto Rico) under the laws of which in
the opinion of counsel the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to
protect the Trustee's and the Certificateholders' interest in the related
Mortgage Loan.
In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full
as of the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above
documents to the Trustee, will deposit in the Certificate Account the portion
of such payment that is required to be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
within thirty days after the Closing Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage
Loans, the Seller shall either (i) deliver to the Depositor, or at the
Depositor's direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor the
Mortgage File as required pursuant to this Section 2.01 for each Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii) (A) substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan for
the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase the Delayed Delivery
Mortgage Loan, which substitution or repurchase shall be accomplished in the
manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03 (treating each
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of such
Section 2.03); provided, however, that if the Seller fails to deliver a
Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within the thirty day
period provided in the prior sentence, the Seller shall use its best
reasonable efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase of, such
Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period provided for
in Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial delivery of
the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather the Seller
shall have five (5) Business Days to cure such failure to deliver. At the end
of such thirty day period the Trustee shall send a Delay Delivery
Certification for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such
thirty day period in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
within twenty-one days after a Supplemental Transfer Date with respect to the
Supplemental Mortgage Loans only, the Seller shall either (i) deliver to the
Depositor, or at the Depositor's direction, to the Trustee or other designee
of the Depositor the Mortgage File as required pursuant to this Section 2.01
for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii) (A) substitute a Substitute
Mortgage Loan for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase the
Delayed Delivery Mortgage Loan, which substitution or repurchase shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03 (treating each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan
for purposes of such Section 2.03); provided, however, that if the Seller
fails to deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within
the twenty-one-day period provided in the prior sentence, the Seller shall use
its best reasonable efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase
of, such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period
provided for in Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial
delivery of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but
rather the Seller shall have five (5) Business Days to cure such failure to
deliver. At the end of such twenty-one day period the Trustee shall send a
Delay Delivery Certification for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered
during such twenty-one day period in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.02.
(d) Subject to the execution and delivery of the related
Supplemental Transfer Agreement as provided in Section 2.01(e) hereof and the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller sells, transfers, assigns,
sets over and otherwise conveys to the Depositor, without recourse, on each
Supplemental Transfer Date, all the right, title and interest of the Seller in
and to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal
received and receivable by the Seller on or with respect to such Supplemental
Mortgage Loans on and after the related Supplemental Cut-off Date (to the
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extent not applied in computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof) or
deposited into the Certificate Account by the Seller, other than principal and
interest due on such Supplemental Mortgage Loans prior to the related
Supplemental Cut-off Date.
Immediately upon the conveyance of the Supplemental Mortgage
Loans referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Depositor sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all right title and interest in the
Supplemental Mortgage Loans.
The Seller has entered into this Agreement in consideration
for the purchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and has agreed to take
the actions specified herein. The Depositor, concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, hereby sells, transfers, assigns and otherwise
conveys to the Trustee for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders,
without recourse, all right title and interest in the portion of the Trust
Fund not otherwise conveyed to the Trust Fund pursuant to Sections 2.01(a) or
(b).
(e) On (x) the last Business Day of the month of the Closing
Date and (y) upon five (5) Business Days written notice to the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer is not the Seller) and
the Rating Agencies, on any other Business Day during the Conveyance Period
designated by the Seller; the Seller, the Depositor and the Trustee shall
complete, execute and deliver a Supplemental Transfer Agreement so long as no
Rating Agency has provided notice that the execution and delivery of such
Supplemental Transfer Agreement will result in a reduction or withdrawal of
the any ratings assigned to the Certificates. After the execution and delivery
of such Supplemental Transfer Agreement, on the Supplemental Transfer Date,
the Trustee shall set aside in the Supplemental Loan Account an amount equal
to the Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount.
The transfer of Supplemental Mortgage Loans and the other
property and rights relating to them on a Supplemental Transfer Date is
subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(i) each Supplemental Mortgage Loan conveyed on such
Supplemental Transfer Date satisfies the representations and
warranties applicable to it under this Agreement; provided, however,
that with respect to a breach of a representation and warranty with
respect to a Supplemental Mortgage Loan, the obligation under Section
2.03(c) of this Agreement of the Seller to cure, repurchase or
replace such Supplemental Mortgage Loan shall constitute the sole
remedy against the Seller respecting such breach available to
Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee;
(ii) the Trustee, Countrywide Securities Corporation, X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and the Rating Agencies are provided with an
Opinion of Counsel or Opinions of Counsel with respect to the tax
treatment of the Trust Fund, to be delivered as provided pursuant to
Section 2.01(f);
(iii) the Rating Agencies, Countrywide Securities Corporation
and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. are provided with an Opinion of
Counsel or Opinions of Counsel with respect to the validity of the
conveyance of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such
Supplemental Transfer Date, to be delivered as provided pursuant to
Section 2.01(f);
(iv) the execution and delivery of such Supplemental
Transfer Agreement or conveyance of the related Supplemental Mortgage
Loans does not result in a reduction or withdrawal of any ratings
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies;
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(v) the Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such
Supplemental Transfer Date were selected in a manner reasonably
believed not to be adverse to the interests of the
Certificateholders;
(vi) no Supplemental Mortgage Loan conveyed on such
Supplemental Transfer date was 30 or more days delinquent;
(vii) the aggregate Class PO Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of all Supplemental Mortgage Loans shall not exceed
$182,447;
(viii) following the conveyance of the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans on such Supplemental Transfer Date to the Trust Fund,
except as provided below, the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans
will not vary by more than 5% (other than with respect to the Average
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool,
which may not vary by more than 10%, weighted average mortgage rate,
which may vary by up to 10 basis points and weighted average
remaining term to maturity, which may vary by up to two months) from
the characteristics listed below for the Mortgage Pool; provided,
that for the purpose of making these calculations, the
characteristics for any Initial Mortgage Loan made will be taken as
of the Initial Cut-off Date and the characteristics for any
Supplemental Mortgage Loan will be taken as of the applicable
Supplemental Transfer Date:
Characteristics of the Mortgage Loans
Number of Mortgage Loans............................................... 600
Pool Principal Balance................................................. $215,000,000
Stated Principal Balance:
Range............................................................. $35,000 to 2,000,000
Average........................................................... $384,000
Original Term to Stated Maturity....................................... 360 Months
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Stated Maturity..................... 358 Months
Mortgage Rate:
Range............................................................. 6.500% to 10.625%
Weighted Average.................................................. 7.920%
Aggregate PO Balance................................................... No more than $606,646
Original Loan-to Value Ratios:
Range............................................................. 25.00% to 100.00%
Weighted Average.................................................. 76.18%
Original Loan-to Value Ratios over 80%................................. No more than 20.00%
State Distribution to Mortgaged Properties:
Located in California............................................. No more than 50.00%
Located in Colorado............................................... No more than 5.50%
Located in Texas.................................................. No more than 5.50%
Located in Florida................................................ No more than 5.50%
(No other State or District of Columbia will be more
than 4.0%)
Occupancy Types:
Primary Home...................................................... At least 92.00%
Second Home....................................................... No more than 3.00%
Investor Property................................................. No more than 2.00%
Types of Mortgaged Properties:
Single Family (includes PUDs)..................................... At least 92.00%
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Condominiums...................................................... No more than 6.00%
Two- to Four-Family Units......................................... No more than 3.00%
Manufactured Housing (treated as real property)................... No more than 1.00%
Purpose of Mortgage Loans:
Purchase and (Rate/Term Refinance)................................ At least 78.00%
Refinance (cash-out).............................................. No more than 22.00%
Documentation Program:
Full/Alternative.................................................. At least 20.00%
Reduced........................................................... No more than 65.00%
CLUES Plus........................................................ No more than 2.00%
No Income/No Asset................................................ No more than 15.00%
Streamline........................................................ No more than 1.00%
(ix) neither the Seller nor the Depositor shall be insolvent
or shall be rendered insolvent as a result of such transfer; and
(x) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of these
conditions precedent.
The Trustee shall not be required to investigate or
otherwise verify compliance with these conditions, except for its own receipt
of documents specified above, and shall be entitled to rely on the required
Officer's Certificate.
(f) Within seven Business Days after each Supplemental
Transfer Date, upon (1) delivery to the Trustee by the Depositor or the Seller
of the Opinions of Counsel referred to in Sections 2.01(e)(ii) and (iii), (2)
delivery to the Trustee by the Seller of a revised Mortgage Loan Schedule
reflecting the Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Supplemental
Transfer Date and (3) delivery to the Trustee by the Depositor of an Officer's
Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent
set forth in this Section 2.01(f), the Trustee shall pay the Seller the
Aggregate Supplemental Transfer Amount from those funds that were set aside in
the Supplemental Loan Account pursuant to Section 2.01(e). The positive
difference, if any, between the Aggregate Supplemental Transfer Amount and the
Supplemental Transfer Purchase Amount shall be reinvested by the Trustee in
the Supplemental Loan Account.
The Trustee shall not be required to investigate or
otherwise verify compliance with the conditions set forth in the preceding
paragraph, except for its own receipt of documents specified above, and shall
be entitled to rely on the required Officer's Certificate.
Within thirty days after each Supplemental Transfer Date,
the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee a letter of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants stating whether or not the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer Date conform to the
characteristics in Section 2.01(e)(vi), (vii) and (viii).
(g) Neither the Seller nor the Depositor shall exercise any
discretion in the selection of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans to be conveyed
to the Trust Fund. On any Supplemental Transfer Date, the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans shall be selected for inclusion in the Trust Fund adhering to
the following procedures: first, the Supplemental Mortgage Loans will be
purchased in order by date of origination or acquisition by the Seller
(earliest originations first), second, purchases of Supplemental Mortgage
Loans originated or acquired on the same date shall be in alphabetical order,
starting with "a" and third, the Supplemental Mortgage Loans must satisfy the
eligibility requirements of Section 2.01(e).
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In no event shall the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of all
Supplemental Mortgage Loans as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date exceed
the Supplemental Amount.
Once the potential Supplemental Mortgage Loans are
identified in this manner, the total potential loan pool shall be tested for
compliance with the pool characteristics covered by the representations and
warranties in Section 2.01(e)(i) and (viii) after taking into account the
addition of the potential Supplemental Mortgage Loans. If any pool
characteristic is outside any permitted parameter by more than the variances
permitted in Section 2.01(e)(viii), then beginning with the last Mortgage Loan
initially identified as a potential Supplemental Mortgage Loan and progressing
in reverse order, any potential Supplemental Mortgage Loan having a
characteristic that is outside of the permitted variance of a parameter
violated by the total potential loan pool shall be removed. Then additional
Mortgage Loans shall be added as provided in the preceding paragraph except
that no Mortgage Loan shall be added if it has a characteristic that is
outside of the permitted variance of a parameter violated by the total
potential loan pool. This procedure shall be repeated until the pool
characteristics covered by the representations and warranties in Section
2.01(e)(i) and (viii) are satisfied within the variances permitted in Section
2.01(e)(viii) of each parameter specified in those representations and
warranties after taking into account the addition of the potential
Supplemental Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents
identified in the Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
F and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other
documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it holds
or will hold such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for
the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the Mortgage
Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating
Agencies.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing
Date to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller an Initial
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F. Based on its review and
examination, and only as to the documents identified in such Initial
Certification, the Trustee acknowledges that such documents appear regular on
their face and relate to such Initial Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall be
under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are
genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they
have actually been recorded in the real estate records or that they are other
than what they purport to be on their face.
On or about the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date,
the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller
a Delay Delivery Certification with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller a Final
Certification with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit H, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any
document constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in
the Final Certification; provided, however that the Trustee shall not make any
determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The Seller shall
promptly correct or cure such defect within 90
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days from the date it was so notified of such defect and, if the Seller does
not correct or cure such defect within such period, the Seller shall either
(a) substitute for the related Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which
substitution shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 2.03, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee
within 90 days from the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing
at the Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no
event shall such substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the
Closing Date, except that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any
documents by the appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between
either the Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or
status of the recorded document, then such substitution or purchase shall
occur within 720 days from the Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver written
notice to each Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating
each Mortgage Loan (a) which has not been returned by the appropriate
recording office or (b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or
status of such Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days
thereafter until the related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any
such substitution pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above
shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any substitution pursuant
to (a) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the
Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No
substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage
Loan shall be deposited by the Seller in the Certificate Account on or prior
to the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the
month following the month of repurchase and, upon receipt of such deposit and
certification with respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the
Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File to the Seller and shall
execute and deliver at the Seller's request such instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's interest in any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the foregoing
provisions the Seller repurchases an Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer 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 Seller 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 Seller
as the beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
(b) Upon delivery of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Supplemental Transfer Agreement, the Trustee shall acknowledge
receipt of the documents identified in any Supplemental Certification in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-2 and declare that it will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage
Files, and that it will hold such other assets as are included in the Trust
Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges that it will maintain possession
of the Mortgage Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted
by the Rating Agencies.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the
Supplemental Transfer Date to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller a Supplemental Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-1.
Based on its review and examination, and only as to the documents identified
in such Supplemental Certification, the Trustee shall acknowledge that such
documents appear regular on their face and relate to such Supplemental
Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect,
review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to
determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the
represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded in the real
estate records or that they are other than what they purport to be on their
face.
On or about the twenty first (21st) day after the
Supplemental Transfer Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Seller a Delay Delivery Certification with
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respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit G, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
Not later than 90 days after the final Supplemental Transfer
Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller a Final Certification with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
If, in the course of such review of the Mortgage Files
relating to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans, the Trustee finds any document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does not meet the requirements of
Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in the Final
Certification; provided, however that the Trustee shall not make any
determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The Seller shall
promptly correct or cure such defect within 90 days from the date it was so
notified of such defect and, if the Seller does not correct or cure such
defect within such period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the
related Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from
the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date,
except that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents
by the appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either the
Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of
the recorded document, then such substitution or purchase shall occur within
720 days from the Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver written notice to
each Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating each
Mortgage Loan (a) which has not been returned by the appropriate recording
office or (b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such
Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until
the related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any such substitution
pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected
prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by
Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall
not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request
for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution is
permitted to be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for
such month. The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited
by the Seller in the Certificate Account on or prior to the Distribution
Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the
month of repurchase and, upon receipt of such deposit and certification with
respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the
related Mortgage File to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the
Seller's request such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the
Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's interest in any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the foregoing provisions the Seller
repurchases a Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer 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 Seller 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 Seller
as the beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
(c) The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each
Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver
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to the Trustee, upon the execution or receipt thereof, the originals of such
other documents or instruments constituting the Mortgage File as come into the
possession of the Master Servicer from time to time.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the
Seller to substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan which does not meet
the requirements of Section 2.01 above shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any
Certificateholder against the Seller.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Seller and Master Servicer.
(a) Countrywide, in its capacities as Seller and Master
Servicer, hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in
Schedule II hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the
Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein,
as of the Initial Cut-off Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans and
as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date with respect to the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans.
(b) The Seller, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto, and by this
reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the
Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach
of a representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) or a breach
of a representation or warranty with respect to a Supplemental Mortgage Loan
under Section 2.01 (e)(i) that materially and adversely affects the interests
of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties. The Seller
hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its discovery or its
receipt of written notice from any party of a breach of any representation or
warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) and with respect to a breach of a
representation and warranty with respect to a Mortgage Loan under Section
2.01(e)(i) which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such breach in all
material respects, and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such
90-day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and
substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the
manner set forth below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant
to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the
Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any such
substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the
additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in
the form of Exhibit N and the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage
Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Master Servicer and the Trustee
for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in
respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to the
representations and warranties described in this Section which are made to the
best of the Seller's knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Depositor,
the Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and
warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects
the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the
Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge
with respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, such
inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or
warranty.
With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
Seller shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and
such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the
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Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01.
No substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be part of
the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the monthly payment due on any Deleted
Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to
retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The
Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and
the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master
Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon
such substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject
to-the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed
to have made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the
date of substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to
Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution
and the deposit to the Certificate Account of the amount required to be
deposited therein in connection with such substitution as described in the
following paragraph, the Trustee shall release the Mortgage File held for the
benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to
the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller's direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its
designee, the Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for
pursuant to this Section 2.03.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution
is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the
monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortage (the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to the
aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage
Loans shall be deposited in the Certificate Account by the Seller on or before
the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month
succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan became
required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a
Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05 on or before the Distribution
Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the
month during which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or
replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the
delivery of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 and receipt of a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release
the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to
such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person's
direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person,
in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from
the Trustee. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this
Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to
which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy
against such Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders,
the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this
Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
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SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the
Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee
with respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other
date set forth herein that as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer
of the Initial Mortgage Loans to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good
title to the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no
offsets, defenses or counterclaims.
The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the
Trustee all of its rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans including,
without limitation, the representations and warranties of the Seller made
pursuant to Section 2.03(b) hereof, together with all rights of the Depositor
to require the Seller to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or
substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the
Mortgage Files to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee
of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 2.04 (referred to herein as a "breach"), which breach
materially and adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others
and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection
with Substitutions.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this
Agreement, no substitution pursuant to Section 2.02 or Section 2.03 shall be
made more than 90 days after the Closing Date unless the Seller delivers to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at
the expense of either the Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee,
to the effect that such substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of
the tax on "prohibited transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after
the Startup Date, as defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code,
respectively, or (ii) cause each REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer, or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a
"qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the
party discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five (5)
Business Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties.
In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require the Seller, at the Seller's
option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c) with
respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within
90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a
breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03. The
Trustee shall reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant
hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a
Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained
in Section 2.03.
SECTION 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it
of the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has
executed and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates
in authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the rights referred
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to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates
and to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement to the best of its
ability, to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Certificates may
be adequately and effectively protected.
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and
"latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all
interests created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with respect to
each REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax
Matters Person Certificate. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar
year.
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor and
the Trustee as follows:
(a) the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no written information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor,
any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the Master
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make such
information, certificate, statement or report not misleading.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and customary and usual standards of practice of
prudent mortgage loan servicers. In connection with such servicing and
administration, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority,
acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02 hereof,
subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only
in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance
Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or
other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any
Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not take any action
that is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. The
Master Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Trust Fund in
the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own
portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan,
and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any
Mortgage Loan which would cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify
as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860F(a) or
Section 860G(d) of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Master Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the
Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee,
when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment,
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect
to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
The Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the
Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by either or both of
them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to service
and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that the Master Servicer is
not permitted to execute and deliver such documents pursuant to the preceding
sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee
shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf
of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of
the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case may
be, believes it appropriate in its best 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
Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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
Trustee and its successors and assigns.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph,
the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary
for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the
Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first
instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section
3.06, and further as provided in Section 3.08. The costs incurred by the
Master Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and
assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall
not, for the purpose of
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calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the
Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
SECTION 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations
of Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of
any Mortgage Loan by a Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement;
provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the
related subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage
Loans in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated
hereunder. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement
to actions taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the
Mortgage Loans include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf
of the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any subservicing
agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or
arrangements between the Master Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to
actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall
remain obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer
alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. All actions of each
Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing agreement shall be
performed as an agent of the Master Servicer with the same force and effect as
if performed directly by the Master Servicer.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer
shall be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with
respect to the Mortgage Loans that are received by a Subservicer regardless of
whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer.
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in
Respect of the Master Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to,
perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the
Master Servicer hereunder and in connection with any such defaulted obligation
to exercise the related rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder
by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the
Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any
action or failure to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the
Depositor be obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer
hereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason
no longer be the Master Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of
Default), the Trustee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter
(except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09 hereof or any acts or omissions of the
predecessor Master Servicer hereunder), (ii) obligated to make Advances if it
is prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate
repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder including, but not
limited to, repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (iv) responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to have made any representations and
warranties of the Master Servicer hereunder). Any such assumption shall be
subject to Section 7.02 hereof. If the Master Servicer shall for
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any reason no longer be the Master Servicer (including by reason of any Event
of Default), the Trustee or its successor shall succeed to any rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under each subservicing agreement; provided,
however, that, if Countrywide shall no longer be the Master Servicer,
Countrywide shall thereafter continue to be entitled to receive the Excess
Master Servicing Fee, and any successor servicer shall be entitled to receive
only the Basic Master Servicing Fee.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but
at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all
documents and records relating to each subservicing agreement or substitute
subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder
and an accounting of amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its
best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the substitute
subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments;
Certificate Account; Distribution Account;
Supplemental Loan Account; Capitalized Interest
Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in
accordance with the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent
mortgage servicers to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be
consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related
Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer
may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or any prepayment
charge or penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage
Loan and (ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a
period not greater than 180 days; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
cannot extend the maturity of any such Mortgage Loan past the date on which
the final payment is due on the latest maturing Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-off Date. In the event of any such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall
make Advances on the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions
of Section 4.01 during the scheduled period in accordance with the
amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by
reason of such arrangements. The Master Servicer shall not be required to
institute or join in litigation with respect to collection of any payment
(whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or
governmental authority with respect to a taking or condemnation) if it
reasonably believes that enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or other
instrument pursuant to which such payment is required is prohibited by
applicable law.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a
Certificate Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to
be deposited no later than two Business Days after receipt (or, if the current
long-term credit rating of the Master Servicer is reduced below "A-" by S&P or
"A3" by Xxxxx'x, the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on
a daily basis within one Business Day of receipt), except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections remitted
by Subservicers or received by it in respect of Mortgage Loans subsequent to
the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on the
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts
required to be deposited hereunder:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage
Loans, including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans, net of the Basic Master Servicing Fee and, for so long as
Countrywide is the Master Servicer, the related Excess Master
Servicing Fee;
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(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds,
other than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures;
(iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09(c) and in respect of net monthly
rental income from REO Property pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof;
(vi) all Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
(vii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.01; and
(viii) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is
subject to a buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in
addition to the monthly payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer
shall cause funds to be deposited into the Certificate Account in an amount
required to cause an amount of interest to be paid with respect to such
Mortgage Loan equal to the amount of interest that has accrued on such
Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due Date at the Mortgage Rate net of the
Basic Master Servicing Fee and, for so long as Countrywide is the Master
Servicer, the related Excess Master Servicing Fee.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master
Servicer shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of prepayment
penalties, late payment charges or assumption fees, if collected, need not be
remitted by the Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall
remit any amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or
direct the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to withdraw such
amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by
delivering written notice thereof to the Trustee or such other institution
maintaining the Certificate Account which describes the amounts deposited in
error in the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain adequate
records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section. All
funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders (other than any funds attributed to any Excess Master
Servicing Fee) until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly
upon receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the
following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ix);
(ii) any amount deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments; and
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(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are
required to be deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw
such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering an
Officer's Certificate to the Trustee which describes the amounts deposited in
error in the Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution
Account shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders
(other than any funds attributed to any Excess Master Servicing Fee) until
disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.08. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals
from the Distribution Account at the direction of the Master Servicer.
(e) Each institution at which the Certificate Account, the
Supplemental Loan Account or the Distribution Account is maintained shall
invest the funds therein as directed in writing by the Master Servicer in
Permitted Investments, which shall mature not later than (i) in the case of
the Certificate Account or the Supplemental Loan Account, the second Business
Day next preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that
if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains such account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later
than the Business Day next preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date)
and (ii) in the case of the Distribution Account, the Business Day next
preceding the Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is
an obligation of the institution that maintains such fund or account, then
such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date)
and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All
such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses
realized from any such investment of funds on deposit in the Certificate
Account, or the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as
provided herein. The amount of any realized losses in the Certificate Account
or the Distribution Account incurred in any such account in respect of any
such investments shall promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the
Certificate Account or paid to the Trustee for deposit into the Distribution
Account, as applicable. The Trustee in its fiduciary capacity shall not be
liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any investment or
lack of investment of funds held in the Certificate Account, the Supplemental
Loan Account or the Distribution Account and made in accordance with this
Section 3.05.
(f) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee,
the Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the
location of the Certificate Account prior to any change thereof. The Trustee
shall give notice to the Master Servicer, the Seller, each Rating Agency and
the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the Distribution
Account prior to any change thereof.
(g) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Supplemental Loan Account. On the Closing Date the
Seller shall remit the Supplemental Amount to the Trustee for deposit in the
Supplemental Loan Account. On each Supplemental Transfer Date, upon
satisfaction of the conditions for such Supplemental Transfer Date set forth
in Section 2.01(e), with respect to the related Supplemental Transfer
Agreement, the Trustee shall pay to the Seller the Aggregate Supplemental
Transfer Amount held in escrow pursuant to Section 2.01(e) as payment of the
purchase price for the related Supplemental Mortgage Loans. If at any time the
Depositor becomes aware that the Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance of
Supplemental Mortgage Loans reflected on any Supplemental Transfer Agreement
exceeds the actual Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance of the relevant
Supplemental Mortgage Loans, the Depositor may so notify the Trustee and the
Trustee shall redeposit into the Supplemental Loan Account the excess reported
to it by the Depositor.
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If any funds remain in the Supplemental Loan Account at the end of
the Conveyance Period, to the extent that they represent earnings on the
amounts originally deposited into the Supplemental Loan Account, the Trustee
shall distribute them to the order of the Depositor. The remaining funds shall
be transferred to the Distribution Account to be included as part of principal
distributions to the Class PO Certificates, to the extent of the Remaining PO
Supplemental Amount and to the other Classes of Certificates, to the extent of
the Remaining Non-PO Supplemental Amount, as applicable.
(h) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Capitalized Interest Account. On the Closing Date
the Seller shall remit the aggregate Capitalized Interest Requirement to the
Trustee for deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account. On each Distribution
Account Deposit Date related to a Conveyance Period Distribution Date, upon
satisfaction of the conditions for such Supplemental Transfer Date set forth
in Section 2.01(e), with respect to the related Supplemental Transfer
Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer from the Capitalized Interest Account to
the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Capitalized Interest
Requirement (which, to the extent required, may include investment earnings on
amounts on deposit therein) with respect to the amount remaining in the
Supplemental Loan Account for the related Distribution Date as identified by
the Seller in the Supplemental Transfer Agreement.
If any funds remain in the Capitalized Interest Account at the end of
the Conveyance Period, the Trustee shall make the transfer described in the
preceding paragraph if necessary for the remaining Conveyance Period
Distribution Date and the Trustee shall distribute any remaining funds in the
Capitalized Interest Account to the order of the Depositor.
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Escrow Accounts.
(a) To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and
not violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain
one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and deposit and retain
therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by the Master
Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums or
comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall
require the Master Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow
Account in violation of applicable law.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow
Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments,
hazard insurance premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable
items, to reimburse the Master Servicer out of related collections for any
payments made pursuant to Sections 3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes and
assessments and insurance premiums) and 3.09 hereof (with respect to hazard
insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to
pay interest, if required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or
Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and
terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9.01 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part
of the Trust Fund.
(c) The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred
to in Section 3.06(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date
when the tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is intended is due,
but the Master Servicer shall be required so to advance only to the extent
that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will be
recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise.
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SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and
Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the
Trustee reasonable access to all records and documentation regarding the
Mortgage Loans and all accounts, insurance information and other matters
relating to this Agreement, such access being afforded without charge, but
only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the office
designated by the Master Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Master
Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder which is a savings and loan
association, bank or insurance company certain reports and reasonable access
to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to
permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable regulations of the OTS
or other regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the
Certificates; provided that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
Master Servicer in providing such reports and access.
If Countrywide is not acting as Master Servicer, the
successor Master Servicer shall provide Countrywide with such information as
may be necessary to verify the amount of the Excess Master Servicing Fee for
each Distribution Date. If a question should arise as to the proper amount of
the Excess Master Servicing Fee, the successor Master Servicer shall provide
Countrywide with access to such books and records and personnel of the
successor Master Servicer as may be necessary to establish the proper amount
of the Excess Master Servicing Fee.
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate
Account and the Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may from time to time make
withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer (to the extent not
previously retained by the Master Servicer) the servicing
compensation to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.14, and to
pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation,
earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in or credited
to the Certificate Account;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for unreimbursed
Advances made by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this
subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the Mortgage
Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any
Nonrecoverable Advance previously made;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured
Expenses from the related Insurance Proceeds;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer's right to reimbursement
pursuant to this clause (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being
limited to amounts received on such Mortgage Loan(s) which represent
late recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made
pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.06 and (b) for unpaid Basic
Master Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.11 hereof;
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(vi) to pay to the purchaser, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been
purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11, all amounts
received thereon after the date of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them and reimbursable
pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof;
(viii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate
Account and not required to be deposited therein;
(ix) on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit
Date, to withdraw an amount equal to the related Available Funds and
the Trustee Fee (and, if Countrywide is not the Master Servicer, an
amount equal to the Excess Master Servicing Fee) for such
Distribution Date and remit such amount to the Trustee for deposit in
the Distribution Account; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate
accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of
justifying any withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to such
subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi). Prior to making any withdrawal from
the Certificate Account pursuant to subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer
indicating the amount of any previous Advance determined by the Master
Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage
Loans(s), and their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution
Account for distributions to Certificateholders, in the manner specified in
this Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of
any taxes that it is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals
from the Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related
Distribution Date;
(ii) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation earnings on or investment income with respect
to funds in the Distribution Account;
(iii) to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any amount
deposited in the Distribution Account and not required to be deposited
therein;
(iv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof; and
(v) if Countrywide is not the Master Servicer, to pay to
Countrywide the Excess Master Servicing Fee for the related
Distribution Date.
(c) [Reserved].
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SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance
of Primary Insurance Policies.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for
each Mortgage Loan, hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that
is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (y) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (z) an amount such that
the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor
and/or the mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard
hazard insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that
contains, a standard mortgagee clause. Any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer under any such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or amounts released to
the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing
procedures) shall be deposited in the Certificate Account. Any cost incurred
by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the
purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or
remittances to the Trustee for their benefit, be added to the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage
Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of
late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation Proceeds to the
extent permitted by Section 3.08 hereof. It is understood and agreed that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or
maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant
to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and
as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property is
located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally
designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating in the
national flood insurance program, the Master Servicer shall cause flood
insurance to be maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the original
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement value of
the improvements which are part of such Mortgaged Property, and (iii) the
maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property
under the national flood insurance program.
(b) The Master Servicer shall not take any action which
would result in non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of
any loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer, would have been
covered thereunder. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew
any such Primary Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial
issuance of the Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder
unless the replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or
non-renewed policy is maintained with a Qualified Insurer.
Except with respect to any Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to maintain any Primary Insurance Policy
(i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or
equal to 80% as of any date of determination or, based on a new appraisal, the
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan represents 80% or less of the new
appraised value or (ii) if maintaining such Primary Insurance Policy is
prohibited by applicable law. With respect to the Lender PMI Mortgage Loans,
the Master Servicer shall maintain the Primary Insurance Policy for the life
of such Mortgage Loans, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
The Master Servicer agrees to effect the timely payment of
the premiums on each Primary Insurance Policy, and such costs not otherwise
recoverable shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related
liquidation proceeds.
(c) In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of
the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of itself,
the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as
shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies
respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans.
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Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any Primary Insurance
Policies shall be deposited in the Certificate Account.
SECTION 3.10. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, when any
property subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master
Servicer shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance, enforce
any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the
extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only
to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize
coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Master Servicer is not required to exercise such rights with respect to a
Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been
conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions
contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of
the mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so
required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer.
In the event that the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any
such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage under any Required Insurance Policy
would be adversely affected, or if nonenforcement is otherwise permitted
hereunder, the Master Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.10(b), to
take or enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or with the
person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to
which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless
prohibited by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon,
provided that the Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered (if so covered
before the Master Servicer enters such agreement) by the applicable Required
Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer, subject to Section 3.10(b), is also
authorized with the prior approval of the insurers under any Required
Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with
such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from
liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under
the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall
not be deemed to be in default under this Section by reason of any transfer or
assumption which the Master Servicer reasonably believes it is restricted by
law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any
due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.10(a) hereof, in any
case in which a Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a
Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or
modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that
requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed
by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be
prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall direct, in
writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement with the Person to
whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification agreement
or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as are
reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions
or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. In connection with
any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note may be changed. In
addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be
acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with its underwriting
standards as then in effect. Together with each such substitution, assumption
or other agreement or instrument delivered to the Trustee for execution by it,
the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer's Certificate signed by a
Servicing Officer stating that the requirements of this subsection have been
met in connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that
any such substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding
to the Trustee the original of such substitution or assumption agreement,
which in the case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File
and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the
same extent as
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all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. Any fee
collected by the Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.
SECTION 3.11. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to
foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties
securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and
as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of
delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion,
the Master Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall
deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general
mortgage servicing activities and meet the requirements of the insurer under
any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any
foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it shall
determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of
such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through
Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of
withdrawals from the Certificate Account). The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement
thereof from the liquidation proceeds with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property, as provided in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master
Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property which the Master Servicer is
contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is
located within a 1 mile radius of any site listed in the Expenditure Plan for
the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of 1984 or other site with
environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Master Servicer, the
Master Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such
risks and only take action in accordance with its established environmental
review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of
sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The
Trustee's name shall be placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the
Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer
shall ensure that the title to such REO Property references the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the Trustee's capacity thereunder. Pursuant to its
efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or
through an agent selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO
Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality
where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and
protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any
part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the
Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The
Master Servicer shall prepare for and deliver to the Trustee a statement with
respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental
income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the maintenance
of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Trustee to
comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net
monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account no later than the close of business on each
Determination Date. The Master Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and
withholding required by Sections 1445 and 6050J of the Code with respect to
foreclosures and abandonments, the tax reporting required by Section 6050H of
the Code with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest from individuals and
any tax reporting required by Section 6050P of the Code with respect to the
cancellation of indebtedness by certain financial entities, by preparing such
tax and information returns as may be required, in the form required, and
delivering the same to the Trustee for filing.
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In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged
Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent
default on a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such
Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable in a manner that maximizes the
Liquidation Proceeds thereof, but in no event later than three years after its
acquisition by the Trust Fund. In that event, the Trustee shall have been
supplied with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holding by the
Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to a three-year period, if
applicable, will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of any REMIC hereunder as defined in section 860F of the Code or
cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, the Trust Fund may continue to hold such
Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel) after the expiration of such three-year period. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust
Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used
for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a
manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property
to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section
860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject any REMIC hereunder to the imposition
of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such
Mortgaged Property under Section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the
Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with
respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
In the event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of
whose obligor is not a United States Person, as that term is defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, in connection with any foreclosure or
acquisition of a deed in lieu of foreclosure (together, "foreclosure") in
respect of such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will cause compliance with
the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor
thereto) necessary to assure that no withholding tax obligation arises with
respect to the proceeds of such foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that
proceeds of such foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on
such Mortgage Loan.
The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a
defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master
Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and
expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management
of any REO Properties, net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for
expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with
such management and net of unreimbursed Basic Master Servicing Fees, Advances
and Servicing Advances, shall be applied to the payment of principal of and
interest on the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as
though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be
deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of
principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited
into the Certificate Account. To the extent the net income received during any
calendar month is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal
and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan
for such calendar month, such excess shall be considered to be a partial
prepayment of principal of the related Mortgage Loan.
The proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as
well as any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following
order of priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Basic Master Servicing Fees; second, to
reimburse the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances; third, to
reimburse the Certificate Account for any Nonrecoverable Advances (or portions
thereof) that were previously withdrawn by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.08(a)(iii) that related to such Mortgage Loan; fourth, to accrued
and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount or
any such Advance has been reimbursed) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property, at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the
month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fifth, as a
recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. Excess Proceeds, if any, from the
liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage
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Loan will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation pursuant to Section 3.14.
The Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the
right to purchase for its own account from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan
which is 151 days or more delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer may only exercise this right on or
before the next to the last day of the calendar month in which such Mortgage
Loan became 151 days delinquent (such month, the "Eligible Repurchase Month");
provided further, that any such Mortgage Loan which becomes current but
thereafter becomes delinquent may be purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant
to this Section in any ensuing Eligible Repurchase Month. The Purchase Price
for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of a certificate from the
Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit N hereto, shall release or cause to be
released to the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared
by the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan, in each case without recourse, as
shall be necessary to vest in the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan any Mortgage
Loan released pursuant hereto and the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall
succeed to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage
Loan and all security and documents related thereto. Such assignment shall be
an assignment outright and not for security. The purchaser of such Mortgage
Loan shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents,
free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with
respect thereto.
SECTION 3.12. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will
immediately notify the Trustee by delivering, or causing to be delivered a
"Request for Release" substantially in the form of Exhibit N. Upon receipt of
such request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to
the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall at the Master Servicer's direction
execute and deliver to the Master Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed
of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument
releasing the lien of the Mortgage in each case provided by the Master
Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of
cancellation thereon. The Master Servicer 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 Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them,
any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full
release. Expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction
or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the related Mortgagor. From
time to time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of
any Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose, collection under any policy of
flood insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the
purposes of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged Property from the
lien of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the Mortgage Note or
the Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the Mortgage File, the
Trustee shall, upon delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release in the
form of Exhibit M signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to
the Master Servicer. Subject to the further limitations set forth below, the
Master Servicer shall cause the Mortgage File or documents so released to be
returned to the Trustee when the need therefor by the Master Servicer no
longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof
are deposited in the Certificate Account, in which case the Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N,
signed by a Servicing Officer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a
foreclosure proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee, for signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or
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other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action
brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or
rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at
law or in equity.
SECTION 3.13. Documents Records and Funds in Possession of
Master Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee as required by this Agreement
all documents and instruments in respect of a Mortgage Loan coming into the
possession of the Master Servicer from time to time and shall account fully to
the Trustee for any funds received by the Master Servicer or which otherwise
are collected by the Master Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds
collected or held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect
of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest
payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but not limited to, any funds
on deposit in the Certificate Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer
for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of
this Agreement. The Master Servicer also agrees that it shall not create,
incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the
Certificate Account, Distribution Account or any Escrow Account, or any funds
that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment,
levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or
otherwise any claim or right of setoff against any Mortgage File or any funds
collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any
such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.14. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to retain or withdraw from the Certificate Account
an amount equal to the sum of the Basic Master Servicing Fee and the Excess
Master Servicing Fee; provided, that the aggregate Basic Master Servicing Fee
with respect to any Distribution Date shall be reduced (i) by an amount equal
to the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, if any, with respect
to such Distribution Date, but not below an amount equal to one-half of the
aggregate Basic Master Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date before
reduction thereof in respect of such Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, and (ii)
with respect to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to any amount to
be deposited into the Distribution Account by the Depositor pursuant to
Section 2.01(a) and not so deposited; provided further, that if a successor to
Countrywide shall be approved as Master Servicer for any reason, the Excess
Master Servicing Fee for each Distribution Date following such appointment
shall be paid, pursuant to this Section 3.14, to Countrywide pursuant to
Section 3.08(b)(v) hereof, and not to such successor to the Master Servicer.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of Excess
Proceeds, Prepayment Interest Excess, prepayment penalties, assumption fees,
late payment charges and all income and gain net of any losses realized from
Permitted Investments shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent
not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
3.05 hereof. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its master servicing activities hereunder
(including payment of any premiums for hazard insurance and any Primary
Insurance Policy and maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage
required by this Agreement) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
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SECTION 3.15. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC
and to comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders of Subordinated
Certificates and the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and
such other authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage
Loans required by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access
shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written
request and during normal business hours at the offices designated by the
Master Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the
Master Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of
information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to
provide access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation
shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
SECTION 3.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the
Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal
year, commencing with its 2002 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating,
as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officer and the nature and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of
each such statement to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 3.17. Annual Independent Public Accountants'
Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.
On or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's
fiscal year, commencing with its 2002 fiscal year, the Master Servicer at its
expense shall cause a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Master Servicer,
the Seller or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the
Trustee and the Depositor to the effect that such firm has examined certain
documents and records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under
this Agreement or of mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements
substantially similar to this Agreement (such statement to have attached
thereto a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered
thereby) and that, on the basis of such examination, conducted substantially
in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC, such servicing
has been conducted in compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements
except for such significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the
opinion of such firm, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC
requires it to report. In rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to
matters relating to direct servicing of mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon
comparable statements for examinations conducted substantially in compliance
with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit
Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC (rendered within one year of
such statement) of independent public accountants with respect to the related
Subservicer. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder upon request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that
such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
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SECTION 3.18. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity
Bonds.
The Master Servicer shall for so long as it acts as master
servicer under this Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or
policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its
obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of
its officers, employees and agents. Each such policy or policies and bond
shall, together, comply with the requirements from time to time of FNMA or
FHLMC for persons performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by FNMA or
FHLMC. In the event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the
Master Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an
insurer or issuer, meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of
such replacement.
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ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 4.01. Advances.
The Master Servicer shall determine on or before each Master
Servicer Advance Date whether it is required to make an Advance pursuant to
the definition thereof. If the Master Servicer determines it is required to
make an Advance, it shall, on or before the Master Servicer Advance Date,
either (i) deposit into the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance
or (ii) make an appropriate entry in its records relating to the Certificate
Account that any Amount Held for Future Distribution has been used by the
Master Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance. Any
funds so applied shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the
Certificate Account no later than the close of business on the next Master
Servicer Advance Date. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
from the Certificate Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant
to this Section as provided in Section 3.08. The obligation to make Advances
with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue if such Mortgage Loan has
been foreclosed or otherwise terminated and the related Mortgaged Property has
not been liquidated.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the
related Master Servicer Advance Date an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing
Officer indicating the amount of any proposed Advance determined by the Master
Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance.
SECTION 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw
the Available Funds from the Distribution Account and apply such funds to
distributions on the Certificates in the following order and priority and, in
each case, to the extent of Available Funds remaining:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) concurrently, to each interest-bearing Class of
Senior Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the
related Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount, any shortfall
being allocated among such Classes in proportion to the amount of the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount that would have been
distributed in the absence of such shortfall; provided that prior to
the Accrual Termination Date, the Accrual Amount shall be distributed
as provided in Section 4.02(a)(iii);
(iii) the Class A-3 Accrual Amount will be distributed as
principal in accordance with the Class A-3 Accretion Direction Rule;
(iv) to each Class of Senior Certificates, concurrently
as follows:
(x) to the Class PO Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to the PO Formula Principal
Amount up to the outstanding Class Certificate Balance of
such Class PO Certificates; and
(y) on each Distribution Date prior to the Senior
Credit Support Depletion Date the Non-PO Formula Principal
Amount up to the amount of the Senior Principal
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Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date will be
distributed, sequentially, as follows:
(1) to the Class A-R Certificates,
until its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to
zero;
(2) to the Class A-14 Certificates, the
Priority Amount, until its Class Certificate Balance
is reduced to zero;
(3) concurrently, to the Class A-1, Class
A-10, Class A-11 and Class A-12 Certificates, pro
rata, in accordance with their respective Class
Certificate Balances, in an amount up to the amount
necessary to reduce their aggregate Class
Certificate Balances to their aggregate Planned
Balance for that Distribution Date;
(4) to the Class A-2 Certificates, in an
amount up to the amount necessary to reduce its
Class Certificate Balance to its Targeted Balance
for that Distribution Date;
(5) to the Class A-3 Certificates, until
its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;
(6) to the Class A-2 Certificates,
without regard to its Targeted Balance, until its
Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;
(7) concurrently, to the Class A-1, Class
A-10, Class A-11 and Class A-12 Certificates, pro
rata, in accordance with their respective Class
Certificate Balances, without regard to their
aggregate Planned Balance, until their respective
Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
(8) sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx
X-0, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class A-9
Certificates, in that order, until their respective
Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero; and
(9) to the Class A-14 Certificates,
without regard to the Priority Amount, until its
Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class PO Certificates, any Class PO Deferred
Amount, up to an amount not to exceed the amount calculated pursuant
to clause (A) of the definition of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount actually received or advanced for such
Distribution Date (with such amount to be allocated first from
amounts calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and (ii) then (iii) of the
definition of Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount);
(vi) to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, subject
to paragraph (e) below, in the following order of priority:
(A) to the Class M Certificates, an amount
allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class for such Distribution
Date;
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(B) to the Class M Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such
Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(C) to the Class B-1 Certificates, an amount
allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class for such Distribution
Date;
(D) to the Class B-1 Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such
Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(E) to the Class B-2 Certificates, an amount
allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class for such Distribution
Date;
(F) to the Class B-2 Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such
Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(G) to the Class B-3 Certificates, an amount
allocable to interest equal to the amount of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(H) to the Class B-3 Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such
Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(I) to the Class B-4 Certificates, an amount
allocable to interest equal to the amount of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(J) to the Class B-4 Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such
Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(K) to the Class B-5 Certificates, an amount
allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class for such Distribution
Date; and
(L) to the Class B-5 Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such
Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(vii) [Reserved]; and
(viii)to the Class A-R Certificates, any remaining funds
in the Trust Fund.
On any Distribution Date, amounts distributed in respect of Class PO Deferred
Amounts will not reduce the Class Certificate Balance of the Class PO
Certificates.
On any Distribution Date, to the extent the Amount Available
for Senior Principal is insufficient to make the full distribution required to
be made pursuant to clause (iv)(x) above, (A) the
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amount distributable on the Class PO Certificates in respect of principal
pursuant to such subclause (a) shall be equal to the product of (1) the Amount
Available for Senior Principal and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is
the PO Formula Principal Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the
PO Formula Principal Amount and the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and
(B) the amount distributable on the Senior Certificates, other than the Class
PO Certificates, in respect of principal pursuant to clause (iv)(y) shall be
equal to the product of (1) the Amount Available for Senior Principal and (2)
a fraction, the numerator of which is the Senior Principal Distribution Amount
and the denominator of which is the sum of the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount and the PO Formula Principal Amount.
(b) On each Distribution Date prior to and including the
applicable Accrual Termination Date with respect to each Class of Accrual
Certificates, the Accrual Amount for such Class for such Distribution Date
shall not (except as provided in the second to last sentence in this
paragraph) be distributed as interest with respect to such Class of Accrual
Certificates, but shall instead be added to the related Class Certificate
Balance of such Class on the related Distribution Date. With respect to any
Distribution Date prior to and including the applicable Accrual Termination
Date on which principal payments on any Class of Accrual Certificates are
distributed pursuant to Section 4.02(iv)(y), the related Accrual Amount shall
be deemed to have been added on such Distribution Date to the related Class
Certificate Balance (and included in the amount distributable on the related
Class or Classes of Accretion Directed Certificates pursuant to Section
4.02(a)(iii) for such Distribution Date) and the related distribution thereon
shall be deemed to have been applied concurrently towards the reduction of all
or a portion of the amount so added and, to the extent of any excess, towards
the reduction of the Class Certificate Balance of such Class of Accrual
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Notwithstanding any
such distribution, the Accrual Certificates shall continue to be a Class of
Accrual Certificates on each subsequent Distribution Date until the applicable
Accrual Termination Date.
(c) On each Distribution Date on or after the Senior Credit
Support Depletion Date, notwithstanding the allocation and priority set forth
in Section 4.02(a)(iv)(y), the portion of Available Funds available to be
distributed as principal of the Senior Certificates (other than the Class PO
Certificates) shall be distributed concurrently, as principal, on such
Classes, pro rata, on the basis of their respective Class Certificate
Balances, until the Class Certificate Balances thereof are reduced to zero.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the amount referred to in
clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
each Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced by (i)
the related Class' pro rata share of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls based
on such Class' Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date, as the case may be, without taking into account such Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and (ii) the related Class' Allocable Share of
(A) after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan that became a Special Hazard Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the excess of one month's
interest at the related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over the amount
of Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan with respect
to such month, (B) after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan that became subject to a Bankruptcy Loss during
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the interest
portion of the related Debt Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation, (C) each
Relief Act Reduction incurred during the calendar month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date and (D) after the Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date,
with respect to each Mortgage Loan that became a Fraud Loan during the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the excess of
one month's interest at the related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over
the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan
with respect to such month.
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(e) Notwithstanding the priority and allocation contained in
Section 4.02(a)(vi), if with respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates
on any Distribution Date the sum of the related Class Subordination
Percentages of such Class and of all Classes of Subordinated Certificates
which have a higher numerical Class designation than such Class (the
"Applicable Credit Support Percentage") is less than the Original Applicable
Credit Support Percentage for such Class, no distribution of Principal
Prepayments will be made to any such Classes (the "Restricted Classes") and
the amount of such Principal Prepayments otherwise distributable to the
Restricted Classes shall be distributed to any Classes of Subordinated
Certificates having lower numerical Class designations than such Class, pro
rata, based on their respective Class Certificate Balances immediately prior
to such Distribution Date and shall be distributed in the sequential order
provided in Section 4.02(a)(vi).
(f) [Reserved].
SECTION 4.03. [Reserved].
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Trustee
shall determine the total amount of Realized Losses, including Excess Losses,
with respect to the related Distribution Date. For purposes of allocating
losses to the Subordinated Certificates, the Class M Certificates will be
deemed to have a lower numerical class designation, and to be of a higher
relative payment priority, than each other Class of Subordinated Certificates.
Realized Losses with respect to any Distribution Date shall
be allocated as follows:
(i) the applicable PO Percentage of any Realized Loss,
including any Excess Loss, shall be allocated to the Class PO
Certificates until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced
to zero; and
(ii) (A) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Realized
Loss (other than an Excess Loss) shall be allocated first to the
Subordinated Certificates in reverse order of their respective
numerical Class designations (beginning with the Class of
Subordinated Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical
Class designation) until the respective Class Certificate Balance of
each such Class is reduced to zero, and second to the Senior
Certificates (other than any Notional Amount Certificates, if
applicable, and the Class PO Certificates), pro rata on the basis of
their respective Class Certificate Balances or, in the case of any
Class of Accrual Certificates, on the basis of the lesser of their
Class Certificate Balance and their initial Class Certificate
Balance, in each case immediately prior to the related Distribution
Date, until the respective Class Certificate Balance of each such
Class is reduced to zero; and
(B) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Excess Losses shall be
allocated to the Senior Certificates (other than any Notional Amount
Certificates, if applicable, and the Class PO Certificates) and the
Subordinated Certificates then outstanding, pro rata, on the basis of
their respective Class Certificate Balances or, in the case of any
Class of Accrual Certificates, on the basis of the lesser of their
respective Class Certificate Balances and their respective initial
Class Certificate Balances, in each case immediately prior to the
related Distribution Date.
(b) The Class Certificate Balance of the Class of
Subordinated Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical Class
designation shall be reduced on each Distribution Date by the sum of (i) the
amount of any payments on the Class PO Certificates in respect of Class PO
Deferred Amounts and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the
Class Certificate Balances of all
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outstanding Classes of Certificates (after giving effect to the distribution of
principal and the allocation of Realized Losses and Class PO Deferred Amounts
on such Distribution Date) exceeds the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the
following Distribution Date.
(c) Any Realized Loss allocated to a Class of Certificates
or any reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04(a) above shall be allocated among the Certificates of
such Class in proportion to their respective Certificate Balances.
(d) Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Certificate or to
any Component or any reduction in the Certificate Balance of a Certificate,
pursuant to Section 4.04(a) above shall be accomplished by reducing the
Certificate Balance or Component Balance thereof, as applicable, immediately
following the distributions made on the related Distribution Date in
accordance with the definition of "Certificate Balance" or "Component
Balance," as the case may be.
(e) [Reserved]
SECTION 4.05. [Reserved]
SECTION 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
prepare and cause to be forwarded by first class mail to each
Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency a
statement setting forth with respect to the related distribution:
(i) the amount thereof allocable to principal, separately
identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments and
Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest, any Class
Unpaid Interest Amounts included in such distribution and any
remaining Class Unpaid Interest Amounts after giving effect to such
distribution;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be distributable
to such Holders if there were sufficient funds available therefor,
the amount of the shortfall and the allocation thereof as between
principal and interest;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates after giving effect to the distribution of principal on
such Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the following
Distribution Date;
(vi) the Senior Percentage and Subordinated Percentage for the
following Distribution Date;
(vii) the amount of the Excess Master Servicing Fee and
Basic Master Servicing Fees paid to or retained by the Master
Servicer with respect to such Distribution Date;
(viii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of Certificates
with respect to such Distribution Date;
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(ix) the amount of Advances included in the distribution
on such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of Advances
outstanding as of the close of business on such Distribution Date;
(x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of
Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure) (1) 1 to 30 days (2) 31 to 60 days (3) 61 to 90 days and
(4) 91 or more days and (B) in foreclosure and delinquent (1) 1 to 30
days (2) 31 to 60 days (3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more days, as
of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date;
(xi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date
and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xii) the total number and principal balance of any REO
Properties (and market value, if available) as of the close of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the Senior Prepayment Percentage for the following
Distribution Date;
(xiv) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during
the preceding calendar month;
(xv) the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount, the Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount and the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount, in each case
as of the related Determination Date; and
(xvi) with respect to the second Conveyance Period
Distribution Date, the number and aggregate balance of any Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans not delivered within thirty days after the
Closing Date, the Remaining PO Supplemental Amount and the Remaining
Non-PO Supplemental Amount distributed as principal.
The Trustee may make the above information available to Certificateholders via
the Trustee's website at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above
information to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability,
timeliness and accuracy of the information provided by the Master Servicer.
(c) On or before the fifth Business Day following the end of
each Prepayment Period (but in no event later than the third Business Day
prior to the related Distribution Date), the Master Servicer shall deliver to
the Trustee (which delivery may be by electronic data transmission) a report
in substantially the form set forth as Schedule V hereto.
(d) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at
any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii)
of this Section 4.06 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion
thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of
the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to
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the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the
Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
SECTION 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI
Certificates.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of COFI Certificates
for each Interest Accrual Period after the initial Interest Accrual Period
shall be determined by the Trustee as provided below on the basis of the Index
and the applicable formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding to the COFI
Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the Preliminary
Statement.
Except as provided below, with respect to each Interest
Accrual Period following the initial Interest Accrual Period, the Trustee
shall not later than two Business Days following the publication of the
applicable Index determine the Pass-Through Rate at which interest shall
accrue in respect of the COFI Certificates during the related Interest Accrual
Period.
Except as provided below, the Index to be used in
determining the respective Pass-Through Rates for the COFI Certificates for a
particular Interest Accrual Period shall be COFI for the second calendar month
preceding such Interest Accrual Period. If at the Outside Reference Date for
any Interest Accrual Period, COFI for the second calendar month preceding such
Interest Accrual Period has not been published, the Trustee shall use COFI for
the third calendar month preceding such Interest Accrual Period. If COFI for
neither the second nor third calendar months preceding any Interest Accrual
Period has been published on or before the related Outside Reference Date, the
Index for such Interest Accrual Period and for all subsequent Interest Accrual
Periods shall be the National Cost of Funds Index for the third calendar month
preceding such Interest Accrual Period (or the fourth preceding calendar month
if such National Cost of Funds Index for the third preceding calendar month
has not been published by such Outside Reference Date). In the event that the
National Cost of Funds Index for neither the third nor fourth calendar months
preceding an Interest Accrual Period has been published on or before the
related Outside Reference Date, then for such Interest Accrual Period and for
each succeeding Interest Accrual Period, the Index shall be LIBOR, determined
in the manner set forth below.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the COFI
Certificates are outstanding and the applicable Index therefor is LIBOR, the
Trustee shall either (i) request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of
the quotation offered by its principal London office for making one-month
United States dollar deposits in leading banks in the London interbank market,
as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in
lieu of making any such request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that
appear at such time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the
International Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording,
Assumptions and Provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available.
With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for which the
applicable Index is LIBOR, LIBOR for such Interest Accrual Period will be
established by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date as
follows:
(a) If on any Interest Determination Date two or
more Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the
next Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such
offered quotations (rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
If on any Interest Determination Date only one or
none of the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR
for the next Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever
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is the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest
Determination Date or (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve
Interest Rate" shall be the rate per annum which the Trustee
determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month
United States dollar lending rates that New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting, on the relevant Interest Determination
Date, to the principal London offices of at least two of the Reference
Banks to which such quotations are, in the opinion of the Trustee,
being so made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no
such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar lending
rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on
such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
From such time as the applicable Index becomes LIBOR until
all of the COFI Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will at all times
retain at least four Reference Banks for the purposes of determining LIBOR
with respect to each interest Determination Date. The Master Servicer
initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank" shall be
a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be
under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of
business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable
to act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as
Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed
another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of
determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference
Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
In determining LIBOR and any Pass-Through Rate for the COFI
Certificates or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely
and shall be protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether
written, oral or on the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New
York City banks as to LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in
effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City
banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its
inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations
from the Reference Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such
arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this Section 4.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for
the COFI Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error)
be final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the
Trustee.
SECTION 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
(a) On each Interest Determination Date so long as any LIBOR
Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee will determine LIBOR on the basis of
the British Bankers' Association ("BBA") "Interest Settlement Rate" for
one-month deposits in U.S. dollars as found on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m. London time on each LIBOR Determination Date. Interest Settlement Rates
currently are based on rates quoted by sixteen BBA designated banks as being,
in the view of such banks, the offered rate at which deposits are being quoted
to prime banks in the London interbank market. Such Interest Settlement Rates
are calculated by eliminating the four highest rates and the four lowest
rates, averaging the eight remaining rates, carrying the result (expressed as
a percentage) out to six decimal places, and rounding to five decimal places.
"Telerate Page 3750" means the display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Service (formerly the Dow Xxxxx Markets) (or such other page
as may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying
comparable rates or prices.)
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(b) If on any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR cannot be
determined as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 4.08, the Trustee
shall either (i) request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the
quotation offered by its principal London office for making one-month United
States dollar deposits in leading banks in the London interbank market, as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu
of making any such request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that appear
at such time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the International
Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and
Provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available. LIBOR for the
next Interest Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee on each
interest Determination Date as follows:
(i) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
applicable Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of
such offered quotations (rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
(ii) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or
none of the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR
for the next Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher
of (i) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest Determination
Date or (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate"
shall be the rate per annum which the Trustee determines to be either
(i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United States dollar
lending rates that New York City banks selected by the Trustee are
quoting, on the relevant Interest Determination Date, to the
principal London offices of at least two of the Reference Banks to
which such quotations are, in the opinion of the Trustee, being so
made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no such
arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar lending
rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on
such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
(iii) If on any Interest Determination Date the Trustee
is required but is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in
the manner provided in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR for the related
Classes of Certificates shall be LIBOR as determined on the preceding
applicable Interest Determination Date.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee
will at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of
determining LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The Master
Servicer initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank"
shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be
under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of
business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable
to act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as
Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed
another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of
determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference
Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
(c) The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR
Certificates for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the
Trustee on each Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates
are outstanding on the basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in
footnotes corresponding to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the
Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
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In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates, any Interest Settlement Rate, or any Reserve Interest Rate, the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in relying upon the
offered quotations (whether written, oral or on the Dow Xxxxx Markets) from
the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to
LIBOR, the Interest Settlement Rate or the Reserve Interest Rate, as
appropriate, in effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any
liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of
New York City banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or
(ii) its inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such
quotations from, the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York
City banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this
Section 4.08.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for
the LIBOR Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error)
be final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the
Trustee.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms
attached hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered
form, in the minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof
(except that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount
which must be in excess of the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate
denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final
distribution on the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall
make distributions to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record
Date either (x) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
of such holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if (i) such Holder has so notified the Trustee at least five
Business Days prior to the related Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold
(A) a Notional Amount Certificate, (B) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance
of any Class of Certificates or (C) Certificates of any Class with aggregate
principal Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by
first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder
appearing in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the
time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the
Trustee shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the countersignature and
delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless countersigned by the Trustee by
manual signature, and such countersignature upon any Certificate shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been
duly executed and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the
date of their countersignature. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
countersign the Certificates to be issued at the direction of the Depositor,
or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to
facilitate transfers.
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and
(c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates
of the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any
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Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made
for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made
unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt
from the registration requirements under said Act and such state securities
laws. In the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption
from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each
certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in
substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit J (the "Transferor Certificate")
and (i) deliver a letter in substantially the form of either Exhibit K (the
"Investment Letter") or Exhibit L (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall
be delivered to the Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of
Counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the
Securities Act. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private
Certificate and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder,
information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such
other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to
eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate
without registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the
registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee and the Master
Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A
information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing to the
Depositor such information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and
other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably
request to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a
Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made
unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private
Certificate or a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by
the Trustee's receipt of a representation letter from the transferee
substantially in the form of Exhibit K or Exhibit L, or in the event such
Certificate is a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by
the Trustee's receipt of a representation letter from the transferee
substantially in the form of Exhibit I or Exhibit Q), to the effect that such
transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section
406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor
a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the assets
of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, (ii) in the case of a
Certificate that is an ERISA-Restricted Certificate and that has been the
subject of an ERISA Qualifying Underwriting, if the purchaser is an insurance
company, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company which is
purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60 or
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(iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented
for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or
a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable
provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any
other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement, or using such
plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the
purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in a
prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code,
will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan
assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the
Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those
expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that
is not a Private Certificate or a Residual Certificate, in the event the
representation letter referred to in the preceding sentence is not so
furnished, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the
Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial acquiror's) acceptance of
the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to
or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code
without the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to
the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but
not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is
in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due
on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with
respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the
transfer was registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing
requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following
provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee
and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending
change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may
be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if
it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
Transferee.
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(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Residual Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set
forth in this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable
portions of the legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect
to Transfers occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Seller or the Master Servicer, to the effect that the elimination
of such restrictions will not cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the
imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on
an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is
not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and
opinions referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer
shall be at the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates
shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its
nominee and at all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be
transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository
shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and
with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii)
ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the
books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by
the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating
firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this
Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon
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information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to
indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect
participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry
Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by
the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate
Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates
of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the
Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or
the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (y) the Depositor at
its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Depository or (z) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the
Certificate Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee
and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the
best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such
event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates
(the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same.
Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for
registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the
Master Servicer, the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
in delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Master Servicer shall
provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate
the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or
to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the
Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided that the
Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations become
liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the Depository.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the
Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to
the Master Servicer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, countersign and deliver, in exchange for
or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new
Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with
the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Any
replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute
complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the Master
Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is
registered as the owner of such Certificate for the
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purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names
and Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such
information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such
Certificateholders desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with
respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and
(c) provide a copy of the communication which such Certificateholders propose
to transmit, or if the Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such
information in writing from the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten
Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or such Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the
most recent list of the Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the
Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the
Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its
expense an office or offices or agency or agencies in New York City where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The
Trustee will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any
change in such location of any such office or agency.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and
the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable
in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and
respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer will each keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of
the United States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will each
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the
Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer
may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party,
or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as
the case may be, 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 to the Master Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage
loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, FNMA or FHLMC.
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Certificateholders 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
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any such Person from any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor,
the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and
held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental
taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense related to any
specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability
or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. None of the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be under
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any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not
incidental to its respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that any of the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake
any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this
Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses
and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the
Seller and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out
of the Certificate Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations
and duties hereby imposed on it except (a) upon appointment of a successor
servicer and receipt by the Trustee of a letter from each Rating Agency that
such a resignation and appointment will not result in a downgrading of the
rating of any of the Certificates or (b) upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such
determination under clause (b) permitting the resignation of the Master
Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered
to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until the Trustee
or a successor master servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's
responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of
the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the
Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee any payment required to
be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall
continue unremedied for five days after the date upon which written
notice of such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer
by the Trustee or the Depositor or to the Master Servicer and the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having not less than 25% of
the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or
agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in this
Agreement, which failure materially affects the rights of
Certificateholders, that failure continues unremedied for a period of
60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall
have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the
Depositor, or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates; provided, however, that the sixty-day
cure period shall not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage
File for Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the failure to substitute
or repurchase in lieu thereof; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its
affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such
decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed
for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment
of a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Master Servicer or all or substantially all of the
property of the Master Servicer; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a
petition to take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under,
any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend
payment of its obligations.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) to (v) of
this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as
such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at the
direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of
the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates, the Trustee shall by notice
in writing to the Master Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other
than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On and after the receipt by
the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the
Master Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. The Trustee shall
thereupon make any Advance
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which the Master Servicer failed to make subject to Section 4.01 hereof
whether or not the obligations of the Master Servicer have been terminated
pursuant to this Section. The Trustee is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments,
and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to
effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the
transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related
documents, or otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no
such termination shall affect any obligation of the Master Servicer to pay
amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate
with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the
transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall at the time be
credited to the Certificate Account, or thereafter be received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the
Master Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive,
out of any late collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was
due prior to the notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and
obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that
portion thereof to which such Master Servicer would have been entitled
pursuant to Sections 3.08(a)(i) through (viii),and any other amounts payable
to such Master Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice
of termination pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, subject to
and to the extent provided in Section 3.04, be the successor to the Master
Servicer in its capacity as master servicer under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master
Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law including the
obligation to make Advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As compensation
therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage
Loans that the Master Servicer would have been entitled to charge to the
Certificate Account or Distribution Account if the Master Servicer had
continued to act hereunder; provided, however, that neither the Trustee nor
any other successor to Countrywide as Master Servicer shall be entitled to
receive the Excess Master Servicing Fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Trustee has become the successor to the Master Servicer in accordance with
Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or
shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to
Section 4.01 hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established
mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of which does not
adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating
Agency as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of
all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master
Servicer hereunder. Any successor to the Master Servicer shall be an
institution which is a FNMA and FHLMC approved seller/servicer in good
standing, which has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, and which is willing
to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Depositor and
the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, which
contains an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties,
responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer (other
than liabilities of the Master Servicer under Section 6.03 hereof incurred
prior to termination of the Master Servicer under Section 7.01), with like
effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; and provided
further that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the
Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation
will not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and
delegation. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so
acting, shall, subject to Section 3.04 hereof, act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Trustee may make such
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arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such
compensation shall be in excess of the Basic Master Servicing Fee permitted
the Master Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take
such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor
master servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of
any failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or
any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any
duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of
the Master Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or
providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer
shall give notice to the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall,
during the term of its service as master servicer maintain in force the policy
or policies that the Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to
Section 3.09.
In connection with the termination or resignation of the
Master Servicer hereunder, either (i) the successor Master Servicer, including
the Trustee if the Trustee is acting as successor Master 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 predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the
successor Master Servicer either (x) in causing MERS to execute and deliver an
assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS
to the Trustee and to execute and deliver such other notices, documents and
other instruments as may be necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of
such Mortgage Loan or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System to
the successor Master Servicer or (y) in causing MERS to designate on the
MERS(R) System the successor Master Servicer as the servicer of such Mortgage
Loan. The predecessor Master Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such
assignment in the appropriate recording office. The successor Master Servicer
shall cause such assignment to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon
receipt of the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified
by the public recording office in which such assignment was recorded.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to
the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice
of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains
uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine
whether they are in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any
such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or
other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee shall
have occurred and be continuing, the duties and obligations of the
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement against the Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement which it believed in good faith to be genuine and to have
been duly executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters
arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be finally proven that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of Certificates relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, appraisal,
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bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the
Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the
genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial
advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial
advisers or accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken
or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing so to do by Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of
Certificates;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, accountants or attorneys;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend
its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any
investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer
of the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of an Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof; and
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or
to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in
relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the
Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or
thereby.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or
Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall
be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement
or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document or of MERS
or the MERS System other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
counter-signature of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor or the Master Servicer of any
funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage
Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Certificate Account by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer.
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SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would
have if it were not the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee, as compensation for its activities hereunder,
shall be entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Account on each
Distribution Date an amount equal to the Trustee Fee for such Distribution
Date. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee
shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer and held harmless against any
loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees) (i) incurred
in connection with any claim or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement,
(b) the Certificates or (c) in connection with the performance of any of the
Trustee's duties hereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance
of any of the Trustee's duties hereunder or incurred by reason of any action
of the Trustee taken at the direction of the Certificateholders and (ii)
resulting from any error in any tax or information return prepared by the
Master Servicer. Such indemnity shall survive the termination of this
Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee hereunder. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Master Servicer covenants and agrees, except as
otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Depositor and the Trustee, and except
for any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from the Trustee's
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, to pay or reimburse the Trustee,
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement with
respect to: (A) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the
Certificates, (B) the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of
any accountant, engineer or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the
Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage such persons to perform
acts or services hereunder and (C) printing and engraving expenses in
connection with preparing any Definitive Certificates. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Trustee shall not be entitled to payment or reimbursement
for any routine ongoing expenses incurred by the Trustee in the ordinary
course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, Tax Matters Person or Paying Agent
hereunder or for any other expenses.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the
United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a
credit rating which would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce
their respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided
such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 hereof. The entity
serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the
Depositor and its affiliates or the Master Servicer and its affiliates;
provided, however, that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Master
Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master
Servicer.
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SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from
the trusts hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days
before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.08, such
resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and shall fail to resign
after written request thereto by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state
in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and the imposition of such
tax would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee, then the
Depositor or the Master Servicer may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be
delivered to the Master Servicer and one copy to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such
Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which
instruments shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master
Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to
the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be
given to each Rating Agency by the successor trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 8.08 hereof.
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07
hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its
predecessor trustee and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the
like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more
fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such
rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and its
appointment shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the
Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates.
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If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof without the execution
or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at
any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any
Mortgage Note may at the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee
acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof,
whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to
make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
8.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee
or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of
this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of
the Trustee under this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the
Master Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations (including the holding of title to the applicable
Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or
co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable
by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and
such appointment shall not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute
any such separate trustee or co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
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(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(iv) The Master Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall be
liable for the payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and
indemnification to any such separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and
co-trustees, when and as effectively as if given to each of them. Every
instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this
Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with
the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either
jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to
all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision
of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed
with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the
Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or
in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be
removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall
vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law,
without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 8.11. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any
REMIC election is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall
constitute, and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be
such as to qualify such assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit"
as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of
such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent
(and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of any such
REMIC and that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be
prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with
respect to any such REMIC, containing such information and at the times and in
the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws,
regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make
or cause to be made elections that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as
and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original
issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information
necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or other middleman)
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of a Non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a
Non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the reasonable
cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the Person
liable for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are under its control
conduct matters relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are
outstanding so as to maintain the status as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of either REMIC status; (h) pay,
from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.11, the
amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes as
described below, imposed on any such REMIC prior to its termination when and
as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent
the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in
appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or
information returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may
be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws,
regulations or rules; (j) maintain records relating to any such REMIC,
including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities
thereof and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined
at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to
prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k)
as and when necessary and appropriate, represent any such REMIC in any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by
any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to
any taxable year of any such REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of any such REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of any such REMIC in
relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all information or data
that the Trustee requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax
purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including,
without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash
flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor
shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such
additional information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time,
reasonably request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any
errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any failure of the
Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information or data
to the Trustee on a timely basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of any REMIC hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the
Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of such REMIC as defined
in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to any REMIC hereunder
after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other
tax is imposed, including, without limitation, any minimum tax imposed upon
any REMIC hereunder pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California
Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such
tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or
results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this
Agreement, (ii) the Master Servicer, in the case of any such minimum tax, or
if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer or
Seller of any of their obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the Seller, if
any such tax arises out of or results from the Seller's obligation to
repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or (iv) in all
other cases, or in the event that the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the
Seller fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i),(ii) or
(iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to
the Certificateholders, as provided in Section 3.08(b).
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SECTION 8.12. Periodic Filings.
Pursuant to written instructions from the Depositor, the
Trustee shall prepare, execute and file all periodic reports required under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in conformity with the terms of the relief
granted to the Depositor in CWMBS, Inc. (February 3, 1994), a copy of which
has been supplied to the Trustee by the Depositor. In connection with the
preparation and filing of such periodic reports, the Depositor and the Master
Servicer shall timely provide to the Trustee all material information
available to them which is required to be included in such reports and not
known to them to be in the possession of the Trustee and such other
information as the Trustee reasonably may request from either of them and
otherwise reasonably shall cooperate with the Trustee. The Trustee shall have
no liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such
periodic reports resulting from or relating to the Trustee's inability or
failure to obtain any information not resulting from its own negligence or
willful misconduct.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of
all Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee created
hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a)
the purchase by the Master Servicer of all Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties)
remaining in the Trust Fund at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan plus one month's accrued
interest thereon at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate and (ii) the lesser
of (x) the appraised value of any REO Property as determined by the higher of
two appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the Master
Servicer at the expense of the Master Servicer and (y) the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any REO Property, in each case plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate
and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance
with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund
and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant
to this Agreement. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond
the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor
of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United
States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the
Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The Master Servicer shall have the right to purchase all
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) in
the preceding paragraph of this Section 9.01 only on or after the date on
which the Master Servicer determines that the customary and reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in the performance of the Master Servicer of its
servicing obligations hereunder exceed the benefits accruing to the Master
Servicer; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer
exercise its right to purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in the
Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) in the preceding paragraph of this Section
9.01 before the date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance, at the time
of any such repurchase, is less than or equal to ten percent (10%) of the
aggregate Initial Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans
and the Supplemental Amount on the Closing Date.
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines
that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in
the Trust Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master
Servicer shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a final distribution notice
to each Certificateholder. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the
Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days prior to
the date notice is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Master
Servicer intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase
price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier
than the 10th day and no later than the 15th day of the month next preceding
the month of such final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the
Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be
made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the amount of
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such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which such
presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the Record Date otherwise
applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being
made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office
therein specified. The Master Servicer will give such notice to each Rating
Agency at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.
In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall
cause all funds in the Certificate Account to be remitted to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the
applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in
respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust
Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for
the Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the
Trustee shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class,
in each case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in
Section 4.02, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with
respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to
each Class of Regular Certificates, the Certificate Balance thereof plus (a)
accrued interest thereon (or on their Notional Amount, if applicable) in the
case of an interest bearing Certificate and (b) any Class PO Deferred Amounts
in the case of Class PO Certificates, and (ii) as to the Residual
Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the Distribution
Account (other than the amounts retained to meet claims) after application
pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not
surrender Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class A-R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject
hereto.
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase
option as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has
been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Master
Servicer, to the effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of
this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" on any REMIC as defined in section 860F of the Code,
or (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding:
(1) Within 90 days prior to the final
Distribution Date set forth in the notice given by
the Master Servicer under Section 9.02, the Master
Servicer shall prepare and the Trustee, at the
expense of the "tax matters person," shall adopt a
plan of complete liquidation within the meaning of
section 860F(a)(4) of the Code which, as evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not
be an expense of the Trustee or the Tax Matters
Person), meets the requirements of a qualified
liquidation; and
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(2) Within 90 days after the time of
adoption of such a plan of complete liquidation,
the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the
Trust Fund to the Master Servicer for cash in
accordance with Section 9.01.
(b) The Trustee as agent for any REMIC hereby agrees to
adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of
the Master Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in
Section 9.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as
may be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders
thereof hereby authorize the Master Servicer to prepare and the Trustee to
adopt and sign a plan of complete liquidation.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of
the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct
any defective provision herein or to supplement any provision herein which may
be inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer, (iv) to add any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v) to
modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions
contained in this Agreement; provided that any action pursuant to clauses (iv)
or (v) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund),
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder; provided, however, that the amendment shall not be deemed
to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter
from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the
Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of
itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment that
significantly changes the permitted activities of the trust created by this
Agreement may be made without the consent of a Majority in Interest of each
Class of Certificates affected by such amendment. The Trustee, the Depositor
and the Master Servicer also may at any time and from time to time amend this
Agreement without the consent of the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate
or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or
helpful to (i) maintain the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC under the
Code, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any
REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the
final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other
requirements of the Code, provided that the Trustee has been provided an
Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting
such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to, as
applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk
of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of
the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of a Majority in Interest of each Class of Certificates affected thereby for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in
a manner other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests
aggregating 66%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the
Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement,
the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it
shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment
will not cause the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or the
Certificateholders or cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that any Certificates are outstanding.
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Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this
Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to
each Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing
the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter
into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall
not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, satisfactory to the
Trustee that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this
Agreement and that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been
complied with; and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the
conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required
to be reached pursuant to this Section 10.01.
SECTION 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other
comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the
Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office
or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense, but only upon direction by the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially
affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this
Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and
(ii) Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as,
an absolute sale thereof to the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of
the parties that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the
event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to
be the property of the Seller or Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any
other reason this Agreement or any Supplemental Transfer Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in either such assets, then (i) this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement (within the meaning of
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York) with respect to all such
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assets and security interests and (ii) the conveyances provided for in this
Agreement or any Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be deemed to be an
assignment and a grant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (i) by the
Seller to the Depositor or (ii) by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets
that constitute the Trust Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Seller and the Depositor for the benefit of the
Certificateholders shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the Trust Fund, such security interest would
be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under
applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly
provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of
which it has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or
the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant
to Section 2.03; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
6. Any rating action involving the long-term credit rating
of the Master Servicer , which notice shall be made by first-class mail within
two Business Days after the Trustee gains actual knowledge thereof.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each
Rating Agency copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section
4.06;
2. Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.16;
3. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.17; and
4. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by first
class mail, by courier or by facsimile transmission to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, CWMBS, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
facsimile
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number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, (b) in the case
of the Master Servicer, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000, Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the
Depositor and the Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing, (c) in the case
of the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Mortgage-Backed
Securities Group Series 2001-14, or such other address as the Trustee may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor or Master Servicer and (d) in the case of
the Rating Agencies, the address specified therefor in the definition
corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders
shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their
respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed 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 or of the Certificates or the rights of the
Holders thereof.
SECTION 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
except as provided in Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Master Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and
Depositor.
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle
such Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting
or to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition
or winding up of the trust created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates
be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be
under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the
parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by
availing itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit,
action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
herein provided, and unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have
made written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs,
expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee,
for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted
by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee,
that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of
this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of
any other of
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the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of
all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall
be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice,
it will permit and will cause each Subservicer to permit any representative of
the Depositor or the Trustee during the Master Servicer's normal business
hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers
of the Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified
public accountants selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its
officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision
the Master Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to discuss with such
representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense
incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under
this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection; all
other such expenses shall be borne by the Master Servicer or the related
Subservicer.
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that
Certificate-holders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the
Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund represented by the
Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason whatsoever, and that the
Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 10.11. [Reserved].
SECTION 10.12. Protection of Assets.
(a) Except for transactions and activities entered into in
connection with the securitization that is the subject of this Agreement, the
Trust Fund created by this Agreement is not authorized and has no power to:
(i) borrow money or issue debt;
(ii) merge with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or
sell assets; or
(iii) engage in any business or activities.
(b) Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will not
file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund
or initiate any other form of insolvency proceeding until after the
Certificates have been paid.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Seller
and the Master Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
CWMBS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X'Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X'Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
as Seller and Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Delivered at Closing to Trustee]
SCHEDULE II
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2001-14
Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer
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Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes
the representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the
Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein,
as of the Cut-off Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in
this Schedule II shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as seller and master servicer,
CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Countrywide is duly organized as a New York
corporation and is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of New York and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Countrywide in any state in
which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required
under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event,
is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to
the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage
Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to perform any of its other
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof.
(2) Countrywide has the full corporate power and
authority to sell and service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Countrywide the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Countrywide, enforceable against Countrywide in
accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership
and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and
(b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms
of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by Countrywide, the sale and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans by Countrywide under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions
contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or
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compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course of
business of Countrywide and will not (A) result in a material breach
of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of Countrywide
or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach,
violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default
under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to
which Countrywide is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C)
constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation
applicable to Countrywide of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
Countrywide; and Countrywide is not in breach or violation of any
material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in
violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair
Countrywide's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) Countrywide is an approved servicer of
conventional mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC and is a mortgagee
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.
(5) No litigation is pending or, to the best of
Countrywide's knowledge, threatened, against Countrywide that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability
of Countrywide to sell or service the Mortgage Loans or to perform
any of its other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by Countrywide of, or compliance
by Countrywide with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such
consent, approval, authorization or order is required, Countrywide
has obtained the same.
(7) Countrywide intends to treat the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Mortgage Loans
for all tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
(8) The Master Servicer is a member of MERS in good
standing, and 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.
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SCHEDULE III
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2001-14
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans
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Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes
the representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule III to the
Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein,
with respect to the Initial Cut-off Date and with respect to the Supplemental
Mortgage Loan, as of the Supplemental Transfer Date. Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined in this Schedule III shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series, among
Countrywide, as seller and master servicer, CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and The
Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) The information set forth on Schedule I to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan is
true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
(2) As of the Closing Date, all payments due with
respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan prior to the Initial Cut-off
Date have been made; and as of the Initial Cut-off Date, no Mortgage
Loan has been contractually delinquent for 30 or more days during the
twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. As of each Supplemental
Transfer Date, all payments due with respect to each related
Supplemental Mortgage Loan prior to the related Supplemental Cut-off
Date will have been made; and as of each Supplemental Cut-off Date,
no related Supplemental Mortgage Loan will have been contractually
delinquent for 30 or more days during the twelve months prior to that
Supplemental Cut-off Date.
(3) No Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination in excess of 95%.
(4) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property subject only to (a) the lien of non
delinquent current real property taxes and assessments, (b)
covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and
other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such
Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record being acceptable to
mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in
the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related
Mortgage Loan, and (c) other matters to which like properties are
commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits
of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage.
(5) Immediately prior to the assignment of each
Mortgage Loan to the Depositor, the Seller had good title to, and was
the sole owner of, such Mortgage Loan
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free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest
and had full right and authority, subject to no interest or
participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and
assign the same pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(6) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien
against any Mortgaged Property.
(7) There is no valid offset, defense or
counterclaim to any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the
obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or
interest on such Mortgage Note.
(8) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for
work, labor or material affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or
may be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage,
except those which are insured against by the title insurance policy
referred to in item (12) below.
(9) As of the Closing Date with respect to the
Initial Mortgage Loans and as of the Supplemental Transfer Date with
respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans, to the best of the
Seller's knowledge, each Mortgaged Property is free of material
damage and in good repair.
(10) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in
all material respects with applicable state and federal laws,
including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real
estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws,
and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
involve the violation of any such laws.
(11) As of the Closing Date in the case of the
Initial Mortgage Loans and as of the related Supplemental Transfer
Date with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans, neither the
Seller nor any prior holder of any Mortgage has modified the Mortgage
in any material respect (except that a Mortgage Loan may have been
modified by a written instrument which has been recorded or submitted
for recordation, if necessary, to protect the interests of the
Certificateholders and the original or a copy of which has been
delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated such
Mortgage in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property
in whole or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any
instrument of release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction
with respect thereto.
(12) A lender's policy of title insurance together
with a condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if
applicable, in an amount at least equal to the Cut-off Date Stated
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment (binder)
to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of
each Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full
force and effect, and each such policy was issued by a title insurer
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located and acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC and is in a form
acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, which policy insures the Seller and
successor owners of indebtedness secured by the insured Mortgage, as
to the first priority lien of the
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Mortgage subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph (4) above;
to the best of the Seller's knowledge, no claims have been made under
such mortgage title insurance policy and no prior holder of the
related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission,
anything which would impair the coverage of such mortgage title
insurance policy.
(13) Each Mortgage Loan was originated (within the
meaning of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended) by an entity that satisfied at the time of origination
the requirements of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
(14) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all of
the improvements which were included for the purpose of determining
the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of such property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property.
(15) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no
improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation. To the best of
the Seller's knowledge, 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, unless the lack thereof would not have a
material adverse effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property, and
the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law.
(16) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and under
applicable law. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all parties to
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and Mortgage
have been duly and properly executed by such parties.
(17) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances
thereunder and any and all requirements as to completion of any
on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursements of any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and
expenses incurred in making, or closing or recording the Mortgage
Loans were paid.
(18) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case
of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
(19) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to
serve as such, has been properly designated and
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currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to the
trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's
sale after default by the Mortgagor.
(20) Each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage is in
substantially one of the forms acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, with such
riders as have been acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, as the case may be.
(21) There exist no deficiencies with respect to
escrow deposits and payments, if such are required, for which
customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made, and
no escrow deposits or payments of other charges or payments due the
Seller have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the related
Mortgage Note.
(22) The origination, underwriting and collection
practices used by the Seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan have
been in all respects legal, prudent and customary in the mortgage
lending and servicing business.
(23) There is no pledged account or other security
other than real estate securing the Mortgagor's obligations.
(24) No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation
feature, or other contingent interest feature.
(25) Each Mortgage Loan contains a customary "due on
sale" clause.
(26) 46 of the Mortgage Loans provide for a
prepayment penalty.
(27) Each Mortgage Loan which had a Loan-to-Value
Ratio at origination in excess of 80% is the subject of a Primary
Insurance Policy that insures that portion of the principal balance
equal to a specified percentage times the sum of the remaining
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, the accrued interest
thereon and the related foreclosure expenses. The specified
percentage is either 12% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 80.01% and
85.00%, 25% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 85.01% and 90.00%, 30%
for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 90.01% and 97.00% and 35% for
Loan-to-Value Ratios between 97.01% and 100%. Each such Primary
Insurance Policy is issued by a Qualified Insurer. All provisions of
any such Primary Insurance Policy have been and are being complied
with, any such policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums
due thereunder have been paid. Any Mortgage subject to any such
Primary Insurance Policy obligates either the Mortgagor or the
mortgagee thereunder to maintain such insurance and to pay all
premiums and charges in connection therewith, subject, in each case,
to the provisions of Section 3.09(b) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Mortgage Rate for each Mortgage Loan is net of any
such insurance premium.
(28) As of the Cut-off Date, the improvements upon
each Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard
insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides
for fire and extended coverage and coverage for 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) the maximum
insurable value of the
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improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of
(a) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and
(b) an amount such that the proceeds of such policy shall be
sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee
from becoming a co-insurer. If the Mortgaged Property is a
condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded by a
blanket policy for the condominium unit. All such individual
insurance policies and all flood policies referred to in item (29)
below contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller or the
original mortgagee, and its successors in interest, as mortgagee, and
the Seller has received no notice that any premiums due and payable
thereon have not been paid; the Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain all such insurance including flood insurance
at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and upon the Mortgagor's failure
to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and
maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to
seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor.
(29) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance
policy in a form meeting the requirements of the current guidelines
of the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to
such Mortgaged Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an
amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the
original outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the
minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a
replacement cost basis, or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that
is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended.
(30) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is
no proceeding occurring, pending or threatened for the total or
partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property.
(31) There is no material monetary default existing
under any Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note and, to the best of
the Seller's knowledge, there is no material event which, with the
passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or
cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and
the Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration.
(32) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a one-
to four-family residential dwelling including condominium units and
dwelling units in PUDs, which, to the best of Seller's knowledge,
does not include cooperatives or mobile homes and does not constitute
other than real property under state law.
(33) Each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the
Master Servicer.
(34) 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 Mortgage Loan Schedule. The consolidated principal
amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan. The
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Mortgage Note does not permit or obligate the Master Servicer to
make future advances to the Mortgagor at the option of the Mortgagor.
(35) All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or
ground rents 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. Except for (A) payments in
the nature of escrow payments, and (B) interest accruing from the
date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage
proceeds, whichever is later, to the day which precedes by one month
the Due Date of the first installment of principal and interest,
including without limitation, taxes and insurance payments, the
Master Servicer has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or
knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the
Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount
required by the Mortgage.
(36) Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in all
material respects in accordance with the Seller's underwriting
guidelines as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
(37) Other than with respect to any Streamlined
Documentation Mortgage Loan as to which the loan-to-value ratio of
the related Original Mortgage Loan was less than 90% at the time of
the origination of such Original Mortgage Loan, prior to the approval
of the Mortgage Loan application, an appraisal of the related
Mortgaged Property was obtained from a qualified appraiser, duly
appointed by the originator, 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; such appraisal is in a form
acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC.
(38) None of the Initial Mortgage Loans is a
graduated payment mortgage loan or a growing equity mortgage loan,
and none of the Mortgage Loans is subject to a buydown or similar
arrangement.
(39) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan
has a term of not less than five years in excess of the term of the
related Mortgage Loan.
(40) The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the
outstanding fixed-rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in
Countrywide's portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the
representations and warranties made as to the Mortgage Loans set
forth in this Schedule III can be made. Such selection was not made
in a manner intended to adversely affect the interests of
Certificateholders.
(41) Except for 179 Initial Mortgage Loans, each
Mortgage Loan has a payment date on or before the Due Date in the
month of the first Distribution Date.
(42) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which
an affidavit has been delivered to the Trustee certifying that the
original Mortgage Note is a Lost Mortgage Note, if such Mortgage Loan
is subsequently in default, the enforcement of such
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Mortgage Loan or of the related Mortgage by or on behalf of the
Trustee will not be materially adversely affected by the absence of
the original Mortgage Note. A "Lost Mortgage Note" is a Mortgage Note
the original of which was permanently lost or destroyed and has not
been replaced.
(43) The Mortgage Loans, individually and in the
aggregate, conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Prospectus Supplement.
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SCHEDULE IV
Principal Balances Schedule
[if applicable]
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SENIOR CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage
loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to
four-family residential properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
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Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ____________________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing
the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate
Balances of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs)
in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting
primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor").
The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor,
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and
as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By_______________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES
AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE
TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS _______, 200 . THE
INITIAL PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS _____%. ASSUMING
THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF ____% PER
ANNUM (THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH
$_____ OF OID PER $1,000 OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE;
THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE
ACCRUAL OF OID IS APPROXIMATELY ______% (COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF
OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS $_____ PER $1,000 OF THE
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE COMPUTED USING THE MONTHLY YIELD
AND DAILY COMPOUNDING DURING THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD. NO REPRESENTATION IS
MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY MAY DIFFER FROM
THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID WILL BE ADJUSTED, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS WHICH HAVE
OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS INTENDED TO
BE THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE
CODE.]
[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY ONLY BE MADE IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPTED
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
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NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR DELIVERS TO THE
TRUSTEE AN ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S
ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S
ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS.] NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO
THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ________________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off
Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer
(in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
[No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is
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exempt from the registration requirements under said Act and such laws. In the
event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from
the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each
certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the
event that such a transfer is to be made within three years from the date of
the initial issuance of Certificates pursuant hereto, there shall also be
delivered (except in the case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the
Securities Act) to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be
made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state
securities laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be obtained at the expense
of the Trustee, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder
hereof desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to,
indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor against any liability that may result
if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such
federal and state laws.]
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation [letter] from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan,
which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Master Servicer, (ii) if certificate has been the subject of an ERISA
Qualifying Underwriting and the purchaser is an insurance company, a
representation that the purchaser is an insurance company which is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general
account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of
such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii)
in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration in the name of
an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such
plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that
the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in a prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not
result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and
subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and
will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Master Servicer. [Such representation shall be deemed to have
been made to the Trustee by the Transferee's acceptance of a Certificate of
this Class and by a beneficial owner's acceptance of its interest in a
Certificate of this Class.] Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate of this Class to or on behalf
of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be
void and of no effect.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By_________________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE "TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST" ISSUED
UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION BY THE
TRANSFEREE OF THE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER SUCH AGREEMENT.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR AN ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATION AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER
OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO
ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on
one- to four-family residential properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Denomination of this
Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances of all Certificates
of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans
deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in
such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained
by the Trustee in New York, New York.
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No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan,
which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any such Class A-R Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on
behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Class
A-R Certificate will not result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not result in the assets of the
Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited
transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject the Trustee
or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in
this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of
an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the opinion
of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of
no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not
limited to the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted
Transferee, (ii) no Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be
transferred without delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the
proposed transferee and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of
such documents to be in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must
agree to require a transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to
the Trustee as required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or
acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not
to transfer an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has
actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee
and (v) any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this
Class A-R Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely
null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF NOTIONAL AMOUNT CERTIFICATE]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY
DISTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE
TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS _______, 200_. THE
INITIAL PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS ____%. ASSUMING THAT
THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF __% PER ANNUM
(THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH $_______
OF OID ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE; THE ANNUAL YIELD TO
MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF OID IS
APPROXIMATELY _____% (COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE
SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS $_____ ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED PRINCIPAL
BALANCE; AND THE METHOD USED TO CALCULATE THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY AND THE
AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS THE EXACT METHOD
AS DEFINED IN PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT
THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OR
AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY MAY DIFFER FROM THAT SET FORTH
ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID WILL BE ADJUSTED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING
ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS INTENDED TO BE THE PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE CODE.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR DELIVERS TO THE
TRUSTEE AN ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S
ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S
ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS.] NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO
THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Notional Amount
of this Certificate
("Denomination") :
Initial Notional Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class :
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither
this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate specified above in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in
such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By__________________________________
Countersigned:
By_________________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee [Reserved]
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EXHIBIT E
[Form of Reverse of Certificates]
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the "Certificates"),
and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by
the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the
Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any
liability under the Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations
of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the
applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be
distributed to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date
applicable to each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month
next preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any
time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent
by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate
issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof
whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The
Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
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As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency
maintained by the Trustee in New York, New York, accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates
are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee and
any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance
is less than 10% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will have the option to repurchase, in
whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a purchase price determined as
provided in the Agreement. In the event that no such optional termination
occurs, the obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will
terminate upon the later of the maturity or other liquidation (or any advance
with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or
the disposition of all property in respect thereof and the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to the
Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust created by the Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor
of the descendants living at the date of the Agreement of a certain person
named in the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto __________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_______________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to, _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of __________________________________________________________,
account number ________________________, or, if mailed by check, to __________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ____________________________________,
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ______________________________________,
the assignee named above, or _________________________________________________,
as its agent.
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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 who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he executed the foregoing instrument.
_________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(INITIAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
___________________
___________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to each Initial Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full
or listed on the attached schedule) it has received:
(i) (a) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form:
"Pay to the order of __________, without recourse" or (b) with respect to any
Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be
included in a blanket assignment or assignments).
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Initial
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Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Initial
Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(SUPPLEMENTAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
____________________
____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
-------------------------------------------------
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") and the
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, dated as of [month] ____, 2001, the
undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to each Supplemental
Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any
Supplemental Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the attached schedule) it
has received:
(i) (a) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form:
"Pay to the order of __________, without recourse" or (b) with respect to any
Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be
included in a blanket assignment or assignments).
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the
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Supplemental Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii)
the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Supplemental Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
F-2-2
EXHIBIT G-1
FORM OF DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION (INITIAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
_____________________
_____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
--------------------------------------------------
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to
the above-referenced series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto
(the "Schedule A"), delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on the Closing
Date in accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). The undersigned
hereby certifies that, as to each Delay Delivery Initial Mortgage Loan listed
on Schedule A attached hereto (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in
full or listed on Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit
from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the
case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage
Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of
the MIN of the Initial Mortgage Loan and language indicating
that the Initial Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Initial
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, with evidence of recording
indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by
the public recording office in which such Mortgage has been
recorded];
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(iii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to
"The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 2001, without
recourse", or, in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan with
respect to property located in the State of California that is
not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the
Mortgage in blank (each such assignment, when duly and
validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient to
effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof, under the Mortgage to which such assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of
such Mortgage [(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of
each MERS Mortgage Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon if recordation thereof is
permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy or
a printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders
thereto or, in the event such original title policy has not
been received from the insurer, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original
title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title
company, with the original policy of title insurance to be
delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in
lieu thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment
or assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by the Seller,
the applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of
such Initial Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy
of the original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Initial Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv),
(v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately
reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any
of the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT G-2
FORM OF DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION (SUPPLEMENTAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
__________________
__________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
--------------------------------------------------
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to
the above-referenced series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto
(the "Schedule A"), delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on [month] __,
2001 (such date being the related "Supplemental Transfer Date" in accordance
with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). The undersigned hereby certifies that, as
to each Delay Delivery Supplemental Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule A
attached hereto (other than any Supplemental Mortgage Loan paid in full or
listed on Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit
from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in
the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the
presence of the MIN of the Supplemental Mortgage Loan and
language indicating that the Supplemental Mortgage Loan is a
MOM Loan if the Supplemental Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan,
with evidence of recording
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indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the
public recording office in which such Mortgage has been
recorded];
(iii) in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the
Mortgage to "The Bank of New York, as trustee under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 2001,
without recourse", or, in the case of each Supplemental
Mortgage Loan with respect to property located in the State
of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in
recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of
and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which such assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of
such Mortgage [(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of
each MERS Mortgage Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon if recordation thereof is
permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy or
a printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders
thereto or, in the event such original title policy has not
been received from the insurer, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original
title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title
company, with the original policy of title insurance to be
delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in
lieu thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment
or assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by the Seller,
the applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of
such Supplemental Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete
copy of the original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for
recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Supplemental Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i),
(iv), (v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the "Mortgage
Loan Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage
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File of any of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan
Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or
(ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any
such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT H-1
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(INITIAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
______________________
______________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
--------------------------------------------------
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Initial Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full
or listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit
from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the
case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage
Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of
the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating that
the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a
MOM Loan, with evidence of recording
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indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the
public recording office in which such Mortgage has been
recorded];
(iii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to
"The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 2001, without
recourse", or, in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan with
respect to property located in the State of California that
is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of
the Mortgage in blank (each such assignment, when duly and
validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient to
effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof, under the Mortgage to which such assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of
such Mortgage [(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of
each Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon if recordation thereof is
permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy or
a printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders
thereto or, in the event such original title policy has not
been received from the insurer, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original
title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title
company, with the original policy of title insurance to be
delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Initial Mortgage Loan that
is not a MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded
Mortgage or all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the
requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has
received, in lieu thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or
such assignment or assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified
by the Seller, the applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the
originator of such Initial Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and
complete copy of the original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for
recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Initial Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv),
(v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately
reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and
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Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the
validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Initial Mortgage Loans
identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower
Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the collectibility,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Initial Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(SUPPLEMENTAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
___________________
___________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
-------------------------------------------------
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Supplemental Mortgage Loan listed
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Supplemental Mortgage Loan paid
in full or listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit
from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in
the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the
presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language
indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan,
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with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of
the Mortgage certified by the public recording office in
which such Mortgage has been recorded];
(iii) in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the
Mortgage to "The Bank of New York, as trustee under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 2001,
without recourse", or, in the case of each Supplemental
Mortgage Loan with respect to property located in the State
of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in
recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of
and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which such assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of
such Mortgage [(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of
each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage
Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon if recordation thereof is
permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy or
a printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders
thereto or, in the event such original title policy has not
been received from the insurer, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original
title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title
company, with the original policy of title insurance to be
delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Supplemental Mortgage Loan
that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original
recorded Mortgage or all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage
satisfying the requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the
Trustee has received, in lieu thereof, a true and complete copy of such
Mortgage and/or such assignment or assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable,
each certified by the Seller, the applicable title company, escrow agent or
attorney, or the originator of such Supplemental Mortgage Loan, as the case
may be, to be a true and complete copy of the original Mortgage or assignment
of Mortgage submitted for recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Supplemental Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i),
(iv), (v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the "Mortgage
Loan Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and
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Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the
validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Supplemental Mortgage
Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower
Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the collectibility,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Supplemental Mortgage
Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT I
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of _____________________, the
proposed Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (the
"Agreement"), relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among CWMBS,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller
and master servicer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms
used, but not defined herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the
undersigned to make this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account and has attached
hereto an affidavit from such Person in substantially the same form as this
affidavit. The Transferee has no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit
that such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the
pass-through entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is
false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a
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regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust
fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives and, except as
may be provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding interests in pass-
through entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of
the Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by
reference) and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by
and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in
the Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to
the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to
which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the assessment
or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to the
Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _______.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with
respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose
of the transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee anticipates that it will, so long as it holders
the Class A-R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by
the holder of such Class A-R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for
the benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class A-R Certificates
that the Transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class
A-R Certificates as they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax
liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the Class A-R
Certificates. The Transferee has provided financial statements or other
financial information requested by the Transferor in connection with the
transfer of the Class A-R Certificates to permit the Transferor to assess the
financial capability of the Transferee to pay such taxes. The Transferee is
not an employee
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benefit plan that is subject to ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975
of the Code, and the Transferee is not acting on behalf of such a plan.
12. The Transferee is either(i) not an employee benefit plan subject
to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or using the assets of such plan to effect such
acquisition, or, (ii) the source of funds for the purchase of such Class A-R
Certificate is an "insurance company general account" within the meaning of
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (PTCE 95-60"), 60 Fed. Reg. 35925
(July 12, 1995), and the terms and conditions of Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60 are applicable to the acquisition and holding of such Class A-R
Certificate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed,
duly attested, this ___ day of _______________, 20__.
__________________________
PRINT NAME OF TRANSFEREE
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
_____________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named ________________, known
or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument
and to be the ______________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he
executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of _________, 20__.
_____________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the
___ day of __________, 20__
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EXHIBIT 1
to EXHIBIT I
Certain Definitions
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"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest
in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Code Section
521) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the
tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to any
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Code Section 1381(a)(2)(c), (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof, an estate whose income from sources without the
United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income
tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, (v) an "electing large partnership" within
the meaning of Section 775 of the Code, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to such Person may cause
the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certain
Certificates are Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section
7701 or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision
thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax, and, with the exception
of the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such
governmental unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
bank, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
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EXHIBIT 2
to EXHIBIT I
Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
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(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate are expressly subject to the following
provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Class A-R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class A-R Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Class A-R Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any other Person if
it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class A-R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Class A-R Certificate that is
in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or
for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof
or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Class A-R
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Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it
became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a
Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Class A-R Certificate
at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the
Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last
preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
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EXHIBIT J-1
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
________________________
Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates
we certify that to the extent we are disposing of a Class A-R Certificate, we
have no knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee.
Very truly yours,
_______________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:____________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT J-2
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
______________________
Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates
we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are
being disposed by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to,
or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, in a manner
that would be deemed, or taken any other action which would result in, a
violation of Section 5 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:_____________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
________________________
Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates
we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any
state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
are an "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement, nor are we using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii) if the Certificates have been
the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and we are an insurance
company, a representation that we are an insurance company which is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general
account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of
such Certificates are
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covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (e) we are acquiring
the Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in accordance with
clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or
solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any
other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and
(g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless
(1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Act or is exempt from such registration
requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that such sale,
transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from the
Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed and
delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with
any conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
_______________________
Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates
we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any
state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement, nor are we using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii) if the Certificates have been
the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and we are an insurance
company, a representation that we are an insurance company which is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general
account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of
such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (e) we
have not, nor has anyone
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acting on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise
disposed of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other
similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer,
pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the
Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates
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, that would constitute a distribution of the
Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of
the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will
authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates,
(f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act and have completed either of the forms of
certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are
aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are
acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule
144A and further, understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or
transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified
institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge
or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT L
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President,
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of
the Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis either at least $100,000 in
securities or, if Buyer is a dealer, Buyer must own and/or invest on a
discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A
and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other
than a bank, savings and loan association or
similar institution), Massachusetts or similar
business trust, partnership, or charitable
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State,
territory or the District of Columbia, the business
of which is substantially confined to banking and
is supervised by the State or territorial banking
commission or similar official or is a foreign bank
or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited
net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, a copy
of which is attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and
loan association, building and loan association,
cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a
State or Federal authority having supervision over
any such institutions or is a foreign savings and
loan association or equivalent institution and (b)
has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
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___ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance
company whose primary and predominant business
activity is the writing of insurance or the
reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
companies and which is subject to supervision by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or
agency of a State, territory or the District of
Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan
established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of
the State or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act
of 1940.
___ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small
business investment company licensed by the U.S.
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c)
or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned
but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the
Buyer used the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of
the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the
Buyer reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis
of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in
determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities
owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are
consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated
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subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a reporting
company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A
and understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made
herein because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities,
the Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made
of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is
given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such purchase. In
addition, if the Buyer is a bank or savings and loan is provided above, the
Buyer agrees that it will furnish to such parties updated annual financial
statements promptly after they become available.
_______________________________
Print Name of Buyer
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:__________________________
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT L
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President,
Chief Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer
is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is
part of a Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an
officer of the Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the
Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's
Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of
securities owned by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies,
the cost of such securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its
financial statements on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current
information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published.
If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued
at market.
___ The Buyer owned $_____ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment
Companies which owned in the aggregate $____ in
securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's
most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that
have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated
(by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because
one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
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4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii)
currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and under-stands
that the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
_________________________________________
Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_________________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date: ___________________________________
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EXHIBIT M
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
Loan Information
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Name of Mortgagor: ___________________________________________
Servicer Loan No.: ___________________________________________
Trustee
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Name: ___________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Trustee
Mortgage File No.: ___________________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has
received from The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, of the above-referenced Series, the documents
referred to below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise
defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series among the Trustee, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer and CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor.
( ) Mortgage Note dated _______________, 20__, in the original
principal sum of $___________, made by ____________________________,
payable to, or endorsed to the order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on __________________ as instrument no.
______________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the
County of _________________________, State of ___________________ in
book/reel/docket _________________________ of official records at
page/image __________________________.
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( ) Deed of Trust recorded on _______________ as instrument no. ______ in
the County Recorder's Office of the County of _____________, State of
_____________________ in book/reel/docket _______________________ of
official records at page/image ___________________.
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee, recorded on
_____________________ as instrument no. __________________ in the
County Recorder's Office of the County of ___________________, State
of ___________________ in book/reel/docket ________________ of official
records at page/image ______________________.
( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or other
assumptions of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( )___________________________________________________________________
( )___________________________________________________________________
( )___________________________________________________________________
( )___________________________________________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees as
follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain possession of
the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the
purposes provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or knowingly permit
the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claim,
liens, security interest, charges, writs of attachment or other
impositions nor shall the Servicer assert or seek to assert any
claims or rights of setoff to or against the Documents or any
proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every Document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the
need therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan relating to
the Documents has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been
remitted to the Certificate Account and except as expressly provided
in the Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any
proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the
Master Servicer shall at all times be earmarked for the account of
the Trustee, and the Master Servicer shall keep the Documents and any
proceeds separate and distinct from all other property in the Master
Servicer's possession, custody or control.
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
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By____________________________________
Its___________________________________
Date:_________________, 20__
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EXHIBIT N
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: The Bank of New York Attn: Mortgage Custody
Services
Re: The Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated [month] 1, 2001 among
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and as Master Servicer,
CWMBS, Inc. and The Bank of New York
as Trustee
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you as Trustee for CWMBS, Inc., we request the release of the Mortgage Loan
File for the Mortgage Loan(s) described below, for the reason indicated.
FT Account #: Pool #:
Mortgagor's Name, Address and Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
1. Mortgage Loan paid in full (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
hereby certifies that all amounts have been received).
2. Mortgage Loan Liquidated (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. hereby
certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, or
other liquidation have been finally received).
3. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
4. Other (explain):
If item 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage
File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt
on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession
relating to the above-specified Mortgage Loan. If item 3 or 4 is checked, upon
return of all of the above documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge
your receipt by signing in the space indicated below, and returning this form.
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COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By:__________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
Date:________________________________
TRUSTEE CONSENT TO RELEASE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
By:__________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
Date:________________________________
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EXHIBIT O
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT P
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated as of
____________, 2001 (this "Supplemental Transfer Agreement"), among CWMBS,
INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), COUNTRYWIDE HOME
LOANS, INC., a New York corporation, in its capacity as seller under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below ( the "Seller"), and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee");
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Seller, the Trustee and CHL, as
Master Servicer, have entered in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of [month] 1, 2001 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), in relation to the
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 200_-_, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_;
WHEREAS, Section 2.01(e) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides for the parties hereto to enter into this Supplemental
Transfer Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged the parties hereto agree as follows:
(a) The "Supplemental Transfer Date" with respect to this
Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be ________, 2001
(b) The "Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount" with respect to this
Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be $________; provided, however, that
such amount shall not exceed the amount on deposit in the Supplemental Loan
Account.
(c) The "Capitalized Interest Requirement" with respect to this
Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be $________; provided, however, that
such amount shall not exceed the amount on deposit in the Capitalized Interest
Account.
(d) The Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on the Supplemental
Transfer Date shall be determined by the Seller as follows:
(i) The Seller shall list all funded mortgage loans then
owned by it that qualify for inclusion in the Trust Fund by the date
on which they were funded, and for each date, the Mortgagors shall be
listed alphabetically. Beginning with the earliest date, sequentially
by date and within a date alphabetically, the listed loans shall be
included in the Trust Fund until either their aggregate Stated
Principal Balance is less than or equal to the Supplemental Purchase
Amount without exceeding it or all of the listed loans have been
transferred.
(ii) Once the potential Supplemental Mortgage Loans are
identified in this manner, the total potential Trust Fund shall be
tested for compliance with the characteristics identified in Section
2.01(e) after taking into account the addition of such potential
Supplemental Mortgage Loans. If any group characteristic is outside
any permitted parameter by more than 5% of the
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parameter (or 10% of such parameter, with respect to the Average
Stated Principal Balance, or 10 basis points of such parameter, with
respect to the weighted average mortgage rate, or two months of such
parameter, with respect to the weighted average remaining term to
maturity) then beginning with the last mortgage loan initially added
as a potential Supplemental Mortgage Loan and progressing in reverse
order, any potential Supplemental Mortgage Loan having a
characteristic that is outside of the permitted parameters of a
parameter violated by the potential Supplemental Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate shall be removed. Then additional mortgage loans shall be
added as provided in the preceding paragraph except that no mortgage
loan shall be added if it has a characteristic that is outside of the
permitted parameters of a parameter violated by the potential
Supplemental Mortgage Loans in the aggregate. This procedure shall be
repeated until the pool characteristics for the Trust Fund identified
in Section 2.01(e) are satisfied within 5% of each parameter (other
than with respect to the Average Stated Principal Balance for which it
must be within 10%, the weighted average mortgage rate for which it
must be within 10 basis points, and the weighted average remaining
term to maturity for which it must be within two months) of each
parameter specified in those representations and warranties after
taking into account the addition of the potential Supplemental
Mortgage Loans.
(e) In case any provision of this Supplemental Transfer Agreement
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
(f) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this
Supplemental Transfer Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall prevail.
(g) This Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be governed by, and
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
(h) The Supplemental Transfer Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Supplemental
Transfer Agreement have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
CWMBS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
as Seller
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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