CFC ADVANTAGE, LLC, as Depositor NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION, as Master Servicer and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Calculation and Paying Agent
EXHIBIT
10.22
EXECUTION
COPY
CFC ADVANTAGE,
LLC,
as
Depositor
NATIONAL
RURAL UTILITIES
COOPERATIVE
FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Master
Servicer
and
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
and
as
Calculation and Paying Agent
Dated
as of October 20, 2006
MASTER
TRUST, SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT made and entered into as of October 20, 2006
by and among the CFC ADVANTAGE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
depositor (in such capacity, the “Depositor”), NATIONAL
RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION, a cooperative association
organized and existing under the laws of the District of Columbia, as master
servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”),
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (in
such capacity, the “Trustee”), and
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a federally chartered instrumentality
of the United States, as calculation and paying agent (in such capacity, the
“Calculation and
Paying Agent”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”) owns or will
from time to time own certain Qualified Loans.
WHEREAS,
CFC desires from time to time to assemble pools of Qualified Loans and, pursuant
to the Master Loan Purchase Agreement, by and between CFC and the Depositor (the
“Master Loan Purchase
Agreement”), to sell to the Depositor the Qualified Loans identified in
connection with the execution and delivery of each Master Loan Purchase
Agreement Supplement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein.
WHEREAS,
contemporaneously with the sale by CFC to the Depositor of such Loans, the
Depositor will sell such Loans to the Trustee in connection with the execution
and delivery of each Issue Supplement upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
WHEREAS,
each of the Trusts created pursuant to this Master Agreement and the related
Issue Supplement shall issue a series of Rural Utilities MBS Certificates,
backed by certain Loans identified in the related Issue Supplement, and bearing
the designation specified in each such Issue Supplement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties to this Master Agreement, in the capacities hereinabove
set forth, in consideration of the agreements and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, do hereby
undertake and otherwise agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Defined
Terms
Section
1.01. General
Definitions. Whenever
used in this Master Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
Additional
Collateral Documents: With respect to any Loan, any security
documents (including any UCC-1, UCC-2 or UCC-3 financing statement), other than
those listed in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 2.02(b), that evidence the
creation or perfection of a security interest in the related Mortgaged Property
and are in the possession of or within the control of the
Depositor.
Affiliate: With
respect to any particular Person, (a) any Person that, directly or indirectly,
is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person
or (b) any person who is a director or officer or general partner (i) of such
Person, (ii) of any subsidiary of such Person, or (iii) of any Person described
in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a
Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (i) to vote 5% or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power to elect the directors of such Person,
or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person whether by contract or otherwise.
Aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all Certificates
of a Series as of the date of determination.
Authenticating
Agent: The meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.02.
Authorized
Officer: The Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice
President.
Available
Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of
the following amounts received during the related Collection
Period: (i) that portion of all collections on the Loans other
than Defaulted Loans allocable to interest including, without limitation,
interest paid at default rates, penalties and late payment fees, and
(ii) Cash Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to interest (net of
the sum of any amounts expended by the Master Servicer for the account of the
Borrower and not already netted from the amount of Available Principal for such
Distribution Period) received on a Defaulted Loan in accordance with the Master
Servicer’s Customary Servicing Procedures.
Available
Principal: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of
the following amounts received during the related Collection
Period: (i) that portion of all collections on the Loans other
than Defaulted Loans allocable to principal, (ii) Cash Liquidation Proceeds
to the extent allocable to principal (net of the sum of any amount expended by
the Master Servicer for the account of the Borrower) due on Defaulted Loans in
accordance with the Master Servicer’s Customary Servicing Procedures, and
(iii) any Substitution Adjustment Principal Amount.
Borrower: The
obligor or obligors under a Loan.
Business
Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day
on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York authorizes banking institutions in
the Second Federal Reserve District to be closed, (iii) a day on which banking
institutions in the District of Columbia or the State of New York are required
or authorized by law to be closed, or (iv) a day on which the principal offices
of the Trustee, the Calculation and Paying Agent or the Master Servicer are
closed.
Cash Liquidation
Proceeds: All cash proceeds recovered by the Master Servicer
with respect to the termination of any Defaulted Loan, including all Other
Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries
whether made at one time or over a period of time, in connection with the sale
or assignment of such Defaulted Loan, trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or
otherwise.
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Certificate: A
Rural Utilities MBS Certificate, which is issued pursuant to the terms of this
Master Agreement and the applicable Issue Supplement.
Certificate
Account: With respect to any Series, the account created and
maintained with respect to the Certificates of such Series pursuant to Section
6.01.
Certificate
Account Deposit Date: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the 20th day of the month of such Distribution Date relating to such Series, or
if not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
date.
Certificate
Distribution Amount: With respect to any Series, the meaning ascribed to
such term in the related Issue Supplement.
Certificate
Distribution Amount Determination Date: With respect to a
Series and any Distribution Date relating to such Series, the 10th Business Day
during the month of such Distribution Date.
Certificate
Principal Balance: With respect to any Certificate prior to
the initial Distribution Date for the related Series, the Denomination thereof
and, as to any Certificate subsequent to such initial Distribution Date, the
Denomination thereof multiplied by the Certificate Principal Factor applicable
to such Class of Certificate.
Certificate
Principal Factor: With respect to any date of determination
and as to any Class of Certificates, a fraction, the numerator of which is (i)
the aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of such Class less (ii) the
aggregate amount of all Principal Distribution Amounts, if any, allocable to
such Class prior to such date of determination, and the denominator of which is
the aggregate of the Denominations of all of the Certificates of such
Class.
Certificate
Registrar: The meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.03.
Certificate
Register: The meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.03.
Certificateholder
or Holder: With respect to each Series, the person in whose
name a certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
Class: With
respect to any Series, all Certificates of such Series with the same
terms.
Class A
Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum of the Class A Principal Distributable Amount and the Class A Interest
Distributable Amount.
Class A Interest
Carryover Shortfall: As of the close of business on any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A Interest Distributable Amount for such
Distribution Date plus any outstanding unpaid interest owed to holders of Class
A Certificates from the preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on such
outstanding unpaid interest amount, to the extent permitted by law, at the
Class A Pass-Through Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to but not
including such current Distribution Date, over the amount of interest that the
holders of the Class A Certificates actually received on such current
Distribution Date.
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Class A Interest
Distributable Amount: With respect to any Series, the meaning ascribed to
such term in the related Issue Supplement.
Class A
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Series, the meaning
ascribed to such term in the related Issue Supplement.
Class A
Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date,
99%.
Class A Principal
Carryover Shortfall: As of the close of business on any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A Principal Distributable Amount for such
Distribution Date plus any outstanding unpaid principal owed to holders of Class
A Certificates from preceding Distribution Dates over the amount of principal
that the holders of the Class A Certificates actually received on such current
Distribution Date.
Class A Principal
Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A
Percentage of the sum of: (i) the principal portion of all
collections on the Loans, including prepayments of principal received during the
related Collection Period, (ii) the aggregate of all Substitution
Adjustment Principal Amounts received in connection with the substitution of
Loans during the related Collection Period, (iii) the principal portion of the
Repurchase Price received with respect to any Defective Loan during the related
Collection Period and (iv) the aggregate outstanding principal balance as
of the beginning of the related Collection Period of all Loans that became
Defaulted Loans during the related Collection Period (without duplication of
amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above).
Class B
Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum of the Class B Principal Distributable Amount and the Class B Interest
Distributable Amount.
Class B Interest
Carryover Shortfall: As of the close of business on any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class B Interest Distributable Amount for such
Distribution Date plus any outstanding unpaid interest owed to holders of Class
B Certificates from the preceding Distribution Date plus interest on such
outstanding unpaid interest amount, to the extent permitted by law, at the
Class B Pass-Through Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to but not
including such Distribution Date, over the amount of interest that the holders
of the Class B Certificates actually received on such current Distribution
Date.
Class B Interest
Distributable Amount: With respect to any Series, the meaning ascribed to
such term in the related Issue Supplement.
Class B
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Series, the meaning
ascribed to such terms in the related Issue Supplement.
Class B
Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date,
1%.
Class B Principal
Carryover Shortfall: As of the close of any Distribution Date,
the excess, if any, of the Class B Principal Distributable Amount plus any
outstanding unpaid principal owed to holders of Class B Certificates from the
preceding Distribution Date over the amount of principal that the holders of the
Class B Certificates actually received on such current Distribution
Date.
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Class B Principal
Distributable Amount: means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class B Percentage of the sum of: (i) the principal
portion of all collections on the Loans, including prepayments of principal
received during the related Collection Period, (ii) the aggregate of all
Substitution Adjustment Principal Amounts received in connection with the
substitution of Loans during the related Collection Period, (iii) the principal
portion of the Repurchase Price received with respect to any Defective Loan
during the related Collection Period and (iv) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance as of the beginning of the related Collection Period of
all Loans that became Defaulted Loans during the related Collection Period
(without duplication of amounts referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above).
Class Certificate
Principal Balance: With respect to any Class at any time, the
aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances of all Certificates of such
Class.
Code: The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Collection
Period: With respect to any Series and any Distribution Date,
the 6 calendar months immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution
Date falls.
Compliance
Certification: The annual certification by a Borrower to CFC
under the related Loan Agreement.
Condemnation
Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a taking of an entire
Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation.
Customary
Servicing Procedures: With respect to the Master Servicer, the
customary and usual standards of practice employed by the Master Servicer when
servicing and administering loans in the Master Servicer’s portfolio of a type
comparable to the loans included in each applicable Trust Fund.
Cut-Off
Date: With respect to any Loan, the last day of the month
preceding the month of the Series Closing Date on which such Loan became a part
of the Trust Fund established on that Series Closing Date.
Custodial
Account: With respect to any Series, the account created and
maintained by the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02(b) with
respect to the Loans within the Trust Fund relating to such Series.
Cut-Off Date
Principal Balance: With respect to any Loan other than an
Eligible Substitute Loan, the unpaid principal balance thereof at the Cut-Off
Date after giving effect to all installments of principal due on or prior
thereto, whether or not received. As to any Eligible Substitute Loan,
the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the date such Eligible Substitute
Loan is sold to the Trustee hereunder.
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Defaulted
Loan: Any
Loan as to which (i) any payment or part thereof, remains unpaid for 30
days or more after the original due date for such payment, (ii) the
related Borrower is subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (iii)
the lien of the related Mortgage has been foreclosed, the related Mortgaged
Property has been sold pursuant to a power of sale or trustee’s sale or
repossessed, or proceedings for foreclosure, sale or repossession have been
commenced, or (iv) the Master Servicer has determined, consistent with Customary
Servicing Procedures, that such Loan is not collectible.
Defective
Loan: Any Loan which is required to be cured, repurchased or
substituted for pursuant to Section 2.02 or Section 4.02.
Denomination: With
respect to any Certificate, the principal balance of such Certificate as of the
Series Closing Date on which such Certificate was issued.
Distribution
Date: With respect to any Series, the dates specified in the
related Issue Supplement as a Distribution Date for the Certificates of such
Series.
DSC
Ratio: The DSC Coverage Ratio for any Borrower, for any
calendar year means the ratio determined by adding such Borrower’s Patronage
Capital and Operating Margins, Non-Operating Margins – Interest, cash received
in respect of generation and transmission and other capital credits, Interest
Expense with respect to Long-Term Debt and Depreciation and Amortization Expense
for such year, and dividing the sum so obtained by the sum of all payments of
principal and interest expense required to be made during such year on account
of such Borrower’s Long-Term Debt (but in the event any portion of such
Borrower’s Long-Term Debt is refinanced during such year the payments of
principal and interest expense required to be made during such year in respect
thereof shall be based (in lieu of actual payments thereon) upon the
larger of (x) an annualization of such payments required to be made with respect
to the refinancing debt during the portion of such year such refinancing debt is
outstanding and (y) the payments of principal and interest expense required to
be made during the following year on account of such refinancing debt);
Patronage Capital and Operating Margins, Interest Expense with respect to
Long-Term Debt, Depreciation and Amortization Expense, principal and interest
expense, Non-Operating Margins – Interest and Long-Term Debt being determined in
accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed at the time by RUS or,
if such Borrower is not required to maintain its accounts in accordance with
said Uniform System of Accounts, otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP,
except that in computing Interest Expense with respect to Long-Term Debt, and
payments of interest required to be made on account of Long-Term Debt, for the
purpose of the foregoing definition, there shall be added, to the extent not
otherwise included, an amount equal to 33-1/3% of the excess of the Restricted
Rentals paid by such Borrower for such year over 2% of such Borrower’s Equities
and Margins for such year as defined in the Uniform System of Accounts
prescribed by RUS or, if such Borrower is not required to maintain its accounts
in accordance with said Uniform System of Accounts, otherwise determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Due
Date: With respect to any Loan, any date upon which any
Installment Payment is due in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
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Eligible
Account: An account that is a segregated account (including a
securities account) with an Eligible Depository.
Eligible
Depository: Any Reserve Bank, the Trustee or any other
depository institution or trust company approved in writing by an Authorized
Officer of the Calculation and Paying Agent incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities.
Eligible
Substitute Loan: A Qualified Loan
that is substituted for a Defective Loan pursuant to Section 2.02(d), Section
4.02 or Section 4.04.
Xxxxxx
Mac: The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, a
federally chartered instrumentality of the United States, together with its
successors and assigns.
Form
7: The reporting form designated as such by RUS, or in the
event a Borrower does not borrow from RUS, the reporting form designated as such
by CFC for its Class A distribution system members.
Final
Distribution Date: With respect to any Class, the Distribution
Date specified in the related Issue Supplement as being the Distribution Date on
or before which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Certificate within
such Class shall have been reduced to zero.
GAAP: Generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to
time.
Governmental
Authority: Any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
Initial Closing
Date: The date specified in the preamble to this Master
Agreement.
Installment
Payment: With respect to any Loan and any Due Date, any
payment of principal and/or interest thereon in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Loan (after adjustment for any curtailments occurring prior to
the Due Date but before adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of
any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or
grace period).
Interest Accrual
Period: With respect to any Class and Distribution Date, the
period prior thereto specified in the related Issue Supplement.
Issue
Supplement: An instrument executed by the parties hereto
pursuant to Section 2.01, which supplements this Master Agreement and identifies
and establishes, among other things, a particular Trust and issues a particular
Series of Certificates related to such Trust.
Investment
Company Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
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Investment
Letter: A
letter substantially in the applicable form attached as an exhibit to the Issue
Supplement in respect of a particular Series (with such changes and
modifications as the Depositor, the Trustee and the Calculation and Paying Agent
shall agree).
Key Ratio Trend
Analysis: An annual report
generated by the Seller containing key financial and operating ratios and other
growth indicators for each Borrower.
Loan
Agreement: An original loan agreement to which the applicable
Borrower is a party and providing for the Loan which is evidenced by the related
Mortgage Note and secured by the related Mortgage.
Loan Interest
Rate: With respect to any Loan, the per annum rate of interest
borne thereby as specified in the Mortgage Note or the Loan Agreement relating
to such Loan.
Loans: With respect to each
Trust Fund, the Qualified Loans identified on the Schedule of Qualified Loans
relating to the Issue Supplement applicable to such Trust Fund.
Master
Agreement: This Master Trust, Sale and Servicing Agreement, as
it may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable
provisions hereof.
Mortgage: An
original mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument that constitutes a first
lien on an interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note. Such
Mortgage may be an RUS form of mortgage, a CFC form of mortgage or the form
specified by another lender and agreed to by CFC. It is understood
that the Mortgages provide that one or more promissory notes may be secured by
such Mortgage without being specifically identified in such Mortgage and without
such Mortgage being amended to reflect such fact.
Mortgage
File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.02(b)
pertaining to the applicable Loan.
Mortgage
Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness of a Borrower under a Loan, together with all riders thereto and
amendments thereof.
Mortgaged
Property: The underlying property, which includes real
property and may include improvements thereon, securing a Loan.
Net Loan Interest
Rate: With respect to any Loan, the Loan Interest Rate
applicable to such Loan, net of the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to such
Loan.
Officers’
Certificate: With respect to any Person, a certificate signed
by the Governor, the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President
or Second Vice President, and any of the Treasurer, the Secretary, or any of the
Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of such Person delivered pursuant
to this Master Agreement.
Opinion of
Counsel: A written opinion of counsel of a law firm reasonably
acceptable to the recipient thereof. Any Opinion of Counsel may be
provided by in-house counsel of a Person if reasonably acceptable to the
addressee thereof.
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Other Insurance
Proceeds: Proceeds of any hazard policy or other insurance
policy covering a Mortgaged Property, to the extent such proceeds are not to be
applied to the restoration of such Mortgaged Property or released to the
Borrower in accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow
in servicing Qualified Loans held for its own account.
Permitted
Investments: One or more of the following:
(i) obligations
of, or guaranteed as to principal and interest by, Xxxxxx Mac or the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof;
(ii) repurchase
agreements on obligations specified in clause (i), which repurchase agreements
will mature not later than the day preceding the immediately following
Distribution Date, provided that (a) the unsecured short-term obligations of the
party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated not less
than A-1 by Standard & Poor's and not less than Prime-1 by Moody's, (b) such
repurchase agreements are effected with a primary dealer recognized by a Federal
Reserve Bank or (c) such repurchase agreements are secured by obligations
specified in clause (i) above at not less than 102% of market value determined
on a daily basis;
(iii) demand
and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or bankers' acceptances
maturing in not more than 60 days and issued by, any depository institution or
trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state
banking authorities, so long as at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investment the commercial paper or other
short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or
in the case of a depository institution that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, the commercial paper or other short-term obligations of such
holding company) have rating of not less than A-1 from Standard & Poor's and
a rating of not less than Prime-1 from Moody's;
(iv) commercial
paper (having remaining maturities of not more than 60 days) of any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, which on
the date of acquisition has been rated not less than A-1by Standard & Poor's
and not less than Prime-1 by Moody's;
(v) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof if such
securities are rated in the highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of investment or the contractual commitment providing for
such investment by Standard & Poor's and Moody's; provided, however, that
securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted
Investments to the extent that investment therein will cause the then
outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held
as part of the Custodial Account for any Series to exceed 10% of the outstanding
principal balance of the Qualified Loans included in the Trust for such Series
(it being understood that the entity directing the investment shall be
responsible for compliance with the foregoing restriction on
investments);
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(vi) units
of a taxable money-market portfolio rated "P-1" by Moody's and "AAAm" by
Standard & Poor's and restricted to investments in 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 (for which U.S. Bank
National Association or an Affiliate thereof may act as portfolio
advisor);
(vii) units
of a taxable money-market portfolio restricted to investments which would be
“Permitted Investments” under paragraphs (i) through (vi) of this definition of
“Permitted Investments”; and
(viii) other
obligations or securities that are specified in the Issue
Supplement;
provided that any
Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the next applicable Certificate
Account Deposit Date (or on the next Distribution Date, in the case of Permitted
Investments maintained in the Certificate Account); provided further,
that a Permitted Investment may not be an investment which is subject to any
deduction or withholding of tax with respect to a Certificateholder that is not
a “United States person” under the Code. Each Permitted Investment
may be purchased by the Trustee or through an Affiliate of the
Trustee.
Person: Any
legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
Governmental Authority.
Prepayment
Premium: With respect to any Loan, any premium or yield
maintenance payment paid or payable, as the context requires, by the related
Borrower in connection with any Principal Prepayment.
Principal
Distribution Amount: With respect to a particular Series and
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A Principal Distributable Amount and the
Class B Principal Distributable Amount, each with respect to such series and
such Distribution Date.
Principal
Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a
Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, which is not
accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any
date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment.
Qualified
Loan: A loan that satisfies the following
criteria:
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1.
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The
Borrower is a Class A Member of CFC; a distribution system eligible to
borrow from RUS and serving primarily in communities of less than 50,000
residents.
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2.
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Such
loan is a fixed or variable rate term loan that was closed by
CFC. At the time of sale, such loan has an outstanding
principal amount in the range of $1 million to $22.5 million and a
remaining period until maturity in the range of 3 to 35 years, provided
that if such loan provides for an interest rate reset, the resets shall
occur no more frequently than once every three years. Such loan
is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, which must
include real estate. Such assets may also secure one or more
prior or future loans made by CFC, RUS or another party to the same
Borrower.
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3.
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Such
loan is payable in full upon maturity or amortizes on a level principal or
level debt service basis.
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4.
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Interest
is payable on such loan semi-annually. A 30/360 day year is
used for calculation purposes.
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5.
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The
documentation for such loan provides that in the event of prepayment of a
fixed rate loan on any date other than an interest reset date, the
Borrower must pay a premium equivalent to a market make whole
amount.
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6.
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The
full amount of such loan is advanced by the time of sale and no further
draws are permitted.
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7.
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The
Borrower’s ratio of equity to total assets, measured as of the end of the
most recent calendar year prior to the time of sale, is at least
20%.
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8.
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The
Borrower’s ratio of Long-Term Debt to net utility plant, measured as of
the end of the most recent calendar year prior to the time of sale, does
not exceed 90% (Net utility plant to be determined in accordance with the
Uniform Systems of Accounts prescribed at the time by RUS); provided, that
Long-Term Debt is determined in accordance with the Uniform System of
Accounts prescribed at the time by RUS or, if such Borrower is not
required to maintain its accounts in accordance with said Uniform System
of Accounts, otherwise determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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9.
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The
average of the Borrower’s two highest annual DSC Ratios during the most
recent three calendar years prior to the time of sale is not less than
1.4:1.
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10.
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At
the time of the sale, CFC will have at least one other loan to the same
Borrower in CFC’s portfolio. In addition, at the time of sale,
it will be the intention of CFC to maintain a credit relationship with
such Borrower until such time as the Loan to such Borrower purchased by
the Trustee pursuant to this Master Agreement and the related Issue
Supplement is repaid in full.
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11.
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No
event of default with respect to such loan shall have been declared by CFC
and be continuing at the time of
sale.
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12.
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Such
loan shall have been documented in accordance with CFC’s existing
practices and procedures at the time such loan was closed, provided that
prior to its sale hereunder to the Trustee, the Mortgage Note and related
Loan Agreement will be prepared and will include all of the provisions of
a Qualified Loan contemplated by this Master
Agreement.
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Record
Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the last day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution
Date.
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REO
Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired on behalf of the
applicable Trust Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in
connection with a Defaulted Loan.
Repurchase
Price: With respect to any Loan, the unpaid principal balance
thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Loan Interest
Rate to the Due Date next preceding the Distribution Date upon which the net
proceeds of such Repurchase Price are to be distributed to the applicable
Certificateholders.
Required
Certificateholder: With respect to any Series, the Class B
Certificateholder.
Reserve
Bank: Any U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, including its
branches.
Responsible
Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, the
Calculation and Paying Agent, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, any officer
of such Person, including any Governor, Chairman or any President, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, any Assistant Treasurer, any Assistant
Secretary or any other officer of such party customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers
and, in respect of the Trustee in each case, who is responsible for the
administration of this Master Agreement.
Restricted
Rentals: All rentals required to be paid under finance leases
and charged to income, exclusive of any amounts paid under any such lease
(whether or not designated therein as rental or additional rental) for
maintenance or repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar
charges. For the purpose of this definition the term “finance lease” shall
mean any lease having a rental term (including the term for which such lease may
be renewed or extended at the option of the lessee) in excess of 3 years and
covering property having an initial cost in excess of $250,000 other than
automobiles, trucks, trailers, tractors, other vehicles (including without
limitation aircraft and ships), office, garage and warehouse space and office
equipment (including without limitation computers).
Rule
144A: The meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.03(d).
RUS: Means
the Rural Utilities Service of the United States Department of Agriculture,
acting by and through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, and
including any successor agencies or departments.
Schedule of
Qualified Loans: With respect to each Trust, the list of Loans
transferred to the Trustee with respect to such Trust on the applicable Series
Closing Date and incorporated into and made part of the applicable Issue
Supplement, which list may be amended pursuant to Section 4.04 upon conveyance
of an Eligible Substitute Loan. Such schedule may consist of multiple
reports that collectively set forth all of the requisite
information.
Scheduled
Principal Balance: With respect to any Eligible Substitute
Loan and the related date of substitution, the principal balance of such
Eligible Substitute Loan as of such date of substitution.
Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Series: A separate series
of Certificates issued pursuant to this Master Agreement and the related Issue
Supplement.
Series Closing
Date: With respect to any Series, the date specified in the
related Issue Supplement, which date shall coincide with the Pool Closing Date
specified in the PA Supplement for the related Loans.
Servicer
Default: An event described in Section 5.15.
Servicing
Advances: With respect to each Loan, all customary and
reasonable costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Master Servicer) incurred in accordance with the Customary
Servicing Procedures of the Master Servicer in the performance by the Master
Servicer of its servicing obligations consisting of or relating to (i) the
preservation, restoration and protection of the related Mortgaged Property, (ii)
any enforcement or remedial activities or judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures and (iii) the amendment, modification, restructuring or work-out of
such Loan.
Servicing
Certificate: With respect to each Trust, a certificate
completed and executed by a Servicing Officer on behalf of the Master Servicer
in accordance with Section 5.13(a). Each Servicing Certificate shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (with such changes and modifications
as the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Calculation and Paying Agent shall
agree).
Servicing
Fee: With respect to each Loan, the product of (i) the
Servicing Fee Rate with respect to such Loan, and (ii) the outstanding principal
amount of such Loan, as determined in the following sentence. The
Servicing Fee shall be payable on the Due Date that interest on such Loan is
payable and computed on the basis of the same time period with respect to which
interest on such Loan is computed, without giving effect to any principal amount
of such Loan paid or payable on the applicable Due Date.
Servicing Fee
Rate: With respect to each Loan within a Trust Fund, the rate
per annum set forth in the applicable Issue Supplement or, if applicable, the
Schedule of Qualified Loans relating to such Issue Supplement.
Servicing
File: The following
documents pertaining to each Loan:
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a
copy of the most recent Compliance Certification by an officer
of the related Borrower;
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2.
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the
most recent fiscal year-end certified audit of such
Borrower;
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3.
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a
copy of the most recent unaudited annual financial statements of such
Borrower (which may be set forth on a Seller form or Form 7);
and
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4.
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the
most recent Key Ratio Trend Analysis, as
available.
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Servicing
Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Loans whose name and
specimen signature appears on a list of Servicing Officers furnished to the
Trustee by the Master Servicer on the applicable Series Closing Date, as such
list may from time to time be amended by delivery of written notice by an
existing Servicing Officer.
Stated Principal
Balance: With respect to any Loan and date, the unpaid
principal balance of such Loan as of the Due Date immediately preceding such
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 Cash Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal and
to the payment of principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any
delinquency in payment by the related Borrower.
Substitution
Adjustment Principal Amount: With respect to any date of
substitution, the amount, if any, by which the unpaid principal balance of any
Defective Loan for which one or more Eligible Substitute Loans are substituted
on such date of substitution, exceeds the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances
of such Eligible Substitute Loans.
Total Available
Amount: means, for each Distribution Date, the sum of the Available
Interest and the Available Principal.
Trust: Each
separate trust created pursuant to this Master Agreement and each Issue
Supplement.
Trust
Fund: With respect to any particular Series, the corpus of the
Trust created by this Master Agreement and the Issue Supplement applicable
thereto, consisting (without duplication) of (i) the Loans identified on the
Schedule of Qualifying Loans relating to the applicable Issue Supplement,
together with all proceeds thereof, (ii) the Mortgage Files and other documents
delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(b), (iii) the rights in the Custodial Account
relating to the applicable Trust and in all cash and investments therein from
time to time, and (iv) the Certificate Account relating to the Certificates
representing beneficial interests in such Trust Fund and in all cash and
investments held therein.
Trustee: The
meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Master
Agreement.
Section
1.02. Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) All
terms defined in this Master Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used
in any Issue Supplement, certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As
used in this Master Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Master Agreement or in any such Issue Supplement, certificate or other document,
and accounting terms partly defined in this Master Agreement or in any such
Issue Supplement, certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall
have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. To the extent
that the definitions of accounting terms in this Master Agreement or in any such
Issue Supplement, certificate or other document are inconsistent with the
meanings of such terms under GAAP in effect on the date hereof, the definitions
contained in this Master Agreement or in any such Issue Supplement certificate
or other document shall control.
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(c) The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in
this Master Agreement shall refer to this Master Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Master Agreement; Section and Exhibit
references contained in this Master Agreement are references to Sections and
Exhibits in or to this Master Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term
“including” shall mean “including without limitation.”
(d) The
definitions contained in this Master Agreement are applicable to the singular as
well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the
feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
ARTICLE
II
Applicable
Documentation; Sale of Qualifying Loans
Section
2.01. Trust
Established. An
Issue Supplement establishing a Trust, selling the applicable Loans and issuing
the Certificates evidencing beneficial ownership interests in the Trust Fund of
such Trust shall be executed by the Trustee, the Calculation and Paying Agent,
the Depositor and the Master Servicer on each Series Closing
Date. Each Issue Supplement shall identify and relate to a particular
Series of Certificates and establish a distinct Trust and a distinct Trust
Fund.
Section
2.02. Sale of
Loans.
(a) On
each Series Closing Date, pursuant to the execution and delivery of the
applicable Issue Supplement and concurrently with the delivery of the Series of
Certificates issued on such Series Closing Date, the Depositor shall sell,
transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Trustee and the Trustee
shall purchase from the Depositor, without recourse except as specifically set
forth herein or in the Issue Supplement, all the right, title and interest of
the Depositor in, to and under the Loans identified on the Schedule of Qualified
Loans incorporated into such Issue Supplement. The Loans identified
on the Schedule of Qualified Loans incorporated into each Issue Supplement shall
be identical to the Loans identified on the Schedule of Qualified Loans
incorporated into the PA Supplement relating to such Series. Each
Issue Supplement shall specify the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to the Loans
identified on the Schedule of Qualified Loans incorporated into such Issue
Supplement. In connection with such sale, the Depositor assigns to
the Trustee or Trustees for the benefit of the Certificateholders all (but not
less than all) of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under any
PA Supplement, together with all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under the Master Loan Purchase Agreement as it relates to such PA Supplement, as
provided in Section 4.05. Such rights assigned to the Trustee
include, but are not limited to, the rights of the Depositor under Section 2.01,
Section 4.01 and Section 5.01 of the Master Loan Purchase
Agreement.
(b) In
connection with such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance
described in Section 2.02(a), the Depositor will deliver to, or deposit with,
the Trustee the following documents or instruments with respect to each Loan so
sold, transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed:
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(i) the
Mortgage Note, endorsed, without recourse, to the Trustee, with all necessary
intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the Depositor, if applicable;
(ii) a
copy of the applicable Mortgage;
(iii) an
original of each amendment to the Mortgage Note and a copy of each amendment to
the Mortgage in CFC’s possession;
(iv) the
original Loan Agreement;
(v) the
original Opinion of Counsel of Borrower’s counsel; and
(vi) copies
of any Additional Collateral Documents.
The
Depositor acknowledges and understands that ownership of each document in a
Mortgage File is vested in the Trust. Neither the Depositor nor the
Master Servicer shall take any action inconsistent with such
ownership. Each of the Depositor and the Master Servicer (as the
originator of the Loans) agrees to indicate on its books and records at each
Series Closing Date that the Loans sold pursuant to Section 2.02(a) on such
Series Closing Date have been sold to the Trustee, and to advise all inquiring
parties that such Loans have been sold to the Trustee.
The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of those documents referred to in this Section
2.02(b) and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other
documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage Files in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders.
(c) The
Depositor shall execute, acknowledge and deliver all other documents furnished
to the Depositor by the Trustee as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer
contemplated by this Section 2.02 and the applicable Issue Supplement to the
Trustee of all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Loans
and the related Mortgages.
(d) If
within 90 days of the applicable Series Closing Date, the Trustee finds any
document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing,
mutilated, torn, damaged or defective on its face, the Trustee shall, as
assignee of the rights of the Depositor under the Master Loan Purchase Agreement
and the PA Supplements, notify the Depositor and CFC of such fact in
writing. CFC shall then correct or cure the subject matter of such
notice within one year from the date of such notice. If (x) CFC does
not correct or cure
the subject matter of such notice within such one year period and (y) such
omission or defect relates to any document identified in Section 2.02(b)(i),
(ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi), the Trustee shall direct CFC to replace the related
Defective Loan with one or more Eligible Substitute Loans in the manner and
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 of the Master Loan Purchase
Agreement. Upon receipt of such Eligible Substitute Loan or Eligible
Substitute Loans, the Trustee promptly shall deliver to the Depositor the
related Mortgage File, and shall also execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by the Depositor, in each case without recourse,
as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer to the Depositor of all right,
title and interest of the Trustee in and to each applicable Loan.
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Section
2.03. Delivery and
Payment. With
respect to each Series, the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee on the
related Series Closing Date, all of the documents referred to in Section 2.02(b)
with respect to the applicable Loans, together with all interest and principal
received on or with respect to the applicable Loans from and after the Cut-Off
Date (other than payments due on such Loans on or before the Cut-Off Date and
other than that portion of any payment of interest received after the Cut-Off
Date that represents interest accruing on or prior to the Cut-Off
Date). Such delivery shall be made against payment to the Depositor
of the Purchase Price for the applicable Loans as defined and set forth in the
applicable Issue Supplement.
Section
2.04. Safekeeping and Release of
Required Documents. The
Mortgage Files and all other documents with respect to the Loans constituting
part of a Trust Fund delivered by the Depositor pursuant to this Master
Agreement and the applicable Issue Supplement shall be kept by the Trustee or an
agent of the Trustee (appointed after consultation with the Depositor) on its
behalf in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future
Holders of Certificates of the applicable Series.
Section
2.05. Authorized
Officers. The
manual or facsimile signature of any individual appearing on this Master
Agreement, any Issue Supplement or any document or certificate issued pursuant
to this Master Agreement, and which is designated as the signature of a
Responsible Officer of any Person, shall constitute conclusive evidence that
such individual is, in fact, authorized to execute such document,
notwithstanding that such authorization may have lapsed prior to the effective
date of such document.
Section
2.06. Delivery of
Instruments. The
Trustee shall furnish to each Certificateholder, upon request, without
attachments, copies of this Master Agreement, the Issue Supplement relating to
such Certificateholder and the Certificate or Certificates held by such
Holder.
Section
2.07. Agreed
Treatment of Trusts and Certificates. The
parties hereto and, by acceptance or acquisition of a Certificate, the Holder of
each Certificate, intend to treat each Trust as a grantor trust for United
States federal, state and local tax purposes, and to treat the Certificates
(including all payments and proceeds with respect to such Certificates) as
undivided beneficial ownership interests in the related Trust Fund for United
States federal, state and local tax purposes. The provisions of this
Master Agreement shall be applied and interpreted to further this intention and
agreement of the parties, including, without limitation, so as to circumscribe
any right to exercise discretion granted to the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Calculation and Paying Agent herein as to matters relating to the
Loans.
Section
2.08. Notice of
Sale of Loans. Promptly
following each Series Closing Date, CFC shall notify the Borrower under each
Loan identified on the related Schedule of Qualified Loans that such Loan has
been conveyed to the Trust identified on such schedule.
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ARTICLE
III
The
Certificates
Section
3.01. Certificates Issuable in
Classes; General Provisions with Respect to Principal and Interest
Distributions. (a) The
Certificates may consist of only one Class or may be divided into two or more
Classes and shall be designated generally as Rural Utilities MBS Certificates,
with such particular designations added or incorporated into such title for the
Certificates of any particular Class as specified in the related Issue
Supplement.
(b) Distributions
on the Certificates shall be made in such amounts as among Classes of
Certificates, and subject to such other conditions, as are provided in the Issue
Supplement with respect to such Class. Each Certificate will share
ratably in all rights of the related Class.
Section
3.02. Issuance
and Authentication of Certificates. (a) The
Certificates shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form only,
substantially in the form attached to each Issue Supplement. The
Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the
Certificate Registrar by an authorized officer.
(b) No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Master Agreement, or be
valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of
authentication executed by an authentication agent appointed by the Trustee (the
“Authenticating
Agent”) by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon
any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. The
Trustee is hereby initially appointed to act as the Authenticating Agent with
power to act on the Trustee’s behalf in the authentication and delivery of the
Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges as herein
provided. If the Authenticating Agent resigns or is terminated, the
Trustee shall appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which may be the Trustee
or an affiliate thereof.
(c) Except
as limited by this Master Agreement, the Certificates of any Class shall be
subject to the provisions of the related Issue Supplement.
Section
3.03. Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates; Transfer Restrictions. (a) At
all times during the term of this Master Agreement, there shall be maintained at
the office of a registrar appointed by the Trustee (the “Certificate
Registrar”) a register (the “Certificate
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the
Certificate Registrar may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as
herein provided. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as
Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers
and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee may
appoint any other bank or trust company to act as Certificate Registrar under
such conditions as the Trustee may prescribe; provided that the Trustee shall
not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder as
Certificate Registrar by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee
resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee
shall immediately succeed to its predecessor’s duties as Certificate
Registrar.
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(b) In
the event that there is a discrepancy between (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance as noted on the grid attached to a Certificate and (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance reflected in the Certificate Register, the Certificate
Register shall be controlling in the absence of manifest error. No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates.
(c) The
Certificates shall contain the following restrictive legends:
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITY
LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUST,
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED (X) PRIOR TO THE SECOND
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE HEREOF OR (Y) AT ANY TIME BY ANY TRANSFEROR THAT WAS
AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUST DURING THE THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE OF SUCH
OFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER, IN EITHER CASE, OTHER THAN (1) TO THE
TRUST, (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“RULE 144A”) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE, TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE OFFER,
RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, THAT,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE WITH AN INVESTMENT LETTER RELATING
TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
(AS THAT TERM IS DESCRIBED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE WITH AN
INVESTMENT LETTER RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, (4) TO NON-U.S.
PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, THAT, PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE WITH AN
INVESTMENT LETTER RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, (5) PURSUANT TO
ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THAT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, PROVIDED THAT, PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER, THE TRANSFEREE FURNISHES
THE TRUSTEE WITH AN INVESTMENT LETTER RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE, OR (6) FOLLOWING THE REGISTRATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAW OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
JURISDICTION.
NO
TRANSFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THAT TRANSFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER DISPOSITION
WILL NOT CAUSE THE TRUST TO BECOME SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940 (THE “INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT”) OR EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
CLAUSE (6) ABOVE, TO BECOME SUBJEC TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
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NO
TRANSFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST
THEREIN MAY BE MADE TO ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT WHICH IS
SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 OR SECTION 4975
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, OR TO AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS
ARE SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
(d) No
Certificate, nor any interest or participation therein, may be offered, resold,
pledged or otherwise transferred (i) prior to the second anniversary of the
issuance hereof or (ii) at any time by any transferor that was an affiliate
of the applicable Trust during the three months preceding the date of such
offer, resale, pledge or other transfer, in either case, other than (1) to such
Trust, (2) to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a qualified
institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act
(“Rule 144A”),
purchasing for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional
buyer, in each case, to whom notice is given that the offer, resale, pledge or
other transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, that prior to the
transfer of any Certificate, furnishes the Trustee with an Investment Letter
relating to the transfer of such Certificate, (3) to an institutional accredited
investor (as that term is described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act) that prior to the transfer of any Certificate, furnishes the
Trustee with an Investment Letter relating to the transfer of such Certificate,
(4) to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction in accordance with
regulation S under the Securities Act that prior to the transfer of any
Certificate, furnishes the Trustee with an Investment Letter relating to the
transfer of such Certificate, (5) pursuant to another available exemption from
the registration requirements under the Securities Act, including that provided
by Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities Act, provided that the
transferee provide a written opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee opining as to such exemption, or (6)
following the registration of the Certificates under the Securities Act, in each
case, in accordance with any applicable securities Law of any state of the
United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. No transfer,
sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest therein shall
be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition will not cause
the applicable Trust to become subject to registration under either the
Securities Act or the Investment Company Act. To the extent that any
purported transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or
interest therein is made in contravention of the terms contained in this Section
3.03(d), such transfer shall be deemed null and void ab initio, shall have no
effect hereunder and shall not be effective to grant or transfer any rights to
the purported transferee.
(e) No
transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest
therein may be made to any employee benefit plan, trust or account which is
subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or
section 4975 of the Code, or to an entity whose underlying assets are subject to
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or section 4975 of the
Code. The Calculation and Paying Agent hereby indemnifies and holds
harmless the Depositor and CFC from and against all costs, expenses, fines,
penalties, tax consequences, liabilities, obligations and losses, including
without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the
Depositor , CFC or both as a result of, relating to, or as a consequence of the
violation of the covenant in the preceding sentence.
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Section
3.04. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee or the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer to save the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer 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, authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor, class and percentage
interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section
3.04, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
3.04 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the
Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section
3.05. Persons
Deemed Owners. The
Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and any agent thereof may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 6.04
and for all other purposes whatsoever.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations
and Warranties
Section
4.01. Representations and
Warranties of the Calculation and Paying Agent. The
Calculation and Paying Agent represents and warrants as of the Initial Closing
Date and each Series Closing Date as follows:
(a) The
Calculation and Paying Agent is a federally chartered instrumentality of the
United States duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws governing its creation and existence and with corporate power and authority
to conduct its business as it is currently being conducted; the Calculation and
Paying Agent holds all licenses, certificates and permits necessary for the
conduct of its business as it is currently being conducted.
(b) The
Calculation and Paying Agent has the requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement and to perform its
duties thereunder and to take all other actions and execute and deliver all
other documents which are requisite or pertinent to the performance of such
duties; the persons signing such documents and taking such actions on behalf of
the Calculation and Paying Agent, respectively, have been duly authorized to do
so and such documents and actions are valid, legally binding and enforceable
against it in accordance with their terms.
(c) No
action, suit or proceeding is pending or, to the best of Calculation and Paying
Agent’s knowledge, threatened against it that would prohibit its entering into
this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement or performing its obligations
under this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement or, in the reasonable
opinion of the Calculation and Paying Agent has a reasonable likelihood of
resulting in a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this
Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement.
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(d) The
Calculation and Paying Agent is not required to obtain the consent of any other
Person or any consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations from, or
registrations or declarations with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency
in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Master Agreement, any Issue Supplement or any of the
other agreements executed in connection therewith, except for such consents,
licenses, approvals or authorizations, or registrations or declarations, as
shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be.
(e) The
Calculation and Paying Agent is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which default would reasonably be expected to
have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations of the Calculation and Paying Agent or
its respective properties or would reasonably be expected to have consequences
that would materially adversely affect the performance of the Calculation and
Paying Agent hereunder or under any Issue Supplement.
(f) The
execution and delivery of this Master Agreement by the Calculation and Paying
Agent and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Master
Agreement or any Issue Supplement by the Calculation and Paying Agent
will not violate the statues and regulations which govern the operation of the
Calculation and Paying Agent, or constitute a material default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material
default) under, or result in the material breach of, any material contract,
agreement or other instrument to which the Calculation and Paying Agent is a
party or which may be applicable to the Calculation and Paying Agent, or any of
its assets.
(g) The
Calculation and Paying Agent is not in default hereunder and no event or
circumstance has occurred or exists which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default by the Calculation and Paying Agent
hereunder.
Upon
discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4.01, such discovering party shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties. It is understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that the representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 4.01 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to
the Trustee.
Section
4.02. Representations, Warranties
and Agreement of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants as of the Initial Closing Date and each
Series Closing Date as follows:
(a) The
Depositor is a Delaware limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and
existence and with the requisite power and authority to conduct its business as
it is currently being conducted; the Depositor holds all licenses, certificates
and permits necessary for the conduct of its business as it is currently being
conducted.
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(b) The
Depositor has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement, to transfer, assign and deliver all
the Loans identified on each applicable Schedule of Qualified Loans to the
Trustee and to take all other actions and execute and deliver all other
documents which are requisite or pertinent to the transactions described in this
Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement. The persons signing such
documents and taking such actions on its behalf have been duly authorized to do
so and such documents and actions are valid, legally binding and enforceable
against the Depositor in accordance with their respective terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(c) The
Depositor is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or any
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations from, or registrations or
declarations with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement except for such consents, licenses,
approvals or authorizations, or registrations or declarations, as shall have
been obtained or filed, as the case may be.
(d) No
action, suit or proceeding is pending or, to the best of the Depositor’s
knowledge, threatened against it that would prohibit it from entering into this
Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement or performing its obligations under
this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement or, in the reasonable opinion of
the Depositor has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a material adverse
effect on the transactions contemplated by this Master Agreement or any Issue
Supplement.
(e) The
Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or
any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental
agency, which default would reasonably be expected to have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Depositor or its properties or would reasonably be expected to
have consequences that would materially adversely affect its performance
hereunder or under any Issue Supplement.
(f) This
Master Agreement constitutes a valid transfer and assignment to the Trustee of
all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Loans, and the
other property conveyed pursuant to this Master Agreement and each Issue
Supplement.
(g) The
execution and delivery of this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement by the
Depositor and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Master
Agreement and each Issue Supplement by the Depositor will not violate the
organizational and operational documents of the Depositor, or constitute a
material default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a material default) under, or result in the material breach of,
any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or which may be applicable to the Depositor, or any of its
assets.
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(h) Following
payment in full for the Loans identified on a Schedule of Qualified Loans, the
Depositor will have no right, title or interest in, to or under any such Loans,
or the related Trust Fund or the assets and properties thereof.
Upon
discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4.02, such discovering party shall give
prompt written notice thereof to the other parties.
If any
party to this Master Trust Agreement becomes aware of any breach of any
representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.01(i) of the Master Loan
Purchase Agreement that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Trust Fund in the related Qualified Loan, that party shall promptly notify each
of the other parties to this Master Agreement and the Required Certificateholder
of such breach and the Trustee shall direct CFC to comply with its obligations
under the Master Loan Purchase Agreement to either (i) cure such breach in all
material respects, (ii) purchase the Defective Loan in question from the Trustee
by the deposit of the Repurchase Price into an account designated by the
Trustee, or (iii) replace such Defective Loan with one or more Eligible
Substitute Loans in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Master
Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, that CFC
may only replace a Defective Loan with one or more Eligible Substitute Loans on
or before the date which is two (2) years following the Series Closing Date
relating to the Trust Fund which contains such Defective Loan.
It is
understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4.02 shall survive delivery of the
respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee.
Section
4.03. Representations and
Warranties of the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants as of the Initial Closing Date
and each Series Closing Date as follows:
(a) The
Master Servicer is a cooperative association duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and
with the requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is
currently being conducted; the Master Servicer holds all licenses, certificates
and permits necessary for the conduct of its business as it is currently being
conducted and is or will be in compliance with the laws of each state in which
any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure the
enforceability of each Loan.
(b) The
Master Servicer has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver
this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement, to service and administer all
the Loans identified on each applicable Schedule of Qualified Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement, as
applicable, and to take all other actions and execute and deliver all other
documents which are requisite or pertinent to the transactions described in this
Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement. The persons signing such
documents and taking such actions on its behalf have been duly authorized to do
so and such documents and actions are valid, legally binding and enforceable
against the Master Servicer in accordance with their respective terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
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(c) The
Master Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or any
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations from, or registrations or
declarations with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Master Agreement, any Issue Supplement or any of the other Transaction
Documents, except for such consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations, or
registrations or declarations, as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case
may be.
(d) No
action, suit or proceeding is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s
knowledge, threatened against it that would prohibit it from entering into this
Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement or performing its obligations under
this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement or, in the reasonable opinion of
the Master Servicer has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a material
adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Master Agreement or any
Issue Supplement.
(e) The
Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any
court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency, which default would reasonably be expected to have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial
or otherwise) or operations of the Master Servicer or its respective properties
or would reasonably be expected to have consequences that would materially
adversely affect the performance of the Master Servicer hereunder or under any
Issue Supplement.
(f) The
execution and delivery of this Master Agreement by the Master Servicer and the
performance and compliance with the terms of this Master Agreement or
any Issue Supplement by the Master Servicer will not violate the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Master Servicer, or constitute a material default
(or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a
material default) under, or result in the material breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party
or which may be applicable to the Master Servicer, or any of its
assets.
(g) No
Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing and no event or circumstance has
occurred or exists which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
a Servicer Default.
Upon
discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4.03, such discovering party shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties. It is understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that the representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 4.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to
the Trustee.
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Section
4.04. Substitution or Repurchase
of Loans.
(a) If
CFC elects to substitute an Eligible Substitute Loan or Loans for a Defective
Loan pursuant to the Master Loan Purchase Agreement, the Trustee shall direct
CFC, on each date of substitution, to:
(i) convey
the Eligible Substitute Loans and deliver the related Mortgage Files to the
Trustee as provided in Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.01(c) of the Master Loan
Purchase Agreement and Section 2.02(b) and Section 2.02(c) hereof;
(ii) deposit
or cause to be deposited into the applicable Custodial Account no later than the
date of substitution (A) the related Substitution Adjustment Principal Amount,
if any, plus (B) interest on such Substitution Adjustment Principal Amount at
the Loan Interest Rate of the related Defective Loan being replaced from the
previous Due Date for such Defective Loan (or, if there has been no Due Date for
such Loan subsequent to the Cut-Off Date, from the Cut-Off Date) to the Due Date
next preceding the first Distribution Date to occur after such substitution, at
which time such Substitution Adjustment Principal Amount and related interest is
to be distributed to the applicable Certificateholders; and
(iii) deliver
to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the requirements of the
Master Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to the replacement of the Defective
Loans in question have been met.
(b) The
Depositor shall amend the Schedule of Qualified Loans to reflect the repurchase
or transfer to CFC of each Loan that has become a Defective Loan and the
substitution of the Eligible Substitute Loan or Loans and the Depositor shall
deliver the amended Schedule of Qualified Loans to the Trustee. Upon
such substitution, each Eligible Substitute Loan shall be subject to the terms
of this Master Agreement and the related Issue Supplement in all respects and
all rights of the Depositor under the Master Loan Purchase Agreement with
respect to such Eligible Substitute Loan shall be and hereby are assigned to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Upon any such
substitution and the deposit to the Custodial Account of the Repurchase Price or
of any required Substitution Adjustment Principal Amount, the Trustee promptly
shall deliver the Mortgage File relating to such Defective Loan to CFC and shall
execute and deliver at CFC’s direction such instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by CFC, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary
to transfer to CFC, or its designee, any Defective Loan substituted for or
repurchased pursuant to this Section 4.04(b).
Section
4.05. Assignment of Interest in
the Master Loan Purchase Agreement. The
Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders all (but not less than all) of the Depositor’s right, title
and interest in, to and under any PA Supplement, together with all of its
rights, title and interest in, to and under the Master Loan Purchase Agreement
as it relates to such PA Supplement, to the Trustee or Trustees for the benefit
of the Certificateholders. The rights assigned under the Master Loan
Purchase Agreement shall include, but not be limited to, the rights under
Section 2.01, Section 4.01 and Section 5.01 of the Master Loan Purchase
Agreement. Insofar as such assignment relates to representations and
warranties in the Master Loan Purchase Agreement and any remedies provided
thereunder for any breach of such representations and warranties (including the
provisions of Section 2.01(d), Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 of the Master Loan
Purchase Agreement), such right, title and interest may be enforced by the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE
V
Administration
And Servicing of Loans
Section
5.01. Servicing of the
Loans. (a)
The Master Servicer hereby agrees to service and administer the Loans sold
pursuant to this Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement in accordance with
the terms of this Master Agreement, the applicable Issue Supplement, applicable
law and the terms of the Loans. In connection with such servicing and
administration, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting
alone and/or through sub-servicers, to do or cause to be done any and all
things, in connection with such servicing and administration, that the Master
Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this
Master Agreement including, but not limited to, the power and authority, subject
to the terms hereof, (a) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee or the
Certificateholders, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and
documents, (b) 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 Master Agreement), (c) to collect any Other Insurance Proceeds and other
Cash Liquidation amounts, and (d) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion
of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Loan. In
servicing and administering the Loans, the Master Servicer shall employ
procedures in accordance with the Customary Servicing Procedures of the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer will exercise the same care in
servicing the Loans that it exercises in servicing loans to the same Borrower
held in the Master Servicer’s portfolio. The Master Servicer will act
in the best interest of the Trust Fund in servicing Loans held in such Trust
Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master
Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trustee, is hereby authorized
and empowered by the Trustee, when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate
in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee 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
Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties. The
Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Trustee such documents
requiring execution and delivery by it as is necessary or appropriate to enable
the Master Servicer to service and administer the Loans to the extent that the
Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such documents pursuant
to the preceding sentence. In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee
shall provide a power of attorney or other appropriate authorization as shall be
necessary or desirable, in the Master Servicer’s judgment, to enable the Master
Servicer to act as the agent of the Trustee as the mortgagee under each Mortgage
and as the secured party under each Additional Collateral
Document. Upon receipt of such documents, the Trustee, upon the
direction of the Master Servicer, shall promptly execute such documents and
deliver them to the Master Servicer.
(b) With
respect to each Loan as to which the Master Servicer holds one or more loans to
the same Borrower in the Master Servicer’s portfolio on the applicable Series
Closing Date (the “Master Servicer’s
Loans”), the Master Servicer will provide the following information about
each such Master Servicer’s Loan to the Trustee and the Required
Certificateholder on such Series Closing Date: (i) the type of
credit involved in such Master Servicer’s Loan, (ii) whether such Master
Servicer’s Loan is secured by some or all of the collateral which secures the
Loan, (iii) the principal amount of such Master Servicer’s Loan,
(iv) whether any Event of Default (as defined in such Master Servicer’s
Loan) has occurred and is continuing, and (v) the maturity date of such
Master Servicer’s Loan.
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(c) The
relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer
as servicer under this Master Agreement) to each Trust, the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Calculation and Paying Agent under this Master Agreement is
intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of
a joint venture, partner or agent.
(d) In
accordance with the terms of this Master Agreement, the Master Servicer may
waive, modify, amend or vary any term of any Loan or consent to the postponement
of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any
Borrower if in the Master Servicer’s judgment such waiver, modification,
consent, postponement or indulgence will make it more likely that such Borrower
will be able to successfully repay the Loan in question; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer will notify the Trustee and the Required Certificateholder of
each event of default (as such term is defined in the documentation for the
applicable Loan) that has occurred and is continuing under the documentation for
such Loan, and the Master Servicer shall not: (i) waive any event of
default under such Loan documents, (ii) reduce the Loan Interest Rate applicable
to such Loan or forgive any principal, (iii) postpone any date for the payment
of principal or interest on account of such Loan, (iv) extend the maturity date
of such Loan, or (v) implement a workout plan, commence a foreclosure
proceeding, accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure, conduct a pre-foreclosure sale
or seek a deficiency judgment without, in each such case, giving the Trustee and
the Required Certificateholder at least 10 Business Day’s prior written notice
of its intention to do so (each such notice, a “10 Business Day
Notice”). In addition to the foregoing, if one or more loans
in the Master Servicer’s own portfolio present the same issue or issues as the
Loan which is the subject of a 10 Business Day Notice but the Master Servicer
does not propose to handle such issues under such loans in a manner similar to
the proposal submitted to the Trustee and the Required Certificateholder, the
Master Servicer will so state in the 10 Business Day Notice and include a
description of how such issues will be handled in such loans. If by
the end of the applicable 10 Business Day Notice period, the Master Servicer has
not received written notice from the Required Certificateholder disapproving of
the proposal set forth in the applicable 10 Business Day Notice, the Master
Servicer may proceed to implement such proposal. If the Required
Certificateholder notifies the Master Servicer within the applicable 10 Business
Day Notice period that it disapproves of any such proposal with respect to a
Loan, the Master Servicer and the Required Certificateholder will consult with
one another as to the best way to proceed and the Required Certificateholder’s
decision with respect to such Loan will be binding on the Master Servicer; provided, however,
that the Master Servicer shall have the right to handle such issues under the
loans in its own portfolio in such manner as the Master Servicer deems
appropriate or desirable.
(e) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the
Trustee, all agreements and instruments as may be necessary or desirable in
connection with the performance of its rights and obligations pursuant to this
Section 5.01. If reasonably required by the Master Servicer, the
Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other
documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out
its servicing and administrative duties under this Master Agreement, the
Mortgages and the other documentation pertaining to the loans.
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(f) In
the ordinary course of business, the Master Servicer at any time may delegate
any of its duties hereunder to any Person, including any of its Affiliates, who
agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with this Master Agreement and each
applicable Issue Supplement including those standards set forth in this Section
5.01. Any such delegation may include entering into subservicing
agreements with any Person or Persons, for the servicing and administration of
the Loans or a portion thereof. Such delegation shall not relieve the Master
Servicer of its liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties and
shall not constitute a resignation. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, or in any agreement relating to any such delegation,
the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee and the
Certificateholder for the servicing and administration of the Loans in
accordance with the provisions of this Master Agreement and each applicable
Issue Supplement to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as
if it alone were servicing and administering the Loans. The Master Servicer
shall provide the Trustee with written notice of delegation of any of its duties
to any Person other than any of the Master Servicer’s Affiliates or their
respective successors and assigns on the later of the respective Series Closing
Date or 60 days prior to such delegation.
Section
5.02. Collection
of Loan Payments; Establishment of Series Custodial
Accounts.
(a) Continuously
from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all Loans is paid in
full, the Master Servicer will proceed diligently, in accordance with this
Master Agreement, to collect all payments due under each of the Loans it
services when the same shall become due and payable.
(b) On
each Series Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a
Custodial Account with respect to such Series, which shall be an Eligible
Account. The Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited
into each applicable Custodial Account, all on a daily basis within two Business
Days of receipt, except as otherwise specifically provided herein or in an
applicable Issue Supplement, the following payments and collections received by
the Master Servicer in respect of the Loans relating to such Series subsequent
to the Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of interest accruing on the Loans on
or before the Cut-Off Date applicable to such Series and principal due on the
Loans on or before the Cut-Off Date applicable to such Series, which collections
shall be paid to CFC) and the following amounts required to be deposited
hereunder with respect to the Loans it services:
(i) all
payments on account of principal of the Loans in the Trust Fund of such Series,
including Principal Prepayments with respect to such related Loans;
(ii) all
payments on account of interest on the Loans in the Trust Fund of such Series,
net of the Servicing Fee with respect to such related Loans;
(iii) all
Other Insurance Proceeds and Cash Liquidation Proceeds, each with respect to the
Loans in the Trust Fund of such Series;
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(iv) all
Repurchase Prices and all Substitution Adjustment Principal Amounts received by
the Master Servicer with respect to the Loans in the Trust Fund of such Series;
and
(v) any
other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
If the
Master Servicer shall deposit in any Custodial Account any amount not required
to be deposited, it may at any time withdraw or direct the institution
maintaining the applicable Custodial Account to withdraw such amount from the
applicable Custodial Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. The Master Servicer shall maintain adequate records
with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section
5.02. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02(c), all funds
required to be deposited in any Custodial Account shall be held in trust for the
applicable Certificateholder of the related Trust until withdrawn in accordance
with Section 5.04.
(c) Each
institution at which a Custodial Account is maintained for such Series shall
invest the funds therein as directed in writing by the Required
Certificateholder for such related Series in Permitted Investments, which shall
mature not later than the next applicable Certificate Account Deposit Date and
shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity unless such Permitted
Investments are in default. All such Permitted Investments shall be
made in the name of the Trustee of the related Trust. All income or
gain (net of any losses) realized from any such investment of funds on deposit
in any Custodial Account shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Issue Supplement, on each Distribution Date be paid to the Required
Certificateholder as provided in Section 7.02.
(d) The
Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Calculation and Paying
Agent of any proposed change of the location of any Custodial Account maintained
by the Master Servicer not later than 2 days and not more than 45 days prior to
any change thereof.
Section
5.03. Realization Upon Defaulted
Loans. The
Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to realize upon Defaulted Loans, in
such manner as in the Master Servicer’s judgment will maximize the receipt of
principal and interest by the Trustee. The Master Servicer is
obligated to make every effort it deems reasonable to work out a troubled Loan
before proposing foreclosure, a deed in lieu of foreclosure, a pre-foreclosure
sale or other remedial action. The Master Servicer shall use
reasonable efforts to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of Mortgaged Properties securing such of the Loans as come into and
continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for
collection of delinquent payments. The foregoing is subject to the
provisions that, in any case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered
damage, the Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward
the restoration of such Mortgaged Property.
The
decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a Defaulted 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.
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The
proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan will be applied in the
following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer
for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees with respect
to the related Loan; second, to reimburse the Trustee for any amounts incurred
by it in connection with such Loan; third, to accrued and unpaid interest on the
Loan at the Net Loan Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such
amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal
of such Loan.
In the
event that, as a result of or in connection with the exercise of remedies with
respect to a Loan, the Trust becomes the owner of real estate, the Master
Servicer will immediately commence appropriate procedures, on behalf of the
Trust, to liquidate such real estate.
Section
5.04. Permitted Withdrawals From
the Custodial Accounts. The
Master Servicer may, from time to time, and with respect to clause (i) below,
shall, withdraw funds from the applicable Custodial Accounts for the following
purposes:
(i) on
or prior to the close of business on the Certificate Account Deposit Date
relating to each Distribution Date, to withdraw an amount equal to the related
Certificate Distribution Amount with respect to the related Series on such
Distribution Date, and deposit such amount into the Certificate Account relating
to such Series on such Certificate Account Deposit Date;
(ii) to
pay to the Master Servicer (to the extent not previously retained) the servicing
compensation to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 5.07;
(iii) to
reimburse the Master Servicer for unreimbursed Servicing Advances made by it in
connection with the Loans in the Trust Fund relating to such Custodial Account,
such right of reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to
amounts received on the Loans in respect of which any such Servicing Advance was
made;
(iv) to
pay to the Depositor, with respect to each Loan that has been repurchased or
substituted for pursuant to Section 2.02(d) or Section 4.02, all amounts
received thereon after the date of such repurchase or substitution (excluding
any Installment Payment due on any Due Date prior to such date of
repurchase);
(v) to
withdraw any amount deposited in such Custodial Account and not required to be
deposited therein;
(vi) to
clear and terminate such Custodial Account upon termination of the related
Series; and
(vii) to
reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses incurred by and reimbursable pursuant
to Section 5.17.
Section
5.05. Fidelity Bond,
Insurance. The
Master Servicer shall maintain insurance coverage and financial institution bond
protection consistent with that maintained by the Master Servicer as of the date
of this Master Agreement. Such insurance coverage shall include
coverage in the amount of $4,000,000 insuring the Master Servicer against losses
on account of employee dishonesty, loss inside the premises coverage, loss
outside the premises coverage, money orders and counterfeit paper currency
coverage and depositors forgery coverage. Such financial institution
bond protection shall include $6,000,000 single loss limit of liability coverage
on account of forgery or alteration, securities, computer systems fraud,
telefacsimile transfer fraud and voice initiated transfer fraud.
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Section
5.06. Satisfaction of Mortgages
and Release of Mortgage Files. Upon
the payment in full of any 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 shall immediately notify the
Trustee. Such notice shall include a statement to the effect that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment, which are
required to be deposited in the related Custodial Account pursuant to Section
5.02, have been or will be so deposited, and shall request delivery to the
Master Servicer of the portion of the Mortgage File held by the
Trustee. Upon receipt of such notice and request, the Trustee shall,
within five (5) Business Days, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master
Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Master Servicer shall prepare and
process any satisfaction or release that may be necessary. In the
event that the Trustee fails to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master
Servicer the related Mortgage File within five (5) Business Days of the Master
Servicer’s request therefor, the Trustee shall be liable to the Master Servicer
for any additional expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, outsourcing
fees and penalties, incurred by the Master Servicer resulting from such
failure.
From time
to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of a Loan, the
Trustee shall, within five (5) Business Days of the Master Servicer’s request
and delivery to the Trustee of a servicing receipt signed by a Servicing
Officer, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer the portion of
the Mortgage File held by the Trustee. Pursuant to the servicing
receipt, the Master Servicer shall be obligated to return to the Trustee the
related Mortgage File when the Master Servicer no longer needs such file, unless
the Loan has been liquidated and the Cash Liquidation Proceeds relating to such
Loan have been deposited in the applicable Custodial Account or the Mortgage
File or a portion thereof has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public
trustee or other public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating
or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the
Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially. In the event
that the Trustee fails to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master
Servicer the portion of the Mortgage File held by the Trustee or its designee
within five (5) Business Days of the Master Servicer’s request therefor, the
Trustee shall be liable to the Master Servicer for any additional expenses or
costs, including, but not limited to, outsourcing fees and penalties, incurred
by the Master Servicer resulting from such failure. Upon receipt of
notice from the Master Servicer stating that such Loan was liquidated, the
Trustee shall release the Master Servicer from its obligations under the related
servicing receipt.
Section
5.07. Servicing Compensation and
Reimbursement. With
respect to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall be entitled, out of
the interest portion of amounts collected by the Master Servicer with respect to
each Loan, to retain or withdraw from the applicable Custodial Account an amount
equal to the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date.
Additional
servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, and all other customary
and ancillary income and fees shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the
extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section
5.02. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder and shall
not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except that the Master Servicer is
entitled to reimbursement for all Servicing Advances and as otherwise provided
in this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement.
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Section
5.08. RUS. The
rights and obligations of the Depositor, Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Calculation and Paying Agent and any other Persons with respect to the
administration and servicing of the Loans are subject in all respects to
applicable law and to the rights of RUS and all other Persons secured
by any Mortgage.
Section
5.09. Documents, Records and Funds
in Possession of the Master Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee. The Master
Servicer shall account fully to the Trustee for any funds received by the Master
Servicer or which otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer, including any
Cash Liquidation Proceeds, in respect of any Loan. All Mortgage Files
and funds collected or held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer in
respect of any Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest
payments or from Cash Liquidation Proceeds, including but not limited to any
funds on deposit in the applicable Custodial 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 Master Agreement and the Issue Supplement. The Master
Servicer also agrees that it shall not knowingly create, incur or subject any
Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in any Custodial Account or any
Certificate Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or
payable to the Trustee or the Calculation and Paying Agent, to any claim, lien,
security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance
created by the Master Servicer, 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 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 Master
Agreement.
Section
5.10. Rights of the Trustee in
Respect of the Master Servicer. The
Trustee 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 obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of a Servicer Default, and in connection
with the performance of any such 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 Trustee or its designee. None of the Trustee or the Calculation
and Paying Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or
failure to act by the Master Servicer nor shall either of the Trustee or the
Calculation and Paying Agent be obligated to supervise the performance of the
Master Servicer hereunder or otherwise.
Section
5.11. Annual Statement as to
Compliance. The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Calculation and Paying
Agent on or before the date which is 120 days after the end of the Master
Servicer’s fiscal year, commencing with its 2007 fiscal year, an Officer’s
Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (a) a review of the
activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding fiscal year and of the
performance of the Master Servicer under this Master Agreement has been made
under such officer’s supervision, and (b) to the best of such officer’s
knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Master 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.
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Section
5.12. Annual Independent Public
Accountants’ Servicing Statement; Financial Statements. The
Master Servicer shall, at its own expense, on or before 120 days after the end
of the Master Servicer’s fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year, if any,
during which the Certificates of a Series are registered under the Securities
Act and each fiscal year thereafter during which such Certificates are subject
to a reporting obligation under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, cause a firm of independent public accountants (who may
also render other services to the Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof)
which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to
furnish a statement to the Trustee to the effect that such firm has, with
respect to the Master Servicer’s servicing operations under this Master
Agreement with respect to such Series, examined such operations in accordance
with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, stating such firm’s
conclusions relating thereto. If the Trustee is asked by such
accountants to approve the procedures used in such report, the Trustee shall do
so only upon the direction of the Master Servicer.
Section
5.13. Statements to
Certificateholders.
(a) With
respect to each Trust and each Distribution Date, on the related Certificate
Distribution Amount Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall forward the
Servicing Certificate applicable to each Trust to the Calculation and Paying
Agent and the Calculation and Paying Agent shall make such Servicing Certificate
available, on a secure basis on its website or otherwise, to each applicable
Certificateholder and the Trustee, but not to any other Person or
Persons.
If a
Servicer Default shall occur, on the Business Day following the related
Certificate Distribution Amount Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall
forward to the Calculation and Paying Agent, and the Calculation and Paying
Agent shall forward or cause to be forwarded by mail or otherwise make
available, on its website or otherwise, to each Certificateholder and the
Trustee, a statement to such effect, including the nature
thereof. Such statement may be included in, or separate from, the
regular statement sent to Certificateholders.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall forward to the Calculation and Paying Agent any other
information reasonably requested by the Calculation and Paying Agent necessary
to make distributions pursuant to Section 6.03 and Section 6.04. The
determination by the Master Servicer of the information contained in each
Servicing Certificate shall, in the absence of obvious error, be deemed to be
presumptively correct for all purposes hereunder, and the Trustee and the
Calculation and Paying Agent shall be protected in relying upon the same without
any independent check or verification.
Section
5.14. Tax
Returns. The
Master Servicer shall prepare or cause to be prepared for execution by the
Trustee, and after execution shall file or cause to be filed, all tax and
information returns of the each Trust Fund.
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Section
5.15. Servicer
Default. With
respect to any Trust Fund, each of the following events shall constitute a
servicer default (each, a “Servicer
Default”):
(a) any
failure by the Master Servicer to make any payment, deposit or transfer required
to be made under the terms of this Master Agreement or the applicable Issue
Supplement which continues unremedied for a period of five days after the date
upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been: (i) received by the Master Servicer from the Trustee
or the Calculation and Paying Agent, or (ii) received by the Master Servicer and
the Trustee from the Required Certificateholder; or
(b) failure
on the part of the Master Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Master
Servicer in this Master Agreement or the applicable Issue Supplement which
continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been: (i) received by the Master Servicer from the Trustee or the
Calculation and Paying Agent, or (ii) received by the Master Servicer and the
Trustee from the Required Certificateholder; or
(c) a
decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, 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
days; or
(d) consent
by the Master Servicer to the appointment of a conservator, receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings relating to the Master Servicer or to all or
substantially all of its property; or
(e) The
Master Servicer’s admission in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, filing of a petition to invoke any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, making of an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or voluntarily suspending payment of its
obligations.
With
respect to any Trust Fund, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default, and so
long as such Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee or the
Required Certificateholder may (a) terminate all obligations and duties imposed
upon the Master Servicer under this Master Agreement and the related Issue
Supplement, and (b) name and appoint a successor or successors to succeed to and
assume all of such obligations and duties of the Master
Servicer. Such actions shall be effected by notice in writing to the
Master Servicer and shall become effective upon receipt of such notice by the
Master Servicer and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor or
successors.
On and
after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice and the
acceptance by the successor or successors to the Master Servicer, all
obligations and duties imposed upon the Master Servicer under this Master
Agreement and each related Issue Supplement shall pass to and vest in the
successor or successors named in the notice, and such successor or successors
shall be authorized, and hereby are authorized, to take all such action and
execute and deliver all such instruments and documents on behalf of the Master
Servicer, as attorney in fact or otherwise, as may be necessary and appropriate
to effect the purposes of such written notice. The Master Servicer
shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses relating to a transition to a
successor Master Servicer.
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Section
5.16. Inspection
Rights. The
Master Servicer shall, once per calendar year (or, if a Servicer Default has
occurred and is continuing, as often as the Required Certificateholder deems
necessary or appropriate), upon three Business Days’ prior written request from
the Required Certificateholder, during normal business hours, permit the
Required Certificateholder to examine the Servicing Files which relate to Loans
in the Trust Funds; provided, that,
notwithstanding such annual examination, if the Farm Credit Administration (as
the Governmental Authority that regulates the Required Certificateholder) so
requests, the Master Servicer shall, upon three Business Day’s prior written
request from the Required Certificateholder (with evidence of such request by
the Farm Credit Administration) or from the Farm Credit Administration, permit
the Required Certificateholder to reexamine or permit the Farm Credit
Administration to examine the Servicing File which relates to Loans in the Trust
Funds, and provided, further, that any
Person obtaining such information from the Master Servicer pursuant to this
Section 5.16 shall be required to maintain the confidentiality thereof and use
such information solely in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Master Agreement or as otherwise required by law, unless otherwise agreed to in
writing by such Person and the Master Servicer, with such agreement by the
Master Servicer not to be unreasonably withheld.
Section
5.17. Limitation on Liability of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Others.
(a) Neither
the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees
or agents of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability
to the Trustee, the Trust Fund, the Calculation of Paying Agent or the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith and without gross negligence pursuant to this Master
Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any such Person against
any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor 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 Master Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be
indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any
loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating
to this Master Agreement, any Issue Supplement, the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, the Certificates, or the Depositor’s or the Master Servicer’s
duties in connection therewith, other than any loss, liability or expense
related to any specific Loan or Loans 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 disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder.
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(b) Neither
the Depositor nor the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear
in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its
respective duties under this Master Agreement and for which it will not be
reimbursed or indemnified hereunder; provided, however, that each of the
Depositor and the Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such
action it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Master Agreement
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of 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 and the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefore out of amounts
attributable to the Qualified Loans on deposit in the Custodial Account as
provided by Section 5.04.
(c) The
Master Servicer and its directors, officers, employees and agents shall be
deemed to have exercised the degree of skill and care appropriate hereunder if
such Person has acted in accordance with Customary Servicing Procedures and in
good faith in (i) managing, administering, servicing, making collections,
foreclosing, counseling with respect to, and supervising the Qualified Loans;
(ii) administering, interpreting, and enforcing the Mortgages, Mortgage
Notes and all forms, documents and certificates required thereunder;
(iii) fulfilling all obligations hereunder; and (iv) all duties,
obligations and actions taken in respect of the Mortgage Property.
ARTICLE
VI
Series
Certificate Accounts, Distributions
Section
6.01. Series Certificate
Accounts. (a) On
or before each Series Closing Date, the Calculation and Paying Agent shall
either (i) open with an Eligible Depository one or more trust accounts in the
name of the Trustee applicable to the related Trust Fund created on such Series
Closing Date that shall be the “Certificate Account” for such Series or (ii) in
lieu of maintaining any such account or accounts, maintain the Certificate
Account for the related Trust Fund by means of appropriate entries on its books
and records designating all amounts credited thereto in respect of the Loans as
being held by it for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates evidencing
beneficial ownership interests in such Trust Fund. To the extent that
any Certificate Account for any Trust Fund is maintained by the Calculation and
Paying Agent in the manner provided in clause (ii) above, all references
herein to deposits and withdrawals from such Certificate Account shall be deemed
to refer to credits and debits to the related books of the Calculation and
Paying Agent.
(b) The
Calculation and Paying Agent shall deposit into each Certificate Account all
amounts remitted to it by the Master Servicer representing withdrawals from the
related Custodial Account. All amounts deposited by the Calculation
and Paying Agent from time to time in a Certificate Account, and all investments
made with such moneys, including all income or other gain from such investments,
shall be held by the Calculation and Paying Agent in the Certificate Account as
part of the Trust Fund as herein provided, subject to withdrawal by the
Calculation and Paying Agent for the purposes set forth in Section
6.03.
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(c) All
or a portion of amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account shall be invested
and reinvested by Calculation and Paying Agent in one or more Permitted
Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount. No such
investment shall mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
next applicable Distribution Date; provided, however, that any
investment on which the Eligible Depository, in its commercial capacity, the
Trustee or the Calculation and Paying Agent is the obligor, may mature on the
related Distribution Date. No Permitted Investment may be sold while
in a Certificate Account.
Section
6.02. Calculation of Certificate
Distribution Amount; Publication of Certificate Principal
Factors. On
or before each Certificate Distribution Amount Determination Date, the
Calculation and Paying Agent shall calculate the Available Interest, the
Available Principal, the Class A Distributable Amount and the Class B
Distributable Amount, each with respect to the related Distribution Date and,
based on the Total Available Amount for such Distribution Date and the other
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date, determine the amount
distributable to Certificateholders of each class. Immediately
following each such calculation, the Calculation and Paying Agent shall notify
the Trustee in writing as to the amount so calculated. As soon as
practicable thereafter, the Calculation and Paying Agent shall make available
generally to the Certificateholder the Certificate Principal Factor for each
Class of Certificates after giving effect to the distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B Principal Distribution Amount on
the following Distribution Date. All computations of interest accrued
on any Certificate shall be made as specified in the applicable Issue
Supplement.
Section
6.03. Withdrawals from the
Certificate Account. The
rights of the Class B Certificateholders to receive distributions in
respect of the Class B Certificates shall be and hereby are subordinated to the
rights of the Class A Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of
the Class A Certificates as provided below. Amounts on deposit on any
Distribution Date in any Certificate Account shall be withdrawn therefrom by the
Calculation and Paying Agent, in the amounts required, to the extent funds are
available therefor, for application as follows:
(i) first,
to the Class A Certificateholders, from Available Interest, an amount equal to
the sum of the Class A Interest Distributable Amount and any outstanding
Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the
preceding Distribution Date; and if such Available Interest is insufficient, the
Class A Certificateholders will receive such shortfall, to the extent
available, from the Class B Percentage of Available Principal;
(ii) second,
to the Class A Certificateholders, from Available Principal, an amount equal to
the sum of the Class A Principal Distributable Amount and any outstanding Class
A Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the preceding
Distribution Date; and if such Available Principal is insufficient, the
Class A Certificateholders will receive such shortfall from Available
Interest (as such Available Interest has been reduced as described in
clause (i) above);
(iii) third,
to the Class B Certificateholders, from Available Interest (as such Available
Interest has been reduced by the distributions described above in clauses (i)
and (ii) above), an amount equal to the sum of the Class B Interest
Distributable Amount and any outstanding Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall as
of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date; and
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(iv) fourth,
to the Class B Certificateholders, from Available Principal (as such Available
Principal has been reduced as described in clauses (ii) above), an amount equal
to the sum of the Class B Principal Distributable Amount and any outstanding
Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the
preceding Distribution Date; and if such Available Principal is insufficient,
the Class B Certificateholders will receive such shortfall from Available
Interest (as such Available Interest has been reduced as described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above).
Section
6.04. Distributions on
Certificates. As
provided in Section 6.03, on each Distribution Date, the Calculation and Paying
Agent shall withdraw from each applicable Certificate Account to the extent of
funds available therefor, the Certificate Distribution Amount applicable to each
Series for such Distribution Date previously calculated by it pursuant to
Section 6.02. Any installment of interest or principal that is
payable on any Certificate and that is on deposit in the applicable Certificate
Account on the applicable Distribution Date, shall be paid to the
Certificateholder of record thereof on the immediately preceding Record Date by
wire transfer to an account specified in writing by such Certificateholder (or,
if any Certificateholder shall not have specified such account in writing at
least 3 Business Days prior to any Payment Date, by check or money order mailed
to such Certificateholder at such Certificateholder’s address appearing in the
Note Register); provided that the
Calculation and Paying Agent shall not be required to pay to any such
Certificateholder any amounts required to be withheld from a payment to such
Certificateholder by any applicable tax law.
ARTICLE
VII
Concerning
the Calculation and Paying Agent
Section
7.01. Duties of the Calculation
and Paying Agent. Xxxxxx
Mac, in its individual capacity, agrees to perform the following duties in
connection with the Trust, subject to the terms of the related Issue Supplement
and the Certificates:
(a) Act
as Calculation and Paying Agent, and in particular calculating amounts payable
and remittance of payments to Certificateholders of each Series as required by
Section 6.02 and Section 6.04 of this Master Agreement and making such
verification as it deems necessary of the amounts deposited in each Custodial
Account and Certificate Account, in each case by the Master Servicer
hereunder;
(b) Upon
receipt of the Servicing Certificates as described in Section 5.13, make such
Servicing Certificates available to each applicable Certificateholder and the
Trustee as provided in Section 5.13.
Section
7.02. Calculation and Paying Agent
Compensation. As
compensation for its activities and obligations hereunder, with respect to each
Series, unless otherwise provided in the Issue Supplement, the Calculation and
Paying Agent shall on each Distribution Date for such Series, be entitled to all
income or gain (net of any losses) realized from investment of funds on deposit
in the applicable Custodial Account.
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(b) The
Calculation and Paying Agent shall pay all expenses incurred by it hereunder in
connection with its activities and shall, except for any reimbursable expenses
as may be set forth herein, not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor.
Section
7.03. Resignation. The
Calculation and Paying Agent shall not resign from the duties imposed upon it by
the terms of this Master Agreement or, without the consent of the Master
Servicer, voluntarily assign any of its rights or duties hereunder to any other
Person.
Section
7.04. Merger or
Consolidation. Any
corporation or other entity into which the Calculation and Paying Agent is
merged or consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Calculation and Paying Agent
shall be a party or any entity which shall by statute be a successor to the
Calculation and Paying Agent shall succeed to and assume all duties imposed upon
the Calculation and Paying Agent by the terms of this Master Agreement, without
the filing of any instrument or the performance of any further act by the
Calculation and Paying Agent or any Certificateholder. The
Calculation and Paying Agent promptly shall furnish written notice of such
succession to the Trustee and all Certificateholders.
Section
7.05. Calculation and Paying Agent
as Holder. Calculation
and Paying Agent, in its individual or any other capacity, shall have the right
to purchase and hold for its own account any Certificate issued pursuant to the
terms of this Master Agreement and any Issue Supplement, notwithstanding the
rights and duties conferred and imposed upon the Calculation and Paying Agent by
this Master Agreement and any such applicable Issue Supplement.
ARTICLE
VIII
Concerning
the Trustee
Section
8.01. Duties of
Trustee. (a)
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and after the curing
of all Servicer Defaults that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Master
Agreement. If a Servicer Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Master
Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent investor would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such investor’s own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee
contained in this Master Agreement shall not be construed as a
duty.
(b) The
Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions,
reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee, which
are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this
Master Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the
requirements of this Master Agreement. If any such instrument is
found not to conform to the requirements of this Master Agreement in a material
manner, the Trustee shall take action as it deems appropriate to have the
instrument corrected and, if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee’s
satisfaction, the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the applicable
Certificateholders.
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(c) No
provision of this Master Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its own misconduct; provided, however,
that:
(i) prior
to the occurrence of a Servicer Default, and after the curing of all such
Servicer Defaults that may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Master
Agreement and each Issue Supplement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in
this Master Agreement, and each Issue Supplement, no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement
against the Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
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 Master
Agreement and each Issue Supplement;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Calculation and Paying Agent as 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 Master
Agreement or any Issue Supplement, and
(iv) no
provision of this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) For
all purposes of this Master Agreement, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Servicer Default or event that, with notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become a Servicer Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from a Certificateholder, the
Calculation and Paying Agent or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
actual knowledge thereof, and in the absence of such written notice or
knowledge, no provision hereof requiring the taking of any action or the
assumption of any duties or responsibility by the Trustee following the
occurrence of any Servicer Default or event which, with notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become a Servicer Default, shall be effective as to the
Trustee.
Section
8.02. Certain Matters Affecting
the Trustee. Except
as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) The
Trustee may request and rely upon, and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon, any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate
of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document
prima facie in proper form and believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
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(b) The
Trustee may consult with counsel (including counsel for the Calculation and
Paying Agent) 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;
(c) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers
vested in it by this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request,
order or direction of any of the Certificateholders or the Calculation and
Paying Agent, pursuant to the provisions of this Master Agreement or any Issue
Supplement, unless such Certificateholders or the Calculation and Paying Agent,
as applicable, shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee
of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default (which has not been
cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Master
Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent investor would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such investor’s own affairs;
(d) The
Trustee shall not be personally 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 Master Agreement or any applicable
Issue Supplement;
(e) Prior
to the occurrence of a Servicer Default hereunder and after the curing of all
Servicer Defaults that may have occurred, 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 the Calculation and Paying Agent or by the Required Certificateholder;
provided, however, that if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Master Agreement, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to
so proceeding the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid
by the Calculation and Paying Agent or the requesting Certificateholders, as
applicable; and
(f) The
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys.
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Section
8.03. Trustee Not Liable for
Certificates or Loans. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Master Servicer or the Calculation and Paying
Agent of any funds paid to the Master Servicer or the Calculation and Paying
Agent, in respect of the Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from any Custodial
Account or any Certificate Account by the Master Servicer or the Calculation and
Paying Agent, as the case may be. The Trustee makes no
representations or warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of the
Certificates or of any Loan or related document, except that the Trustee
represents that this Master Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by it and, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto, constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability may be subject to (i)
applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) general principles of
equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
Section
8.04. Trustee May Own
Certificates. The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Certificates of any Series with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee.
Section
8.05. Indemnification of the
Trustee. Each
Trust shall indemnify the Trustee in its individual capacity and as Trustee and
any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee in its individual
capacity and as Trustee for, and hold each of them harmless against, any loss or
liability incurred by any of them in connection with such Trust without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee in its individual capacity
and as Trustee or any such director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee
in its individual capacity and as Trustee and arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of the Trust created pursuant to this
Master Agreement and each Issue Supplement, including the costs and expenses of
defending the Trustee in its individual capacity and as Trustee or any such
director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee in its individual capacity
and as Trustee against any claim or liability incurred by any of them in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties
hereunder without negligence or bad faith on its or their part and including any
liability for any environmental hazards or issues relating to any Mortgaged
Property, but not including any expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
performing the Trustee’s duties as set forth herein.
Section
8.06. Eligibility Requirements for
Trustee. The
Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation having its principal
office in a state and city acceptable to the Calculation and Paying Agent and
organized and doing business under the laws of such 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, and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation 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, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 8.07. The Trustee shall secure an Opinion
of Counsel (which shall be an expense of the Trustee) to the effect that, to the
extent that the Trust is not subject to federal income taxation, the Trust Fund
is not subject to state and local taxation in the jurisdiction where the Trustee
is located.
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Section
8.07. Resignation and Removal of
the Trustee. (a)
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts created
pursuant to this Master Agreement by giving written notice of resignation to the
Master Servicer and the Calculation and Paying Agent. Upon receiving
such notice of resignation, the Calculation and Paying Agent, after consultation
with the Master Servicer, shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee with a copy of such
instrument delivered to the Master Servicer. If no successor trustee
shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 90 days after
giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.
(b) If
at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Calculation and Paying Agent, or if at any time the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a 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, then the
Calculation and Paying Agent may remove the Trustee and, after consultation with
the Master Servicer, appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and one copy to the successor trustee, with a copy of such instrument
delivered to the Master Servicer, and the Calculation and Paying Agent shall
give written notice thereof to the
Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any liability of
the Trustee under this Master Agreement arising prior to such termination shall
survive such termination.
(c) The
Calculation and Paying Agent may at any time remove the Trustee solely pursuant
to this Master Agreement and, after consultation with the Master Servicer,
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments within 90 days
of such predecessor trustee’s removal. If no successor trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 90 days after the
giving of such notice of removal, the predecessor trustee may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.
(d) Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.08
but in no event shall it become effective until a successor has been appointed
and has accepted the duties of the Trustee.
Section
8.08. Successor
Trustee. (a)
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor trustee (with copies delivered to the
Calculation and Paying Agent and the Master Servicer) an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and the successor trustee shall secure an Opinion of
Counsel (which shall be an expense of such successor trustee) to the effect
that, to the extent that the Trust is not subject to federal income taxation,
the Trust Fund is not subject to state and local taxation in the jurisdiction
where the successor trustee is located, whereupon 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
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.
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(b) No
successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.06.
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 such
corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06, 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.
Section
8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee. (a)Notwithstanding
any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal
requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of a Trust Fund or property
securing the same may at the time be located, the Calculation and Paying Agent
(after consultation with the Master Servicer) and the Trustee, acting jointly,
shall have the power to 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 related Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in
such capacity, such title to such Trust Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject
to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations,
rights and trusts as Calculation and Paying Agent and the Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under
Section 8.06. Except as specifically provided in the first sentence
of this paragraph, the Trustee shall have no other rights to appoint a
co-trustee.
(b) In
the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this
Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed
by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or
acts are to be performed, 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 any Trust Fund or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such
separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.
(c) Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively
as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate
trustee and co-trustee shall refer to this Master 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
Master Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Master
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.
(d) Any
separate trustee and 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 Master Agreement on its
behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall
die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
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Section
8.11. Trustee
Fees. As
compensation for its services hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive from the Trust fees at such times, and in such amounts, as shall be
specified in the related Issue Supplement. The Trustee’s compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust.
ARTICLE
IX
Termination
Section
9.01. Termination upon Purchase or
Liquidation of All Loans. The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Calculation and Paying Agent and the Trustee with respect to any
Series of Certificates created hereby (other than the obligation of the
Calculation and Paying Agent to make certain payments to Certificateholders
after the Final Distribution Date) shall terminate upon the last action required
to be taken by the Calculation and Paying Agent on the Final Distribution Date
pursuant to this Article IX following the earlier of (a) the purchase of all the
Loans and all REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund by the Master Servicer at
a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of each
Loan in the applicable Trust Fund (other than any Loan as to which REO Property
has been acquired and whose fair market value is included pursuant to clause
(ii) below), (ii) the fair market value of such REO Property, plus any accrued
and unpaid interest through the last day of the month of such purchase at the
related Loan Interest Rate on the unpaid principal balance of each Loan
(including any Loan as to which REO Property has been acquired) and (iii) any
Repurchase Price owed to the applicable Trust Fund pursuant to Section 4.02 or
(b) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto)
of the last Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all REO
Property.
The
Master Servicer may not exercise its purchase option for the Loans until all
Repurchase Prices for the Defective Loans have been paid.
Regardless
of the foregoing, in no event shall any Trust created hereby continue beyond the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the United States to the
Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof.
The right
of the Master Servicer to purchase the Loans in any Trust Fund is conditioned
upon the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Loans in such Trust Fund
being less than 10% of the unpaid principal balance of the Loans in such Trust
Fund at the applicable Cut-off Date.
If such
right is exercised with respect to any Series by the Master Servicer, the
Trustee shall, promptly following payment of the cleanup purchase price, deliver
to the Master Servicer, or its respective designees, the Mortgage Files
pertaining to such Loans applicable to such Series being purchased.
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Notice of
the exercise of any purchase option by the Master Servicer and notice of any
termination of any Trust, specifying the Final Distribution Date with respect to
such Trust or the applicable Distribution Date, upon which the applicable
Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Calculation and
Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and for cancellation, shall
be given promptly by the Calculation and Paying Agent by letter to the
applicable Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 10th day and not later
than the 15th day of the month next preceding the month of such final
distribution specifying (1) the Final Distribution Date for such
Series or the applicable Distribution Date, upon which final payment of the
applicable Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates of such Series at the office or agency of the Calculation and
Paying Agent therein designated, (2) the amount of any such final payment
and (3) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is
not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
applicable Certificates at the office or agency of the Calculation and Paying
Agent therein specified. The Master Servicer exercising its call
right shall remit to the Calculation and Paying Agent for deposit to the
Distribution Account on or before the Final Distribution Date or the applicable
Distribution Date, in immediately available funds an amount equal to the amount
necessary to make the amount, if any, on deposit in the Distribution Account on
such Final Distribution Date or Distribution Date, as applicable, equal to the
purchase price for the related assets of the Trust Fund or any portion of the
Trust Fund computed as above provided, together with a statement as to the
amount to be distributed on each applicable Class of Certificates pursuant to
the next succeeding paragraph.
Upon
presentation and surrender of the applicable Certificates, the Calculation and
Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to the applicable Certificateholders
of each Class, in the order set forth in Section 6.03 hereof, on the Final
Distribution Date applicable to such Series or the applicable Distribution Date,
and in proportion to their respective percentage interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal, as to each such Class of
Certificates, the Class Certificate Principal Balance thereof plus accrued
interest thereon in the case of an interest-bearing Certificate.
If some
or all Certificateholders do not surrender their Certificates for final payment
and cancellation on or before the Final Distribution Date for the applicable
Series, the Calculation and Paying Agent shall on such date cause all funds in
the applicable Certificate Account not distributed in final distribution to such
Certificateholders to continue to be held by the Calculation and Paying Agent in
such Certificate Account for the benefit of such Certificateholders and the
Calculation and Paying Agent shall give a second written notice to the remaining
applicable Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation
and receive a final distribution with respect thereto. If within one
year after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Calculation and Paying Agent may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact
the remaining applicable Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds on deposit in
such applicable Certificate Account.
Upon the
exercise of the purchase option by the Master Servicer with respect to any Trust
Fund, the applicable Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
applicable law.
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ARTICLE
X
Supplemental
Agreements
Section
10.01. Permissible Without Action
by Certificateholders. The
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Calculation and Paying Agent and the
Trustee, from time to time and at any time, may, without the consent of or
notice (other than pursuant to Section 10.01(b)) to any Holder of a Certificate,
enter into an agreement or other instrument supplemental hereto and which
thereafter shall form a part hereof (so long as no such agreement or instrument
affects the permitted activities of the Trust), for any one or more of the
following purposes:
(a) to
add to the covenants of any part hereto, whether applicable to one or more
Trusts;
(b) to
evidence the succession pursuant to ARTICLE VIII of another Person or Persons to
the Trustee and the assumption by such successor or successors of the
obligations of the Trustee hereunder;
(c) to
eliminate any right reserved to or conferred upon any party hereto;
(d) to
take such action to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision in
this Master Agreement; or
(e) to
modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Master Agreement to such
extent as shall be necessary so that the Trust is not subject to federal income
taxation and state taxation; provided that (i)
there shall have been delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such action is necessary or advisable to maintain such status, and
(ii) such amendment shall not have any of the effects described in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of the proviso to Section 10.02;
Section
10.02. Waivers and Supplemental
Agreements with Consent of Holders. To
the extent not permitted by Section 10.01, with the consent of the Required
Certificateholder with respect to each Series which is affected thereby, (i)
compliance by the Master Servicer or the Trustee with any of the terms of this
Master Agreement may be waived or (ii) the parties hereto may enter into
any supplemental agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Master
Agreement and any Issue Supplement or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Holders of the Certificates issued under this Master Agreement; provided that no such
waiver or supplemental agreement shall:
(a) without
the consent of all Certificateholders affected thereby, reduce in any manner the
amount of, or delay the timing of, distributions which are required to be made
on any Certificate; or
(b) without
the consent of all Certificateholders, remove the aforesaid consent of the
Required Certificateholder to any waiver or any supplemental agreement;
or
(c) without
the consent of all Certificateholders, alter the classification of the Trust
Fund as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes.
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It shall
not be necessary for Holders to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such Holders shall approve
the substance thereof.
Promptly
after the execution of any supplemental agreement pursuant to this Section, the
Calculation and Paying Agent shall give notice thereof to Holders of
Certificates. Any failure of the Calculation and Paying Agent to give
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental agreement.
ARTICLE
XI
Miscellaneous
Section
11.01. Holders. (a)
The death or incapacity of any Holder of a Certificate shall not operate to
terminate this Master Agreement or any Issue Supplement, nor entitle such
Holder’s legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any
action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the affairs
of the related Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, duties and obligations of
any of the parties to this Master Agreement.
(b) No
Holder shall have any right to control or to participate in the control and
administration of any Trust, nor shall any of the terms of this Master Agreement
be construed to constitute the Holders and the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or the Calculation and Paying Agent or the Calculation and Paying
Agent as partners or members of an association, nor shall any Holder have any
duty or liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the
parties to this Master Agreement pursuant to the provisions hereof and
thereof.
(c) No
Holder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Master Agreement
or any Issue Supplement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or
at law upon or under or with respect to this Master Agreement. For
the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either
at law or in equity.
Section
11.02. Governing
Law. The
terms of this Master Agreement and any Certificates issued hereunder shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
Section
11.03. Demands, Notices,
Communications. All
formal demands, notices and communications by and between the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Calculation and Paying Agent and the Holder of
any Certificate shall be in writing and delivered in person or by first-class
mail, postage prepaid (a) if to the Calculation and Paying Agent, to
000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000, or to such other address as
shall be set forth in a notification to Holders (b) if to the Depositor, to
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, (c) if to the
Master Servicer, to 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000,
(d) if to the Trustee, to EP-MN-WS3D, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., Xx. Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Structured Finance - CFC, or (e) if to
the Holder of a Certificate, to the appropriate Holder at the address provided
to the Certificate Registrar by such Holder. Any notice so mailed
within the time prescribed in this Master Agreement shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives such
notice.
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Section
11.04. Severability of
Provisions. If
any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Master
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 Master Agreement and shall in
no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Master Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders
thereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto hereby execute this Master Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.
CFC
ADVANTAGE, LLC, as Depositor
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SEAL
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By:
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Attest:
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Name:
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Title:
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FEDERAL
AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE
CORPORATION,
as Calculation and Paying
Agent
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SEAL
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By:
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Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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NATIONAL
RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE
FINANCE
CORPORATION, as Master
Servicer
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SEAL
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By:
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Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as
Trustee
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SEAL
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By:
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Attest:
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Title:
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[Signature
Page to Master Trust, Sale and Servicing Agreement]
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE
I
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Defined
Terms
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Section
1.01.
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General
Definitions.
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1
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Definitional Provisions.
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ARTICLE
II
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Applicable
Documentation; Sale of Qualifying Loans
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Section
2.01.
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Trust
Established.
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Section
2.02.
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Sale
of Loans.
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15
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Section
2.03.
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Delivery
and Payment.
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17
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Section
2.04.
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Safekeeping
and Release of Required Documents.
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Section
2.05.
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Authorized
Officers.
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Section
2.06.
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Delivery
of Instruments.
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Section
2.07.
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Agreed
Treatment of Trusts and Certificates.
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Section
2.08.
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Notice
of Sale of Loans.
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ARTICLE
III
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The
Certificates
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Section
3.01.
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Certificates
Issuable in Classes; General Provisions with Respect to Principal and
Interest Distributions.
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Section
3.02.
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Issuance
and Authentication of Certificates.
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Section
3.03.
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Registration
of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates; Transfer
Restrictions.
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Section
3.04.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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21
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Section
3.05.
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Persons
Deemed Owners.
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ARTICLE
IV
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Representations
and Warranties
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Section
4.01.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Calculation and Paying Agent.
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Section
4.02.
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Representations,
Warranties and Agreement of the Depositor.
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Section
4.03.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer.
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Section
4.04.
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Substitution
or Repurchase of Loans.
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Section
4.05.
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Assignment
of Interest in the Master Loan Purchase Agreement.
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ARTICLE
V
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Administration
And Servicing of Loans
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Section
5.01.
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Servicing
of the Loans.
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Section
5.02.
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Collection
of Loan Payments; Establishment of Series Custodial
Accounts.
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Section
5.03.
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Realization
Upon Defaulted Loans.
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OF CONTENTS
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Section
5.04.
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Permitted
Withdrawals From the Custodial Accounts.
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31
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Section
5.05.
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Fidelity
Bond, Insurance.
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31
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Section
5.06.
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Satisfaction
of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
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32
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Section
5.07.
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Servicing
Compensation and Reimbursement.
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32
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Section
5.08.
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RUS.
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33
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Section
5.09.
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Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of the Master Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee.
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33
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Section
5.10.
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Rights
of the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer.
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33
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Section
5.11.
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
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33
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Section
5.12.
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Annual
Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Statement; Financial
Statements.
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34
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Section
5.13.
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Statements
to Certificateholders.
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34
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Section
5.14.
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Tax
Returns.
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34
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Section
5.15.
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Servicer
Default.
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35
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Section
5.16.
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Inspection
Rights.
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36
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Section
5.17.
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Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
Others.
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36
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ARTICLE
VI
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Series
Certificate Accounts, Distributions
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Section
6.01.
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Series
Certificate Accounts.
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37
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Section
6.02.
|
Calculation
of Certificate Distribution Amount; Publication of Certificate Principal
Factors.
|
38
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Section
6.03.
|
Withdrawals
from the Certificate Account.
|
38
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Section
6.04.
|
Distributions
on Certificates.
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39
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ARTICLE
VII
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Concerning
the Calculation and Paying Agent
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Section
7.01.
|
Duties
of the Calculation and Paying Agent.
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39
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Section
7.02.
|
Calculation
and Paying Agent Compensation.
|
39
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Section
7.03.
|
Resignation.
|
40
|
Section
7.04.
|
Merger
or Consolidation.
|
40
|
Section
7.05.
|
Calculation
and Paying Agent as Holder.
|
40
|
ARTICLE
VIII
|
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Concerning
the Trustee
|
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Section
8.01.
|
Duties
of Trustee.
|
40
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Section
8.02.
|
Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee.
|
41
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Section
8.03.
|
Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or Loans.
|
42
|
Section
8.04.
|
Trustee
May Own Certificates.
|
43
|
Section
8.05.
|
Indemnification
of the Trustee.
|
43
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Section
8.06.
|
Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee.
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Section
8.07.
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Resignation
and Removal of the Trustee.
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44
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Section
8.08.
|
Successor
Trustee.
|
44
|
Section
8.09.
|
Merger
or Consolidation of Trustee.
|
45
|
Section
8.10.
|
Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
|
45
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Section
8.11.
|
Trustee
Fees.
|
46
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ARTICLE
IX
|
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Termination
|
||
Section
9.01.
|
Termination
upon Purchase or Liquidation of All Loans.
|
46
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ARTICLE
X
|
||
Supplemental
Agreements
|
||
Section
10.01.
|
Permissible
Without Action by Certificateholders.
|
48
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Section
10.02.
|
Waivers
and Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders.
|
48
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ARTICLE
XI
|
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Miscellaneous
|
||
Section
11.01.
|
Holders.
|
49
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Section
11.02.
|
Governing
Law.
|
49
|
Section
11.03.
|
Demands,
Notices, Communications.
|
49
|
Section
11.04.
|
Severability
of Provisions.
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50
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