EXHIBIT 4
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GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.,
Depositor,
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP,
Servicer,
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Custodian,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 2005
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GSAMP TRUST 2005-WMC1
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2005-WMC1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions..................................................
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.................................
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans..............
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer
and the Custodian...........................................
Section 2.04 Non-Qualified Mortgages......................................
Section 2.05 Execution and Delivery of Certificates.......................
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters................................................
Section 2.07 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor..............
Section 2.08 Enforcement of Obligations for Breach of Mortgage Loan
Representations.............................................
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans...........................
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between the Servicer and
Subservicers................................................
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers.......................................
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer....................................
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and the
Trustee.....................................................
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee.....................................................
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.................
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts........................................
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.............................................
Section 3.10 Collection Account...........................................
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account......................
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account........................................
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, Errors and Omissions and
Fidelity Coverage...........................................
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements....
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans....................
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files....................................
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property..........
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments..................................
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans..........................................
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicer to Be Held for the Trustee.........................
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation.......................................
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance............................
Section 3.23 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.............................
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer...................................
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest........................................
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act.....................
Section 3.27 Excess Reserve Fund Account; Distribution Account............
Section 3.28 Optional Purchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans...............
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01 Advances.....................................................
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution...................................
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.....................
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR.......
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts..................
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates.............................................
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates....................................
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates............
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners........................................
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses....
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.....
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer.....
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer
and Others..................................................
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer....................
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party
Claims......................................................
Section 6.06 Servicing Rights Pledge......................................
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default............................................
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.....................
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders...........................
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee........................................
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Custodian and the Trustee......
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans........
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates.................................
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses..................................
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.....................
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.......................
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee............................................
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee.......................
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................
Section 8.11 Tax Matters..................................................
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings.............................................
Section 8.13 Tax Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account........
Section 8.14 Custodial Responsibilities...................................
Section 8.15 Limitations on Custodial Responsibilities....................
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage
Loans.......................................................
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates.......................
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements..........................
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment....................................................
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.......................
Section 10.03 Governing Law................................................
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties.........................................
Section 10.05 Notices......................................................
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions...................................
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities........................
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...................
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights..................................
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid....................
Section 10.11 Waiver of Jury Trial.........................................
Section 10.12 Limitation of Damages........................................
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule II Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
Schedule III Representations and Warranties of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Custodian
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates
Exhibit B Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit C-1 Form of Class R-1 Certificate
Exhibit C-2 Form of R-2 Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Class X Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Initial Certification of Custodian
Exhibit F Form of Document Certification and Exception Report of Custodian
Exhibit G Form of Residual Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit H Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Rule 144A Letter
Exhibit J Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
Exhibit K Form of Request for Release
Exhibit L Form of Contents of Each Mortgage File
Exhibit M Form of Certification to be provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit N Form of Trustee Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit O Form of Servicer Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit P Form of Power of Attorney
Exhibit Q Underlying Agreements
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2005,
among GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Depositor"),
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Xxxxxx"), XXXXX FARGO
BANK, N.A., a national banking association (the "Custodian"), and DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Trustee shall elect that eight segregated asset pools within the
Trust Fund be treated for federal income tax purposes as comprising eight REMICs
(each, a "Trust REMIC" or, in the alternative, the Lower Tier REMIC, the Upper
Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC, the
Class B-4 REMIC, the Class B-5 REMIC and the Class X REMIC, respectively). The
Class X Regular Interest and each Class of LIBOR Certificates (other than the
right of each Class of LIBOR Certificates to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts) represents ownership of a regular interest in a Trust REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class R-1 Certificates represent ownership
of the sole class of residual interest in each of the Lower Tier REMIC and the
Upper Tier REMIC, and the Class R-2 Certificates represent ownership of the sole
class of residual interest in each of the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC,
the Class B-3 REMIC, the Class B-4 REMIC, the Class B-5 REMIC and the Class X
REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Start-up Day for each REMIC
described herein is the Closing Date. The latest possible maturity date for each
Certificate is the latest date referenced in Section 2.06. The Upper Tier REMIC
shall hold as assets the several classes of uncertificated Lower Tier Regular
Interests, set out below. The Lower Tier REMIC shall hold as assets the assets
described in the definition of "Trust Fund" herein (other than the Excess
Reserve Fund Account and the Corridor Agreements). Each such Lower Tier Regular
Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. The
Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2, Class LT-A-3, Class LT-A-4, Class LT-M-1, Class
LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class LT-M-4, Class LT-M-5, Class LT-M-6, Class LT-B-1,
Class LT-B-2, Class LT-B-3, Class LT-B-4 and Class LT-B-5 Interests are hereby
designated the LT-Accretion Directed Classes (the "LT-Accretion Directed
Classes").
The Class B-1 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-1 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-1 REMIC and the Class
B1-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-1
REMIC.
The Class B-2 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-2 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-2 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-2 REMIC and the Class
B2-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-2
REMIC.
The Class B-3 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-3 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-3 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class
B3-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-3
REMIC.
The Class B-4 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-4 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-4 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-4 REMIC and the Class
B4-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-4
REMIC.
The Class B-5 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-5 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-5 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-5 REMIC and the Class
B5-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-5
REMIC.
The Class X REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class UT-X Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class X Regular Interest shall represent the
regular interest issued by the Class X REMIC and the Class X-R Interest shall
represent the sole class residual interest in the Class X REMIC. The Class X
Certificates also represent beneficial ownership of the Class X Regular
Interest, the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Corridor Agreements.
Each LIBOR Certificate represents a beneficial ownership of a
regular interest in a Trust REMIC and the right to receive Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts, and the Class P Certificates represent beneficial ownership of
Prepayment Premiums, which portions of the Trust Fund shall be treated as a
grantor trust.
Lower-Tier REMIC
Corresponding
Upper Tier
Lower Tier Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Regular Interest Interest Rate Initial Lower Tier Principal Amount Interest
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Class LT-A-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-1
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-A-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-2
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-A-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-3
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-A-4 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of A-4
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-M-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-1
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-M-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-2
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-M-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-3
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-M-4 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-4
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-M-5 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-5
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-M-6 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of M-6
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-B-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-1
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-B-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-2
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-B-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-3
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-B-4 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-4
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-B-5 (1) 1/2 initial Class Certificate Balance of B-5
Corresponding Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest
Class LT-Accrual (1) 1/2 Pool Stated Principal Balance plus 1/2
Overcollateralized Amount
Class LT-R (2) (2)
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(1) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for these
interests is a per annum variable rate equal to the WAC Cap.
(2) The Class LT-R Interest is the sole Class of residual interest in the
Lower Tier REMIC and it does not have a principal amount or an interest
rate.
The Lower Tier REMIC shall hold as assets all of the assets included
in definition of "Trust Fund" other than the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the
Corridor Agreements and Prepayment Premiums.
On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralized Amount will be payable as a reduction of the Lower-Tier
Principal Amounts of the LT-Accretion Directed Classes (each such Class will be
reduced by an amount equal to 50% of any increase in the Overcollateralized
Amount that is attributable to a reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of
its Corresponding Class) and will be accrued and added to the Lower-Tier
Principal Amounts of the Class LT-Accrual Interest. On each Distribution Date,
the increase in the Lower-Tier Principal Amounts of the Class LT-Accrual
Interest may not exceed interest accruals for such Distribution Date for the
Class LT-Accrual Interest. In the event that: (i) 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralized Amount exceeds (ii) interest accruals on the Class LT-Accrual
Interest for such Distribution Date, the excess for such Distribution Date
(accumulated with all such excesses for all prior Distribution Dates) will be
added to any increase in the Overcollateralized Amount for purposes of
determining the amount of interest accrual on the Class LT-Accrual Interest
payable as principal on the LT-Accretion Directed Classes on the next
Distribution Date pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph. All payments
of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal generated by the Mortgage
Loans and all Subsequent Recoveries shall be allocated (i) 50% to the Class
LT-Accrual Interest, and (ii) 50% to the LT-Accretion Directed Classes
(principal payments and Subsequent Recoveries shall be allocated among such
LT-Accretion Directed Classes in an amount equal to 50% of the principal amounts
allocated to their respective Corresponding Classes), until paid in full.
Notwithstanding the above, principal payments allocated to the Class X Interest
that result in the reduction in the Overcollateralized Amount shall be allocated
to the Class LT-Accrual Interest (until paid in full). Realized Losses shall be
applied so that after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date
(i) the principal balance of each of the LT-Accretion Directed Classes is equal
to 50% of the Lower Tier Principal Amount of their Corresponding Class of Upper
Tier Regular Interest, and (ii) the Class LT-Accrual Interest is equal to 50% of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans plus 50% of the
Overcollateralized Amount. Any increase in the Class Certificate Balance of a
Class of LIBOR Certificates as a result of a Subsequent Recovery shall increase
the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the Corresponding Class of Lower-Tier Regular
Interest by 50% of such increase, and the remaining 50% of such increase shall
increase the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the Class LT-Accrual Interest.
Upper-Tier REMIC
The Upper Tier REMIC shall issue the following classes of Upper Tier
Regular Interests, and each such interest, other than the Class UT-R Interest,
is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC.
Initial Upper Tier
Upper Tier Interest Principal Amount
Rate and and Corresponding Corresponding
Upper Tier Corresponding Class Class Certificate Class of
Class Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Certificates
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Class A-1 (1) $ 331,764,000 Class A-1(8)
Class A-2 (2) $ 117,392,000 Class A-2(8)
Class A-3 (3) $ 123,367,000 Class A-3(8)
Class A-4 (3) $ 116,671,000 Class A-4(8)
Class M-1 (5) $ 64,542,000 Class M-1(8)
Class M-2 (5) $ 20,762,000 Class M-2(8)
Class M-3 (5) $ 30,239,000 Class M-3(8)
Class M-4 (5) $ 13,089,000 Class M-4(8)
Class M-5 (5) $ 13,540,000 Class M-5(8)
Class M-6 (5) $ 10,381,000 Class M-6(8)
Class B-1 (5) $ 8,124,000 Class B-1(8)
Class B-2 (5) $ 9,478,000 Class B-2(8)
Class B-3 (5) $ 8,124,000 Class B-3(8)
Class B-4 (5) $ 9,930,000 Class B-4(8)
Class B-5 (5) $ 11,735,000 Class B-5(8)
Class UT-X (6) 0(6) Class X(6)
Class UT-R (7) 0 Class R-1
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(1) The Class A-1 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.110% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.220% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(2) The Class A-2 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.180% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.360% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(3) The Class A-3 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.260% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.520% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(4) The Class A-4 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.380% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.760% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(5) The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5 Interests will
bear interest during each Interest Accrual Period at a per annum rate
equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of
(i) LIBOR plus 0.490%, 0.520%, 0.630%, 0.690%, 1.170%, 1.300%, 1.800%,
1.850%, 2.500%, 2.500% and 2.500% respectively and (ii) the WAC Cap or (b)
after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.735%,
0.780%, 0.945%, 1.035%, 1.755%, 1.950%, 2.700%, 2.775%, 3.750%, 3.750% and
3.750% respectively and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(6) The Class UT-X Interest has an initial principal balance of
$13,671,135.84, but it will not accrue interest on such balance but will
accrue interest on a notional principal balance. As of any Distribution
Date, the Class UT-X Interest shall have a notional principal balance
equal to the aggregate of the principal balances of the Lower Tier Regular
Interests as of the first day of the related Interest Accrual Period. With
respect to any Interest Accrual Period, the Class UT-X Interest shall bear
interest at a rate equal to the excess, if any, of the WAC Cap over the
product of (i) 2 and (ii) the weighted average of the Lower-Tier Interest
Rates of the Lower Tier Regular Interests, where the Lower-Tier Interest
Rate on the Class LT-Accrual Interest is subject to a cap equal to zero
and on each LT-Accretion Directed Class is subject to a cap equal to the
Pass-Through Rate on its Corresponding Class. With respect to any
Distribution Date, interest that so accrues on the notional principal
balance of the Class UT-X Interest shall be deferred in an amount equal to
any increase in the Overcollateralized Amount on such Distribution Date.
Such deferred interest shall not itself bear interest.
(7) The Class UT-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC. The Class UT-R Interest does not have an interest rate.
(8) The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class B Certificates will
represent not only the ownership of the Corresponding Class of Upper Tier
Regular Interest but also the right to receive payments from the Excess
Reserve Fund Account in respect of any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts.
Each of the Class B-1 Interest, Class B-2 Interest, Class B-3 Interest,
Class B-4 Interest, Class B-5 Interest and Class UT-X Interest will be
contributed to the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3
REMIC, the Class B-4 REMIC, the Class B-5 REMIC and the Class X REMIC,
respectively.
Class B-1 REMIC
The Class B-1 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-1 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-1
REMIC and the Class B1-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-1 REMIC.
Class B-1 REMIC Class B-1 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-1 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B1-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-1 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-1 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-1 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B1-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-1 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The
Class B1-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class B-2 REMIC
The Class B-2 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-2 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-2
REMIC and the Class B2-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-2 REMIC.
Class B-2 REMIC Class B-2 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-2 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B2-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-2 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-2 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-2 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B2-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-2 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The
Class B2-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class B-3 REMIC
The Class B-3 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-3 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-3
REMIC and the Class B3-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-3 REMIC.
Class B-3 REMIC Class B-3 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-3 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B3-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-3 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-3 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-3 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B3-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-3 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The
Class B3-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class B-4 REMIC
The Class B-4 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-4 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-4
REMIC and the Class B4-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-4 REMIC.
Class B-4 REMIC Class B-4 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-4 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B4-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-4 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-4 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-5 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B4-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-4 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The
Class B4-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class B-5 REMIC
The Class B-5 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-5 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-5
REMIC and the Class B5-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-5 REMIC.
Class B-5 REMIC Class B-5 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-5 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B5-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class B-5 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-5 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-5 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B5-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-5 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The
Class B5-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
Class X REMIC
The Class X REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class X Regular Interest shall represent the regular interest in the Class X
REMIC and the Class X-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class X REMIC.
Class X REMIC
Designation Interest Rate Class X REMIC Principal Amount
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Class X Regular (1) (1)
Interest
Class X-R (2) (2)
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(1) The Class X REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class X Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class UT-X Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class X-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the Class
X REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The Class
X-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5
Certificates will represent not only the ownership of the regular interest
issued by the Class B-1 REMIC, Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC, the Class
B-4 REMIC and the Class B-5 REMIC, respectively, but also the right to receive
payments from the Excess Reserve Fund Account in respect of any Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts. The Class X Certificates will represent ownership of the Class
X Regular Interest, subject to the obligation to pay Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts. For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee will treat a LIBOR
Certificateholder's right to receive payments from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account as payments made pursuant to an interest rate cap contract written by
the Class X Certificateholders. Such rights of the LIBOR Certificateholders
shall be treated as held in a portion of the Trust Fund that is treated as a
grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the Code.
The minimum denomination for each Class of the Class A Certificates
will be $25,000, with integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof except that one
Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount. The minimum
denomination for each Class of the Subordinated Certificates, will be $250,000
with integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof except that one Certificate in
each Class may be issued in a different amount.
The minimum denomination for (a) each of the Class R-1 and Class R-2
Certificates will be a 100% Percentage Interest in such Class and (b) each of
the Class X and Class P Certificates will be a 1% Percentage Interest in such
Class.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the
categories used herein:
Book-Entry Certificates...... All Classes of Certificates other than the
Physical Certificates.
Class A Certificates......... Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4
Certificates.
Class R Certificates......... The Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificates.
Class B Certificates......... Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and
Class B-5 Certificates.
Class M Certificates......... Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class
M-5 and Class M-6 Certificates.
Delay Certificates........... None.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates............... Class R Certificates, Class P Certificates and
Class X Certificates; any certificate with a
rating below the lowest applicable permitted
rating under the Underwriters' Exemption.
LIBOR Certificates........... The Class A Certificates and the Subordinated
Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates....... Class A, Class X and Subordinated Certificates.
Offered Certificates......... All Classes of Certificates other than the Private
Certificates.
Physical Certificates........ Class P, Class X and Class R Certificates.
Private Certificates......... Class B-5, Class P and Class X Certificates.
Rating Agencies.............. Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's.
Regular Certificates......... All Classes of Certificates other than the Class P
and Class R Certificates.
Residual Certificates........ Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates.... Class M and Class B Certificates.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices set forth in Section 3.01(a) of this
Agreement.
Account: Any of the Collection Account, the Distribution Account,
any Escrow Account or the Excess Reserve Fund Account. Each Account shall be an
Eligible Account.
Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date for each Class of the LIBOR Certificates, the amount of
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate on the related Class Certificate Balance, immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, as reduced by such Class's share of Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution
Date allocated to such Class pursuant to Section 4.02.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Interest Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at
any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Interest Rate less the
Expense Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the first Due Date on
which the related Mortgage Interest Rate adjusts as set forth in the related
Mortgage Note and each Due Date thereafter on which the Mortgage Interest Rate
adjusts as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Advance: Any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.
Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in
Section 10.07.
Advance Facility Notice: As defined in Section 10.07.
Advance Financing Person: The Person to whom the Servicer's rights
under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any P&I Advances or Servicing Advances
have been assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.
Advance Reimbursement Amounts: As defined in Section 10.07.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such first Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
or supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to the Certificates on any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount held in the Collection Account at the
close of business on the related Remittance Date on account of (i) Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
on the Mortgage Loans received after the end of the related Prepayment Period
and (ii) all Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans due after the end of the
related Due Period.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
LIBOR Certificates after distributions of principal on such Distribution Date
exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Appraised Value: (i) With respect to any First Lien Mortgage Loan,
the value of the related Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made for
the originator at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the sales
price of the Mortgaged Property at such time of origination, whichever is less,
and (ii) with respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the value, determined
pursuant to the Underwriting Guidelines, of the related Mortgaged Property as of
the origination of the Second Lien Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in the
case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value is based solely upon the
appraisal made at the time of origination of such refinanced Mortgage Loan.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form (other than the assignee's
name and recording information not yet returned from the recording office),
reflecting the sale of the Mortgage to the Trust.
Available Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans to the extent received by the Trustee (x) the sum of (i) all
scheduled installments of interest (net of the related Expense Fees) and
principal due on the Due Date on such Mortgage Loans in the related Due Period
and received on or prior to the related Determination Date, together with any
P&I Advances in respect thereof; (ii) all Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period
(in each case, net of unreimbursed expenses incurred in connection with a
liquidation or foreclosure and unreimbursed Advances, if any); (iii) all partial
or full prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment
Period together with all Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer in
connection therewith (excluding Prepayment Premiums); (iv) all amounts received
with respect to such Distribution Date as the Substitution Adjustment Amount or
the Repurchase Price in respect of a Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for or a
Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, as of such
Distribution Date; and (v) the proceeds received with respect to the termination
of the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, reduced by (y) all
amounts in reimbursement for P&I Advances and Servicing Advances previously made
with respect to the Mortgage Loans and other amounts as to which the Servicer,
the Depositor, the Trustee (or co-trustee) or the Custodian are entitled to be
paid or reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement.
Basic Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the Excess Overcollateralized Amount, if any, for
such Distribution Date.
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) if on such
Distribution Date the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of LIBOR Certificates is
based upon the WAC Cap, the excess, if any, of (i) the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount such Class of LIBOR Certificates would otherwise be
entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had such Pass-Through Rate not
been subject to the WAC Cap, over (ii) the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount payable on such Class of Certificates on such Distribution
Date taking into account the WAC Cap and (B) the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount
for such Class of LIBOR Certificates for all previous Distribution Dates not
previously paid, together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the
applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class of LIBOR Certificates for such
Distribution Date (without giving effect to the WAC Cap).
Basis Risk Payment: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) the aggregate of the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Class X Distributable Amount (prior to any
reduction for Basis Risk Payments from the Excess Reserve Fund Account).
Best's: Best's Key Rating Guide, as the same shall be amended from
time to time.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions, in (a) the States of New
York, California, Texas and Illinois, (b) the State in which the Servicer's
servicing operations are located, or (c) the State in which the Trustee's
operations are located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of LIBOR
Certificates, at any date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to which the
Holder thereof is then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the
Denomination thereof minus all distributions of principal previously made with
respect thereto and reduced by the amount of any Applied Realized Loss Amounts
previously allocated to such Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05;
provided, however, that immediately following the Distribution Date on which a
Subsequent Recovery is distributed, the Class Certificate Balances of any Class
or Classes of Certificates that have been previously reduced by Applied Realized
Loss Amounts will be increased, in order of seniority, by the amount of the
Subsequent Recovery distributed on such Distribution Date (up to the amount of
Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Class or Classes). The Class X,
Class P and Class R Certificates have no Certificate Balance.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not
to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be
taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage
Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however,
that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage
Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to
the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively
on a certification of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in
determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the
Depositor.
Certification: As defined in Section 8.12(b).
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set
forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Corridor Agreement: The interest rate corridor agreement
with respect to the Class A Certificates, dated September 28, 2005, between the
Purchaser and the Corridor Agreement Provider.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of
the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii)
the lesser of (A) 52.70% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class A-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-1."
Class A-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-2."
Class A-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-3."
Class A-4 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-4."
Class B-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-1."
Class B-1 Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-1 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 88.30% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B1-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-1 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-1 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-2."
Class B-2 Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-2 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii)
the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 90.40% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B2-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-2 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-2 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-3."
Class B-3 Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-3 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (J) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 92.20% and (y)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B3-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-3 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-3 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-4 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-4."
Class B-4 Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-4 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (J) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (K) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 94.40% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B4-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-4 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-4 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-5 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-5."
Class B-5 Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-5 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (H) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (J) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (K) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), and (L) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the
lesser of (A) the product of (x) 97.00% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if
any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B5-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-5 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-5 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as to any
date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class LT-R Interest: The residual interest in the Lower Tier REMIC
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class M Corridor Agreement: The interest rate corridor agreement
with respect to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates,
dated September 28, 2005, between the Purchaser and the Corridor Agreement
Provider.
Class M/B Corridor Agreement: The interest rate corridor agreement
with respect to the Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class B Certificates, dated
September 28, 2005, between the Purchaser and the Corridor Agreement Provider.
Class M-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-1."
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), and (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 67.00%
of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-2."
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), and (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the
lesser of (A) 71.60% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over
the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-3."
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 78.30% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-4 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-4."
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the
product of (x) 81.20% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-5 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-5."
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (ii)
the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 84.20% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-6 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-6."
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (A) the product of (x) 86.50% and (y)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class P Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation
of "Class P."
Class R Certificates: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Class R-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class R-1."
Class R-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class R-2."
Class UT-R Interest: The residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class UT-X Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class X REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class X Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation
of "Class X."
Class X Distributable Amount: On any Distribution Date, (i) as a
distribution in respect of interest, the amount of interest that has accrued on
the Class X Interest and not applied as an Extra Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date, plus any such accrued interest remaining
undistributed from prior Distribution Dates, plus, without duplication, (ii) as
a distribution in respect of principal, any portion of the principal balance of
the Class X Interest which is distributable as an Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount, minus (iii) any amounts paid from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account to pay Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts.
Class X Regular Interest: A regular interest in the Class X REMIC
represented by the Class X Certificates as specified and described in the
Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class X-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class X REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class X REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Closing Date: September 28, 2005.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Account: As defined in Section 3.10(a).
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio or CLTV: As of the date of origination
and as to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the ratio, expressed as a percentage,
of (a) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Second Lien
Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding principal
balance as of the date of origination of any mortgage loan or mortgage loans
that are senior or equal in priority to the Second Lien Mortgage Loan and which
are secured by the same Mortgaged Property to (b) the Appraised Value.
Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a)
the Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date, with
respect to voluntary Principal Prepayments in Full (excluding any payments made
upon liquidation of the Mortgage Loan) during the related Prepayment Period, and
(b) one-half of the Servicing Fee payable to the Servicer for such Distribution
Date.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards, compensation and/or settlements
in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or
entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the
extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms
of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of California at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement is administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attn: Trust Administration-GS05W1, facsimile no. (714)
247-6478 and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with
the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding Class and Corresponding REMIC: The class of interests
in any Trust REMIC created under this Agreement that corresponds to the class of
interests in another such Trust REMIC or to a Class of Certificates and the
Trust REMIC in which the corresponding Certificate represents the related
regular interest issued for such Trust REMIC in the manner set out below:
Corresponding
Lower Tier Upper Tier Class of Certificates Corresponding
Class Designation Regular Interest or Regular Interest REMIC
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Class LT-A-1 Class A-1 Class A-1 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-2 Class A-2 Class A-2 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-3 Class A-3 Class A-3 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-4 Class A-4 Class A-4 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-1 Class M-1 Class M-1 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-2 Class M-2 Class M-2 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-3 Class M-3 Class M-3 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-4 Class M-4 Class M-4 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-5 Class M-5 Class M-5 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-6 Class M-6 Class M-6 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-B-1 Class B-1 Class B-1 Class B-1 REMIC
Class LT-B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2 REMIC
Class LT-B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3 REMIC
Class LT-B-4 Class B-4 Class B-4 Class B-4 REMIC
Class LT-B-5 Class B-5 Class B-5 Class B-5 REMIC
N/A Class UT-X Class X Regular Class X REMIC
Interest
Corridor Agreements: The Class A Corridor Agreement, the Class M
Corridor Agreement and the Class M/B Corridor Agreement, collectively.
Corridor Agreement Provider: Xxxxxxx Sachs Capital Markets, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, and its successors in interest.
Cumulative Loss Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
Cumulative Loss Event occurs if the Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds the
applicable percentage set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:
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Distribution Date Occurring In Loss Percentage
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October 2008 through September 2009 4.00% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance
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October 2009 through September 2010 5.75% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance
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October 2010 through September 2011 7.25% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance
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October 2011 and thereafter 7.75% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance
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Cumulative Loss Percentage: As of any date of determination, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans for the period from the Cut-off
Date to the date of determination and the denominator of which is the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
Custodial File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Custodian consisting of items (a) - (h) as listed on Exhibit L
hereto.
Custodian: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association,
and its successors in interest, as applicable.
Custodian Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date,
an amount equal to one month's interest at the Custodian Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date
(or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Distribution Date) or, in
the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in
Full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Custodian Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment
of interest.
Custodian Fee Rate: The rate set forth in the separate fee agreement
that has been executed between the Custodian and the Trustee and that relates to
the Mortgage Loans.
Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: The aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date (after
giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not
received).
Data Tape Information: The information provided by the Purchaser as
of the Cut-off Date to the Depositor setting forth the following information
with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Purchaser's Mortgage Loan
identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor's name; (3) the street address of the
Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code; (4) a code indicating
whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, a second home or investment
property; (5) the number and type of residential units constituting the
Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family residence, a 2-4 family residence, a
unit in a condominium project or a unit in a planned unit development or a
manufactured housing unit); (6) the original months to maturity or the remaining
months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in any case based on the original
amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the same
manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (7) with respect to First
Lien Mortgage Loans, the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination, and with respect to
the Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio; (8) the
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the
Scheduled Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not
consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated
maturity date; (11) the amount of the Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off Date;
(12) the last payment date on which a Scheduled Payment was actually applied to
pay interest and the outstanding principal balance; (13) the original principal
amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of
principal due and collected on or before the Cut-off Date; (15) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Adjustment Date; (16) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (17) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the
Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code
indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage
Note; (20) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first
lien, second lien); (21) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e.,
purchase, rate and term refinance, equity take-out refinance); (22) a code
indicating the documentation style (i.e., full documentation, limited
documentation or stated income); (23) the loan credit classification (as
described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (24) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a Prepayment Premium; (25) the Prepayment Premium period of such
Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (26) a description of the Prepayment Premium, if
applicable; (27) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (28) the credit
risk score (FICO score) at origination; (29) the date of origination; (30) the
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (31) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor;
(32) the Mortgage Interest Rate calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple
interest, other); (33) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has been
modified; (34) with respect to First Lien Mortgage Loans, the current
Loan-to-Value Ratio, and with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the current
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio; (35) the one year payment history; (36) the Due
Date for the first Scheduled Payment; (37) the original Scheduled Payment due;
(38) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (39) the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; (40) the sales price of the Mortgaged
Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in connection with the purchase of
the Mortgaged Property; and (41) a code indicating whether a Mortgage Loan is or
has been 30 days delinquent. With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average
Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average
maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the United
States Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which
became final and non-appealable, except for such a reduction resulting from a
Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the United States
Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical
Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is removed from the
Trust pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or
the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor: GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation, and
its successors in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State of New York.
Depository Institution: Any depository institution or trust company,
including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that
are rated "P-1" by Moody's, "A-1" by Standard & Poor's and "F1+" by Fitch (in
each case, to the extent they are designated as Rating Agencies in the
Preliminary Statement).
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the 18th
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.27(b) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company in trust for registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1." Funds in the Distribution Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement and may be invested in Permitted Investments.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the
initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in October 2005.
Document Certification and Exception Report: The report attached to
Exhibit F hereto.
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Scheduled Payment is due
on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the calendar month preceding the month in which
the Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the calendar month
in which the Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: Either (i) an account maintained with a federal or
state-chartered depository institution or trust company that complies with the
definition of Eligible Institution, (ii) an account maintained with the
corporate trust department of a federal depository institution or
state-chartered depository institution subject to regulations regarding
fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulation Section 9.10(b), which, in either case, has corporate trust powers
and is acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iii) any other account acceptable to
each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if
otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.
Each Eligible Account shall be a separate account.
Eligible Institution: A federal or state-chartered depository
institution or trust company the commercial paper, short-term debt obligations,
or other short-term deposits of which are rated "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's if
the amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more than 365 days
(or at least "A-2" by Standard & Poor's if the amounts on deposit are to be held
in the account for no more than 30 days), or the long-term unsecured debt
obligations of which are rated at least "AA-" by Standard & Poor's if the
amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more than 365 days, and
the commercial paper, short-term debt obligations or other short-term deposits
of which are rated at least "P-1" by Moody's and "F1+" by Fitch (or a comparable
rating if another Rating Agency is specified by the Depositor by written notice
to the Servicer and the Trustee) (in each case, to the extent they are
designated as Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement).
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of Prohibited
Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002) (or any
successor thereto), or any substantially similar administrative exemption
granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09(b).
Escrow Payments: As defined in Section 3.09(b) of this Agreement.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Overcollateralized Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralized Amount on such
Distribution Date over (b) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Excess Reserve Fund Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.27(a) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Regular Certificateholders and designated
"Deutsche Bank National Trust Company in trust for registered holders of GSAMP
Trust 2005-WMC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1." Funds in
the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be held in trust for the Regular
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Amounts on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall not be invested.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal
to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Custodian Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee
Rate.
Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Servicing Fee
and the Trustee Fee.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (x) the related Total Monthly Excess Spread for such Distribution
Date and (y) the related Overcollateralization Deficiency for such Distribution
Date.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association and its
successors in interest.
Xxxxxx Mae Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Seller's Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae
Servicer's Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its successors
in interest.
Final Recovery Determination: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased
by WMC or the Purchaser as contemplated by this Agreement), a determination made
by the Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Servicer, in its reasonable
good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have
been so recovered. The Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a Servicing
Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: The Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for each Class of Certificates is the Distribution Date occurring in
September 2035.
First Lien Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by a first lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., and its successors in interest. If Fitch is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - GSAMP
Trust 2005-WMC1, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate Mortgage Loan.
Forbearance: As defined in Section 3.07(a).
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, and its successors in interest.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note to be added
to the applicable Index to determine the Mortgage Interest Rate.
High Cost Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is (a) covered by the
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) identified, classified or
characterized as "high cost," "threshold," "covered", or "predatory" under any
other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly identified,
classified or characterized loan using different terminology under a law
imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for
residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) or
(c) categorized as "High Cost" or "Covered" pursuant to Appendix E of the
Standard & Poor's Glossary.
Home Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as "Home Loan" pursuant to
Appendix E of Standard & Poor's Glossary.
Index: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index from time
to time in effect for the adjustment of the Mortgage Interest Rate set forth as
such on the related Mortgage Note.
Initial Certification: The Initial Certification submitted by the
Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the
Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto
in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance
Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates and each Corresponding Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests and
each Corresponding Class of Upper Tier Regular Interests for any Distribution
Date, the period commencing on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or,
for the initial Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on the day
immediately preceding the current Distribution Date. For purposes of computing
interest accruals on each Class of LIBOR Certificates, each Corresponding Class
of Lower Tier Regular Interest and each Corresponding Class of Upper Tier
Regular Interest, each Interest Accrual Period has the actual number of days in
such period and each year is assumed to have 360 days.
Interest Only Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the related
Mortgage Note provides for Scheduled Payments of interest only for a period of
time as specified in the related Mortgage Note.
Interest Rate Corridor Payments: (x) With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the first 33 Distribution Dates, an amount equal to the product
of (a)(i) the number of basis points by which the lesser of (A) one-month LIBOR
(determined in accordance with the terms of the Class A Corridor Agreement) and
(B) 9.8054% exceeds (ii) the strike rate percentage set forth on the interest
rate corridor agreement schedule attached to the Class A Corridor Agreement, (b)
a notional amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount set forth as the
interest rate corridor notional amount on the schedule attached to the Class A
Corridor Agreement and (B) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class
A Certificates, and (c) the actual number of days in the applicable Interest
Accrual Period divided by 360; (x) with respect to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0,
Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates and the first 36 Distribution Dates, an
amount equal to the product of (a)(i) the number of basis points by which the
lesser of (A) one-month LIBOR (determined in accordance with the terms of the
Class M Corridor Agreement) and (B) 9.4519% exceeds (ii) the strike rate
percentage set forth on the interest rate corridor agreement schedule attached
to the Class M Corridor Agreement, (b) a notional amount equal to the lesser of
(A) $128,678,000 and (B) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class
M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates, and (c) the actual number
of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period divided by 360; and (z) with
respect to the Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class B Certificates and the first 36
Distribution Dates, an amount equal to the product of (a)(i) the number of basis
points by which the lesser of (A) one-month LIBOR (determined in accordance with
the terms of the Class M/B Corridor Agreement) and (B) 8.7736% exceeds (ii) the
strike rate percentage set forth on the interest rate corridor agreement
schedule attached to the Class M/B Corridor Agreement, (b) a notional amount
equal to the lesser of (A) $70,887,000 and (B) the aggregate Class Certificate
Balance of the Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class B Certificates, and (c) the actual
number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period divided by 360.
Interest Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
that portion of Available Funds attributable to interest relating to the
Mortgage Loans.
Investment Account: As defined in Section 3.12(a).
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due
Period, all amounts received after the Remittance Date immediately following
such Due Period, whether as late payments of Scheduled Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
Lender: As defined in Section 10.07.
LIBOR: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR
Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR
Determination Date on the basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar
deposits as such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such date; provided, that if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750, the rate for such date will be determined on the basis of the rates at
which one-month U.S. dollar deposits are offered by the Reference Banks at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date to prime banks in the London
interbank market. In such event, the Trustee shall request the principal London
office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at
least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If fewer than two quotations are provided as
requested, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee (after
consultation with the Depositor), at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such date for one-month U.S. dollar deposits of leading European banks.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
LIBOR Determination Date: With respect to any Interest Accrual
Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.
Lifetime Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the terms of each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest
Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more
than the amount per annum set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated or
charged off in the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Servicer has certified (in accordance with this Agreement)
that it has made a Final Recovery Determination.
Liquidation Event: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of the
following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage Loan is
removed from coverage under this Agreement by reason of its being purchased,
sold or replaced pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement. With respect
to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO Property is
removed from coverage under this Agreement by reason of its being purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.
Liquidation Proceeds: The amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or those received following the acquisition of REO
Property, received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage
Loan, whether through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, including
any Subsequent Recoveries.
Xxxxxx: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, a Delaware limited partnership,
and its successors in interest.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the original outstanding principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), to
either (a) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the
related Mortgaged Property, the least of (i) the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property, (ii) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination, or
(iii) the Review Appraisal Value of the Mortgaged Property; or (b) if the
Mortgage Loan was a refinancing or modification, the Appraised Value of the
Mortgaged Property at the time of the refinancing or modification.
London Business Day: Any day on which dealings in deposits of United
States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
Lower-Tier Interest Rate: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Lower-Tier Principal Amount: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Lower-Tier Regular Interest: Each of the Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2,
Class LT-A-3, Class LT-A-4, Class LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class
LT-M-4, Class LT-M-5, Class LT-M-6, Class LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2, Class LT-B-3,
Class LT-B-4, Class LT-B-5 and Class LT-Accrual Interests as described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
MERS: As defined in Section 2.01(b).
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan: Mortgage Loans for which (a) WMC or
the Purchaser has designated or will designate MERS as, and has taken or will
take such action as is necessary to cause MERS to be, the mortgagee of record,
as nominee for WMC or the Purchaser, in accordance with the MERS Procedures
Manual and (b) WMC or the Purchaser has designated or will designate the Trust
as the Investor on the MERS(R) System.
MERS Procedures Manual: The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MERS(R) System: MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as more
particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
Monthly Statement: The statement made available to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in
interest. If Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's
shall be Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Group, or such other address
as Moody's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian
and the Trustee.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing a Mortgage Note, including all riders
thereto.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
contained in either the Servicing File or Custodial File.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes,
without limitation, the Mortgage File, the Custodial File, the Servicing File,
the Scheduled Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition proceeds, Prepayment
Premiums and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from
or in connection with such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased
Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Loan Documents: The mortgage loan documents pertaining to
each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans delivered to
the Trustee on the Closing Date and referred to on Schedule I, such schedule
setting forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date: (1) the Purchaser's Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2) the
Mortgagor's name; (3) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the
city, state and zip code; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property
is owner-occupied, a second home or investment property; (5) the number and type
of residential units constituting the Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family
residence, a 2-4 family residence, a unit in a condominium project or a unit in
a planned unit development or a manufactured housing unit); (6) the original
months to maturity or the remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in
any case based on the original amortization schedule and, if different, the
maturity expressed in the same manner but based on the actual amortization
schedule; (7) with respect to First Lien Mortgage Loans, the Loan-to-Value Ratio
at origination, and with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio, at origination; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the
Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the Scheduled Payment was due on the
Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date currently in
effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated maturity date; (11) the amount of the
Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off Date; (12) the last payment date on which a
Scheduled Payment was actually applied to pay interest and the outstanding
principal balance; (13) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14)
the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or
before the Cut-off Date; (15) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans,
the Adjustment Date; (16) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the
Gross Margin; (17) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime
Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, a code indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap under
the terms of the Mortgage Note; (20) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor under the terms of the Mortgage
Note; (21) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first
lien, second lien); (22) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e.,
purchase, rate and term refinance, equity take-out refinance); (23) a code
indicating the documentation style (i.e., full documentation, limited
documentation or stated income); (24) the loan credit classification (as
described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (25) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a Prepayment Premium; (26) the Prepayment Premium period of such
Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (27) a description of the Prepayment Premium, if
applicable; (28) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (29) the credit
risk score (FICO score) at origination; (30) the date of origination; (31) the
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (32) the Mortgage Interest Rate
adjustment percentage; (33) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (34) the Mortgage
Interest Rate calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple interest, other); (35) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is assumable; (36) a code indicating
whether the Mortgage Loan has been modified; (37) the one year payment history;
(38) the Due Date for the first Scheduled Payment; (39) the original Scheduled
Payment due; (40) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income
ratio; (41) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; (42) the sales price
of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in connection with
the purchase of the Mortgaged Property; (43) a code indicating if the Mortgage
Loan is an Interest Only Mortgage Loan; (44) a code indicating whether such
Mortgage Loan is a Home Loan; (45) a code indicating whether a Mortgage Loan is
or has been 30 days delinquent; and (46) MERS Indemnification Number. With
respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate: (1) the number of Mortgage
Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans;
and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, including all riders thereto.
Mortgaged Property: The real property (or leasehold estate, if
applicable) identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing repayment of
the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow: For any Distribution Date the amount
remaining for distribution pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii) (before giving
effect to distributions pursuant to such subsection).
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date, the
amount by which the sum of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such
Distribution Date exceeds the sum of the Compensating Interest payments made
with respect to such Distribution Date.
NIM Issuer: The entity established as the issuer of the NIM
Securities.
NIM Securities: Any debt securities secured or otherwise backed by
some or all of the Class X and Class P Certificates that are rated by one or
more Rating Agencies.
NIM Trustee: The trustee for the NIM Securities.
90+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, three months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace
period), including each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, all REO Property and each
Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Non-Permitted Transferee: As defined in Section 8.11(e).
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance: Any P&I Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed P&I Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related late
payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance: Any Servicing Advances previously
made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
which, in the good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the
case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable from
related Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
Non-Rule 144A Investment Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to
Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates
shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by an officer of the
Servicer with responsibility for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and listed
on a list delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
in-house counsel for the Servicer or a Subservicer, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee; provided, that any Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) qualification of
any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, must be
(unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of Counsel) an opinion of counsel who
(i) is in fact independent of the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does not
have any material direct or indirect financial interest in the Servicer of the
Mortgage Loans or in an Affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with the
Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee, director or person
performing similar functions.
Optional Termination Date: The date determined by the Servicer and
specified in a written notice to the Trustee, which may occur on or after the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of the related Due Period, is equal to 10.00%
or less of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.
OTS: Office of Thrift Supervision, and any successor thereto.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with
a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Overcollateralized Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the excess,
if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for
such Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances
of the Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to the
payment of the Principal Remittance Amount on such Certificates on such
Distribution Date).
Overcollateralization Deficiency: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount
applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralized Amount
applicable to such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Floor: With respect to any Distribution Date,
0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
interest in such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal
or beneficial.
P&I Advance: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance
made by the Servicer in respect of any Remittance Date representing the
aggregate of all payments of principal and interest, net of the Servicing Fee,
that were due during the related Due Period on the Mortgage Loans and that were
delinquent on the related Remittance Date, plus certain amounts representing
assumed payments not covered by any current net income on the Mortgaged
Properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as determined
pursuant to Section 4.01.
Pass-Through Rate: For each Class of Regular Certificates, each
Lower-Tier Regular Interest and each Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the per annum
rate set forth or calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note related to an Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum amount by which the
Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or decrease on an Adjustment Date
above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect. The Periodic
Mortgage Interest Rate Cap for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate
set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor: With respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute minimum amount by
which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or decrease on an
Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect.
The Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
is the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Permitted Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations
or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless
of whether issued by the Servicer, the Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or
bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not
more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no
event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining
maturity of more than 30 days) denominated in United States dollars and
issued by any Depository Institution and rated "A-1+" by Standard &
Poor's, "P-1" by Moody's and "F1+" by Fitch (in each case, to the extent
they are designated as Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement);
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described
in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository Institution (acting as
principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that are
issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof and that are rated by each Rating Agency
that rates such securities in its highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount
obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a
specified date not more than 30 days after the date of acquisition
thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in
its highest short-term unsecured debt rating available at the time of such
investment;
(vi) units of money market funds, including money market funds
advised by the Depositor or the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have
been rated "Aaa" by Moody's, "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by Standard & Poor's and
at least "AA" by Fitch (in each case, to the extent they are designated as
Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement); and
(vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any other
demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or
investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a permitted
investment of funds backing "Aaa" or "AAA" rated securities;
provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, international organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax
imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to
any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) a Person that is not a U.S.
Person or a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from a Residual Certificate
is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of such Person or any other U.S.
Person, (vi) an "electing large partnership" within the meaning of Section 775
of the Code and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor based upon
an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms "United
States," "State" and "international organization" shall have the meanings set
forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will
not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or
political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, with the exception of Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Plan: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the
related Due Period.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Remittance Date,
the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was, during the related Prepayment
Period, the subject of a Principal Prepayment that was applied by the Servicer
to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date
preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount equal to
the product of (a) the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the Servicing Fee Rate for
such Mortgage Loan, (b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment for such Mortgage
Loan, (c) 1/360 and (d) the number of days commencing on the date on which such
Principal Prepayment was applied and ending on the last day of the related
Prepayment Period.
Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Prepayment Premium: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge
collected by the Servicer with respect to a Mortgage Loan from a Mortgagor in
connection with any voluntary Principal Prepayment pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note.
Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) the Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii)
the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment: Any full or partial payment or other recovery
of principal on a Mortgage Loan (including upon liquidation of a Mortgage Loan)
which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, excluding any Prepayment
Premium and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing
scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to
the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) with
respect to the related Due Period: (i) each Scheduled Payment of principal on a
Mortgage Loan due during such Due Period and received by the Servicer on or
prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the Servicer for the
related Remittance Date, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received during the
related Prepayment Period, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds
and Insurance Proceeds on the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal actually
collected by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iv) the portion
of the Repurchase Price allocable to principal with respect to each Deleted
Mortgage Loan, the repurchase obligation for which arose during the related
Prepayment Period, that was repurchased during the period from the prior
Distribution Date through the Remittance Date for the current Distribution Date,
(v) the portion of all Substitution Adjustment Amounts allocable to principal
with respect to the substitutions of Mortgage Loans that occur during the
calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, and (vi) the allocable
portion of the proceeds received with respect to the termination of the Trust
Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01 (to the extent such proceeds relate
to principal).
Privacy Laws: Title V of the Gramm Xxxxx Xxxxxx Act of 1999, as
amended, and all applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated September
26, 2005, relating to the Offered Certificates.
PTCE 95-60: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
PUD: A planned unit development.
Purchase Agreement: The Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2005, between the Purchaser and WMC.
Purchaser: Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited
partnership, and its successors in interest, as purchaser of the Mortgage Loans
under the Purchase Agreement.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References
herein to a given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such
rating category without giving effect to any modifiers. For purposes of Section
10.05(b), the addresses for notices to each Rating Agency shall be the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency, or such other address as either such Rating Agency may hereafter furnish
to the Depositor and the Servicer.
Realized Losses: With respect to any date of determination and any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (a) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon exceeds (b) the Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto net
of the expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan and net of any amount of unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the related Interest Accrual Period;
provided, however, that for any Certificate issued in definitive form, the
Record Date shall be the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month in which such applicable Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.04.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Relief Act Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest or principal
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended Due Period as a
result of the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar
state statutes.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, no later
than 12:30 PM, Central Time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
REO Disposition: The final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: As to any REO Property, for any period, an
amount equivalent to interest (at the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the
Servicing Fee Rate that would have been applicable to the related Mortgage Loan
had it been outstanding) on the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the date of acquisition thereof (as such balance is reduced pursuant to
Section 3.15 by any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of
principal).
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Reporting Date: The 18th day of each calendar month or the
immediately following Business Day if the 18th is not a Business Day.
Repurchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by
(a) the Purchaser, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase, (ii) interest on
such unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Interest
Rate from the last date through which interest has been paid and distributed to
the Trustee to the date of repurchase, (iii) all unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, (iv) all expenses incurred by the Servicer, the Trust or the Trustee,
as the case may be, in respect of a breach or defect, including, without
limitation, expenses arising out of the Servicer's or Trustee's, as the case may
be, enforcement of the Purchaser's repurchase obligation, to the extent not
included in clause (iii), and (v) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in
connection with any violation by such Mortgage Loan of any predatory lending law
or abusive lending law or (b) WMC, the "Repurchase Price" as that term is
defined in the Underlying Agreements.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the
Servicer to the Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, any associate or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers who at such time shall be officers to whom, with respect to a
particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
Review Appraisal Value: As defined in the Underwriting Guidelines.
Rule 144A Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan
which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect to any related Debt
Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the
monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Second Lien Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Enhancement Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the Subordinated Certificates and (ii) the
Overcollateralized Amount (in each case after taking into account the
distributions of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date)
by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Senior Specified Enhancement Percentage: As of any date of
determination, 47.30%.
Servicer: Xxxxxx.
Servicer Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.03(d).
Servicer's Assignee: As defined in Section 10.07.
Servicing Advances: The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Servicer in the performance of
its servicing obligations in connection with a default, delinquency or other
unanticipated event, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and
litigation, in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management
(including reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO
Property and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.09,
3.13 and 3.15. The Servicer shall not be required to make any Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate, and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs. Such fee shall be payable monthly, and shall be pro
rated for any portion of a month during which the Mortgage Loan is serviced by
the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicing Fee is payable solely from the
interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and proceeds received with
respect to REO Properties, to the extent permitted by Section 3.11) of such
Scheduled Payment collected by the Servicer or as otherwise provided under
Section 3.11.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per
annum.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Servicer consisting of originals or copies of all documents in
the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the Trustee in the Custodial File
and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Exhibit L hereto.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as
such list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Rights: Any and all of the following: (a) all rights and
obligations to service the Mortgage Loans; (b) any compensation for servicing
the Mortgage Loans; (c) any late fees, penalties or similar payments with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than prepayment penalties); (d) all
agreements or documents creating, defining or evidencing any such servicing
rights to the extent they relate to such servicing rights; (e) any interest on
Escrow Accounts allowed by law or other similar payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and any amounts actually collected with respect thereto; (f) all
accounts and other rights to payment related to any of the property described in
this paragraph; (g) the right to possess and use any and all servicing files,
servicing records, data tapes, computer records, or other information pertaining
to the Mortgage Loans to the extent relating to the past, present or prospective
servicing of the Mortgage Loans; and (h) all rights, powers and privileges
incident to any of the foregoing.
Servicing Rights Pledgee: One or more lenders, selected by the
Servicer, to which the Servicer may pledge and assign all of its right, title
and interest in, to and under this Agreement pursuant to and as provided in
Section 6.06, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as the representative of
certain lenders.
Similar Law: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, two months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period),
each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, all REO Property and each Mortgage Loan for
which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy.
Specified Overcollateralized Amount: Prior to the Stepdown Date, an
amount equal to 1.50% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance. On and after
the Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 3.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, subject, until the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced
to zero, to a minimum amount equal to the Overcollateralization Floor; provided,
however, that if, on any Distribution Date, a Trigger Event has occurred, the
Specified Overcollateralized Amount shall not be reduced to the applicable
percentage of the then current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans until the Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event is no longer
occurring. On and after the date on which the Class Certificate Balance of each
Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Specified
Overcollateralized Amount shall thereafter equal zero.
SPV: As defined in Section 10.07.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and its successors in interest. If Standard &
Poor's is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Standard & Poor's shall
be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group - GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1, or such other
address as Standard & Poor's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee.
Standard & Poor's Glossary: Version 5.6(b) of the Standard & Poor's
LEVELS(R) Glossary.
Start-up Day: As defined in Section 2.06.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan and as of any
date of determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the
Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such
date, minus (ii) all amounts previously remitted to the Trustee with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal
including advances in respect of Scheduled Payments of principal, and plus (iii)
any amounts added to the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in
connection with a modification thereof. For purposes of any Distribution Date,
the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan will give effect to any
Scheduled Payments of principal received by the Servicer on or prior to the
related Determination Date or advanced by the Servicer for the related
Remittance Date and any unscheduled principal payments and other unscheduled
principal collections received during the related Prepayment Period, and the
Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that has prepaid in full or has
become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period shall be
zero.
Stepdown Date: The earlier to occur of (a) the date on which the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates have been
reduced to zero, and (b) the later to occur of (i) the Distribution Date in
October 2008, and (ii) the first Distribution Date on which the Senior
Enhancement Percentage is greater than or equal to the Senior Specified
Enhancement Percentage.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subsequent Recoveries: Amounts received with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan after it has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Subservicer: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Subservicing Account: As defined in Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreements: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan eligible to be substituted
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Underlying Agreements.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: Any amount required to be paid in
connection with a Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Underlying
Agreements.
Tax Service Contract: As defined in Section 3.09(a).
Telerate Page 3750: The display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for displaying comparable rates or prices).
Termination Price: As defined in Section 9.01.
Total Monthly Excess Spread: As to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the excess if any, of (i) the interest collected on the Mortgage Loans
received by the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date or
advanced by the Servicer for the related Remittance Date (net of Expense Fees)
over (ii) the sum of the interest payable to the Classes of LIBOR Certificates
on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i).
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit: As defined in Section 5.02(c).
Transferor Certificate: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Trigger Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Trigger
Event exists if (i) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the rolling
three month average of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of 60+ Day
Delinquent Mortgage Loans, divided by (2) the aggregate unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period, equals or
exceeds 34% of the Senior Enhancement Percentage as of the last day of the prior
Due Period or (ii) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Cut-off Date through the last day
of the related Prepayment Period divided by (y) the Cut-off Date Pool Principal
Balance, exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such
Distribution Date:
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Distribution Date Occurring In Loss Percentage
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October 2007 through September 2008 1.400% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 1.700% for each month
thereafter
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October 2008 through September 2009 3.100% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 1.750% for each month
thereafter
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October 2009 through September 2010 4.850% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 1.400% for each month
thereafter
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October 2010 through September 2011 6.250% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 0.750% for each month
thereafter
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October 2011 and thereafter 7.000%
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Trust: The express trust created hereunder in Section 2.01(c).
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of
(i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with
respect thereto after the related Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which
were due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the related Cut-off Date; (ii) the
Collection Account, the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the Distribution Account,
and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the Depositor's
rights under the Underlying Agreements; (v) the Corridor Agreements; and (vi)
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing.
Trust REMIC: Any of the Lower Tier REMIC, the Upper Tier REMIC, the
Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC, the Class B-4 REMIC,
the Class B-5 REMIC and the Class X REMIC.
Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its successors
and, if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to one month's interest at the related Trustee Fee Rate on the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution
Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Distribution Date) or,
in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment
in Full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Trustee Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment
of interest.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.0070% per
annum.
Underlying Agreements: Collectively, the Purchase Agreement, without
the mortgage loan schedule exhibits, and the WMC Assignment Agreement, copies of
each of which are attached hereto as Exhibit Q.
Underwriters' Exemption: Any exemption listed in footnote 1 of, and
amended by, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002),
or any successor exemption.
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines attached to the
Purchase Agreement.
Unpaid Interest Amount: As of any Distribution Date and any Class of
Certificates, the sum of (a) the portion of the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount from Distribution Dates prior to the current Distribution
Date remaining unpaid immediately prior to the current Distribution Date and (b)
interest on the amount in clause (a) above at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law).
Upper Tier Regular Interest: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
U.S. Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a
corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created or
organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any
State thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) a
partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in
the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any state
thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided
otherwise by future Treasury regulations); (iv) an estate whose income is
includible in gross income for United States income tax purposes regardless of
its source; or (v) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or
more U.S. Persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent
provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20,
1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue to
be U.S. Persons.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class P
Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among the holders of
Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests), (b) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class X
Certificates, if any, and (c) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in proportion to the
Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such date.
WAC Cap: With respect to the Mortgage Loans as of any Distribution
Date, the product of (i) the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Interest Rates then in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period on the
Mortgage Loans, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period
related to such Distribution Date.
WMC: WMC Mortgage Corp., a California corporation, and its
successors in interest.
WMC Assignment Agreement: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2005, among the Purchaser, the Depositor
and WMC.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. (a) The Depositor,
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Trust Fund and the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
hereby accepts the Trust Fund.
(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Custodian for
the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents or instruments
with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note (with all applicable riders) bearing
all intervening endorsements, endorsed "Pay to the order of _________,
without recourse" and signed in the name of the last endorsee. To the
extent that there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes for
endorsements, the endorsement may be contained on an allonge unless the
Custodian is advised by the Depositor or the Purchaser that state law does
not so allow. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Purchaser in a
merger, the endorsement must be by "[last endorsee], successor by merger
to [name of predecessor]". If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated
by the last endorsee while doing business under another name, the
endorsement must be by "[last endorsee], formerly known as [previous
name]";
(ii) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(iii) the original Mortgage (with all applicable riders) with
evidence of recording thereon or a certified true copy of such Mortgage
submitted for recording. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the
Depositor cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the original Mortgage
with evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing Date because
of a delay caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage has
been delivered for recordation or because such Mortgage has been lost or
because such public recording office retains the original recorded
Mortgage, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together with (A) in the case of
a delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of
WMC (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney)
stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage
or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be
a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be
promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by WMC; or (B) in
the case of a Mortgage where a public recording office retains the
original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy
of the original recorded Mortgage;
(iv) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified true copy of such agreement submitted for recording;
(v) the original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
endorsed in blank and in recordable form;
(vi) the originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage (if
any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the originator to the
last endorsee with evidence of recording thereon, or if any such
intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable recording
office or has been lost or if such public recording office retains the
original recorded assignments of mortgage, the Depositor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening
assignment, together with (A) in the case of a delay caused by the public
recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the Purchaser or WMC (or
certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating
that such intervening assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that such original
recorded intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of such intervening
assignment of mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording
office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon
receipt thereof by the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable; or (B) in the case
of an intervening assignment where a public recording office retains the
original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
intervening assignment;
(vii) the original or duplicate origginal or certified copy of
lender's title policy and all riders thereto or, any one of an original
title binder, an original preliminary title report or an original title
commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title company; and
(viii) a security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage (if provided).
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to assist the Custodian
and the Servicer in enforcing the obligations of WMC and the Purchaser under the
Underlying Agreements.
Each Mortgage Loan for which a Mortgage Note is missing shall be
evidenced by a lost note affidavit as of the Closing Date. In the event, for
purposes of the Closing Date, one or more lost note affidavits are provided to
cover multiple missing Mortgage Notes, the Depositor shall use reasonable
efforts to cause WMC or the Purchaser to deliver to the Custodian the applicable
individual lost note affidavits within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing
Date. If WMC and the Purchaser fail to deliver the required individual lost note
affidavits within the specified period of time, the Trustee shall notify the
Depositor to cause WMC or the Purchaser, as applicable, to take such remedial
actions, including, without limitation, the repurchase by such Person of such
Mortgage Loan within 60 days of the Closing Date.
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause WMC or the
Purchaser, as the case may be, to deliver to the Custodian, the applicable
recorded document promptly upon receipt from the respective recording office but
in no event later than 120 days from the Closing Date.
If any Mortgage has been recorded in the name of Mortgage Electronic
Registration System, Inc. ("MERS") or its designee, no Assignment of Mortgage in
favor of the Trustee will be required to be prepared or delivered and instead,
the Servicer shall take all reasonable actions as are necessary at the expense
of the Depositor to cause the Trust to be shown as the owner of the related
Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS for the purpose of the system of recording
transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause WMC or the
Purchaser to forward, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to the Custodian
additional original documents, and additional documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Mortgage Loan approved
by WMC, in accordance with the terms of the Underlying Agreements. All such
mortgage documents held by the Custodian as to each Mortgage Loan shall
constitute the "Custodial File."
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall use reasonable
efforts to cause the Purchaser to deliver to the Custodian Assignments of
Mortgages, in blank, for each Mortgage Loan (except with respect to each MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan). The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the Purchaser to cause the Assignments of Mortgage with completed recording
information to be provided to the Servicer in a reasonably acceptable manner. No
later than thirty (30) Business Days following the later of the Closing Date and
the date of receipt by the Servicer of the fully completed Assignments of
Mortgages in recordable form, the Servicer shall promptly submit or cause to be
submitted for recording, at the expense of the Purchaser or the Depositor, at no
expense to the Trust Fund, the Servicer or the Custodian in the appropriate
public office for real property records, each Assignment of Mortgage referred to
in Section 2.01(b)(v). Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, for
administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing
costs, the Assignments of Mortgage shall not be required to be completed and
submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan (i) if the Trustee and
each Rating Agency has received an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall not
be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund), satisfactory in
form and substance to the Trustee and each Rating Agency, to the effect that the
recordation of such Assignments of Mortgage in any specific jurisdiction is not
necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the related Mortgage Note or (ii)
if such Mortgage Loan is a MERS Designated Mortgage Loan. If the Assignment of
Mortgage is to be recorded, the Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the Purchaser to assign the Mortgage at the Purchaser's expense to "Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of September 1, 2005, GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1." In the event that any
such assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, and such defect is not cured, the Trustee shall
cause the Depositor to cause the Purchaser to repurchase, and the Depositor
shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Purchaser to repurchase, such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to the WMC Assignment Agreement.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the
Custodian a copy of the Data Tape Information in electronic, machine readable
medium in a form mutually acceptable to the Depositor, the Custodian and the
Trustee. Within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall
deliver a copy of the complete Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Custodian, the
Trustee and the Servicer, and the Custodian shall, promptly upon receipt of the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (or any other mortgage loan schedules received by the
Custodian from the Depositor), inform the Depositor of receipt thereof.
In the event that such original or copy of any document submitted
for recordation to the appropriate public recording office is not so delivered
to the Custodian within 90 days following the Closing Date, and in the event
that the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, does not cure such failure within 60
days of discovery or receipt of written notification of such failure from the
Depositor, the related Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the Depositor,
be repurchased by the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, pursuant to the
Underlying Agreements, at the price and in the manner specified in the Purchase
Agreement (with respect to WMC) or this Agreement (with respect to the
Purchaser). The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event
that the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, cannot deliver such original or copy
of any document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public recording
office within the specified period due to a delay caused by the recording office
in the applicable jurisdiction; provided, that the Depositor shall cause the
Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, to instead deliver a recording receipt of such
recording office or, if such recording receipt is not available, an officer's
certificate of an officer of the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, confirming
that such document has been accepted for recording.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
2.01, in those instances where the public recording office retains or loses the
original Mortgage or assignment after it has been recorded, the obligations of
the Depositor shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery to the
Custodian prior to the Closing Date of a copy of such Mortgage or assignment, as
the case may be, certified (such certification to be an original thereof) by the
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original
thereof.
(c) The Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further
provisions of this Agreement and the laws of the State of New York, an express
trust (the "Trust") to be known, for convenience, as "GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1" and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is hereby appointed as Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that it is the policy and intention of the Trust to acquire only
Mortgage Loans meeting the requirements set forth in this Agreement.
(d) The Trust shall have the capacity, power and authority, and the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust is hereby authorized, to accept the sale,
transfer, assignment, set over and conveyance by the Depositor to the Trust of
all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund
(including, without limitation, the Mortgage Loans and the Underlying
Agreements) pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans. The
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby accepts the Trust Fund and assumes the
obligations of the Depositor under the Underlying Agreements from and after the
Closing Date and solely insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans. For
avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that all obligations so assumed are
obligations of the Trust and, to the extent such obligations are payment or
monetary obligations, are payable solely from the Trust Fund, and not of the
Trustee in its individual capacity. The Custodian acknowledges receipt of the
documents identified in the Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit E, and the Trustee declares that the Custodian, on the Trustee's behalf,
holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to the
Custodian pursuant to Section 2.01, and that the Trustee holds or will hold such
other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use
and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Custodian
acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the related Mortgage Notes in
the States of Utah and California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating
Agencies.
Prior to and as a condition to the Closing, the Custodian shall
deliver via facsimile (with original to follow the next Business Day) to the
Depositor and Xxxxxx an Initial Certification prior to the Closing Date, or as
the Depositor agrees to, on the Closing Date, certifying receipt of a Mortgage
Note and Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan with any exceptions
thereon. The Custodian shall not be responsible to verify the validity,
sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.
On the Closing Date, the Custodian shall ascertain that all
documents required to be reviewed by it are in its possession, and shall deliver
to the Depositor and Xxxxxx an Initial Certification, in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit E, and shall deliver to the Depositor and Xxxxxx a Document
Certification and Exception Report, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F,
within 90 days after the Closing Date to the effect that, as to each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in
full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as an
exception and not covered by such certification): (i) all documents required to
be reviewed by it are in its possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed
by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; (iii)
based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information
set forth in items (1), (2) and (13) of the Mortgage Loan Schedule and items
(1), (2) and (13) of the Data Tape Information respecting such Mortgage Loan is
correct; and (iv) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed as provided in Section
2.01 of this Agreement. The Custodian shall not be responsible to verify the
validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.
The Custodian shall retain possession and custody of each Custodial
File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Custodian, upon the execution
or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Custodial File as come into the possession of the Servicer from
time to time.
The Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause WMC and the
Purchaser to deliver to the Servicer copies of all trailing documents required
to be included in the Custodial File at the same time the original or certified
copies thereof are delivered to the Custodian, including but not limited to such
documents as the title insurance policy and any other Mortgage Loan Documents
upon return from the public recording office. The Depositor shall use reasonable
efforts to cause the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, to deliver, at such
Person's expense, to the Servicer and in no event shall the Servicer be
responsible for any expenses relating to such delivery obligation.
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Servicer and the Custodian. (a) Xxxxxx hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Schedule II hereto to the Depositor and the Trustee as
of the Closing Date. The Custodian hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto to the Depositor, the Servicer and
the Trustee as of the Closing Date.
(b) It is understood and agreed by the Servicer and the Custodian
that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall
survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee, and
shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of
Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon
discovery by any of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Servicer of
a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others.
(c) In connection with any repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to the Underlying Agreements, the Servicer shall, based on
information provided by the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, amend the Mortgage
Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans and the Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Custodian. The Servicer shall have no liability with respect to the
information provided by the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, related to the
Substitute Mortgage Loan. Upon such substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and
the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, pursuant to the WMC Assignment Agreement
shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties made
pursuant to the WMC Assignment Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
Upon any such substitution and the deposit to the Collection Account of the
amount required to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as
described in the following paragraph, the Custodian shall release the Mortgage
File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted
Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser or WMC, as applicable, and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver at such Person's direction such instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest title in such Person, or its designee, the Trustee's interest
in any Deleted Mortgage Loan repurchased or substituted for as described above
in this Section 2.03.
(d) For any month in which the Purchaser or WMC substitutes one or
more Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the
Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate unpaid
principal balance of all such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of
substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such
Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of
the Scheduled Payments due in the Due Period of substitution). The Depositor
shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Purchaser to remit, with respect to
any Mortgage Loans for which the Purchaser is making a substitution, or shall
use reasonable efforts to cause WMC to remit, with respect to any Mortgage Loans
for which WMC is making a substitution, to the Servicer for deposit into the
related Collection Account on or before the next Remittance Date any
Substitution Adjustment Amount.
(e) In the event that a Mortgage Loan shall have been repurchased
pursuant to the Underlying Agreements, the Repurchase Price thereof shall be
deposited in the Collection Account by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 on
or before the next Remittance Date and upon such deposit of the Repurchase Price
and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit K hereto, the
Custodian shall release the related Custodial File held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to such Person as directed by the Servicer, and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver at such Person's direction such instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse,
as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and
agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure,
repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is
continuing, together with satisfaction of any related indemnification
obligations, shall constitute the sole remedy against such Persons respecting
such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Custodian or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section
2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Custodial Files to the Custodian
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04 Non-Qualified Mortgages. Upon discovery by the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan
does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly (and in
any event within five (5) Business Days of discovery) give written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require
the Depositor to cause WMC to repurchase, and the Depositor shall use reasonable
efforts to cause WMC to repurchase, the affected Mortgage Loan within 30 days of
the earlier of discovery or receipt of notice in the same manner as it would a
Mortgage Loan for a breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to
Section 2.03. The Trustee shall reconvey to WMC the Mortgage Loan to be released
pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it
would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty
contained in Section 2.03.
Section 2.05 Execution and Delivery of Certificates. The Trustee
acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and,
concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized Denominations
evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The
Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above
for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates.
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters. The Preliminary Statement sets forth the
designations for federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby.
The "Start-up Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the Closing
Date. The "latest possible maturity date" is the Distribution Date in September
2035, which is the Distribution Date following the latest Mortgage Loan maturity
date.
Amounts payable to the Class B-1 Certificates (other than any Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper Tier REMIC in
respect of the Class B-1 Interest to the Class B-1 REMIC as holder of the Class
B-1 Interest. Amounts payable to the Class B-2 Certificates (other than any
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper Tier REMIC
in respect of the Class B-2 Interest to the Class B-2 REMIC as holder of the
Class B-2 Interest. Amounts payable to the Class B-3 Certificates (other than
any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper Tier
REMIC in respect of the Class B-3 Interest to the Class B-3 REMIC as holder of
the Class B-3 Interest. Amounts payable to the Class B-4 Certificates (other
than any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper
Tier REMIC in respect of the Class B-4 Interest to the Class B-4 REMIC as holder
of the Class B-4 Interest. Amounts payable to the Class B-5 Certificates (other
than any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper
Tier REMIC in respect of the Class B-5 Interest to the Class B-5 REMIC as holder
of the Class B-5 Interest. Amounts paid to the Class X Certificates (prior to
any reduction for any Basis Risk Payment) shall be deemed paid (i) first, from
the Upper Tier REMIC in respect of the Class UT-X Interest to the Class X REMIC
as holder of the Class UT-X Interest and (ii) then from the Class X REMIC in
respect of the Class X Regular Interest to the holders of the Class X
Certificates.
Section 2.07 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee and Xxxxxx
that as of the date of this Agreement or as of such date specifically provided
herein:
(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(b) The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to convey
the Mortgage Loans and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement;
(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositor, all requisite corporate action having been
taken, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the
other parties hereto, constitutes or will constitute the legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general
equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or registration
or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required
for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Depositor
with this Agreement or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except as have been made on or prior to the
Closing Date;
(e) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
(i) conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or
constitutes or will constitute a default or results or will result in an
acceleration under (A) the charter or bylaws of the Depositor, or (B) of any
term, condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound; (ii)
results or will result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor of any court or governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its subsidiaries; or (iii)
results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which
would have a material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or
instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans;
(f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings before or against or
investigations of, the Depositor pending, or to the knowledge of the Depositor,
threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no
notice of any such action, which, in the Depositor's reasonable judgment, might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement;
(g) 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 that may materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder; and
(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the
Depositor to the Trustee on the Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to,
and was the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other
Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each
Mortgage Loan to the Trustee. The transfer of each Mortgage Note and each
Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient
either (i) fully to transfer to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, all right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as
note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to grant to the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, the security interest referred to in Section 10.04.
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Section 2.07 shall survive delivery of the
respective Custodial Files to the Custodian or to a custodian, as the case may
be, and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee.
Section 2.08 Enforcement of Obligations for Breach of Mortgage Loan
Representations. Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty made by the Purchaser or WMC pursuant to the
Underlying Agreements, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement, WMC and/or the
Purchaser, as applicable. The Trustee shall take such action with respect to
such breach under the Underlying Agreements as may be necessary or appropriate
to enforce the rights of the Trust with respect thereto.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on
behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service and administer the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective
Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with
all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it
services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving
due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage
lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without
regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer, any Subservicer or any
Affiliate of the Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related
Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the
Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing
Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive
compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular
transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek
to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the
terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall
have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided
in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with
such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name
or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in
accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to execute and deliver
any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure
proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the
ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such
properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Servicer
shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable
state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required
to be provided to them thereby. The Servicer shall also comply in the
performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each
insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the
Custodian and the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer,
and furnish to the Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their
servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Custodian and the Trustee
hereby grant to the Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of
attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to
Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name
of the Trust. The Trustee shall execute a separate power of attorney in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit P in favor of the Servicer for the purposes described
herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Servicer to perform
its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the
Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as
necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and
assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing
Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the
Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11.
Any cost incurred by the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely
payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan
(except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Servicer shall not (i) permit any
modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage
Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions
resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date
on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal
payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07(a), if the
Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in
the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any
modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would
both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section
1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions"
or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii)
except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this
Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Servicer
from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between the Servicer and
Subservicers.
(a) The Servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with
subservicers (each, a "Subservicer"), for the servicing and administration of
the Mortgage Loans ("Subservicing Agreements").
(b) Each Subservicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business in
the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service
are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the
Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing
Agreement, (ii) an institution approved as a mortgage loan originator by the
Federal Housing Administration or an institution that has deposit accounts
insured by the FDIC and (iii) a Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae approved mortgage
servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement must impose on the Subservicer
requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in Section 3.08 and provide
for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
The Servicer will examine each Subservicing Agreement and will be familiar with
the terms thereof. The terms of any Subservicing Agreement will not be
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer and the
respective Subservicers may enter into and make amendments to the Subservicing
Agreements or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements; provided,
however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with
and not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or
different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected
to be materially adverse to the interests of the Trustee, without the consent of
the Trustee. Any variation without the consent of the Trustee from the
provisions set forth in Section 3.08 relating to insurance or priority
requirements of Subservicing Accounts, or credits and charges to the
Subservicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances by the
Subservicers to the Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent with
this Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor copies of all Subservicing Agreements, and any
amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon the Servicer's execution and
delivery of such instruments.
(c) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer
(except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph), for the
benefit of the Trustee, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under
the related Subservicing Agreement, including, without limitation, any
obligation to make advances in respect of delinquent payments as required by a
Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the
legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements, and the
pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to
such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, and shall
be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such
enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due
in respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery of
costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed.
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers. The Servicer shall be entitled
to terminate any Subservicing Agreement and the rights and obligations of any
Subservicer pursuant to any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement. In the event of termination of
any Subservicer, all servicing obligations of such Subservicer shall be assumed
simultaneously by the Servicer without any act or deed on the part of such
Subservicer or the Servicer, and the Servicer either shall service directly the
related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a
successor Subservicer which qualifies under Section 3.02.
Any Subservicing Agreement shall include the provision that such
agreement may be immediately terminated by the Depositor or the Trustee without
fee, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Servicer (including termination
due to an Event of Default).
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer. Notwithstanding any
Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference
to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee for the servicing and
administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.01 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the
Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if
the Servicer alone were servicing and administering such Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for
indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer and nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and
the Trustee. Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the
Servicer alone, and the Trustee (or any successor Servicer) shall not be deemed
a party thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or
liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 3.06.
The Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any Subservicer,
irrespective of whether the Servicer's compensation pursuant to this Agreement
is sufficient to pay such fees.
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee. In the event the Servicer at any time shall for any reason no longer be
the Servicer (including by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default), the
Trustee, or its designee, or the successor Servicer if the successor Servicer is
not the Trustee, shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the
Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered
into, with copies thereof provided to the Trustee prior to the Trustee assuming
such rights and obligations, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any
Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms as provided in Section 3.03.
Upon such assumption, the Trustee, its designee or the successor
servicer shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of the
Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each
Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if each Subservicing Agreement had
been assigned to the assuming party, except that (i) the Servicer shall not
thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any Subservicing
Agreement that arose before it ceased to be the Servicer and (ii) none of the
Depositor, the Trustee, their designees or any successor Servicer shall be
deemed to have assumed any liability or obligation of the Servicer that arose
before it ceased to be the Servicer.
The Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the Trustee,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each
Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) The
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under
the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans and shall, to the extent such
procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions
of any applicable Insurance Policies, follow such collection procedures as it
would follow with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and
held for its own account. Consistent with the foregoing and Accepted Servicing
Practices, the Servicer may (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable,
any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due dates for the Scheduled Payments
due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than 180 days; provided, that
any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not affect the amortization
schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any computation hereunder, except
as provided below. In the event of any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii)
above, the Servicer shall make timely advances on such Mortgage Loan during such
extension pursuant to Section 4.01 and in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such
arrangements, subject to Section 4.01(d) pursuant to which the Servicer shall
not be required to make any such advances that are Nonrecoverable P&I Advances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default
or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the
Servicer, consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also
waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications
that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, forgive the payment of principal
or interest, extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or waive, in
whole or in part, a Prepayment Premium), accept payment from the related
Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final
satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict
compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor
(any and all such waivers, modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or
interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively referred to herein as
"Forbearance"); provided, however, that the terms of any Mortgage Loan may only
be waived, modified or varied once following the Cut-off Date while the Mortgage
Loan remains outstanding; provided, further, that the final maturity date of any
Mortgage Loan may not be extended beyond the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
for the LIBOR Certificates. The Servicer's analysis supporting any Forbearance
and the conclusion that any Forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01
shall be reflected in writing in the applicable Servicing File. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Servicer may waive, in whole or in part, a Prepayment Premium
only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver relates to a default or
a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the
Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of
such Prepayment Premium and the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) such Prepayment
Premium is not permitted to be collected by applicable federal, state or local
law or regulation, (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Premium would be
considered "predatory" pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any
applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official
capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters, (iv) the enforceability
thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or
other similar laws relating to creditor's rights generally or (2) due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment or
(v) if the Servicer has not been provided with information sufficient to enable
it to collect the Prepayment Premium. If a Prepayment Premium is waived other
than as permitted in this Section 3.07(a), then the Servicer is required to pay
the amount of such waived Prepayment Premium, for the benefit of the Holders of
the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account
as soon as possible after the date of payoff, but in no event later than five
(5) Business Days from such date.
(b) The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, each Rating
Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the
Collection Account within a reasonable period of time prior to any change
thereof.
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts. In those cases where a
Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement,
the Subservicer will be required to establish and maintain one or more accounts
(collectively, the "Subservicing Account"). The Subservicing Account shall be an
Eligible Account and shall otherwise be acceptable to the Servicer. The
Subservicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must be an
Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on
mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Subservicer's
receipt thereof, all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Subservicer less
its servicing compensation to the extent permitted by the Subservicing
Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit such amounts in the Subservicing
Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds
into the clearing account. The Subservicer shall thereafter deposit such
proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such proceeds to the Servicer for
deposit in the Collection Account not later than two Business Days after the
deposit of such amounts in the Subservicing Account. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the
Mortgage Loans when the Subservicer receives such payments.
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall ensure that each of the Mortgage Loans
shall be covered by a paid-in-full, life-of-the-loan tax service contract in
effect with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each, a "Tax Service Contract");
provided, that WMC transferred a fully transferable Tax Service Contract to the
Servicer at no expense to the Servicer. Each Tax Service Contract shall be
assigned to the Trustee, or its designee, at the Servicer's expense in the event
that the Servicer is terminated as Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan.
(b) To the extent that the services described in this paragraph (b)
are not otherwise provided pursuant to the Tax Service Contracts described in
paragraph (a) hereof, the Servicer undertakes to perform such functions. To the
extent the related Mortgage Loan provides for Escrow Payments, the Servicer
shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or
more accounts (the "Escrow Accounts"), which shall be Eligible Accounts. The
Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must be an
Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on
mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Servicer's
receipt thereof, all collections from the Mortgagors (or related advances from
Subservicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors ("Escrow Payments")
collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall thereafter deposit such
Escrow Payments in the Escrow Accounts, in no event more than two Business Days
after the deposit of such funds in the clearing account, for the purpose of
effecting the payment of any such items as required under the terms of this
Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from an Escrow Account may be made only to (i)
effect payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, and comparable
items; (ii) reimburse the Servicer (or a Subservicer to the extent provided in
the related Subservicing Agreement) out of related collections for any advances
made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments) and
Section 3.13 (with respect to hazard insurance); (iii) refund to Mortgagors any
sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest, if required and as
described below, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account; (v) clear and
terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of the Servicer's obligations
and responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement; or
(vi) recover amounts deposited in error. As part of its servicing duties, the
Servicer or Subservicers shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Escrow
Accounts, to the extent required by law and, to the extent that interest earned
on funds in the Escrow Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest from its
or their own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. To the extent that a
Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine
whether any such payments are made by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time
that is necessary to avoid the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale
or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien. If any such payment has not been
made and the Servicer receives notice of a tax lien with respect to the Mortgage
Loan being imposed, the Servicer will, promptly and to the extent required to
avoid loss of the Mortgaged Property, advance or cause to be advanced funds
necessary to discharge such lien on the Mortgaged Property. The Servicer assumes
full responsibility for the payment of all such bills within such time and shall
effect payments of all such bills irrespective of the Mortgagor's faithful
performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments and
shall make advances from its own funds to effect such payments; provided,
however, that such advances are deemed to be Servicing Advances.
Section 3.10 Collection Account. (a) On behalf of the Trustee, the
Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and
maintained, one or more Eligible Accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Collection Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Funds in
the Collection Account shall not be commingled with any other funds of the
Servicer. On behalf of the Trustee, the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in the clearing account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in
which it customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in
connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in
no event more than one Business Day after the Servicer's receipt thereof, and
shall thereafter deposit in the Collection Account, in no event more than two
Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account, as and
when received or as otherwise required hereunder, the following payments and
collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
respect of principal or interest on the related Mortgage Loans due on or before
the Cut-off Date), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it
on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a Due Period subsequent
thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the related
Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds (to the
extent such Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are not to be
applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released
to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of
law or in accordance with prudent and customary servicing practices) and
all Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.12
in connection with any losses realized on Permitted Investments with
respect to funds held in the Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to
the second paragraph of Section 3.13(a) in respect of any blanket policy
deductibles;
(vi) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or purchased in
accordance with this Agreement and any Substitution Adjustment Amount; and
(vii) all Prepayment Premiums collected by the Servicer.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, NSF
fees, reconveyance fees, assumption fees and other similar fees and charges need
not be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account and shall, upon
collection, belong to the Servicer as additional compensation for its servicing
activities. In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw
such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b) Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The
Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Depositor of the location of
the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof.
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account. (a) The
Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Collection Account
for any of the following purposes or as described in Section 4.01:
(i) on or prior to the Remittance Date, to remit to the Custodian
the Custodian Fee with respect to such Distribution Date, and the Trustee
(A) the Trustee Fee with respect to such Distribution Date and (B) all
Available Funds in respect of the related Distribution Date together with
all amounts representing Prepayment Premiums from the Mortgage Loans
received during the related Prepayment Period;
(ii) to reimburse the Servicer for P&I Advances, but only to the
extent of amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the
related Servicing Fees) of Scheduled Payments on Mortgage Loans with
respect to which such P&I Advances were made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.01;
(iii) to pay the Servicer or any Subservicer (A) any unpaid
Servicing Fees or (B) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, but in each case only to the extent of any Late
Collections, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or other amounts as may be collected by the Servicer from a
Mortgagor, or otherwise received with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or
the related REO Property);
(iv) to pay to the Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition
to the Servicing Fee) on the Remittance Date any interest or investment
income earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;
(v) to pay to the Purchaser or WMC, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has previously been repurchased or replaced pursuant to this
Agreement all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase
or substitution, as the case may be;
(vi) to reimburse the Servicer for any P&I Advance or Servicing
Advance previously made which the Servicer has determined to be a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01, including in connection
with the modification of a Mortgage Loan where (1) such Advance is added
to the unpaid principal balance or (2) a portion of the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan is forgiven;
(vii) to pay, or to reimburse the Servicer for advances in respect
of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.15;
(viii) to reimburse the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee for
expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Servicer, the Depositor or the
Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03 or Section 8.05;
(ix) to reimburse the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
for expenses reasonably incurred in respect of the breach or defect giving
rise to the repurchase obligation under Section 2.03 of this Agreement
that were included in the Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loan, including
any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation,
to the extent not otherwise paid pursuant to the terms hereof;
(x) to invest funds in Permitted Investments in accordance with
Section 3.12;
(xi) to withdraw any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in
error;
(xii) to withdraw any amounts held in the Collection Account and not
required to be remitted to the Trustee on the Remittance Date occurring in
the month in which such amounts are deposited into the Collection Account,
to reimburse the Servicer for unreimbursed Advances; and
(xiii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon
termination of this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Collection Account, to the extent held by or on behalf of
it, pursuant to subclauses (a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and
(ix) above. The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Depositor, on
or prior to the next succeeding Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals
from the Collection Account pursuant to subclause (a)(vi) above.
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account. (a) The Servicer may invest the funds in the Collection
Account and the Trustee may invest funds in the Distribution Account (for
purposes of this Section 3.12, such Accounts are referred to as an "Investment
Account") in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a
discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand no later than the Business Day
immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn
from such account pursuant to this Agreement. All such Permitted Investments
shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in
an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee. The Trustee
shall be entitled to sole possession over each such investment, and any
certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be
delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent, together with any document of
transfer necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Trustee. In the
event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a
Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Trustee may:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder,
demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such
Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an
amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable
thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such
date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder that such
Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted
Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the
Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Servicer, shall
be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal in the
manner set forth in Section 3.11. The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon
realization of such loss.
(c) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Distribution Account held by the Trustee shall be for the
benefit of the Trustee. The Trustee shall deposit in the Distribution Account
the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted
Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon realization of such
loss.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any
default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or
if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted
Investment, the Trustee shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of
appropriate proceedings.
(e) The Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive
additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Trustee's economic
self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder,
servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the
Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain
Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted
Investments.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any loss
incurred with respect of any investment or lack of investment of funds held in
any Investment Account (except with respect to investments in the Distribution
Account as provided in Section 3.12(c)).
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, Errors and Omissions
and Fidelity Coverage. (a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgage Loan standard hazard insurance on the related Mortgaged Property in an
amount which is at least equal to the least of (i) the outstanding principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the amount necessary to fully compensate for
any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such property on a
replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum insurable value of the improvements
which are a part of such Mortgaged Property, in each case in an amount not less
than such amount as is necessary to avoid the application of any coinsurance
clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy. The Servicer shall also
cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended coverage on each REO
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property and (ii)
the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time it
became an REO Property, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate and
related Servicing Advances. The Servicer will comply in the performance of this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any
such hazard policies. Any amounts to be collected by the Servicer under any such
policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
property subject to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in
servicing loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of
the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by
the Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of
calculating distributions to the Trustee, be added to the unpaid principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such
Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other
additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor other than pursuant to
such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as
shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property or REO
Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards and flood
insurance has been made available, the Servicer will cause to be maintained a
flood insurance policy in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan and (ii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the
related Mortgaged Property under the national flood insurance program (assuming
that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in
such program).
In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of B:VI or better in
Best's (or such other rating that is comparable to such rating) insuring against
hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to
have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the first two sentences of this
Section 3.13, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property
a policy complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.13, and there
shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy,
deposit to the Collection Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In
connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the
Trustee claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms of such policy.
(b) The Servicer shall keep in force during the term of this
Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions for
failure in the performance of the Servicer's obligations under this Agreement,
which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would meet the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac if it were the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans, unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall also maintain a fidelity bond
in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac, unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements from Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall provide the Trustee upon request with
copies of any such insurance policies and fidelity bond. The Servicer shall be
deemed to have complied with this provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer has
such errors and omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such
insurance policy or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to
the Servicer. Upon request from the Trustee, the Servicer shall cause to be
delivered to the Trustee proof of coverage of the fidelity bond errors and
omissions insurance policy and a statement from the surety and the insurer that
that surety and insurer shall endeavor to notify the Trustee within 30 days
prior to such fidelity bond's errors and omissions insurance policy's
termination or material modification. The Servicer shall also cause each
Subservicer to maintain a policy of insurance covering errors and omissions and
a fidelity bond which would meet such requirements.
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements. The Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance
or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any Mortgagor (whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage),
exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the
"due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not be required to take such action if, in its sole business
judgment, the Servicer believes it is not in the best interests of the Trust
Fund and shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from doing so.
If the Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce
such "due-on-sale" clause or if any of the other conditions set forth in the
proviso to the preceding sentence apply, the Servicer will enter into an
assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such
person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note, the Servicer has the prior
consent of the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. The
Servicer is also authorized to enter into a substitution of liability agreement
with such person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from
liability and such person is substituted as the Mortgagor and becomes liable
under the Mortgage Note; provided, that no such substitution shall be effective
unless such person satisfies the underwriting criteria of the Servicer and has a
credit risk rating at least equal to that of the original Mortgagor. In
connection with any assumption, modification or substitution, the Servicer shall
apply such underwriting standards and follow such practices and procedures as
shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and as it
applies to other mortgage loans owned solely by it. The Servicer shall not take
or enter into any assumption and modification agreement, however, unless (to the
extent practicable in the circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in
writing, of the continued effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance
policy, or a new policy meeting the requirements of this Section is obtained.
Any fee collected by the Servicer in respect of an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Servicer as additional servicing
compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the
Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related Mortgage Interest Rate
and the amount of the Scheduled Payment) may be amended or modified, except as
otherwise required pursuant to the terms thereof. The Servicer shall notify the
Custodian that any such substitution, modification or assumption agreement has
been completed by forwarding to the Custodian the executed original of such
substitution or assumption agreement, which document shall be added to the
related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such
Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments
constituting a part thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of
this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the Mortgage Note or any
assumption which the Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any
reason whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 3.14, the term "assumption" is
deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged Property) subject to the
Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement.
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Servicer
shall use its best efforts, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, to
foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an acquisition
of REO Property) the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans
as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to
Section 3.07, and which are not released from this Agreement pursuant to any
other provision hereof. The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to realize
upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize the receipt
of principal and interest by the Trustee, taking into account, among other
things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings; provided, however with respect to
any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, if, after such Mortgage Loan becomes 180 days or
more delinquent, the Servicer determines that a significant net recovery is not
possible through foreclosure, such Mortgage Loan may be charged off and the
Mortgage Loan will be treated as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan giving rise to a
Realized Loss. The foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in any case in
which a Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an uninsured cause,
the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward the
restoration of such property unless it shall determine in its sole discretion
(i) that such restoration will increase the net proceeds of liquidation of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, after reimbursement to itself for such
expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the Servicer
through Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds from
the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.11. The Servicer
shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement
thereof from the related property, as contemplated in Section 3.11. In
circumstances where the Servicer determines that it would be uneconomical to
foreclose on the related Mortgaged Property, the Servicer may write off the
entire outstanding principal balance of the related Second Lien Mortgage Loan as
bad debt.
The proceeds of any Liquidation Event or REO Disposition, as well as
any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO
Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11 or 3.17; second, to accrued and unpaid
interest on the Mortgage Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at the Mortgage Interest
Rate, to the date of the liquidation or REO Disposition, or to the Due Date
prior to the Remittance Date on which such amounts are to be distributed if not
in connection with a Liquidation Event or REO Disposition; third, to reimburse
the Servicer for any related xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, pursuant to Section
3.11; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount
of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than a full recovery thereof,
that amount will be allocated as follows: first, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and
second, as interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee
Rate). The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall
be reimbursed to the Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or
3.17. The portions of the recovery so allocated to interest at the Mortgage
Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) and to principal of the Mortgage
Loan shall be applied as follows: first, to reimburse the Servicer or any
Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances in accordance with
Section 3.11 or 3.17, and second, to the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.02, subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.17 with
respect to certain excess recoveries from an REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in
the event the Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of
the presence of, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes on the related
Mortgaged Property, or if the Trustee otherwise requests, the Servicer shall
cause an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property to be
conducted by a qualified inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, the
Servicer shall promptly provide the Trustee and the Depositor with a written
report of the environmental inspection.
After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Servicer
shall determine how to proceed with respect to the Mortgaged Property. In the
event (a) the environmental inspection report indicates that the Mortgaged
Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes and (b) the
Servicer shall proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs
associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure
and any related environmental clean-up costs, as applicable, from the related
Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation Proceeds are insufficient to fully
reimburse the Servicer, the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
amounts in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11. In the event the
Servicer does not proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed from general collections for all
Servicing Advances made with respect to the related Mortgaged Property from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for any determination made by the Servicer pursuant to this
paragraph or otherwise.
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files. (a) Upon the payment in full
of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a notification that
payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the
Servicer will, within five (5) Business Days of the payment in full, notify the
Custodian by a certification (which certification 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 Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.10 have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall
request delivery to it of the Custodial File by completing a Request for Release
in the form of Exhibit K hereto to the Custodian. Upon receipt of such
certification and Request for Release, the Custodian shall promptly release the
related Custodial File to the Servicer within three (3) Business Days. No
expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of
reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any Insurance Policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Custodian shall, upon
request of the Servicer and delivery to the Custodian, of a Request for Release,
release the related Custodial File to the Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at
the direction of the Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to
the prosecution of any such proceedings and the Servicer shall retain the
Mortgage File in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Such Request for Release
shall obligate the Servicer to return each and every document previously
requested from the Custodial File to the Custodian when the need therefor by the
Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the
Collection Account or the Mortgage File or such document 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, and
the Servicer has delivered to the Custodian a certificate of a Servicing Officer
certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File
or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery.
Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage
Loan was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in
connection with such liquidation that are required to be deposited into the
related Collection Account have been so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan
has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released
by the Custodian to the Servicer or its designee. Upon receipt of a Request for
Release under this Section 3.16, the Custodian shall deliver the related
Custodial File to the requesting Servicer by regular mail, unless the Servicer
requests that the Custodian deliver such Custodial File to the Servicer by
overnight courier (in which case such delivery shall be at the Servicer's
expense); provided, however, that in the event the Servicer has not previously
received copies of the relevant Mortgage Loan Documents necessary to service the
related Mortgage Loan in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, the
Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Purchaser to reimburse the
Servicer for any overnight courier charges incurred for the requested Custodial
Files.
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall
execute and deliver to the Servicer copies of any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents reasonably necessary to the foreclosure or
trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought
to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to
obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights
provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in
equity, or shall exercise and deliver to the Servicer a power of attorney
sufficient to authorize the Servicer to execute such documents on its behalf.
Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents
be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or
pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except
for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or
trustee's sale.
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.
(a) This Section shall apply only to REO Properties acquired for the account of
the Trustee and shall not apply to any REO Property relating to a Mortgage Loan
which was purchased or repurchased from the Trustee pursuant to any provision
hereof. In the event that title to any such REO Property is acquired, the
Servicer shall cause the deed or certificate of sale to be issued in the name of
the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each
REO Property for the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition
and sale. The Servicer, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Servicer, shall manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in
the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Servicer shall attempt to
sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than
one year, except as otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as
the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Trustee. The Servicer shall
notify the Trustee from time to time as to the status of each REO Property.
(c) The Servicer shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO
Property as soon as possible (subject to the Trustee's right to veto any
proposed sale of REO Property) and shall sell such REO Property in any event
within three years after title has been taken to such REO Property, unless the
Servicer determines, and gives an appropriate notice to the Trustee to such
effect, that a longer period is necessary for the orderly liquidation of such
REO Property. If a period longer than three years is permitted under the
foregoing sentence and is necessary to sell any REO Property, the Servicer shall
report monthly to the Trustee as to the progress being made in selling such REO
Property. Notwithstanding its veto rights, the Trustee has no obligation with
respect to REO Dispositions.
(d) The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received in connection with the operation of any REO Property separate and apart
from its own funds and general assets and shall deposit such funds in the
Collection Account.
(e) The Servicer shall deposit net of reimbursement to the Servicer
for any related outstanding Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees
provided in Section 3.11, or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis in the
Collection Account all revenues received with respect to the related REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property.
(f) The Servicer, upon an REO Disposition, shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances as well as any
unpaid Servicing Fees from proceeds received in connection with the REO
Disposition, as further provided in Section 3.11.
(g) Any net proceeds from an REO Disposition which are in excess of
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan plus all unpaid REO
Imputed Interest thereon through the date of the REO Disposition shall be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
(h) The Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts to sell, or
cause the Subservicer to sell, any REO Property as soon as possible, but in no
event later than the conclusion of the third calendar year beginning after the
year of its acquisition by the REMIC unless (i) the Servicer applies for an
extension of such period from the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions and Code Section 856(e)(3), in which event such REO Property shall be
sold within the applicable extension period, or (ii) the Servicer obtains for
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Lower Tier REMIC of such REO
Property subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any
Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or
comparable provisions of relevant state laws at any time. The Servicer shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the Trustee solely
for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not
cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by the Lower Tier REMIC
of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section
860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is
subject to taxation under Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code. Pursuant to its
efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through
an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the
same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO
Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the
interests of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or
any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of
such REO Property; provided, however, that any rent received or accrued with
respect to such REO Property qualifies as "rents from real property" as defined
in Section 856(d) of the Code.
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments. With respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall adjust the Mortgage Interest
Rate on the related Adjustment Date and shall adjust the Scheduled Payment on
the related mortgage payment adjustment date, if applicable, in compliance with
the requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note.
In the event that an Index becomes unavailable or otherwise unpublished, the
Servicer shall select a comparable alternative index over which it has no direct
control and which is readily verifiable. The Servicer shall execute and deliver
any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and
Scheduled Payment adjustments. The Servicer shall promptly, upon written request
therefor, deliver to the Trustee such notifications and any additional
applicable data regarding such adjustments and the methods used to calculate and
implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Servicer or the receipt of
notice from the Trustee that the Servicer has failed to adjust a Mortgage
Interest Rate or Scheduled Payment in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account from its own
funds the amount of any interest loss caused as such interest loss occurs.
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall provide, or cause the
Subservicer to provide, to the Depositor, the Trustee, the OTS or the FDIC and
the examiners and supervisory agents thereof access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans in its possession required by applicable
regulations of the OTS. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable and prior written request and during normal business hours at
the offices of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or any Subservicer.
Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation of any such party to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Mortgagors and the failure of any such party to provide access as provided in
this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of
this Section.
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicer to Be Held for the Trustee. The Servicer shall account fully to the
Trustee for any funds received by the Servicer or which otherwise are collected
by the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected
or held by, or under the control of, the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage
Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds, including, but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the
Collection Account, shall be held by the Servicer for and on behalf of the
Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee,
subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer also agrees
that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that
are deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account or any Escrow
Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security
interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by
legal action or otherwise any claim or right of setoff against any Mortgage File
or any funds collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except,
however, that the Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from
any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Servicer
under this Agreement.
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its
activities hereunder, the Servicer shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, be
entitled to retain from deposits to the Collection Account and from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds related to such Mortgage
Loan, the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan (less any portion of
such amounts retained by any Subservicer). In addition, the Servicer shall be
entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of related late collections to the
extent permitted in Section 3.11. The right to receive the Servicing Fee may not
be transferred in whole or in part except as provided in Section 6.06 or in
connection with the transfer of all of the Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Servicer may pay
from the Servicing Fee any amounts due to a Subservicer pursuant to a
Subservicing Agreement entered into under Section 3.02.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption or
modification fees, late payment charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees and other
similar fees and charges (other than Prepayment Premiums) shall be retained by
the Servicer only to the extent such fees or charges are received by the
Servicer. The Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iv) to
withdraw from the Collection Account, as additional servicing compensation,
interest or other income earned on deposits therein.
(c) The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by
it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of
premiums for any blanket policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to
Section 3.13, servicing compensation of the Subservicer to the extent not
retained by it and the fees and expenses of independent accountants and any
agents appointed by the Servicer), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in Section 3.11.
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Servicer will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Depositor, the Rating Agencies and the
Trustee on or before March 15th of each calendar year, commencing in 2006, an
Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review
of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
performance under this Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such
officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based
on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this
Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officers and the nature and status thereof. Promptly after receipt of such
Officer's Certificate, the Depositor shall review such Officer's Certificate
and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer as to the nature of any defaults
by the Servicer in the fulfillment of any of the Servicer's obligations. The
obligations of the Servicer under this Section apply to each Servicer that
serviced during the applicable period, whether or not such Servicer is acting as
the Servicer at the time such Officer's Certificate is required to be delivered.
Section 3.23 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements. Not later than March 15th of each calendar year
commencing in 2006, the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the
Depositor, the Rating Agencies and the Trustee a report stating that (i) it has
obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters from the
management of the Servicer which includes an assertion that the Servicer has
complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan servicing standards,
identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, with respect to the
servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed
calendar year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in
accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all material
respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that may be
appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to matters relating
to the direct servicing of residential mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon
comparable reports of firms of independent certified public accountants rendered
on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with the same standards
(rendered within one year of such report) with respect to those Subservicers.
Promptly after receipt of such report, the Depositor shall review such report
and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer as to the nature of any defaults
by the Servicer in the fulfillment of any of the Servicer's obligations. The
obligations of the Servicer under this Section apply to each Servicer that
serviced during the applicable period, whether or not such Servicer is acting as
the Servicer at the time such report is required to be delivered.
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer. (a) In the event that the
Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder (including by
reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor, subject to the
rights of the Servicing Rights Pledgee, shall thereupon assume all of the rights
and obligations of the Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the
Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the predecessor Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.10 or any acts or omissions of the predecessor Servicer hereunder,
(ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by applicable
law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage
Loans hereunder, including but not limited to repurchases or substitutions
pursuant to Section 2.03, (iv) responsible for expenses of the Servicer pursuant
to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties of
the Servicer hereunder). Any such assumption shall be subject to Sections 6.06
and 7.02.
(b) Every Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall
contain a provision giving the successor Servicer the option to terminate such
agreement in the event a successor Servicer is appointed.
(c) If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any other
successor Servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and obligations of
the Servicer under any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof; provided, that the Trustee (or any other successor Servicer) shall not
incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity as successor
Servicer under a Subservicing Agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession.
(d) The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each Subservicing Agreement (if any) and the Mortgage Loans then
being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected held by it and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of
the Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest. The Servicer shall remit to the
Trustee on each Remittance Date an amount from its own funds equal to
Compensating Interest payable by the Servicer for such Remittance Date.
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act. (a) With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall fully furnish, in accordance
with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on the related
Mortgagor credit files to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion Credit Information
Company (three of the national credit repositories), on a monthly basis.
(b) The Servicer shall comply with all provisions of the Privacy
Laws, relating to the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers and any "nonpublic
personal information" (as defined in the Privacy Laws) received by the Servicer
incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
including, maintaining adequate information security procedures to protect such
nonpublic personal information and providing all privacy notices required by the
Privacy Laws.
Section 3.27 Excess Reserve Fund Account; Distribution Account.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, on behalf of the Class X Certificateholders, to receive any Basis Risk
Payment and any Interest Rate Corridor Payments and to pay to the LIBOR
Certificateholders Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts.
On each Distribution Date on which there exists a Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amount on any Class of LIBOR Certificates, the Trustee shall (1)
withdraw from the Distribution Account and deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(L), the lesser of the Class X
Distributable Amount (to the extent remaining after the distributions specified
in Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(K)) and the aggregate Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amount and (2) withdraw from the Excess Reserve Fund Account amounts necessary
to pay to such Class or Classes of Certificates the applicable Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts. Such payments shall be allocated to those Classes based upon
the amount of Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount owed to each such Class and shall
be paid in the priorities set forth in Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(M)-(N).
The Trustee shall account for the Excess Reserve Fund Account as an
asset of a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the Code and
not as an asset of any Trust REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement. The
beneficial owners of the Excess Reserve Fund Account are the Class X
Certificateholders. For all federal income tax purposes, amounts transferred by
the Class X REMIC to the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be treated as
distributions by the Trustee, for federal income tax purposes, in respect of the
Class X Regular Interest from the Class X REMIC to the Class X
Certificateholders.
Any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts distributed by the Trustee to
the LIBOR Certificateholders shall be accounted for by the Trustee as amounts
paid first to the Holders of the Class X Certificates (as recipient of 100% of
amounts payable in respect of the Class X Regular Interest) and then to the
respective Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates. In addition, the Trustee
shall account for the rights of Holders of each Class of LIBOR Certificates to
receive payments of Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts as rights in a separate
limited recourse interest rate cap contract written by the Class X
Certificateholders in favor of Holders of each such Class.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not be required to make any payments from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account except as expressly set forth in this Section 3.27(a).
(b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Distribution
Account on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt on the Business Day received, deposit in the Distribution Account and
retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.11;
(ii) any amount deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.12(b) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
(iii) any amounts remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee in respect
of Compensating Interest pursuant to Section 3.25; and
(iv) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required
to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee in writing to withdraw
such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering notice to the
Trustee which describes the amounts deposited in error in the Distribution
Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the
Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with
this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02.
(c) In order to comply with its duties under the USA Patriot Act of
2001, the Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation
from the other parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, each
such party's name, address, and other identifying information.
Section 3.28 Optional Purchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans. Each of
the Depositor and the Servicer, in each case in its sole discretion, shall have
the option, but shall not be obligated, to purchase any 90+ Delinquent Mortgage
Loans from the Trust Fund. During the first ten (10) days after a Mortgage Loan
becomes a 90+ Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the exclusive
option to purchase such 90+ Delinquent Mortgage Loan. The purchase price for any
such Mortgage Loan shall be 100% of the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan at
the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate, plus the amount of any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances made by the Servicer. Upon receipt of such purchase price,
the Servicer shall provide to the Trustee a Request for Release and the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable, the
Mortgage File relating to the Mortgage Loan being repurchased.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01 Advances. (a) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by
the Servicer for any Remittance Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.01(c),
the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments (with each interest
portion thereof net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period
immediately preceding such Remittance Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans,
which Scheduled Payments were not received as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date, (ii) with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans for
which Scheduled Payments were not received as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date, the interest portion of the aggregate amount of
Scheduled Payments (net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period
immediately preceding such Remittance Date, (iii) with respect to each REO
Property, which REO Property was acquired during or prior to the related
Prepayment Period and as to which such REO Property an REO Disposition did not
occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the REO Imputed
Interest that would have been due on the related Due Date in respect of the
related Mortgage Loans and (iv) with respect to each balloon mortgage loan a
payment equal to the assumed monthly payment that would have been due on the
related Due Date based upon the original principal amortization schedule for
such balloon mortgage loan.
(b) On the Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately
available funds to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, to be made in respect of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the related Remittance Date either (i)
from its own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of funds
held therein for future distribution (in which case, it will cause to be made an
appropriate entry in the records of the Collection Account that Amounts Held for
Future Distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 4.01, used by the
Servicer in discharge of any such P&I Advance) or (iii) in the form of any
combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be
made by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. Any
Amounts Held for Future Distribution and so used shall be appropriately
reflected in the Servicer's records and replaced by the Servicer by deposit in
the Collection Account on or before any future Remittance Date to the extent
required. In addition, the Servicer shall have the right to reimburse itself for
any outstanding P&I Advance made by it from its own funds from Amounts Held For
Future Distribution. Any funds so applied and transferred pursuant to the
previous sentence shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection
Account no later than the close of business on the related Remittance Date on
which such funds are required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such P&I Advances is
mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to
(d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, shall
continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the
removal thereof from coverage under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided
in this Section 4.01.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance
or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if
such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The
determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing
Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Trustee. In addition, the
Servicer shall not be required to advance any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement pursuant to Section 3.11 for Servicing Advances from
recoveries from the related Mortgagor or from all Liquidation Proceeds and other
payments or recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds)
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution. (a) On each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall make the disbursements and transfers from amounts then
on deposit in the Distribution Account in the following order of priority and to
the extent of the Available Funds remaining:
(i) from the Interest Remittance Amount, to the holders of each
Class of LIBOR Certificates in the following order of priority:
(A) concurrently, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and
Class A-4 Certificates, the related Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount and any Unpaid Interest Amounts, allocated pro
rata based on their respective entitlements to those amounts;
(B) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(C) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(D) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(E) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-4 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(F) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-5 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(G) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-6 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(H) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(I) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(J) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(K) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-4 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class; and
(L) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-5 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class;
(ii) (A) on each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or
(b) with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the holders of
the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal as set forth below, an amount equal to the Principal
Distribution Amount in the following order of priority:
(a) to the Class A Certificates, allocated as described in
Section 4.02(c), until their respective Class Certificate Balances
are reduced to zero;
(b) sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3,
Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3,
Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates, in that order, until their
respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
(B) on each Distribution Date (a) on and after the Stepdown
Date and (b) as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, to the holders
of the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled to
distribution of principal, an amount equal to, the Principal Distribution
Amount in the following amounts and order of priority:
(a) the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount and
(y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount to the Class A
Certificates, allocated as described in Section 4.02(c), until the
respective Class Certificate Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(b) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above and (y) the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-1 Certificates, until
the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(c) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and (y) the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-2 Certificates, until
the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(d) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, and (y) the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-3 Certificates, until
the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(e) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above and to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, and (y) the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-4 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(f) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above and to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, and (y) the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-5 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(g) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, and (y) the Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class M-6 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(h) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above and to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, and (y) the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-1 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(i) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above and to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above, and (y) the Class B-2
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-2 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(j) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above and to the Class B-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above, and (y) the Class B-3
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-3 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(k) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above, to the Class B-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above and to the Class B-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(j) above, and (y) the Class B-4
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-4 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; and
(l) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above, to the Class B-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above, to the Class B-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(j) above and to the Class B-4
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(k) above, and (y) the Class B-5
Principal Distribution Amount, to the Class B-5 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(iii) any amount remaining after the distributions in Section
4.02(a)(i) and (ii) above shall be distributed in the following
order of priority:
(A) to the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(B) to the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(C) to the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(D) to the Class M-4 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(E) to the Class M-5 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(F) to the Class M-6 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(G) to the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(H) to the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(I) to the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(J) to the Class B-4 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(K) to the Class B-5 Certificates, any Unpaid Interest
Amount for such Class;
(L) to the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of
any Basis Risk Payment for such Distribution Date;
(M) from funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account with respect to such Distribution Date (not including
any Interest Rate Corridor Payments included in that account),
an amount equal to any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount with
respect to the LIBOR Certificates for such Distribution Date
to such Classes in the same order and priority as set forth in
Section 4.02(a)(i), with the allocation to the Class A
Certificates being pro rata based on their respective Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amounts;
(N) concurrently, (x) from any Interest Rate Corridor
Payments from the Class A Interest Rate Corridor Agreement
that are on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund with respect to
that Distribution Date, to the Class A Certificates, up to
their respective unpaid remaining Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts; (y) from any Interest Rate Corridor Payments from the
Class M Interest Rate Corridor Agreement that are on deposit
in the Excess Reserve Fund with respect to that Distribution
Date, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4
Certificates pro rata, based on their respective Class
Certificate Balances, up to their respective unpaid remaining
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts; (z) from any Interest Rate
Corridor Payments from the Class M/B Interest Rate Corridor
Agreement on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account with
respect to that Distribution Date pro rata, based on their
respective Class Certificate Balances, to the Class M-5, Class
M-6 and Class B Certificates, in each case up to their
respective unpaid remaining Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts;
(O) to the Class X Certificates, the remainder of the
Class X Distributable Amount not distributed pursuant to
Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(N);
(P) to the Class R-1 Certificates, any remaining amount,
in respect of the Lower-Tier REMIC and Upper-Tier REMIC; and
(Q) to the Class R-2 Certificates, any remaining amount,
in respect of the Class B-1 REMIC, Class B-2 REMIC, Class B-3
REMIC, Class B-4 REMIC, Class B-5 REMIC and Class X REMIC.
If on any Distribution Date, as a result of the foregoing allocation
rules, any Class of Class A Certificates does not receive the related Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount or the related Unpaid Interest Amount,
if any, then that unpaid amount will be recoverable by the holders of those
Classes, with interest thereon, on future Distribution Dates, as an Unpaid
Interest Amount, subject to the priorities described above. In the event the
Class Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates has been reduced to zero,
that Class of Certificates shall no longer be entitled to receive any related
unpaid Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts except to the extent the Class
Certificate Balance is increased as a result of any Subsequent Recovery.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Stepdown Date is the date on
which the Class Certificate Balance of the Class A Certificates is reduced to
zero, any Principal Distribution Amount remaining after principal distributions
to the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause (ii)(A) above will be included as
part of the distributions pursuant to clause (ii)(B) above.
(b) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment
Premiums from the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period
shall be distributed to the holders of the Class P Certificates.
(c) Any principal distributions allocated to the Class A
Certificates shall be distributed first to the Class A-1 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero, then to the Class A-2
Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero,
then to the Class A-3 Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has
been reduced to zero, and then to the Class A-4 Certificates until their Class
Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that from and
after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of
the Subordinated Certificates and the principal balance of the Class X
Certificates have been reduced to zero, any principal distributions allocated to
the Class A Certificates will be allocated pro rata to the Class A Certificates,
based on their respective Class Certificate Balances.
(d) On any Distribution Date, any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date shall be allocated
by the Trustee pro rata, as a reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for the LIBOR Certificates, based on the amount of interest
to which such Classes would otherwise be entitled on such Distribution Date.
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders. (a) Not later
than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make available to each
Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency a
statement setting forth with respect to the related distribution:
(i) the amount thereof allocable to principal, separately
identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments and
Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest, any Unpaid Interest
Amounts included in such distribution and any remaining Unpaid Interest
Amounts after giving effect to such distribution, any Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amount for such Distribution Date and the amount of all Basis Risk
Carry Forward Amounts covered by withdrawals from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account on such Distribution Date;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be distributable to
such Holders if there were sufficient funds available therefor, the amount
of the shortfall and the allocation thereof as between principal and
interest, including any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount not covered by
amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund Account;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates
after giving effect to the distribution of principal on such Distribution
Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the following Distribution
Date;
(vi) the amount of the Expense Fees paid to or retained by the
Servicer or the Trustee with respect to such Distribution Date;
(vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of Certificates with
respect to such Distribution Date;
(viii) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on such
Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of Advances reported by the
Servicer as outstanding as of the close of business on the Determination
Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date;
(ix) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage Loans (1) as to which the Scheduled Payment is delinquent 31 to
60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 or more days, (2) that have become REO
Property, (3) that are in foreclosure and (4) that are in bankruptcy, in
each case as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the
immediately preceding month;
(x) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar
months since the related Cut-off Date, whichever is less, the aggregate
dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all Outstanding
Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such month and (B)
delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each such month;
(xi) with respect to all Mortgage Loans that became REO Properties
during the preceding calendar month, the aggregate number of such Mortgage
Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans as
of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding such
Distribution Date and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xii) the total number and principal balance of any REO Properties
(and market value, if available) as of the close of business on the
Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;
(xiii) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing
(including the calculation of thereof and the aggregate outstanding
balance of all 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans);
(xiv) the amount on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account
(after giving effect to distributions on such Distribution Date);
(xv) in the aggregate and for each Class of Certificates, the
aggregate amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts incurred during the
preceding calendar month and aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amounts
through such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on such
Distribution Date and the allocation thereof to the Certificateholders
with respect to Applied Realized Loss Amounts and Unpaid Interest Amounts;
(xvii) the amount distributed on the Class P Certificates;
(xviii) the Overcollateralized Amount and Specified
Overcollateralized Amount;
(xix) Prepayment Premiums collected by the Servicer;
(xx) the Cumulative Loss Percentage;
(xxi) the amount distributed on the Class X Certificates; and
(xxii) the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries for such Distribution
Date.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for providing the above statement
to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency, the Servicer and the Depositor is
limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information derived
from the Servicer. The Trustee will provide the above statement via the
Trustee's internet website. The Trustee's website will initially be located at
xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxx and assistance in using the website can be obtained
by calling the Trustee's investor relations desk at 0-000-000-0000. A paper copy
of the above statement will also be made available upon request.
(c) Upon request, within a reasonable period of time after the end
of each calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person
who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vi) of
this Section 4.03 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion
thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
(d) Not later than the Reporting Date, the Servicer that serviced
the Mortgage Loans for the period of time to which the monthly remittance advice
statement relates shall furnish to the Trustee a monthly remittance advice
statement (in a format mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Trustee)
containing such information as shall be reasonably requested by the Trustee to
provide the reports required by Section 4.03(a) as to the accompanying
remittance and the period ending on the close of business on the last Business
Day of the immediately preceding month (the "Servicer Remittance Report").
The Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee an individual loan
accounting report, as of the last Business Day of each month, to document
Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual Mortgage Loan basis. With
respect to each month, the corresponding individual loan accounting report (in
electronic format) shall be received by the Trustee no later than the Reporting
Date, which report shall contain the following:
(i) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of any
Principal Prepayment, including the date of such prepayment, and any
Prepayment Premiums, along with a detailed report of interest on Principal
Prepayment amounts remitted in accordance with Section 3.25);
(ii) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to interest;
(iii) the amount of servicing compensation received by the Servicer
during the prior distribution period;
(iv) the individual and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans;
(v) the aggregate of any expenses reimbursed to the Servicer during
the prior distribution period pursuant to Section 3.11;
(vi) each Mortgage Loan which has been altered, modified or varied
during such month, and the reason for such modification (i.e., extension
of maturity date or Mortgage Interest Rate);
(vii) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days, or (3)
91 days or more; (b) as to which foreclosure has commenced; and (c) as to
which REO Property has been acquired;
(viii) with respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount of
any Realized Losses for such Mortgage Loan; and
(ix) any other information reasonably required by the Trustee to
enable it to prepare the Monthly Statement referred to in Section 4.03(a).
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR shall be calculated by the Trustee in accordance with the definition of
"LIBOR". Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will
at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of determining
LIBOR with respect to each LIBOR Determination Date. The Trustee initially shall
designate the Reference Banks (after consultation with the Depositor). Each
"Reference Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be
controlled by, or be under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an
established place of business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be
unwilling or unable to act as such or if the Trustee should terminate its
appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be
appointed another Reference Bank (after consultation with the Depositor). The
Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the
selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or (ii) any
inability to retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each LIBOR
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are Outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding
to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for its inability, following a good-faith
reasonable effort, to obtain quotations from the Reference Banks or to determine
the arithmetic mean referred to in the definition of LIBOR, all as provided for
in this Section 4.04 and the definition of LIBOR. The establishment of LIBOR and
each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the
absence of manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of
a Certificate and the Trustee.
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts. Any
Applied Realized Loss Amounts shall be allocated by the Trustee to the most
junior Class of Subordinated Certificates then Outstanding in reduction of the
Class Certificate Balance thereof. In the event Applied Realized Loss Amounts
are allocated to any Class of Certificates, their Class Certificate Balances
shall be reduced by the amount so allocated, and no funds will be distributable
with respect to the written down amounts (including without limitation Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amounts) or with respect to interest on the written down
amounts on that Distribution Date or any future Distribution Dates, even if
funds are otherwise available for distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates that
has been previously reduced by Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be increased,
in order of seniority, by the amount of the Subsequent Recoveries (but not in
excess of the Applied Realized Loss Amount allocated to the applicable Class of
Subordinated Certificates).
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be
substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall
be issuable in registered form, in the minimum denominations, integral multiples
in excess thereof (except that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a
different amount, which must be in excess of the applicable minimum
denomination) and aggregate denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary
Statement.
The Depositor hereby directs the Trustee to register the Class P and
Class X Certificates in the name of the Depositor or its designee. On a date as
to which the Depositor notifies the Trustee, the Depositor hereby directs the
Trustee to transfer the Class X and Class P Certificates in the name of Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co., or such other name or names as the Depositor shall request
(including and NIM Trustee). In the case of the Class R Certificates, the
Depositor hereby directs the Trustee to register such Certificates in the name
of the Servicer, an Affiliate of the Servicer, or a designee thereof.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to
each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor as directed by that
Certificateholder by written wire instructions provided to the Trustee or (y),
in the event that no wire instructions are provided to the Trustee, by check
mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such
Holder appearing in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind
the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of any such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid
for any purpose, unless authenticated by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. On
the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued
at the direction of the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate
Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections
(b) and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. In the event the
Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor transfers the Certificates, or a
portion thereof, to another Affiliate, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the affiliated status of the transferee. The Trustee shall have no liability
regarding the lack of notice with respect thereto.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. Except
with respect to (i) the transfer of the Class X, Class P or Class R Certificates
to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the transfer of the
Class X or Class P Certificates by the Depositor or any Affiliate of the
Depositor to the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee, (iii) a transfer of the Class X
or Class P Certificates from the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee to the Depositor
or an Affiliate of the Depositor or (iv) a transfer of a Class R Certificate to
the Servicer, an Affiliate of the Servicer, or its designee (including, without
limitation, an employee of the Servicer who is an "accredited investor" as
defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act), in the event that a transfer
of a Private Certificate which is a Physical Certificate is to be made in
reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to
assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall certify to the Trustee in writing the
facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit H
(the "Transferor Certificate") and either (i) there shall be delivered to the
Trustee a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit I (the "Rule 144A Letter")
or Exhibit J (the "Non-Rule 144A Investment Letter") or (ii) in the case of the
Class X Certificates, there shall be delivered to the Trustee at the expense of
the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made without
registration under the Securities Act. In the event that a transfer of a Private
Certificate which is a Book-Entry Certificate is to be made in reliance upon an
exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance
with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect
such transfer will be deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the
certifications set forth in the Transferor Certificate in respect of such
Certificate and the transferee will be deemed to have made as of the transfer
date each of the certifications set forth in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of
such Certificate, in each case as if such Certificate were evidenced by a
Physical Certificate. A transferee of any Private Certificate who is not a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A of the
Securities Act must take delivery of such Private Certificates in definitive
form. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof
under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule
144A. The Trustee and the Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in
providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence,
including providing to the Depositor such information regarding the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as
the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation under the
preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor
and the Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
Except with respect to (i) the transfer of the Class X, Class P or
Class R Certificates to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the
transfer of the Class X or Class P Certificates by the Depositor or an Affiliate
of the Depositor to the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee, (iii) a transfer of the
Class X or Class P Certificates from the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee to the
Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, or (iv) a transfer of a Class R
Certificate to the Servicer, an Affiliate of the Servicer, or its designee
(including, without limitation, an employee of the Servicer who is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act), no
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such
Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee
(in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a
representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit
I), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local law ("Similar Law")
materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor a
Person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of
any such plan or arrangement (collectively, a "Plan") to effect such transfer,
(ii) in the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a Residual
Certificate or a Class P Certificate that has been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and the purchaser is an insurance company, a
representation that the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the
case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a Residual Certificate
or Class P Certificate presented for registration in the name of a Plan, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer
or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase or
holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not constitute or result in a
non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of
the Code or any Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or
the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this
Agreement or to any liability. For purposes of the preceding sentence, with
respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is not a Private Certificate or
a Residual Certificate, in the event the representation letter referred to in
the preceding sentence is not furnished, such representation shall be deemed to
have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial
acquirer's) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary herein, (a) any purported transfer of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate, other than a Class P Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, the
Code or Similar Law without the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect
and (b) any purported transfer of a Residual Certificate or Class P Certificate
to a transferee that does not make the representation in clause (i) above shall
be void and of no effect.
The Class R Certificates and Class P Certificates may not be sold to
any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, any plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, or any plan subject to any Similar Law or any Person
investing on behalf of or with plan assets of such Plan.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not
limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
Permitted Transferee;
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee
shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in
addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee under
subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an
affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G;
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee;
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of
a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to
all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of
Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this
Section 5.02(c) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and the Rule 144A Letter. The Trustee shall be entitled but
not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that
was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or,
at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee,
all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of
such Certificate; and
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon
receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to
compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a
Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder
who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor
or the Servicer, to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will
not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are Outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust
Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring
any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby consents to any
amendment of this Agreement which, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to
the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of,
or any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred,
directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b)
to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is
held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a
Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at
all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at
all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository;
(iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and
expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall deal with the
Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating firms as
representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for
purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests
and directions for and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and
(vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to
indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect
participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall
be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor, or (y) the Depositor notifies the
Depository of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through the
Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository, the
Depository Participants holding beneficial interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates agree to initiate such termination, the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the
"Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the
Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying
on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of Certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive
Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein
to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder;
provided, that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such
obligations become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the
Depository.
(f) Each Private Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (and
all appropriate attachments) or W-9 in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar, duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently
disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary
practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Private Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Private
Certificates.
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners. The Servicer, the Trustee, the
Depositor and any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this
Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Depositor or any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor or the
Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses. If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the
Depositor or the Servicer shall request such information in writing from the
Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of
such request, provide the Depositor, the Servicer or such Certificateholders at
such recipients' expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of such
Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every
Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee will
maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or offices or agency
or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange. The Trustee initially designates the offices of its agent located
at DB Services Tennessee, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
00000-0000, Attention: Transfer Unit. The Trustee will give prompt written
notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such
office or agency.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Servicer. The Depositor and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively
imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Servicer. The Depositor and the Servicer will each keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation or limited partnership, as the
case may be, under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of the
states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation or limited partnership, as applicable, in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and
to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or the Servicer shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the
business of the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that
the successor or surviving Person to the Servicer shall be qualified to sell
mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac, and meets the requirements of Section 7.02, and provided, further,
that such merger, consolidation or succession does not adversely affect the then
current rating or ratings on the LIBOR Certificates.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer
and Others. Neither the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of their respective
directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under any liability to the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the
Servicer or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties
made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from
any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the
Depositor) in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor and the 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 or the
Servicer and any director, officer, employee, Affiliate or agent of the
Depositor and the Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any
audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing
authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates and
any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the Depositor) in the
performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion
may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that each of the
Depositor and the Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action (or
direct the Trustee to undertake such actions pursuant to Section 2.08 for the
benefit of the Certificateholders) that it may deem necessary or desirable in
respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and
interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event,
the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Depositor, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of
the Collection Account.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 6.02, the second paragraph of Section
7.02 and Section 6.06, the Servicer shall not assign this Agreement or resign
from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) by mutual
consent of the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee, (ii) upon the
determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer or (iii) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) the Servicer has proposed a
successor servicer to the Trustee in writing; and (b) each Rating Agency shall
have delivered a letter to the Trustee prior to the appointment of the successor
servicer stating that the proposed appointment of such successor servicer as
Servicer hereunder will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the then
current rating of the Regular Certificates or the ratings that are in effect.
Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer under clause
(ii) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not
be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund) to such effect delivered to the
Depositor and the Trustee which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and
substance acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee. No such resignation shall
become effective until a successor shall have assumed the Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party
Claims. The Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor (and any Affiliate, director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor) and the Trustee and hold each of
them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain in any way
related to any breach by the Servicer of (i) any of its representations and
warranties referred to in Section 2.03(a), (ii) any error in any tax or
information return prepared by the Servicer, or (iii) the failure of the
Servicer to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer immediately shall notify the Depositor
and the Trustee if such claim is made by a third party with respect to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the
Depositor and the Trustee) the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in
connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and promptly pay,
discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it,
the Depositor or the Trustee in respect of such claim. This indemnity shall
survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal
of the Servicer.
Section 6.06 Servicing Rights Pledge. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary which may be set forth in Section 6.04, the Trustee, the Custodian
and the Depositor hereby specifically (i) agree to the pledge and assignment by
the Servicer of all the Servicer's right, title and interest in, to and under
this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee, for the benefit of certain
lenders, and (ii) provided that no Servicer Event of Default exists, agree that
upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed
by the Servicer whereunder the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this
Agreement, the Trustee shall appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its
designee as successor Servicer, provided that at the time of such appointment,
the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements of a
successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 and agrees to be subject to the
terms of this Agreement. If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the
Servicer are transferred to a successor, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee
and other compensation payable to the Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter
be payable to such successor.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Trustee any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Depositor or by the Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Depositor
and the Trustee by Certificateholders entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights; or
(b) the failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a period of thirty days (except that (x) such number of days shall be fifteen in
the case of a failure to pay any premium for any insurance policy required to be
maintained under this Agreement and (y) such number of days shall be ten in the
case of a failure to observe or perform any of the obligations set forth in
Sections 3.22, 3.23 or 8.12; provided, however, that in the event that the
Securities and Exchange Commission grants an extension of time to the Depositor
with respect to the Exchange Act filings referenced in Section 8.12(a), such ten
day cure period shall be extended by the same time period) after the earlier of
(i) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Depositor or by the
Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by Certificateholders
of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights and (ii) actual
knowledge of such failure by a Servicing Officer of the Servicer; provided,
however, that (except with respect to clauses (x) and (y) above) in the case of
a failure or breach that cannot be cured within 30 days after notice or actual
knowledge by the Servicer, the cure period may be extended for an additional 30
days upon delivery by the Servicer to the Trustee of a certificate to the effect
that the Servicer believes in good faith that the failure or breach can be cured
within such additional time period and the Servicer is diligently pursuing
remedial action; or
(c) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, 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 Servicer and
such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a
period of sixty days; or
(d) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(e) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(f) any failure of the Servicer to make any P&I Advance on any
Remittance Date required to be made from its own funds pursuant to Section 4.01
which continues unremedied for one Business Day immediately following the
Remittance Date; or
(g) if a Cumulative Loss Event occurs.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a) through (g) of this
Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at the
direction of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights the
Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Servicer and the Servicing Rights
Pledgee (if any) (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the
Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be
required to give written notice to the Servicer of the occurrence of an Event of
Default described in clauses (b) through (g) of this Section 7.01 unless and
until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the
occurrence of such an Event of Default. In the event that a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of an event of default
described in clause (a) of this Section 7.01 (solely as to a default caused by a
failure to remit timely on a Remittance Date), the Trustee shall give notice (by
telephone or by email, facsimile or other writing) to the Servicer and the
Servicing Rights Pledgee (if any) of the occurrence of such default by the end
of business of the day on which such Responsible Officer obtains actual
knowledge of such occurrence; provided that failure to give such notice shall
not constitute a waiver of such default or Event of Default. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, any remedy with respect to clause (a) of this
Section 7.01 shall be effective only if payment is received by the Trustee by no
later than noon (Eastern time) on the Business Day immediately following the
date of notice to the Servicer as set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence. If the Servicer fails to make such payment, the Trustee shall send
notice of termination (by email, facsimile or other writing) to the Servicer,
and, on and after the receipt by the Servicer of such notice, or upon receipt by
the Servicer of notice with respect to any other clause of this Section 7.01,
all authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee as the
successor Servicer subject to the rights of the Servicing Rights Pledgee (if
any) under Section 6.06. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such
notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless
expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any
obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. The
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of
the Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without
limitation, the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall at the
time be credited to the Collection Account of such predecessor Servicer, or
thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive from the Trust Fund, prior
to transfer of its servicing obligations hereunder, payment of all accrued and
unpaid portion of the Servicing Fees to which the Servicer would have been
entitled and to continue to receive reimbursement for all outstanding P&I
Advances and Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after
the time the Trustee gives, and the Servicer receives, a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to and to the extent
provided in Section 3.06 and subject to the rights of the Servicing Rights
Pledgee, be the successor to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this
Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be
subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law
including the obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances pursuant to
Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all
funds relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled
to charge to the Collection Account if the Servicer had continued to act
hereunder including, if the Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee, the
Servicing Fee and the income on investments or gain related to the Collection
Account (in addition to income on investments or gain related to the
Distribution Account for the benefit of the Trustee). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor to the Servicer in accordance
with this Section 7.02, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or
shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making P&I Advances and
Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or if it is otherwise unable to so
act, or, at the written request of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of
the Voting Rights, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of
which does not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by
each Rating Agency, as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption
of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the
Servicer hereunder. Any successor to the Servicer shall be an institution which
is a Xxxxxx Xxx- and Xxxxxxx Mac-approved seller/servicer in good standing,
which has a net worth of at least $30,000,000, which is willing to service the
Mortgage Loans and which executes and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee
an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, containing an assumption
by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer under
Section 6.03 incurred prior to termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01),
with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided,
that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in
effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified
or reduced, as a result of such assignment and delegation. Pending appointment
of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is
prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.05, act in such
capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and
assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it, the Depositor and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of the Servicing Fee and amounts paid to the Servicer from investments.
The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the
Trustee nor any other successor Servicer shall be deemed to be in default
hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any
delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case
caused by the failure of the Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.
In the event that the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.01, the terminated Servicer shall provide notices to the Mortgagors, transfer
the Servicing Files to a successor Servicer and pay all of its own out-of-pocket
costs and expenses at its own expense. In addition, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of a servicing transfer incurred by parties other than the
terminated Servicer (excluding set-up costs and other administrative expenses of
the successor Servicer, in which case the successor Servicer shall pay for such
costs and expenses but shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the
Trust Fund), such an amount shall be paid by the terminated Servicer promptly
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs. If the Trustee is
the predecessor Servicer (except in the case where the Trustee in its role as
successor Servicer is being terminated pursuant to Section 7.01 by reason of an
Event of Default caused solely by the Trustee as the successor Servicer and not
by the predecessor Servicer's actions or omissions), such costs shall be paid by
the prior terminated Servicer promptly upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs.
Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of Servicer, in accordance with applicable federal and
state law, and shall, during the term of its service as Servicer, maintain in
force the policy or policies that the Servicer is required to maintain pursuant
to Section 3.13.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, if,
pursuant to Section 6.06, the Servicer assigns all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its
designee, the Trustee hereby agrees that such party shall be appointed successor
Servicer upon receipt of (i) a letter signed by the Servicer whereunder the
Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, (ii) a letter signed by
the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee, whereunder such party acknowledges
such assignment and agrees to be the successor Servicer subject to the terms of
this Agreement and (iii) confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such
appointment will not cause any Rating Agency to withdraw or downgrade its
then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates.
In the event an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the
Servicer, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Trustee and the
Depositor hereby agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by or on behalf of the
Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer within ten Business
Days of the date on which the Trustee sent notice of such default, whereunder
the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall
appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor Servicer,
provided that at the time of appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such
designee meets the requirements of a successor Servicer set forth above and the
Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee agrees to be subject to the terms of
this Agreement. If the Servicing Rights Pledgee fails to provide the Trustee
with such letter, the Trustee shall appoint a successor Servicer in accordance
with Section 7.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Servicer
shall continue to perform all of the obligations of Servicer hereunder until the
Trustee appoints a successor Servicer.
Any such successor Servicer shall be required to satisfy the
requirements of a successor Servicer under this Section 7.02.
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders. (a) Upon any
termination of or appointment of a successor to the Servicer, the Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders and to each Rating
Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and each Rating Agency
notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee. The Trustee, before the
occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default
that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of
Default has occurred and remains uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion,
report, document, order, or other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own bad faith or willful misfeasance.
Unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and
is continuing,
(a) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of the duties and obligations specifically set
forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement against the Trustee, and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good faith
to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it is finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights relating to the time, method, and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Custodian and the
Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) the Custodian and 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 believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and neither the
Custodian nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility to ascertain or confirm
the genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;
(b) the Custodian and the Trustee may consult with counsel,
financial advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial
advisers or accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of
Counsel;
(c) neither the Custodian nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Agreement, nor shall either the Trustee or the Custodian be liable for acts
or omissions of the other;
(d) 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 to do so by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each
Class of Certificates;
(e) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
accountants or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys
appointed with due care by it hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any act or omission of the Custodian;
(f) neither the Custodian nor the Trustee shall be required to risk
or expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not assured to it;
(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment
of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment
security and except with respect to the investment of funds in the Distribution
Account);
(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of
Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01; and
(i) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct
or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order
or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to this Agreement,
unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or
related document other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Depositor or the Servicer.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing or recording any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor
Servicer).
The Trustee executes the Certificates not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it by this
Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements made on the part of the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund in the Certificates is made and intended not
as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Trustee but is made and intended
for the purpose of binding only the Trust Fund.
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses. As compensation for its
activities under this Agreement, the Trustee may withdraw from the Distribution
Account on each Distribution Date the Trustee Fee for the Distribution Date and
any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Distribution
Account. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any
loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with any claim or legal action relating to:
(a) this Agreement,
(b) the Certificates, or
(c) the performance of any of the Trustee's or the Custodian's
duties under this Agreement,
other than any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any breach of the
Servicer's obligations in connection with this Agreement for which the Servicer
has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.05,
(ii) resulting from any breach of the Purchaser's or WMC's obligations in
connection with the Underlying Agreements for which such Person has performed
its obligation to indemnify the Trustee, or (iii) incurred because of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of any of the Trustee's
or the Custodian's duties under this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive the
termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee under
this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, except as otherwise agreed upon
in writing by the Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any expense,
disbursement, or advance arising from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith, or
willful misfeasance, the Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with this Agreement with respect to:
(A) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of its
counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates; and
(B) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of any
accountant, engineer, or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the
Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage them to perform services
under this Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or a separate letter
agreement between the Trustee and the Depositor, the Trustee shall not be
entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred
by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, or
paying agent under this Agreement or for any other expenses incurred by the
Trustee; provided, however, no expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust Fund
hereunder if it would not constitute an "unanticipated expense incurred by the
REMIC" within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions.
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing
business under the laws of a state or the United States of America, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would not cause any of
the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current ratings of the
Certificates (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing by each Rating
Agency. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The
entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with
the Depositor and its Affiliates or the Servicer and its Affiliates; provided,
however, that such entity cannot be an Affiliate of the Depositor or the
Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Servicer.
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee. The Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving
written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Servicer and each Rating
Agency not less than 60 days before the date specified in such notice, when,
subject to Section 8.08, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a
successor trustee in accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set
forth in Section 8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the
Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect to
the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located
and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a
different trustee, then the Depositor or the Servicer may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy to the Servicer and one copy
to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which shall be
delivered by the successor Trustee to the Servicer, one complete set to the
Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. The
successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency of any removal of the Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07 shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as
provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor
and to its predecessor trustee and the Servicer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the
like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The Depositor, the
Servicer and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments
and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights,
powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.08 unless at the time of its acceptance, the successor trustee is
eligible under Section 8.06 and its appointment does not adversely affect the
then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail
such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be eligible under Section 8.06
without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the
Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part
thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Servicer and the Trustee may consider appropriate. If the Servicer shall not
have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 and no notice to
Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement
to advance funds on behalf of the Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed upon
and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act),
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as
successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the applicable Trust
Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Trustee;
(b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall
not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or
co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
(c) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(d) The Trust Fund, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the
payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any
such separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when
and as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Servicer and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
Section 8.11 Tax Matters. It is intended that the assets with
respect to which any REMIC election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made,
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the
conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such
assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the
Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is
hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of each Trust REMIC described in the
Preliminary Statement and that in such capacity it shall:
(a) prepare and file in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage
Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form
adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file with the Internal
Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or
information returns for each taxable year with respect to each Trust REMIC
described in the Preliminary Statement containing such information and at the
times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax
laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish to Certificateholders the schedules,
statements or information at such times and in such manner as may be required
thereby;
(b) within thirty days of the Closing Date, the Trustee will apply
for an employer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service via Form
SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities and shall also furnish
to the Internal Revenue Service, on Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by
the Code, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that the
holders of the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto,
together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and
update such information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code;
(c) make an election that each of the Lower Tier REMIC, the Upper
Tier REMIC, the Class B-1 REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC, the
Class B-4 REMIC, the Class B-5 REMIC and the Class X REMIC be treated as a REMIC
on the federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law);
(d) prepare and forward to the Certificateholders and to the
Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all
information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including the calculation of any original
issue discount using the prepayment assumption (as described in the Prospectus
Supplement);
(e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed
on the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee (a "Non-Permitted Transferee"), or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through
entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest
(the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged
to the Person liable for such tax);
(f) to the extent that they are under its control, conduct matters
relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are Outstanding so as
to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions;
(g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust
REMIC created hereunder;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 8.11, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any Trust REMIC before its
termination when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation
shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting
any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings);
(i) cause federal, state or local income tax or information returns
to be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may be required to sign such
returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules; and
(j) maintain records relating to each of the Trust REMICs, including
the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities thereof on a calendar year basis
and on the accrual method of accounting and the fair market value and adjusted
basis of the assets determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code,
as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or
information.
The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class R-1
Certificates shall act as Tax Matters Person for the Lower-Tier REMIC and
Upper-Tier REMIC, and the holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class
R-2 Certificates shall act as the Tax Matters Person for the Class B-1 REMIC,
the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC, the Class B-4 REMIC, the Class B-5
REMIC and the Class X REMIC, in each case, within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d), and the Trustee is hereby designated as agent
of such Certificateholders for such purpose (or if the Trustee is not so
permitted, such Holder shall be the Tax Matters Person in accordance with the
REMIC Provisions). In such capacity, the Trustee shall, as and when necessary
and appropriate, represent any Trust REMIC in any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any
Trust REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any Trust
REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of each Trust REMIC in relation to any tax
matter or controversy involving it.
The Trustee shall treat the rights of the Class P Certificateholders
to receive Prepayment Premiums, the rights of the Class X Certificateholders to
receive amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account (subject to the obligation
to pay Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts), and the rights of the LIBOR
Certificateholders to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts as the beneficial
ownership of interests in a grantor trust and not as obligations of any Trust
REMIC created hereunder, for federal income tax purposes. The Trustee shall file
or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 or such other
form as may be applicable and shall furnish or cause to be furnished, to the
Class P, Class X Certificateholders and the LIBOR Certificateholders, the
respective amounts described above that are received, in the time or times and
in the manner required by the Code.
To enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement,
the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee within ten days after the Closing
Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in writing and determines
to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Certificates, including the price, yield, prepayment assumption, and projected
cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the Depositor
shall provide information to the Trustee concerning the value, if any, to each
Class of LIBOR Certificates of the right to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account. Thereafter, the Depositor shall
provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor any additional
information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time, reasonably request
to enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement; provided,
however, that the Depositor shall not be required to provide any information
regarding the Mortgage Loans after the Closing Date or any information that the
Servicer is required to provide to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement. The
Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims, or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of
the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, pursuant
to this paragraph, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely
basis.
The Trustee shall not (i) cause the creation of any interests in any
Trust REMIC other than the regular and residual interests set forth in the
Preliminary Statement, (ii) receive any amount representing a fee or other
compensation for services (except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement) or
(iii) otherwise knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause the Trust Fund
to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action
reasonably within its control and the scope of duties more specifically set
forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the
case may be, could (i) endanger the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (ii)
result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund
(including but not limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth
in Section 860G(d) of the Code, or the tax on "net income from foreclosure
property") unless the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the party seeking to take such action or, if such party fails to pay such
expense, at the expense of the Trust Fund, but in no event at the expense of the
Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to
the Trust Fund, result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC created
hereunder or endanger the status of any Trust REMIC.
If any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any Trust
REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from
foreclosure property" of the Lower Tier REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of
the Code, on any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Start-up Day pursuant
to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including, if
applicable, any minimum tax imposed on any Trust REMIC pursuant to Sections
23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as
otherwise provided for herein, the tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee if such
tax arises out of or results from negligence of the Trustee in the performance
of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Servicer, in the case
of any such minimum tax, and otherwise if such tax arises out of or results from
a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (iii)
the Purchaser if such tax arises out of or results from the Purchaser's
obligation to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03, or (iv) in
all other cases, or if the Trustee, the Servicer or the Purchaser fails to honor
its obligations under the preceding clause (i), (ii), or (iii), any such tax
will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders,
as provided in Section 4.02(a).
For as long as each Trust REMIC shall exist, the Trustee shall act
in accordance with this Agreement and shall comply with any directions of the
Depositor or the Servicer as provided herein so as to assure such continuing
treatment. The Trustee shall not (a) sell or permit the sale of all or any
portion of the Mortgage Loans unless pursuant to a repurchase or substitution in
accordance with this Agreement, or of any investment of deposits in an Account,
and (b) accept any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day without
receipt of a REMIC Opinion.
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings. (a) The Trustee and the Servicer
shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the Trust's
satisfying the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. The Trustee shall
prepare on behalf of the Trust any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for similar
securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the Trustee shall sign and
file (via the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval System) such Forms on behalf of the Depositor, if an officer of the
Depositor signs the Certification pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section
8.12, or otherwise on behalf of the Trust. In the event the Trustee is signing
on behalf of the Depositor pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Depositor
hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute and file
each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall
continue until the earlier of either (i) receipt by the Trustee from the
Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the
termination of the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall
prepare such Form 10-K to be signed by the Depositor and the Depositor shall
sign such form unless the Securities and Exchange Commission has indicated that
it will accept a Certification signed by the Depositor where the related Form
10-K is signed by the Trustee on behalf of the Depositor.
(b) The Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file the
current Report on Form 8-K attaching this Agreement as an exhibit and,
thereafter, each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Trustee within 15 days after
each Distribution Date, including a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. On or prior
to March 30th of each year (or such earlier date as may be required by the
Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission), the Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, in substance as required by
applicable law or applicable Securities and Exchange Commission staff's
interpretations. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the Servicer's annual
statement of compliance described under Section 3.22 and the accountant's report
described under Section 3.23, in each case to the extent they have been timely
delivered to the Trustee (and upon which the Trustee may rely in delivering its
certification hereunder). If they are not so timely delivered, the Trustee shall
file an amended Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably
promptly after they are delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no
liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such periodic
reports resulting from or relating to the Trustee's inability or failure to
obtain any information not resulting from its own negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit M (the "Certification"), which shall, except as
described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of
securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it is determined by the
Depositor that the Certification may be executed by multiple persons, the
Trustee shall sign the Certification in respect of items 1 through 3 thereof and
the Servicer shall cause the senior officer in charge of servicing at the
Servicer to sign the Certification in respect of items 4 and 5 thereof, and the
Trustee may rely on the Certification signed by the Servicer to the same extent
as provided in subsection (c) below.
(c) In the event the Certification is to be signed by an officer of
the Depositor, the Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit N) for the benefit of the Depositor and its officers,
directors and Affiliates in respect of items 1 through 3 of the Certification
(provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of the
accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K), and the Servicer
shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O) for the
benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and their officers, directors and
Affiliates in respect of items 4 and 5 of the Certification. Each such
certification shall be delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee by March 20th
of each year (or if not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
The Certification attached hereto as Exhibit M shall be delivered to the Trustee
by March 25th for filing on or prior to March 30th of each year (or if not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day). In addition, (i) the
Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and its officers,
directors and Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments
and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the
Trustee's obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or the Trustee's negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith, and (ii) the Servicer
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee and their
respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or the
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless the indemnified party, then (i) the Trustee agrees in connection
with a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or the
Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith
that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Depositor as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor on
the one hand and the Trustee on the other and (ii) the Servicer agrees that it
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Depositor and/or the
Trustee as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
Depositor and/or the Trustee in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Depositor or the Trustee, as the case may be, on the one
hand and the Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Servicer's
obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
(d) Upon any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Depositor a copy of any such executed
report, statement or information.
(e) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is
able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension
Notification with respect to the Trust.
Section 8.13 Tax Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account.
For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall treat the Excess Reserve Fund
Account and the Corridor Agreements as beneficially owned by the holders of the
Class X Certificates and shall treat such portion of the Trust Fund as a grantor
trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the Code. The Trustee shall
treat the rights that each Class of LIBOR Certificates has to receive payments
of Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account as
rights to receive payments under an interest rate cap contract written by the
Class X Certificateholders in favor of each Class. Accordingly, each Class of
LIBOR Certificates will comprise two components - a regular interest in the
Corresponding REMIC and an interest in an interest rate cap contract. The
Trustee shall allocate the issue price for a Class of Certificates among the
respective components for purposes of determining the issue price of the related
regular interest component based on information received from the Depositor.
Section 8.14 Custodial Responsibilities. (a) The Custodian shall
provide access to the Mortgage Loan Documents in possession of the Custodian
regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the servicing thereof
to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and
examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior
written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Custodian.
The Custodian shall allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy any
of the records and documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at
the expense of the person requesting such access.
(b) The Custodian may resign from its obligations hereunder upon 60
days' prior written notice to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer. Such
resignation shall take effect upon (i) the appointment of a successor Custodian
reasonably acceptable to the Depositor within such 60 day period; and (ii)
delivery of all Mortgage Loan Files to the successor Custodian. The Trustee
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to become the successor Custodian.
If no successor Custodian is appointed within 60 days after written notice of
the Custodian's resignation is received by the Trustee, the Custodian may
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Custodian.
Upon such resignation and appointment of successor Custodian, the
Custodian shall, at the Custodian's expense, promptly transfer to the successor
Custodian, as directed in writing by the Trustee, all applicable Mortgage Files
being administered under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Trust Fund, not the Custodian, shall bear the costs relating to the transfer of
Mortgage Files if the Custodian shall resign due to the failure of the Custodian
to be paid all fees due to such Custodian hereunder.
Section 8.15 Limitations on Custodial Responsibilities.
(a) The Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect,
review or examine the Mortgage Files to determine that the contents thereof are
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have been actually recorded
or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.
(b) The Custodian shall not be responsible for preparing or filing
any reports or returns relating to federal, state or local income taxes with
respect to this Agreement, other than for the Custodian's compensation or for
reimbursement of expenses.
(c) The Custodian shall not be responsible or liable for, and makes
no representation or warranty with respect to, the validity, adequacy or
perfection or any lien upon or security interest in any Mortgage File.
(d) The duties and obligations of the Custodian shall only be such
as are expressly set forth in this Agreement or as set forth in a written
amendment to this Agreement executed by the parties hereto or their successors
and assigns. In the event that any provision of this Agreement implies or
requires that action or forbearance be taken by a party, but is silent as to
which party has the duty to act or refrain from acting, the parties agree that
the Custodian shall not be the party required to take the action or refrain from
acting. In no event shall the Custodian have any responsibility to ascertain or
take action except as expressly provided herein.
(e) The Custodian shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or
for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any
mistake of fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in
connection therewith, except in the case of its negligent performance or
omission or its bad faith or willful misfeasance.
(f) The Custodian shall not be responsible to verify (i) the
validity, legality, enforceability, sufficiency, due authorization or
genuineness of any document in the Mortgage File or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness including the authority or capacity of any Person to
execute or issue any document in the Mortgage File, unless specified otherwise
in this Agreement.
(g) The Custodian shall have no obligation to verify the receipt of
any such documents the existence of which was not made known to the Custodian by
receipt of the Mortgage File.
(h) The Custodian shall have no obligation to determine whether the
recordation of any document is necessary.
(i) In no event shall the Custodian or its directors, affiliates,
officers, agents, and employees be held liable for any special, indirect or
consequential damages resulting from any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it or them hereunder or in connection herewith even if advised of the
possibility of such damages.
(j) Any Person into which the Custodian may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Custodian shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the
Custodian, shall be the successor of the Custodian hereunder without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the
Mortgage Loans. Subject to Sections 9.02 and 9.03, the obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby
with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the
purchase, on the Optional Termination Date, by the Servicer of all Mortgage
Loans (and REO Properties) at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO
Property) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage
Interest Rate, and (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any REO
Property as determined by an appraisal completed by an independent appraiser
selected by the Servicer, at the expense of the Servicer, plus accrued and
unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan at the applicable Mortgage Interest
Rates and (y) the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any
REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the
applicable Mortgage Interest Rate ("Termination Price"), and (b) the later of
(i) the maturity or other Liquidation Event (or any Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In
no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on
the date hereof.
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates. If on any
Remittance Date, the Servicer determines that there are no Outstanding Mortgage
Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other than the funds in the
Collection Account, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a
Notice of Final Distribution to each Certificateholder, and if the Servicer
elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, by
the 25th day of the month preceding the month of the final distribution, the
Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Servicer
intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable Termination Price of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
A Notice of Final Distribution, specifying the Distribution Date on
which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of the
final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee by
letter to Certificateholders mailed not later than the 15th day of the month of
such final distribution. Any such Notice of Final Distribution shall specify (a)
the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be
made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the
office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d)
that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Trustee will give such Notice
of Final Distribution to each Rating Agency at the time such Notice of Final
Distribution is given to Certificateholders.
In the event such Notice of Final Distribution is given, the
Servicer shall promptly deposit such funds in the applicable Collection Account.
During the time such funds are held in such Collection Account, such funds shall
be invested, at the direction of the Servicer, in Permitted Investments, and the
Servicer shall be entitled to all income from such investments, and shall be
responsible for all losses from such investments. In connection with any such
termination of the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall cause all funds in the
Collection Account, including the applicable Termination Price for the Mortgage
Loans and REO Properties to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution
Date. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by
the Custodian of a Request for Release therefor, the Custodian, shall promptly
release to the Servicer, or its designee, the Custodial Files for the Mortgage
Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class (after
reimbursement of all amounts due to the Servicer (including all unreimbursed
Advances and any Servicing Fees accrued and unpaid as of the date the
Termination Price is paid), the Depositor and the Trustee hereunder), in each
case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in Section 4.02,
in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount up to an amount equal to (i) as
to each Class of Regular Certificates (except the Class X Certificates), the
Certificate Balance thereof plus for each such Class and the Class X
Certificates accrued interest thereon in the case of an interest bearing
Certificate and all other amounts to which such Classes are entitled pursuant to
Section 4.02, (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which
remains on deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained
to meet claims) after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not
surrender Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
the Class R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and
other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements. In the event the
Servicer exercises its purchase option with respect to the Mortgage Loans as
described in clause (a) of Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has
been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Servicer, to the
effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03
will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" on
any Trust REMIC as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any Trust
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
Outstanding:
(a) The Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to
the Servicer, or its designee, and, within 90 days of such sale, shall
distribute to the Certificateholders the proceeds of such sale in complete
liquidation of each of the Trust REMICs; and
(b) The Trustee shall attach a statement to the final federal income
tax return for each of the Trust REMICs stating that pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860F-1, the first day of the 90 day liquidation period for
each such Trust REMIC was the date on which the Trustee sold the assets of the
Trust Fund to the Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01(a).
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee without the
consent of any of the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake,
(ii) to correct any defective provision herein or to supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add
to the duties of the Depositor, the Custodian or the Servicer, (iv) to add any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v)
to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions
contained in this Agreement; provided, that any action pursuant to clause (iv)
or (v) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided,
further, that the amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Certificateholders if the Person
requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that
the amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates; it being understood and
agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a determination
as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a determination
only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating. The Custodian, the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer also may at any time and from time to
time amend this Agreement, but without the consent of the Certificateholders to
modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be
necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification of each Trust REMIC under
the REMIC Provisions, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any
tax on any Trust REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time
prior to the final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other
requirements of the Code; provided, that the Trustee has been provided an
Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting
such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust
Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to, as applicable,
(i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the
imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 66 (2)/3% of each Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to
be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in
clause (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than
66 (2)/3%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders
of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of
the Holders of all such Certificates then Outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless (i) it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense
of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not
cause the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC or the Certificateholders or
cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the grantor trust portion
of the Trust Fund as a grantor trust at any time that any Certificates are
Outstanding and (ii) the party seeking such amendment shall have provided
written notice to the Rating Agencies (with a copy of such notice to the
Trustee) of such amendment, stating the provisions of the Agreement to be
amended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.01, with
respect to any amendment that significantly modifies the permitted activities of
the Trustee or the Servicer, any Certificate beneficially owned by the Depositor
or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding (and shall not be
considered when determining the percentage of Certificateholders consenting or
when calculating the total number of Certificates entitled to consent) for
purposes of determining if the requisite consents of Certificateholders under
this Section 10.01 have been obtained.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment which modifies its obligations or liabilities without its consent and
in all cases without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that
all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii)
either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. This Agreement
is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or
all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected by the Servicer at the expense of the Trust, but only upon receipt of
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and
beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 10.03 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties. It is the express intent of the
parties hereto that the conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor
and (ii) of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be
construed as, an absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the
parties that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event
that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in either such assets,
then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the
meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the
conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment
and a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall, to
the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary
to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in
the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected
security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained
as such throughout the term of the Agreement.
Section 10.05 Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide
notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it
has actual knowledge:
(i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
(ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
(iii) The resignation or termination of the Servicer or the Trustee
and the appointment of any successor;
(iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 2.03 or 3.28 or the Underlying Agreements; and
(v) The final payment to Certificateholders.
(b) In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
(i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.03; and
(ii) Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
2.03 or 3.28 or the Underlying Agreements.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
(unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement) and shall be deemed to have been
duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of the Depositor or GS Mortgage
Securities Corp. or Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Principal Finance Group/Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Asset
Management Group/Senior Asset Manager (and, in the case of the Officer's
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.22, to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx), or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the
Trustee and the Servicer by the Depositor in writing, (b) in the case of Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished
to the Depositor, the Custodian and the Trustee by Xxxxxx in writing, (c) in the
case of the Custodian, to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., 0000 00xx Xxxxxx XX,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Client Service Manager GSAMP 2005-WMC1
or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee in writing; (d) in the case of the Trustee to the
Corporate Trust Office, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0000 Xxxx Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust
Administration-GS05W1, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Custodian; and (e) in the case of
each of the Rating Agencies, the address specified therefor in the definition
corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders
shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their
respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities. (a) A Servicer
is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or other facility (any such
arrangement, an "Advance Facility"), the documentation for which complies with
Section 10.07(e) below, under which (1) such Servicer assigns or pledges its
rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any or all Advances to (i) a
Person, which may be a special-purpose bankruptcy-remote entity (an "SPV"), (ii)
a Person, which may simultaneously assign or pledge such rights to an SPV or
(iii) a lender (a "Lender"), which, in the case of any Person or SPV of the type
described in either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), may directly or
through other assignees and/or pledgees, assign or pledge such rights to a
Person, which may include a trustee acting on behalf of holders of debt
instruments (any such Person or any such Lender, an "Advance Financing Person"),
and/or (2) an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund all the Advances required
to be made by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the
Trustee, Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before a
Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or the
Certificateholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advance
Financing Person to a Servicer. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance
Facility under which an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund Advances, (A)
the Servicer (i) shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make
Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement and (ii) shall not be
relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance Facility and (B) neither
the Advance Financing Person nor any Servicer's Assignee (as hereinafter
defined) shall have any right to proceed against or otherwise contact any
Mortgagor for the purpose of collecting any payment that may be due with respect
to any related Mortgage Loan or enforcing any covenant of such Mortgagor under
the related Mortgage Loan documents.
(b) If a Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, such Servicer and
the related Advance Financing Person shall deliver to the Trustee at the address
set forth in Section 10.05 hereof a written notice (an "Advance Facility
Notice"), stating (a) the identity of the Advance Financing Person and (b) the
identity of the Person (the "Servicer's Assignee") that will, subject to Section
10.07(c) hereof, have the right to make withdrawals from the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances
("Advance Reimbursement Amounts"). Advance Reimbursement Amounts (i) shall
consist solely of amounts in respect of Advances for which such Servicer would
be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with Section 3.11 hereof,
assuming such Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and (ii) shall not
consist of amounts payable to a successor Servicer in accordance with Section
3.11 hereof to the extent permitted under Section 10.07(e) below.
(c) Notwithstanding the existence of an Advance Facility, a
Servicer, on behalf of the Advance Financing Person and the Servicer's Assignee,
shall be entitled to receive reimbursements of Advances in accordance with
Section 3.11 hereof, which entitlement may be terminated by the Advance
Financing Person pursuant to a written notice to the Trustee in the manner set
forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Servicer
shall no longer be entitled to receive reimbursement for any Advance
Reimbursement Amounts and the Servicer's Assignee shall immediately have the
right to receive from the Collection Account all Advance Reimbursement Amounts.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) a Servicer
and/or the Servicer's Assignee shall only be entitled to reimbursement of
Advance Reimbursement Amounts hereunder from withdrawals from the Collection
Account pursuant to Section 3.11 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be
entitled to make withdrawals of, or receive, amounts that shall be deposited in
the Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 3.11(a)(i) and 3.27(b) hereof, and
(ii) none of the Trustee or the Certificateholders shall have any right to, or
otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance Reimbursement Amounts to which the
Servicer or Servicer's Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to
Section 3.11 hereof. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the joint written
direction of the Servicer and the related Advance Financing Person. Written
notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee in the manner set
forth in Section 10.05 hereof. None of the Depositor or the Trustee shall, as a
result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any additional duty or
liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any Advance
Reimbursement Amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility,
shall the Depositor or the Trustee have any additional responsibility to track
or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of Advance
Reimbursement Amounts to the Servicer's Assignee. The Servicer shall indemnify
the Depositor, the Trustee, any successor Servicer and the Trust Fund for any
claim, loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advance
Financing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or
damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful
misconduct on the part of the Depositor, the Trustee or any successor Servicer,
as the case may be, or failure by the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as the
case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement. The Servicer shall
maintain and provide to any successor Servicer and, upon request, the Trustee a
detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged
or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advance Financing Person. The successor
Servicer shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by the
predecessor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall not be liable for any
errors in such information.
(d) An Advance Financing Person who receives an assignment or pledge
of rights to receive Advance Reimbursement Amounts and/or whose obligations are
limited to the funding of Advances pursuant to an Advance Facility shall not be
required to meet the criteria for qualification as a Subservicer.
(e) As between a predecessor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, on the one hand, and a successor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, if any, on the other hand, Advance Reimbursement Amounts on a
loan-by-loan basis with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which an Advance
shall have been made and be outstanding shall be allocated on a "first-in, first
out" basis. In the event the Servicer's Assignee shall have received some or all
of an Advance Reimbursement Amount related to Advances that were made by a
Person other than such predecessor Servicer or its related Advance Financing
Person in error, then such Servicer's Assignee shall be required to remit any
portion of such Advance Reimbursement Amount to each Person entitled to such
portion of such Advance Reimbursement Amount. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the
Advance Financing Person for all Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent
the related Advance Reimbursement Amounts have not been assigned or pledged to
such Advance Financing Person or Servicer's Assignee.
(f) For purposes of any Officer's Certificate of the Servicer made
pursuant to Section 4.01(d), any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance referred to therein may have been made by such Servicer or any
predecessor Servicer. In making its determination that any Advance or Servicing
Advance theretofore made has become a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Servicer shall apply the same criteria in
making such determination regardless of whether such Advance or Servicing
Advance shall have been made by the Servicer or any predecessor Servicer.
(g) Any amendment to this Section 10.07 or to any other provision of
this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an
Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 10.07, including
amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered
into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer without the consent of any
Certificateholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 10.01 hereof.
All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of each party
hereto of any such amendment shall be borne solely by the Servicer. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances financed by and/or
pledged to an Advance Financing Person under any Advance Facility are
obligations owed to the Servicer payable only from the cash flows and proceeds
received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances only to the extent
provided herein, and the Trustee and the Trust are not, as a result of the
existence of any Advance Facility, obligated or liable to repay any Advances
financed by the Advance Financing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible
for remitting to the Advance Financing Person the applicable amounts collected
by it as reimbursement for Advances funded by the Advance Financing Person,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have
any responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the financing
arrangement between the Servicer and any Advance Financing Person.
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management
of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members
of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any
third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement
pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and
unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it
may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein
or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights. The Servicer agrees that,
on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Depositor
or the Trustee during the Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the
books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Servicer relating to
the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books
to be audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the
Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts
relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent
public accountants (and by this provision the Servicer hereby authorizes said
accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and
accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expense of the Servicer incident to the
exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09
shall be borne by the Servicer. The Servicer may impose commercially reasonable
restrictions on the dissemination of information the Servicer defines as
confidential.
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. It is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 10.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW)
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH DISPUTE SHALL BE TRIED
BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
Section 10.12 Limitation of Damages. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT NO PARTY SHALL BE
LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
OR EQUITABLE PRINCIPLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LIMITATION SHALL NOT BE
APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO THIRD PARTY CLAIMS MADE AGAINST A PARTY.
* * * * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Custodian and
Xxxxxx have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
solely as Trustee and not in its
individual capacity
By: /s/ Hang Xxx
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Name: Hang Xxx
Title: Authorized Signer
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
By: /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice president
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Available Upon Request to the Trustee]
SCHEDULE II
GSAMP Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-WMC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing XX
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP ("Xxxxxx") hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the Depositor and the Trustee,
as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule II shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series.
(1) Xxxxxx is a Delaware limited partnership, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by
this Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Xxxxxx in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any
event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such State, to
the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan
and to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(2) Xxxxxx has the full power and authority to service each Mortgage
Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
Xxxxxx the execution, delivery and performance of this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor and
the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Xxxxxx,
enforceable against Xxxxxx in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to
creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by Xxxxxx, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by Xxxxxx
hereunder, the consummation by Xxxxxx of any other of the transactions
herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms
hereof are in the ordinary course of business of Xxxxxx and will not (A)
result in a breach of any term or provision of the organizational
documents of Xxxxxx or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation or
acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which Xxxxxx is a party or by which it
may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to Xxxxxx of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over Xxxxxx; and Xxxxxx is not a party to, bound by,
or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially and
adversely affects or, to Litton's knowledge, would in the future
materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of Xxxxxx to perform its
obligations under this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of Xxxxxx
taken as a whole;
(4) Xxxxxx is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Mae and an
approved servicer for Xxxxxxx Mac in good standing;
(5) No litigation is pending against Xxxxxx that would materially
and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of Xxxxxx to service the
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Xxxxxx of, or compliance by Xxxxxx with, this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the consummation by Xxxxxx of the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been
obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(7) Xxxxxx covenants that its computer and other systems used in
servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that Xxxxxx can
service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement; and
(8) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, to the extent Xxxxxx
serviced such Mortgage Loan and to the extent Xxxxxx provided monthly
reports to the three credit repositories, Xxxxxx has fully furnished, in
accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (i.e., favorable and
unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian, and Trans
Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a
monthly basis.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS A, CLASS M AND CLASS B CERTIFICATES
[To be added to the Class B-5 Certificates while they remain Private
Certificates: IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE, NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER (THE "TRANSFEROR LETTER")
IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE
TRUSTEE RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER (THE "144A LETTER") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I
TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR A LETTER (THE "NON-RULE 144A INVESTMENT
LETTER") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT J TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II)
THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEROR WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRANSFEROR
LETTER AND THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE
CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE RULE 144A LETTER, IN EACH CASE AS IF SUCH
CERTIFICATE WERE EVIDENCED BY A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE.
In the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry
Certificate is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such
laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer will be deemed to
have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the
Transferor Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be
deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth
in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such
Certificate were evidenced by a Physical Certificate.]
Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by
an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,"
AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), AND CERTAIN OTHER
ASSETS.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : September 1, 2005
First Distribution Date : October 25, 2005
Initial Certificate
Balance of this
Certificate
("Denomination") :
Initial Certificate
Balances of all
Certificates of this
Class : Class Principal Amount
[Class A-1] [$331,764,000]
[Class A-2] [$117,392,000]
[Class A-3] [$123,367,000]
[Class A-4] [$116,671,000]
[Class M-1] [$ 64,542,000]
[Class M-2] [$ 20,762,000]
[Class M-3] [$ 30,239,000]
[Class M-4] [$ 13,089,000]
[Class M-5] [$ 13,540,000]
[Class M-6] [$ 10,381,000]
[Class B-1] [$ 8,124,000]
[Class B-2] [$ 9,478,000]
[Class B-3] [$ 8,124,000]
[Class B-4] [$ 9,930,000]
[Class B-5] [$ 11,735,000]
CUSIP : Class CUSIP No.
[Class A-1] [362341 PQ 6]
[Class A-2] [362341 PR 4]
[Class A-3] [362341 PS 2]
[Class A-4] [362341 PT 0]
[Class M-1] [362341 PU 7]
[Class M-2] [362341 PV 5]
[Class M-3] [362341 PX 1]
[Class M-4] [362341 PY 9]
[Class M-5] [362341 PZ 6]
[Class M-6] [362341 PW 3]
[Class B-1] [362341 QA 0]
[Class B-2] [362341 QB 8]
[Class B-3] [362341 QC 6]
[Class B-4] [362341 QD 4]
[Class B-5] [362341 QE 2]
ISIN : [Class A-1] [US362341PQ62]
[Class A-2] [US362341PR46]
[Class A-3] [US362341PS29]
[Class A-4] [US362341PT02]
[Class M-1] [US362341PU74]
[Class M-2] [US362341PV57]
[Class M-3] [US362341PX14]
[Class M-4] [US362341PY96]
[Class M-5] [US362341PZ61]
[Class M-6] [US362341PW31]
[Class B-1] [US362341QA02]
[Class B-2] [US362341QB84]
[Class B-3] [US362341QC67]
[Class B-4] [US362341QD41]
[Class B-5] [US362341QE24]
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1
[Class A-] [Class M-] [Class B-]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Servicer, WMC, the Custodian or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [CEDE & CO.] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the denominations of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
September 1, 2005 (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer (the
"Servicer"), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian (the "Custodian"), and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent
not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date; provided, however, that for any Definitive Certificates, the Record Date
shall be the close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding
the month in which such applicable Distribution Date occurs.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders
of such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof
or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to_________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of_____________________________________________________________,
account number _________, or, if mailed by check, to___________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to______________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CLASS P CERTIFICATE
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (i) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (ii) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW
WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION LETTER SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : September 1, 2005
First Distribution Date : October 25, 2005
Percentage Interest of
this Certificate
("Denomination") : [_____]%
CUSIP : 362341 RL 0
XXXX XX000000XX00
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1
Class P
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions
allocable to the Certificates of the above-referenced
Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation
of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Purchaser, WMC or the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective
affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_________________________] is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the
denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which is Certificate belongs)
in certain monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Agreement") among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian (the "Custodian"), and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent
not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
This Certificate does not have a Pass-Through Rate and will be
entitled to distributions only to the extent set forth in the Agreement. In
addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices designated by the Trustee for such purpose or such location in the
notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at
the offices designated by the Trustee for such purpose, or the office or agency
maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any materially
similar provisions of applicable Federal, state or local law ("Similar Law"), or
a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such
holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to_________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of_____________________________________________________________,
account number _________, or, if mailed by check, to___________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to______________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF CLASS R-1 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN TWO "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH
REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY
SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT,
SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : September 1, 2005
First Distribution Date : October 25, 2005
Percentage Interest of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : 100%
CUSIP : 362341 RG 6
ISIN : US362341RG62
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1
Class R-1
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate is distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class R-1 Certificate has no Certificate
Balance and is not entitled to distributions in respect of principal or
interest. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Purchaser, WMC or
the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither
this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain monthly
distributions due to the Class R-1 Certificates pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer (the "Servicer"), Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian (the "Custodian"), and Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class R-1
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Class R-1 Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class R-1 Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate shall be a
Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit G to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class R-1 Certificate,
(B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of this
Class R-1 Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class R-1
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or
any other U.S. Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-1 Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-1 Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported
Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate in violation of
the provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
in the purported Transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee and the other parties to the Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such
holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and the Depositor and any agent of the Trustee or the
Depositor may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor
any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to_________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of_____________________________________________________________,
account number _________, or, if mailed by check, to___________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to______________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF CLASS R-2 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A SIX "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH
REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY
SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT,
SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : September 1, 2005
First Distribution Date : October 25, 2005
Percentage Interest of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : 100%
CUSIP : 362341 RH 4
ISIN : S362341RH46
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1
Class R-2
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate is distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class R-2 Certificate has no Certificate
Balance and is not entitled to distributions in respect of principal or
interest. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Purchaser, WMC or
the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither
this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_____________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the denominations of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(the "Servicer"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to
which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class R-2
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Class R-2 Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class R-2 Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate shall be a
Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit G to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class R-2 Certificate,
(B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of this
Class R-2 Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class R-2
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or
any other U.S. Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-2 Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-2 Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported
Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate in violation of
the provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
in the purported Transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof
or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to_________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of_____________________________________________________________,
account number _________, or, if mailed by check, to___________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to______________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CLASS X CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), AND CERTAIN OTHER ASSETS.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR, IF THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A
REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT IT IS USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT AND
THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I
AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS
CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE
MEANING OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT
SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR OR THE SERVICERS TO ANY OBLIGATION IN
ADDITION TO THOSE EXPRESSLY UNDERTAKEN IN THIS AGREEMENT OR TO ANY LIABILITY.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I
OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION
LETTER OR OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : September 1, 2005
First Distribution Date : October 25, 2005
Percentage Interest of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : [__]%
CUSIP : 362341 RK 7
ISIN: : US362341RK74
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1
Class X
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation
of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Purchaser, WMC or the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective
affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [_______________________] is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the
denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs) in certain monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Agreement") among GS Mortgage
Securities Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as
servicer (the "Servicer"), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian (the
"Custodian"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to
which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This Certificate will be entitled to distributions only to the
extent set forth in the Agreement. In addition, any distribution of the proceeds
of any remaining assets of the Trust will be made only upon presentment and
surrender of this Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any
such transfer, the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and deliver either (i) a Rule 144A Letter, substantially in the form
attached to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee
that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the
applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made
pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the
transferor.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such
holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to_________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of_____________________________________________________________,
account number _________, or, if mailed by check, to___________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to______________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF CUSTODIAN
[date]
[Depositor]
[Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP]
[Servicer]
[Trustee]
_________________________
_________________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as Custodian, and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee, GSAMP Trust, 2005-WMC1
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Custodian for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other
than any Mortgage Loan listed in the attached schedule of exceptions), certifies
that it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________, without recourse"; and
(ii) a duly executed Assignment of Mortgage (which may be included
in a blanket assignment or assignments).
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Custodian has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Custodian makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, recordability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan or the perfection or priority of any Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Custodian has made no determination and makes no
representations as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as Certificateholder or
assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in
recordable form or sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the
assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Custodian
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF DOCUMENT CERTIFICATION
AND EXCEPTION REPORT OF CUSTODIAN
[date]
[Depositor]
[Servicers]
[Trustee]
_________________________
_________________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities
Corp., as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer,
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, GSAMP
Trust, 2005-WMC1
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Custodian, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the
attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the form provided in
Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator
to the last endorsee.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage or a certified copy thereof.
(iii) A duly executed Assignment of Mortgage endorsed in blank in
the form provided in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
or, if the Custodian otherwise has actual knowledge that the related
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable recording office, a
copy of the Assignment of Mortgage (excluding information to be provided
by the recording office).
(iv) The original or duplicate original recorded assignment or
assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from
the originator to the last endorsee.
(v) The original or duplicate original or certified copy of lender's
title policy and all riders thereto or, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original title
commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title company.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items (1), (2) and (13) of
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and the Data Tape Information accurately reflects
information set forth in the Custodial File.
The Custodian has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review of the Custodial File
specifically required in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Custodian
makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency,
enforceability, recordability or genuineness of any of the documents contained
in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or the perfection or priority of any
Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Custodian has
made no determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any
endorsement is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party
so endorsing, as Noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the assignment
of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the
assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Custodian
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
EXHIBIT G
RESIDUAL TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as
follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of ___________________, the
proposed Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of September 1, 2005 (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., as custodian (the "Custodian"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used, but not defined
herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this
affidavit on behalf of the Transferee for the benefit of the Depositor and the
Trustee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account. The Transferee has no
knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a
tax will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for
the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that
such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through
entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this
purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real
estate investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate,
and certain cooperatives and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations,
persons holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of
the Agreement and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and
to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit H to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to the
effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to which the
Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee has historically paid its debts as they have come
due, intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future, and understands
that the taxes payable with respect to the Certificate may exceed the cash flow
with respect thereto in some or all periods and intends to pay such taxes as
they become due. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to
the Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is __________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect
to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the
transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee will not cause income from the Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Transferee or any other U.S.
person.
12. Check one of the following:
[ ] The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated
with holding the Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:
(i) the present value of any consideration given to the
Transferee to acquire such Certificate;
(ii) the present value of the expected future distributions on
such Certificate; and
(iii) the present value of the anticipated tax savings
associated with holding such Certificate as the related REMIC
generates losses.
For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Transferee is assumed to
pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code
(but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the
highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Transferee has been
subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the
preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable
year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are
computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed
by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding
period used by the Transferee.
[ ] The transfer of the Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,
(i) the Transferee is an "eligible corporation," as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which
income from the Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;
(ii) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the
Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer,
the Transferee had gross assets for financial reporting purposes
(excluding any obligation of a person related to the Transferee
within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section
1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in
excess of $10 million;
(iii) the Transferee will transfer the Certificate only to
another "eligible corporation," as defined in U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that
satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and
(iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations;
and
(iv) the Transferee determined the consideration paid to it to
acquire the Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions
(including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates,
prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment
assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Transferee)
that it has determined in good faith.
[ ] None of the above.
1. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
Title I of ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to any Federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to
Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and the Transferee is not acting
on behalf of or investing plan assets of such a plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly
attested, this day of , 20 .
_________________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
_____________________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named __________, known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be the ___________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the same
as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of _______, 20__.
_____________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the __ day
of _________, 20__
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________, 20__
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee,
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Re: GSAMP Trust, 2005-WMC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to
buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act and
(c) to the extent we are disposing of a Residual Certificate, (A) we have no
knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (B) after conducting
a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee, we have
no knowledge and no reason to believe that the Transferee will not pay all taxes
with respect to the Residual Certificates as they become due and (C) we have no
reason to believe that the statements made in paragraphs 7, 10 and 11 of the
Transferee's Residual Transfer Affidavit are false.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:____________________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
____________, 20__
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee,
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Re: GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Class [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) either we are not an employee benefit plan that
is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or a plan subject to
any Federal, state or local law materially similar to the foregoing provisions
of ERISA or the Code, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such
acquisition, or with respect to a Class X Certificate, the purchaser is an
insurance company that is purchasing this certificate with funds contained in an
"insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the
purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and II of
PTCE 95-60, (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any
interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security with, any person
in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising
or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render
the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities
Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized
or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Certificates, and (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and have completed either of the
forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We
are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are
acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule
144A and further, we understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or
transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified
institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT I
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $_____________(1) in securities (except
for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A
and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
____ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a
bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
____ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the
District of Columbia, the business of which is substantially
confined to banking and is supervised by the State or
territorial banking commission or similar official or is a
foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited
net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
____ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
____ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
____ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance
commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State,
territory or the District of Columbia.
____ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
____ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974.
____ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
____ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
____ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
_________________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:__________________________________
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(1) Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT I
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
____ The Buyer owned $_______ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which
owned in the aggregate $_____ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreement,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned
will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which
this certification relates of any changes in the information and conclusions
herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates
will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of
the date of such purchase.
_________________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_________________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:__________________________________
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
_______________________
Date
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates,
Series 2005-WMC1, Class [ ]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
"accredited investor" (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (5), (6)
or (7) of Regulation D under the Act, and have such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of
the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional information
deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either we are
purchasing a Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 or Class B-5 Certificate or we are
not an employee benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is
subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code") or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local law materially similar
to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition, or, with respect to a Class X
Certificate, the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing this
certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as
such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are
covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (e) we are acquiring the
Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in accordance with clause
(g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited
offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any other action which
would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and (g) we will not sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer
or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act or is exempt from such registration requirements, and if
requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the addressees of this Certificate that such sale, transfer or other disposition
may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Act, (2) the purchaser or
transferee of such Certificate has executed and delivered to you a certificate
to substantially the same effect as this certificate, and (3) the purchaser or
transferee has otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:____________________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
To: [Address]
Re:___
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you as the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, we request the release,
and acknowledge receipt, of the (Custodial File/[specify documents]) for the
Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.
Mortgagor's Name, Address & Zip Code:
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Mortgage Loan Number:
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Send Custodial File to:
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Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
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____ 1. Mortgage Loan Paid in Full. (The Company hereby certifies
that all amounts received in connection therewith have been
credited to the Collection Account as provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 2. Mortgage Loan Repurchase Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. (The Company hereby certifies
that the repurchase price has been credited to the Collection
Account as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 3. Mortgage Loan Liquidated by _________________. (The Company
hereby certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance,
condemnation or other liquidation have been finally received
and credited to the Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 4. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
____ 5. Other (explain).
If box 1, 2 or 3 above is checked, and if all or part of the
Custodial File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous
request and receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in
your possession relating to the specified Mortgage Loan.
If box 4 or 5 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as the Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in
the space indicated below, and returning this form.
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT L
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser and which shall be retained by the Servicer or delivered to and
retained by the Custodian, as applicable :
(a) the original Mortgage Note (with all applicable riders) bearing all
intervening endorsements, endorsed "Pay to the order of _________,
without recourse" and signed in the name of the last endorsee. To
the extent that there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes
for endorsements, the endorsement may be contained on an allonge
unless the Custodian is advised by the Depositor or the Purchaser
that state law does not so allow. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired
by the Purchaser in a merger, the endorsement must be by "[last
endorsee], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]". If the
Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the last endorsee while
doing business under another name, the endorsement must be by "[last
endorsee], formerly known as [previous name]";the original of any
guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage Note;
(b) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(c) the original Mortgage (with all applicable riders) with evidence of
recording thereon or a certified true copy of such Mortgage
submitted for recording. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan,
the Depositor cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the original
Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the
Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public recording
office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or
because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording
office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the Depositor shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of
such Mortgage, together with (A) in the case of a delay caused by
the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of WMC (or
certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney)
stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate
public recording office for recordation and that the original
recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the
Custodian upon receipt thereof by WMC; or (B) in the case of a
Mortgage where a public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded Mortgage;
(d) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon or
a certified true copy of such agreement submitted for recording;
(e) the original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan endorsed
in blank and in recordable form;
(f) the originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage (if any)
evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the originator to the
last endorsee with evidence of recording thereon, or if any such
intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable
recording office or has been lost or if such public recording office
retains the original recorded assignments of mortgage, the Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy
of such intervening assignment, together with (A) in the case of a
delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer's
Certificate of the Purchaser or WMC (or certified by the title
company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating that such
intervening assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that such
original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of
such intervening assignment of mortgage certified by the appropriate
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will be
promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the
Purchaser or WMC, as applicable; or (B) in the case of an
intervening assignment where a public recording office retains the
original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded intervening assignment;
(g) the original or duplicate original or certified copy of lender's
title policy and all riders thereto or, any one of an original title
binder, an original preliminary title report or an original title
commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title company; and
(h) a security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage (if provided).
Evidence of payment of taxes and insurance, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files (which include
records of tax receipts and payment history from the date of origination), and
all other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required to document
the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage Loan.
EXHIBIT M
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K
Re: GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian ("Xxxxx Fargo") and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and Xxxxxx Loan
Servicing LP, as servicer ( the "Servicer")
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K ("Annual Report"), and all
reports on Form 8-K containing distribution reports (collectively with
this Annual Report, the "Reports") filed in respect of periods included in
the year covered by this Annual Report, of the Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by this Annual Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required
to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the
Reports;
4. Based on my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement included in
this Annual Report and required to be delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and
except as disclosed in the Reports, the Servicer has fulfilled its
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
5. The Reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the
report provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a
review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, that is included in the Reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: the Trustee and the
Servicer.
Dated: _____________________
___________________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT N
FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through,
Certificates Series 2005-WMC1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the
"Depositor"), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian ("Xxxxx Fargo"),
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
and Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer (the "Servicer")
I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, certify to the Depositor and its officers, directors and
affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this
certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year [___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution
reports filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by the
Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the "Reports"), of the
Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by the Annual Report; and
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required
to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the
Reports.
Date: _________________________
____________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT O
FORM OF SERVICER CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-WMC1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian ("Xxxxx Fargo"),
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
and Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer ("Xxxxxx").
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify to the Depositor,
the Trustee, and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with
the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
1. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by Xxxxxx Loan
Servicing LP under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon
my knowledge and the annual compliance review required under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as disclosed in the annual
compliance statement required to be delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (which
has been so delivered to the Trustee), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP has
fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
2. All significant deficiencies relating to Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP's
compliance with the minimum servicing standards for purposes of the report
provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, have been disclosed to such accountant and are included in such
report.
Date: _________________________
_____________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT P
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: _________________________________
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, as Trustee (the "Trustee") pursuant to that Pooling and
Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the "Depositor"), Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. (the "Custodian"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP (the "Servicer"),
and the Trustee, dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), hereby constitutes and appoints the Servicer, by and through the
Servicer's officers, the Trustee's true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the
Trustee's name, place and stead and for the Trustee's benefit, in connection
with all mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for the purpose of performing all acts and executing all
documents in the name of the Trustee as may be customarily and reasonably
necessary and appropriate to effectuate the following enumerated transactions in
respect of any of the mortgages or deeds of trust (the "Mortgages" and the
"Deeds of Trust", respectively) and promissory notes secured thereby (the
"Mortgage Notes") for which the undersigned is acting as Trustee for various
certificateholders (whether the undersigned is named therein as mortgagee or
beneficiary or has become mortgagee by virtue of endorsement of the Mortgage
Note secured by any such Mortgage or Deed of Trust) and for which the Servicer
is acting as servicer, all subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This appointment shall apply to the following enumerated transactions only:
1. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, where
said modification or re-recordings is for the purpose of correcting the
Mortgage or Deed of Trust to conform same to the original intent of the
parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such title
insurance was issued and said modification or re-recording, in either
instance, does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or Deed of
Trust as insured.
2. The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust to an
easement in favor of a public utility company of a government agency or
unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without
limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial
reconveyances or the execution or requests to trustees to accomplish same.
3. The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing
of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or
conveyance of title to real estate owned.
4. The completion of loan assumption agreements.
5. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust or full
conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby,
including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.
6. The assignment of any Mortgage or Deed of Trust and the related Mortgage
Note, in connection with the repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and
evidenced thereby.
7. The full assignment of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust upon payment and
discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing
thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related
Mortgage Note.
8. With respect to a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, the foreclosure, the taking
of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or
non-judicial foreclosure or termination, cancellation or rescission of any
such foreclosure, including, without limitation, any and all of the
following acts:
9. the substitution of trustee(s) serving under a Deed of Trust, in
accordance with state law and the Deed of Trust;
(a) the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or
non-performance;
(b) the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
(c) the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
(d) the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; and
(e) the preparation and execution of such other documents and
performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the
terms of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust or state law to expeditiously
complete said transactions in paragraphs 8.a. through 8.e., above.
The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute
such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and
proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited
Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby does
ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by authority hereof.
Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power
granted under this Limited Power of attorney; and may be satisfied that this
Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not
been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, __________________ as Trustee pursuant to that Pooling and
Servicing Agreement among the Depositor, the Servicer, and the Trustee, dated as
of September 1, 2005 (GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-WMC1), has caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these
presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by ______________
its duly elected and authorized Vice President this __ day of ________, 200__.
By:____________________________________
as Trustee for GSAMP Trust
2005-WMC1 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF ________
COUNTY OF ______
On ___________, 200__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for
said state, personally appeared _______________, Vice President of
________________as Trustee for ______________ Mortgage Loan Asset Backed
Certificates, Series 200__-___, personally known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she
executed that same in his/her authorized capacity, and that by his/her signature
on the instrument the entity upon behalf of which the person acted and executed
the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(SEAL)
_________________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires____________________
EXHIBIT Q
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FLOW MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY,
Purchaser
WMC MORTGAGE CORP.,
Seller
Dated as of July 27, 2005
Fixed and Adjustable Rate Non-Prime Residential Mortgage Loans
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS...............................................................
SECTION 2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE.....................................................
SECTION 3. MORTGAGE SCHEDULES........................................................
SECTION 4. PURCHASE PRICE............................................................
SECTION 5. EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES.............................................
SECTION 6. CONVEYANCE FROM SELLER TO PURCHASER.......................................
Subsection 6.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans...........................................
Subsection 6.02 Books and Records......................................................
Subsection 6.03 Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents....................................
Subsection 6.04 Quality Control Procedures.............................................
SECTION 7. SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS...........................................
SECTION 8. TRANSFER OF SERVICING.....................................................
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLER; REMEDIES FOR
BREACH....................................................................
Subsection 9.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Seller....................
Subsection 9.02 Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage
Loans..................................................................
Subsection 9.03 Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties..................
Subsection 9.04 Repurchase of Mortgage Loans With Early Payment Defaults...............
Subsection 9.05 Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans That Prepay in Full...............
Subsection 9.06 Purchaser's Right to Review............................................
SECTION 10. CLOSING...................................................................
SECTION 11. CLOSING DOCUMENTS.........................................................
SECTION 12. COSTS.....................................................................
SECTION 13. COOPERATION OF SELLER WITH A RECONSTITUTION...............................
SECTION 14. THE SELLER................................................................
Subsection 14.01 Additional Indemnification by the Seller; Third Party Claims...........
Subsection 14.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Seller..................................
SECTION 15. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS......................................................
SECTION 16. MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST............................
SECTION 17. NOTICES...................................................................
SECTION 18. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.......................................................
SECTION 19. COUNTERPARTS..............................................................
SECTION 20. GOVERNING LAW.............................................................
SECTION 21. INTENTION OF THE PARTIES..................................................
SECTION 22. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT..................
SECTION 23. WAIVERS...................................................................
SECTION 24. EXHIBITS..................................................................
SECTION 25. GENERAL INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES...........................................
SECTION 26. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.................................................
SECTION 27. FURTHER AGREEMENTS........................................................
SECTION 28. RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE....................................
SECTION 29. NO SOLICITATION...........................................................
SECTION 30. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION..................................................
SECTION 31. WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY...................................................
SECTION 32. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.......................................
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
EXHIBIT B CONTENTS OF EACH CREDIT FILE
EXHIBIT C FORM OF SELLER'S OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT D FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
EXHIBIT E FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT F FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT G FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT H ORIGINATOR'S UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
EXHIBIT I ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
EXHIBIT J FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT K SERVICING ADDENDUM
FLOW MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
This FLOW MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT (the
"Agreement"), dated as of July 27, 2005 by and between Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage
Company, a New York limited partnership, having an office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Purchaser") and WMC Mortgage Corp., a California
corporation having an office at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
(the "Seller").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, from time to time, the Seller desires to sell to the
Purchaser, and, from time to time, the Purchaser desires to purchase from the
Seller, certain adjustable and fixed rate non-prime residential first and second
lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") on a servicing released basis as
described herein, and which shall be delivered as a pool of whole loans;
WHEREAS, each Mortgage Loan is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust
or other security instrument creating a first or second lien on a residential
dwelling located in the jurisdiction indicated on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller wish to prescribe the
manner of the conveyance and control of the Mortgage Loans; and
WHEREAS, following its purchase of the Mortgage Loans from the
Seller, the Purchaser desires to sell some or all of the Mortgage Loans to one
or more purchasers as a whole loan transfer or a public or private, rated or
unrated mortgage pass-through transaction;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the
Seller agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement the following capitalized terms shall
have the respective meanings set forth below.
1933 Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
those mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions
which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located and incorporating
the Delinquency Collection Policies and Procedures.
Act: The National Housing Act, as amended from time to time.
Actual Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan, (i) the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan after application of payments of
principal actually received as of the related Cut-off Date, minus (ii) all
amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan representing principal payments.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agency Transfer: A Xxxxxx Xxx Transfer or a Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer.
Agreement: This Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement
and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA: The American Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Appraised Value: (i) With respect to any First Lien Loan, the value
of the related Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made, if any, for the
originator at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the sales price of
the Mortgaged Property at such time of origination, whichever is less; provided,
however, that in the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value is based
solely upon the appraisal made, if any, at the time of origination of such
refinanced Mortgage Loan, and (ii) with respect to any Second Lien Loan, the
value, determined pursuant to the Underwriting Guidelines, of the related
Mortgaged Property as of the origination of the Second Lien Loan.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement: As defined in Section 22.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws
of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
the sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in (a) the States of New
York or California (b) the state in which the Seller's (or its subservicer's)
servicing operations are located or (c) or (iii) the State in which the
Custodian's operations are located, are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Closing Date: The date or dates set forth on the related Purchase
Price and Terms Agreement on which the Purchaser from time to time shall
purchase and the Seller from time to time shall sell, the Mortgage Loans listed
on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule
CLTV: As of the date of origination and as to any Second Lien
Mortgage Loan, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the (a) sum of (i) the
outstanding principal balance of the Second Lien Mortgage Loan as of the date of
origination and (ii) the outstanding principal balance as of the date of
origination of any mortgage loan or mortgage loans that are senior or equal in
priority to the Second Lien Mortgage Loan and which are secured by the same
Mortgaged Property to (b) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property.
Code: Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a
Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not
required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Convertible Mortgage Loan: Any individual Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a provision whereby the
Mortgagor is permitted to convert the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan to a Fixed
Rate Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Credit File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
referred to in Exhibit B annexed hereto, and any additional documents required
to be added to the credit File pursuant to this Agreement.
Custodial Account: The separate account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to the Servicing Addendum (with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein).
Custodial Agreement: The agreement between the Purchaser and the
Custodian governing the retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note,
Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage and other documents constituting the Mortgage
Files.
Custodian: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. (or such other custodian
as specified in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement), or its
successor in interest or permitted assigns, or any successor to the Custodian
under the Custodial Agreement as therein provided.
Cut-off Date: With respect to each Mortgage Loan in a Mortgage Loan
Package, the date set forth on the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or
replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan by the
Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Determination Date: With respect to each Remittance Date, the date
two Business Days prior such Remittance Date.
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due
on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Equity Take-Out Refinanced Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan used to
refinance an existing mortgage loan, the proceeds of which were in excess of the
outstanding principal balance of the existing mortgage loan.
Escrow Account: The separate account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to the Servicing Addendum (with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein).
Escrow Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents,
municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance
premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by
the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association, or any
successor thereto.
Xxxxxx Mae Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Selling Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae
Servicing Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.
Xxxxxx Xxx Transfer: As defined in Section 13 hereof.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHA: The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto and
including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
FHA Approved Mortgagee: A corporation or institution approved as a
mortgagee by the FHA under the Act, and applicable HUD regulations, and eligible
to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA mortgage loans.
Fitch: Fitch Ratings, or its successor in interest.
FICO: Fair Xxxxx Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate mortgage loan purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer: As defined in Section 13 hereof.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which amount
is added to the Index in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note
to determine on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date the Mortgage Interest Rate
for such Mortgage Loan.
High Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a "high cost" loan
under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a "high cost,"
"threshold," "covered" (excluding home loans defined as "covered home loans" in
the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 that were originated between
November 26, 2003 and July 7, 2004), "predatory" or similar loan under any other
applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using
different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or
additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest
rates, points and/or fees).
Home Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as Home Loan pursuant to
Appendix E of Standard & Poor's Glossary.
HUD: The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any federal
agency or official thereof which may from time to time succeed to the functions
thereof with regard to FHA Mortgage Insurance. The term "HUD," for purposes of
this Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as the FHA
and Government National Mortgage Association.
Index: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the rate
per annum set forth on the related Mortgage Note.
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property
and received on or after the applicable Cut-off Date.
Interest Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage Note and the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted.
Interim Funder: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan,
the Person named on the MERS(R) System as the interim funder pursuant to the
MERS Procedures Manual.
Investor: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Person named on the MERS(R) System as the investor pursuant to the MERS
Procedures Manual.
Lifetime Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the terms of each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest
Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more
than the amount per annum set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Limited Documentation Program: The guidelines under which the Seller
generally originates Mortgage Loans principally on the basis of the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan and the creditworthiness of the
Mortgagor.
Liquidation Proceeds: Cash (other than Insurance Proceeds or
Condemnation Proceeds) received in connection with the liquidation of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage
Loan, trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or the sale of the related
Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the
Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the outstanding principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), to
the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination
and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the related
Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
MERS: MERSCORP, Inc., and its successors and assigns.
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan: Mortgage Loans for which (a) the
Seller has designated or will designate MERS as, and has taken or will take such
action as is necessary to cause MERS to be, the mortgagee of record, as nominee
for the Seller, in accordance with MERS Procedure Manual and (b) the Seller has
designated or will designate the Custodian as the Investor on the MERS(R)
System.
MERS Procedure Manual: The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MERS Report: The report from the MERS System listing MERS Designated
Mortgage Loans and other information.
MERS(R) System: MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as more
particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
Monthly Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on a Mortgage Loan.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Note, which creates a first lien in the case of a First Lien Loan, or a
second lien, in the case of a Second Lien Loan, on an estate in fee simple in
real property securing the Mortgage Note; except that with respect to real
property located in jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold estates for
residential properties is a widely-accepted practice, the mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument securing the Mortgage Note may secure and create a
first or second lien upon a leasehold estate of the Mortgagor.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
referred to in Exhibit A annexed hereto, and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan
includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Credit File, the Servicing
File, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Servicing Rights, Prepayment
Penalties, and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from
or in connection with such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased
mortgage loans.
Mortgage Loan Documents: The documents in the Mortgage File.
Mortgage Loan Package: A pool of Mortgage Loans sold to the
Purchaser by the Seller on a Closing Date.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule of Mortgage Loans, with respect
to each Mortgage Loan Package, attached as Exhibit A to the related Assignment
and Conveyance, setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Package: (1) the Seller's Mortgage
Loan identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor's name; (3) the street address of the
Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code; (4) a code indicating
whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, a second home or investment
property; (5) the number and type of residential units constituting the
Mortgaged Property (i.e. a single family residence, a 2-4 family residence, a
unit in a condominium project or a unit in a planned unit development,
manufactured housing); (6) the original months to maturity or the remaining
months to maturity from the related Cut-off Date, in any case based on the
original amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the
same manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (7) the LTV and, if
applicable, the CLTV, each at the origination; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate as
of the related Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the Monthly Payment was due
on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date
currently in effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated maturity date; (11) the
amount of the Monthly Payment as of the related Cut-off Date; (12) the last
payment date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied to pay interest and
the outstanding principal balance; (13) the original principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close
of business on the related Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of
principal due and collected on or before the related Cut-off Date; (15) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Interest Rate Adjustment Date;
(16) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (17) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms
of the Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a
code indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (20) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Rate Floor under the
terms of the Mortgage Note; (21) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., Fixed Rate,
Adjustable Rate, First Lien, Second Lien); (22) a code indicating the purpose of
the loan (i.e., purchase, rate and term refinance, equity take-out refinance);
(23) a code indicating the documentation style (i.e. full, alternative or
reduced); (24) the loan credit classification (as described in the Underwriting
Guidelines); (25) whether such Mortgage Loan provides for a Prepayment Penalty;
(26) the Prepayment Penalty period of such Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (27)
Prepayment Penalty Code, if applicable; (28) with respect to Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (29) the credit
risk score (FICO score) at origination; (30) the date of origination; (31) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment
period; (32) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment percentage; (33) with respect
to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (34) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate
calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple interest, other); (35) a code
indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Section 32 Mortgage Loan; (36) a code
indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is assumable; (37) a code indicating
whether the Mortgage Loan has been modified; (38) the one year payment history;
(39) the Due Date for the first Monthly Payment; (40) the original Monthly
Payment due; (41) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income
ratio; (42) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; (43) the sales price
of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in connection with
the purchase of the Mortgaged Property (44) whether the Mortgage Loan was
originated by a correspondent lender; (45) whether points and fees are less than
or equal to 5% of the Mortgage Loan amount; and (46) a code indicating if the
Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Home Loan as such terms are defined in the
then current Standard & Poor's Glossary. With respect to the Mortgage Loans in
the aggregate, the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information, as of the related Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans;
(2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;
(3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4)
the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property: The real property (or leasehold estate, if
applicable) securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board or a President or a Vice President and
by the Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries of the Seller, and delivered to the Purchaser as required
by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Seller, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Periodic Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum amount by
which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or decrease on an Interest
Rate Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in
effect. The Periodic Rate Cap for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate
set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Preliminary Mortgage Schedule: As defined in Section 3.
Prepayment Penalty: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the fee, if
any, payable upon the prepayment, in whole or in part, of such Mortgage Loan, as
set forth in the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
Prime Rate: The prime rate announced to be in effect from time to
time, as published as the average rate in The Wall Street Journal (Northeast
edition).
Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on
a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date,
including any Prepayment Penalty or premium thereon and which is not accompanied
by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or
dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Purchase Price: The price paid on the related Closing Date by the
Purchaser to the Seller in exchange for the Mortgage Loans in a Mortgage Loan
Package as calculated in Section 4 of this Agreement.
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement: With respect to each purchase of
a Mortgage Loan Package hereunder, that certain letter agreement setting forth
the general terms and conditions of such transaction consummated herein and
identifying the Mortgage Loans to be purchased hereunder, by and between the
Seller and the Purchaser.
Purchaser: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, a New York limited
partnership, and its successors in interest and assigns, and any successor to
the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein provided.
Qualified Appraiser: An appraiser, duly appointed by the Seller, the
mortgage broker or the originator, who had no interest, direct or indirect in
the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose
compensation was not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage
Loan, and such appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser both satisfy
the requirements of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in
effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated.
Qualified Insurer: An insurance company duly qualified as such under
the laws of the states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, duly
authorized and licensed in such states to transact the applicable insurance
business and to write the insurance provided, approved as an insurer pursuant to
the Seller's Underwriting Guidelines which have a minimum claims paying ability
of (i) with respect to hazard insurance (a) Best minimum rating of B/III or Best
minimum financial performance rating of 6; (b) Demotech, Inc. minimum rating of
"A", (c) Lloyds of London, (d) coverage under the Fair Access to Insurance
Requirement Plan and (ii) with respect to flood insurance must meet the National
Flood Insurance Guidelines.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of
such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of
all scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a
substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an
aggregate principal balance), not in excess of the outstanding principal balance
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall will be paid to the
Purchaser by the Seller in the month of substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage
Interest Rate not less than and not more than 1% greater than the Mortgage
Interest Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to
maturity not greater than and not more than one year less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan (iv) be of the same type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan
(i.e., fixed rate or adjustable rate with same Periodic Rate Cap, Lifetime Rate
Cap, Index and lien priority); and (v) comply with each representation and
warranty (respecting individual Mortgage Loans) set forth in Section 9 hereof.
Rating Agency: Any of Fitch, Moody's or Standard & Poor's, or their
respective successors designated by the Purchaser.
Reconstitution: A Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Transfer or
Securitization Transfer.
Reconstitution Agreements: The agreement or agreements entered into
by the Seller and the Purchaser and/or certain third parties on the
Reconstitution Date or Dates with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans
sold hereunder, in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Transfer or a
Securitization Transfer pursuant to Section 13, including, but not limited to, a
seller's warranties and servicing agreement with respect to a Whole Loan
Transfer, and/or seller/servicer agreements or assignment, assumption and
recognition agreement and related custodial/trust agreement and documents with
respect to a Securitization Transfer.
Reconstitution Date: As defined in Section 13.
Regulation AB: As defined in Section 13.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to a REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter
1, Subtitle A of the Code, and related provisions and regulations, rulings or
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.
Remittance Date: The 5th calendar day of each month (or if such 5th
calendar day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately
preceding).
Repurchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan for which a
breach of a representation or warranty under this Agreement is found, a price
equal to the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan to be
repurchased as of the date of repurchase, plus accrued interest thereon at the
Mortgage Interest Rate from the date on which interest had last been paid
through the date of such repurchase, plus the amount of any outstanding advances
owed to any servicer, plus all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Purchaser or any servicer arising out of or based upon such breach, including,
without limitation, reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of
the Seller's repurchase obligation thereunder, plus any costs and damages
incurred by the Purchaser in connection with any violation of any applicable
predatory or abusive lending law by such Mortgage Loan..
RESPA: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as amended from time
to time.
Second Lien Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
Securitization Transfer: The sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans to a trust or other entity as part of a publicly-issued or
privately-placed, rated or unrated mortgage pass-through or other
mortgage-backed securities transaction.
Seller: WMC Mortgage Corp., its successors in interest and assigns.
Servicing Addendum: The terms governing the interim servicing of the
Mortgage Loans attached as Exhibit K to this Agreement.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to the
Servicing Addendum, an amount per month as set forth in the Purchase Price and
Terms Letter.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Seller (or its servicer) consisting of originals of all
documents in the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the Purchaser or the
Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Section 6.03
hereof.
Servicing Rights: Any and all of the following: (a) any and all
rights to service the Mortgage Loans (other than any payments or monies received
by Seller during any interim servicing period for servicing any Mortgage Loan);
(b) any payments to or monies received by the Seller or Servicer for servicing
the Mortgage Loans; (c) any late fees, penalties or similar payments with
respect to the Mortgage Loans but not including any Prepayment Penalties after
the interim servicing period; (d) all agreements or documents creating, defining
or evidencing any such servicing rights to the extent they relate to such
servicing rights and all rights of the Seller thereunder; (e) Escrow Payments or
other similar payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans and any amounts
actually collected by the Seller with respect thereto; (f) all accounts and
other rights to payment related to any of the property described in this
paragraph; and (g) any and all documents, files, records, servicing files,
servicing documents, servicing records, data tapes, computer records, or other
information pertaining to the Mortgage Loans or pertaining to the past, present
or prospective servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc., and its successors in interest.
Standard & Poor's Glossary: The Standard & Poor's LEVELS(R)
Glossary, as may be in effect from time to time.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan, (i) the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the related Cut-off Date after giving
effect to payments of principal actually received on or before such date, minus
(ii) all amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal.
Successor Servicer: A servicer designated by the Purchaser pursuant
to Sections 8 and 9.03 which is entitled to the benefits of the indemnifications
set forth in Sections 9.03 and 14.01.
Transfer Date: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, (a) the date set
forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement or (b) such other date
as mutually agreed by the Seller and the Purchaser.
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the Seller
as in effect on the date the related Mortgage Loan is originated. A copy of the
Underwriting Guidelines in effect with respect to each Closing Date will be
attached to the related Assignment and Conveyance.
VA Approved Lender: Those lenders which are approved by the VA to
act as a lender in connection with the origination of VA mortgage loans.
Whole Loan Agreement: Any Reconstitution Agreement in respect of a
Whole Loan Transfer.
Whole Loan Transfer: The sale or transfer by Purchaser of some or
all of the Mortgage Loans in a whole loan or participation format pursuant to a
Reconstitution Agreement.
SECTION 2. Agreement to Purchase.
The Seller, on each related Closing Date, agrees to sell, and the
Purchaser agrees to purchase, Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal
balance on the related Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the related
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, or in such other amount as agreed by the
Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by the actual aggregate principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans accepted by the Purchaser on the related Closing Date.
SECTION 3. Mortgage Schedules.
The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with certain information
constituting a preliminary listing of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on the
related Closing Date in accordance with the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement and this Agreement (a "Preliminary Mortgage Schedule").
The Seller shall deliver the related Mortgage Loan Schedule for the
Mortgage Loans to be purchased on the related Closing Date to the Purchaser at
least two (2) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date. The related
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the Preliminary Mortgage Schedule with those
Mortgage Loans which have not been funded prior to the related Closing Date
deleted.
SECTION 4. Purchase Price.
The Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan shall be the percentage of
par as stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement (subject to
adjustment as provided therein), multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance, as
of the related Cut-off Date, of the Mortgage Loans, after application of
payments of principal actually received on or before the related Cut-off Date.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described above, the Purchaser
shall pay to the Seller, on the related Closing Date, accrued interest on the
Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-off
Date at the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of those Mortgage Loans from
the date interest was paid through on the Mortgage Loan through the day prior to
the related Closing Date, inclusive. The Purchase Price plus accrued interest as
set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be paid to the Seller by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Seller
in writing.
The Purchaser shall be entitled to (1) all principal received after
the related Cut-off Date, (2) all other recoveries of late charges, Prepayment
Penalties, assumption fees or other charges collected after the related Cut-off
Date, and (3) all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans received after the
related Cut-off Date.
SECTION 5. Examination of Mortgage Files.
At least ten (10) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date,
the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser or its designee in escrow, for
examination with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan
Package to be purchased, the related Mortgage File, including a copy of the
Assignment of Mortgage (except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage),
pertaining to each Mortgage Loan.
At least ten (10) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date,
with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Package to be
purchased, the Seller shall make the related Servicing Files and Credit Files
available to the Purchaser for examination at such other location as shall
otherwise be acceptable to the Purchaser.
Such examination of the Mortgage Files may be made by the Purchaser
or its designee at any reasonable time before or after the related Closing Date.
If the Purchaser makes such examination prior to the related Closing Date and
determines, in its sole discretion, that any Mortgage Loans are unacceptable to
the Purchaser for any reason, such Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule, and may be replaced by a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan (or Loans) acceptable to the Purchaser. The Purchaser may, at its
option and without notice to the Seller, purchase some or all of the Mortgage
Loans without conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact that the
Purchaser or its designee has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or
complete examination of the Mortgage Files or the Credit Files shall not affect
the Purchaser's (or any of its successor's) rights to demand repurchase,
substitution or other relief as provided herein.
In the event that the Seller fails to deliver the Credit Files with
respect to any Mortgage Loan after the related Closing Date, the Seller shall,
upon the request of the Purchaser, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the price
and in the manner specified in Subsection 9.03.
SECTION 6. Conveyance from Seller to Purchaser.
Subsection 6.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
The Seller, on each related Closing Date, simultaneously with the
payment of the related Purchase Price by the Purchaser, shall sell, transfer,
assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, but subject to
the terms of this Agreement, all right, title and interest of the Seller in and
to the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights, the Mortgage Files, the Servicing
and Credit Files, and all rights and obligations arising under the documents
contained therein for each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Package.
Subsection 6.02 Books and Records.
Record title to each Mortgage as of the related Closing Date shall
be in the name of MERS, the Seller, an Affiliate of the Seller, the Purchaser or
one or more designees of the Purchaser, as the Purchaser shall select.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Mortgage and related Mortgage Note shall be
possessed solely by the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser,
as the case may be. All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but
not limited to, all funds received by the Seller (or its subservicer) after the
related Cut-off Date on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be vested in
the Purchaser or one or more designees of the Purchaser; provided, however, that
all funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be received
and held by the Seller (or its subservicer) in trust for the benefit of the
Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be, as
the owner of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
The sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Seller's
balance sheet and other financial statements as a sale of assets by the Seller.
The Seller (or its subservicer) shall be responsible for
maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and records for each
Mortgage Loan which shall be marked clearly to reflect the ownership of each
Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In particular, the Seller (or its subservicer)
shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the Purchaser, and
shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance with all
federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices, including but not limited to documentation as to
the method used in determining the applicability of the provisions of the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, to the Mortgaged Property,
documentation evidencing insurance coverage and periodic inspection reports, in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices,. To the extent that original
documents are not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, documents maintained by the Seller may be in the form of
microfilm or microfiche, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
Subsection 6.03 Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents.
The Seller shall deliver and release to the Custodian no later than
ten (10) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date the Mortgage Files with
respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Package.
The Custodian shall certify its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Custodial Agreement for the
related Closing Date, as evidenced by the Initial Certification of the Custodian
in the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The Purchaser shall pay any
initial setup fee charged by the Custodian. The Purchaser shall pay all fees and
expenses of the Custodian.
The Seller (or its subservicer) shall forward to the Custodian, or
to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, original
documents evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of
any Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance with this Agreement within two
weeks of their execution, provided, however, that the Seller shall provide the
Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing,
with a certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within
two weeks of its execution, and shall promptly provide the original of any
document submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the
appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original within one hundred eighty days of its submission for recordation.
In the event any document listed on Exhibit A as constituting a part
of the Mortgage Files and required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to
this Section 6.03, including an original or copy of any document submitted for
recordation to the appropriate public recording office, is not so delivered to
the Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in
writing, on the related Closing Date (other than with respect to the Assignments
of Mortgage which shall be delivered to the Custodian in blank on or prior to
the related Closing Date and recorded subsequently by the Purchaser or its
designee or document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public
recording office), and in the event that the Seller does not cure such failure
within 30 days of discovery or receipt of written notification of such failure
from the Purchaser, the related Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the
Purchaser, be repurchased by the Seller at the price and in the manner specified
in Subsection 9.03. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the
event that the Seller cannot deliver an original document submitted for
recordation to the appropriate public recording office within the specified
period due to a delay caused by the recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction; provided that (i) the Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such recording receipt is not available,
an officer's certificate of an officer of the Seller, confirming that such
documents have been accepted for recording; provided that, upon request of the
Purchaser and delivery by the Purchaser to the Seller of a schedule of the
Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall reissue and deliver to the Purchaser or its
designee said officer's certificate and (ii) such document is delivered within
twelve (12) months of the related Closing Date.
Subsection 6.04 Quality Control Procedures.
The Seller shall have an internal quality control program that
verifies, on a regular basis, the existence and accuracy of the legal documents,
credit documents, property appraisals, and underwriting decisions. The program
shall include evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of the Seller's loan
production and the servicing activities of the Seller. The program is to ensure
that the Mortgage Loans are originated and serviced in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Standards and the Underwriting Guidelines; guard against dishonest,
fraudulent, or negligent acts; and guard against errors and omissions by
officers, employees, or other authorized persons.
SECTION 7. Servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
The Mortgage Loans have been sold by the Seller to the Purchaser on
a servicing released basis. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, conveys and delivers to
the Purchaser the Servicing Rights.
The Purchaser shall retain the Seller as contract servicer of the
Mortgage Loans for an interim period pursuant to and in accordance with the
terms and conditions contained in the Servicing Addendum (with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein). Pursuant to the
Servicing Addendum, the Seller shall begin servicing the Mortgage Loans on
behalf of the Purchaser and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with respect
to such Mortgage Loans from the related Closing Date until the related Transfer
Date.
The Purchaser hereby acknowledges that the Seller shall assign its
obligation to service the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Purchaser to its
interim subservicer, which, on the date of this Agreement, is Option One
Mortgage Corporation. The Seller shall be entitled to use another interim
subservicer with the consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonable withheld, conditioned or delayed.
SECTION 8. Transfer of Servicing.
On the related Transfer Date, the Purchaser, or its designee, shall
assume all servicing responsibilities related to, and the Seller shall cease all
servicing responsibilities related to the Mortgage Loans. The related Transfer
Date shall be the date set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as
specified therein).
On or prior to the related Transfer Date, the Seller shall, at its
sole cost and expense, take such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate and evidence the transfer of the servicing of the related Mortgage
Loans to the Successor Servicer, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Notice to Mortgagors. The Seller shall mail to the Mortgagor of
each related Mortgage Loan a letter advising such Mortgagor of the transfer of
the servicing of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser, or its designee, in
accordance with the Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx National Affordable Housing Act of 1990;
provided, however, the content and format of the letter shall have the prior
approval of the Purchaser. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with copies of
all such related notices no later than the related Transfer Date.
(b) Notice to Taxing Authorities and Insurance Companies. The Seller
shall transmit to the applicable taxing authorities and insurance companies
(including primary mortgage insurance policy insurers, if applicable) and/or
agents, notification of the transfer of the servicing to the Purchaser, or its
designee, and instructions to deliver all notices, tax bills and insurance
statements, as the case may be, to the Purchaser or its designee from and after
the related Transfer Date. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser and its
designee with copies of all such notices no later than the related Transfer
Date.
(c) Delivery of Servicing Records. The Seller shall forward to the
Purchaser, or its designee, all servicing records and the Servicing File in the
Seller's possession relating to each related Mortgage Loan including the
information enumerated in the Servicing Addendum (with respect to each such
Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein).
(d) Escrow Payments. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser, or its
designee, with immediately available funds by wire transfer in the amount of the
net Escrow Payments and suspense balances and all loss draft balances associated
with the related Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with an
accounting statement of Escrow Payments and suspense balances and loss draft
balances sufficient to enable the Purchaser to reconcile the amount of such
payment with the accounts of the Mortgage Loans. Additionally, the Seller shall
wire transfer to the Purchaser the amount of any agency, trustee or prepaid
Mortgage Loan payments and all other similar amounts held by the Seller.
(e) Payoffs and Assumptions. The Seller shall provide to the
Purchaser, or its designee, copies of all assumption and payoff statements
generated by the Seller on the related Mortgage Loans from the related Cut-off
Date to the related Transfer Date.
(f) Mortgage Payments Received Prior to the Related Transfer Date.
Prior to the related Transfer Date all payments received by the Seller on each
related Mortgage Loan shall be properly applied by the Seller to the account of
the particular Mortgagor.
(g) Mortgage Payments Received After the Related Transfer Date. The
amount of any related Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the related
Transfer Date shall be forwarded to the Purchaser by overnight mail on the date
of receipt. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the particulars of the
payment, which notification requirement shall be satisfied if the Seller
forwards with its payment sufficient information to permit appropriate
processing of the payment by the Purchaser. The Seller shall assume full
responsibility for the necessary and appropriate legal application of such
Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the related Transfer Date with
respect to related Mortgage Loans then in foreclosure or bankruptcy; provided,
for purposes of this Agreement, necessary and appropriate legal application of
such Monthly Payments shall include, but not be limited to, endorsement of a
Monthly Payment to the Purchaser with the particulars of the payment such as the
account number, dollar amount, date received and any special Mortgagor
application instructions and the Seller shall comply with the foregoing
requirements with respect to all Monthly Payments received by the it after the
related Transfer Date.
(h) Misapplied Payments. Misapplied payments shall be processed as
follows:
1. All parties shall cooperate in correcting misapplication
errors;
2. The party receiving notice of a misapplied payment
occurring prior to the related Transfer Date and discovered after
the related Transfer Date shall immediately notify the other party;
3. If a misapplied payment which occurred prior to the related
Transfer Date cannot be identified and said misapplied payment has
resulted in a shortage in a Custodial Account or Escrow Account, the
Seller shall be liable for the amount of such shortage. The Seller
shall reimburse the Purchaser for the amount of such shortage within
thirty (30) days after receipt of written demand therefor from the
Purchaser;
4. If a misapplied payment which occurred prior to the related
Transfer Date has created an improper Purchase Price as the result
of an inaccurate outstanding principal balance, a check shall be
issued to the party shorted by the improper payment application
within five (5) Business Days after notice thereof by the other
party; and
5. Any check issued under the provisions of this Section 8(h)
shall be accompanied by a statement indicating the corresponding
Seller and/or the Purchaser Mortgage Loan identification number and
an explanation of the allocation of any such payments.
(i) Books and Records. On the related Transfer Date, the books,
records and accounts of the Seller (or its subservicers) with respect to the
related Mortgage Loans shall be in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
(j) Reconciliation. The Seller shall on or before the related
Transfer Date, reconcile principal balances and make any monetary adjustments
required by the Purchaser. Any such monetary adjustments will be transferred
between the Seller and the Purchaser as appropriate.
(k) IRS Forms. The Seller shall file all IRS Forms 1099, 1099A, 1098
or 1041 and K-1 which are required to be filed on or before the related Transfer
Date in relation to the servicing and ownership of the related Mortgage Loans.
The Seller shall provide copies of such forms to the Purchaser upon request and
shall reimburse the Purchaser for any costs or penalties incurred by the
Purchaser due to the Seller's failure to comply with this paragraph.
(l) MERS. With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Seller shall, on or before the Transfer Date, designate, as directed by the
Purchaser, the Purchaser, or its designee, as the servicer on the MERS System.
In addition, the Seller shall promptly take all other actions reasonable
requested by Purchaser with respect to MERS Designated Mortgage Loans and the
MERS System to effectuate and evidence the transfer of servicing in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller;
Remedies for Breach.
Subsection 9.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Seller.
The Seller represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns and the Successor Servicer that as of the date hereof and
as of each Closing Date:
(a) Due Organization and Authority. The Seller is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
California and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being
conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state wherein
it owns or leases any material properties or where a Mortgaged Property is
located, if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order
to conduct business of the type conducted by the Seller, and in any event the
Seller is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary
to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement; no proceedings are pending for the suspension or
revocation of any licenses or approvals held by Seller; the Seller has the full
corporate power, authority and legal right to hold, transfer and convey the
Mortgage Loans and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
(including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement) by the Seller and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement and all agreements
contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered and constitute the
valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligations of the Seller (subject to
bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditor's rights), regardless of whether
such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law; and all
requisite corporate action has been taken by the Seller to make this Agreement
and all agreements contemplated hereby valid and binding upon the Seller in
accordance with their terms;
(b) Ordinary Course of Business. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are
not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect
in any applicable jurisdiction;
(c) No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the acquisition or origination of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller,
the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a breach
of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Seller's charter or by-laws
or other organizational documents or any legal restriction or any agreement or
instrument to which the Seller is now a party or by which it is bound, or
constitute a default or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, or
result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
to which the Seller or its property is subject, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would have an adverse effect
upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any mortgage, contract, deed
of trust or other instrument, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize
on the Mortgage Loans, impair the value of the Mortgage Loans, or impair the
ability of the Purchaser to realize the full amount of any insurance benefits
accruing pursuant to this Agreement;
(d) Ability to Perform; Solvency. The Seller does not believe, nor
does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and
every covenant contained in this Agreement. The Seller is solvent and the sale
of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the Seller to become insolvent. The sale of
the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud
any of Seller's creditors;
(e) No Litigation Pending. There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or threatened against the Seller, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or which, either in any one instance or in the
aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller (taken as a
whole), or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Seller to
carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material
liability on the part of the Seller, or which would draw into question the
validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be
taken in connection with the obligations of the Seller contemplated herein, or
which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Seller to perform
under the terms of this Agreement. There is no action, suit, proceeding or, to
the best of the Seller's knowledge, investigation pending against the Seller
with respect to the Mortgage Loans relating to fraud, predatory lending,
servicing or closing practices;
(f) No Consent Required. Except for the recording of the Assignments
of Mortgage, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or
filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body including
HUD, the FHA or the VA is required for the execution, delivery and performance
by the Seller of or compliance by the Seller with this Agreement or the Mortgage
Loans, the delivery of a portion of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian or the
sale of the Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the
related Closing Date;
(g) Selection Process. The Mortgage Loans were selected from among
the outstanding one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Seller's portfolio at
the related Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties set
forth in Subsection 9.02 could be made and such selection was not made in a
manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the Purchaser;
(h) Delivery to the Custodian. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with
respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, and any other
documents required to be delivered with respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Section 6.03 hereof, shall be delivered to the Custodian. With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, the Seller will be in possession of a complete Mortgage File
in compliance with Exhibit A hereto, except for such documents as will be
delivered to the Custodian;
(i) Mortgage Loan Characteristics. The characteristics of the
Mortgage Loans are as set forth on the description of the pool characteristics
for the Mortgage Loans delivered pursuant to Section 11 on the related Closing
Date in the form attached as to the related Assignment and Conveyance;
(j) No Untrue Information. Neither this Agreement nor any
information, statement, tape, diskette, report, form, or other document
furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including
any Securitization Transfer, Whole Loan Transfer or Agency Transfer) contains or
will contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or
therein not misleading in light of the context in which they were made;
(k) Financial Statements. The Seller has delivered to the Purchaser
financial statements as to its last three complete fiscal years and any later
quarter ended more than 60 days prior to the execution of this Agreement. All
such financial statements fairly present the pertinent results of operations and
changes in financial position for each of such periods and the financial
position at the end of each such period of the Seller and its subsidiaries and
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as set forth in the
notes thereto. There has been no material change in the business, operations,
financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller since the date of the
Seller's financial statements that would have a material adverse effect on its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(l) Intentionally Omitted;
(m) No Brokers. The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment
banker, agent or other person that may be entitled to any commission or
compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(n) Sale Treatment. The Seller intends to reflect the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans as a sale on the books and records of the Seller and the
Seller has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for tax and accounting purposes;
(o) Owner of Record. Except for a MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Seller is the owner of record of each Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by
each Mortgage Note, except for any Assignments of Mortgage which have been sent
for recording, and upon recordation the Seller will be the owner of record of
each Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note, and upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller will retain the Mortgage
Files with respect thereto in trust only for the purpose of servicing and
supervising the servicing of each Mortgage Loan;
(p) Reasonable Purchase Price. The Seller deems the consideration
received upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement to be fair
consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the Mortgage Loans;
(q) Seller's Origination. The Seller's decision to originate any
mortgage loan or to deny any mortgage loan application is an independent
decision based upon Seller's underwriting guidelines, and is in no way made as a
result of Purchaser's decision to purchase, or not to purchase, or the price
Purchaser may offer to pay for, any such mortgage loan, if originated;
(r) Intentionally Omitted;
(s) Good Standing. To the extent that any Mortgage Loans sold by
Seller hereunder are MERS Designated Mortgage Loans, Seller is in good standing,
and will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Subsection 9.02 Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual
Mortgage Loans.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns and the Successor Servicer that, as to each Mortgage
Loan, as of the related Closing Date for such Mortgage Loan:
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described. The information set forth in the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct and the servicing
information provided to the Purchaser and the Successor Servicer with respect to
the Mortgage Loans as of the Transfer Date will be true and correct in all
material respects;
(b) Payments Current. All payments required to be made up to the
related Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note,
other than payments for which the related due date was not thirty or more days
prior to the related Closing Date, have been made and credited. No Mortgage Loan
has been delinquent for thirty or more days at any time since the origination of
the Mortgage Loan. The first Monthly Payment shall be made with respect to the
Mortgage Loan on its Due Date or within the grace period, all in accordance with
the terms of the related Mortgage Note;
(c) No Outstanding Charges. There are no defaults in complying with
the terms of the Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents
which previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has
been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which
remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. The
Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any
advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly,
for the payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for
interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of
the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by
one month the related Due Date of the first installment of principal and
interest;
(d) Original Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect,
from the date of origination except by a written instrument which has been
recorded in the applicable recording office, if necessary to protect the
interests of the Purchaser, and which has been delivered to the Custodian or to
such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, and the terms of
which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. No Mortgage Loan has
been modified so as to restructure the payment obligations or re-age the
Mortgage Loan. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has
been approved by the title insurer, if any, to the extent required by the
policy, and its terms are reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, if
applicable. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in
connection with an assumption agreement, approved by the issuer of the title
insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is
part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Custodian or to such other
Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing and the terms of which are
reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any valid right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage
Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to
any valid right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including
without limitation the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto, and no
Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or Federal bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(f) Hazard Insurance. Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all
buildings or other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a
generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage
and such other hazards as are provided for in the Underwriting Guidelines, and
are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is situated, in an amount
which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the greater of (a) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that
the proceeds thereof shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor or the loss
payee from becoming a co-insurer. If required by the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968, as amended, each Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance
policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration as in effect which policy conforms to the Underwriting
Guidelines in an amount representing coverage not less than the lesser of (i)
the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) maximum amount
of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended (regardless of whether the area in which such Mortgaged Property is
located is participating in such program), and (iii) the full replacement value
of the improvements which are part of such Mortgaged Property. All individual
insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller and its
successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid.
The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance
policy at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do
so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance
at such Mortgagor's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from
the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been
given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance,
provided the policy is not a "master" or "blanket" hazard insurance policy
covering a condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common
facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the
valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and
will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller
has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor's or any servicer's
having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any
such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the
validity and binding effect of such policy, without limitation, no unlawful fee,
commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has
been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other
person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or
realized by the Seller;
(g) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any
federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws or unfair and deceptive practices
laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, any
provisions relating to prepayment penalties, have been complied with, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the
violation of any such laws or regulations, and the Seller shall maintain in its
possession, available for Purchaser's inspection, and shall deliver to the
Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements to the
extent compliance can be demonstrated and if required by applicable law. Each
Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with
applicable local, state, and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all
applicable predatory and abusive lending laws. The Seller shall maintain in its
possession, available for the Purchaser's inspection, and shall deliver to the
Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements;
(h) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Mortgage has not been
satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the
Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole
or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such
release, cancellation, subordination or rescission. The Seller has not waived
the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor's failure to
perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the
Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the
Mortgagor;
(i) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property
is located in the state identified in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and
consists of real property with a detached single family residence erected
thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in
a low-rise condominium project, or an individual unit in a planned unit
development or a de minimis planned unit development which is in each case four
stories or less, provided, however, that no Mortgage Loan is secured by a single
parcel of real property with a cooperative housing corporation, a log home or a
mobile home erected thereon or by a mixed-use property, a property in excess of
10 acres, or other unique property types. With respect to any mobile home
(double wide only) or manufactured dwelling (A) (i) such manufactured home
mortgage loan conforms with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac
requirements regarding mortgage loans related to manufactured dwellings, (ii)
the related manufactured dwelling is permanently affixed to the land, (iii) the
related manufactured dwelling and the related land are subject to a Mortgage
properly filed in the appropriate public recording office and naming Seller as
mortgagee, (iv) the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which the related
Mortgaged Property is located will deem the manufactured dwelling located on
such Mortgaged Property to be a part of the real property on which such dwelling
is located, and (v) such Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan is (x) a qualified
mortgage under Section 860G(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended and (y) secured by manufactured housing treated as a single family
residence under Section 25(e)(10) of the Code (i.e., such manufactured home has
a minimum of 400 square feet of living space, a minimum width in excess of 102
inches and which is of a kind customarily used at a fixed location). As of the
date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property was used for
commercial purposes, and since the date of origination, no portion of the
Mortgaged Property has been used for commercial purposes; provided, that
Mortgaged Properties which contain a home office shall not be considered as
being used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not
been altered for commercial purposes and is not storing any chemicals or raw
materials other than those commonly used for homeowner repair, maintenance
and/or household purposes. With respect to any Mortgage Loan secured by a
Mortgaged Property improved by manufactured housing, (i) the related
manufactured housing unit is permanently affixed to the land, and (ii) the
related manufactured housing unit and the related land are subject to a Mortgage
properly filed in the appropriate public recording office and naming the Seller
as mortgagee and (iii) the related Mortgaged Property is not located in the
state of New Jersey.
(j) Valid First and Second Lien. Each Mortgage is a valid and
subsisting, perfected, first lien, with respect to First Lien Loans, or second
lien, with respect to Second Lien Loans, of record on a single parcel of real
estate constituting the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings and
improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed
to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any
time, with respect to the foregoing. In no event shall any Mortgage Loan be in a
lien position more junior than a second lien. The lien of the Mortgage is
subject only to:
(i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet
due and payable;
(ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of
recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions generally
and specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy
delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (a) specifically
referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the
originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely affect the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal;
(iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject
which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security
intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or
marketability of the related Mortgaged Property; and
(iv) with respect to Second Lien Loans, the lien of the first
mortgage on the Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected (A) first lien and first priority security
interest with respect to each First Lien Loan, or (B) second lien and second
priority security interest with respect to each Second Lien Loan, in either
case, on the property described therein and Seller has full right to sell and
assign the same to Purchaser. Except as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
the Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage
Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other
security instrument creating a lien subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage;
(k) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in
connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms
(including, without limitation, any provisions therein relating to Prepayment
Charges) subject to applicable bankruptcy, equitable principles and laws
affecting creditors' rights and free from any right of offset, counterclaim,
rescission or other claim or defense, including the defense of usury. All
parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement
had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage and any other such related agreement have been duly and properly
executed by other such related parties. No fraud, misrepresentation, or to the
Seller's knowledge, error or omission (other than omissions in accordance with
the Seller's Underwriting Guidelines with respect to Mortgage Loans originated
under a Limited Documentation Program), or similar occurrence with respect to a
Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including without
limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other
party involved in the underwriting, origination or servicing of the Mortgage
Loan. The Seller has reviewed all of the documents constituting the Servicing
File and has made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the
accuracy of the representations set forth herein;
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. The Mortgage Loan has been closed
and the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no
requirement for future advances thereunder, and any and all requirements as to
completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with or any incomplete improvements are
immaterial in nature or are weather related and do not significantly affect the
value of the Mortgaged Property and no repair escrow has been established with
respect to such incomplete improvements. All costs, fees and expenses incurred
in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were
paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due
under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(m) Ownership. As of the time of the sale of the Mortgage Loans, the
Seller is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the
indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note. The Mortgage Loan is not assigned
or pledged, and the Seller has good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto,
and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free
and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge,
charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority subject to
no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and
assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of
each Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of
any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest. The Seller intends to relinquish all rights to possess,
control and monitor the Mortgage Loan. After the related Closing Date, the
Seller will have no right to modify or alter the terms of the sale of the
Mortgage Loan and the Seller will have no obligation or right to repurchase the
Mortgage Loan or substitute another Mortgage Loan, except as provided in this
Agreement;
(n) Doing Business. All parties which have had any interest in the
Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or,
during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in
compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either (i) organized
under the laws of such state, or (ii) qualified to do business in such state, or
(iii) a federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank
having a principal office in such state, or (3) not doing business in such
state;
(o) CLTV, LTV. No Mortgage Loan that is a Second Lien Loan has a
CLTV in excess of 100%. No Mortgage Loan has an LTV greater than 100%.
(p) Title Insurance. The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender's title insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which
the related Mortgaged Property is located in California a CLTA lender's title
insurance policy, or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance
acceptable pursuant to the Underwriting Guidelines and each such title insurance
policy is issued by a title insurer acceptable to prudent lenders in the
secondary mortgage market and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Seller, its successors and
assigns, as to the first priority lien (with respect to First Lien Loans) or
second priority lien (with respect to Second Lien Loans) of the Mortgage in the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions
contained in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of paragraph (j) of this Subsection
9.02, and in the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest
Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state law or regulation, the
Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required
mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or upon
the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The title policy does not
contain any special exceptions (other than the standard exclusions) for zoning
and uses and has been marked to delete the standard survey exception or to
replace the standard survey exception with a specific survey reading. The
Seller, its successor and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender's title
insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is valid and remains
in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made
under such lender's title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related
Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which
would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance policy, including
without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful
compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or
realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful
items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller;
(q) No Defaults. Other than payments due but not yet 30 days or more
delinquent, there is no default, breach, violation or event which would permit
acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event
which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace
or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event which
would permit acceleration, and neither the Seller nor any of its affiliates nor
any of their respective predecessors, have waived any default, breach, violation
or event which would permit acceleration. With respect to each Second Lien
Mortgage Loan, (i) the prior mortgage is in full force and effect, (ii) there is
no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under such prior
mortgage or the related mortgage note, (iii) as of the related Closing Date, no
event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any
grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration thereunder, and either (A) the prior mortgage contains a provision
which allows or (B) applicable law requires, the mortgagee under the Second Lien
Mortgage Loan to receive notice of, and affords such mortgagee an opportunity to
cure any default by payment in full or otherwise under the prior mortgage;
(r) No Mechanics' Liens. There are no mechanics' or similar liens or
claims (except those which have been expressly insured over in the related title
insurance policy) which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no
rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to such liens) affecting
the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(s) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements
which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the
Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon
the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged
Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation;
(t) Origination; Payment Terms. Except as set forth in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, either (a) the Mortgage Loan was originated by a
mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company
or other similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or
state authority, or (b) the following requirements have been met with respect to
the Mortgage Loan: the Seller meets the requirements set forth in clause (a),
and (i) such Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with standards
established by the Seller, using application forms and related credit documents
approved by the Seller, (ii) the Seller approved each application and the
related credit documents before a commitment by the correspondent was issued,
and no such commitment was issued until the Seller agreed to fund such Mortgage
Loan, (iii) the closing documents for such Mortgage Loan were prepared on forms
approved by the Seller, and (iv) such Mortgage Loan was actually funded by the
Seller and was purchased by the Seller at closing or soon thereafter. No
Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would result in negative
amortization. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than
seventy days after funds were disbursed in connection with the Mortgage Loan.
The Mortgage Interest Rate as well as the Lifetime Rate Cap and the Periodic
Cap, are as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. Unless otherwise
specified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Note is payable in
equal monthly installments of principal and interest, which installments of
interest, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, are subject to change
due to the adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest Rate
Adjustment Date, with interest calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to
amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original
term of not more than thirty years from commencement of amortization. The
Mortgage Loan is payable on the first day of each month (subject to a grace
period set forth in the related Mortgage Note). There are no Convertible
Mortgage Loans which contain a provision allowing the Mortgagor to convert the
Mortgage Note from an adjustable interest rate Mortgage Note to a fixed interest
rate Mortgage Note;
(u) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and
foreclosure on, or trustee's sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the
proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good
and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead or other
exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell
the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the
Mortgage, subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent
with respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(v) Form of Mortgage Note and Mortgage. The Mortgage Note and
Mortgage are on forms acceptable to prudent lenders in the secondary mortgage
market and the Seller has not made any representations to a Mortgagor that are
inconsistent with the mortgage instruments used;
(w) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. As of the related Closing
Date the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. All
inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with
respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to
the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of
occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from
the appropriate authorities;
(x) No Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not
been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and
the security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage
referred to in clause (j) above;
(y) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of
trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to serve as
such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to
the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale
after default by the Mortgagor;
(z) Delivery of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage,
the Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents constituting the Mortgage
File for each Mortgage Loan have been delivered to the Custodian. The Seller is
in possession of a complete, true and accurate Mortgage File in compliance with
Exhibit A hereto, except for such documents the originals of which have been
delivered to the Custodian;
(aa) Condominiums/Planned Unit Developments. If the Mortgaged
Property is a condominium unit or a planned unit development (other than a de
minimis planned unit development) such Mortgage Loan was originated in
accordance with, and the related condominium unit or a planned unit development
meets the guidelines set forth in the Seller's Underwriting Guidelines;
(bb) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. The Assignment of Mortgage (except
with respect to any Mortgage that has been recorded in the name of MERS or its
designee), with respect to each Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is
acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
Mortgaged Property is located. The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller are not subject to the bulk
transfer or similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
(cc) Due-On-Sale. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
contains an enforceable provision (other than with respect to transfers of the
Mortgaged Property with respect to which applicable law required that
due-on-sale provisions may not be enforced) for the acceleration of the payment
of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the
Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior written consent of
the mortgagee thereunder, and to the best of the Seller's knowledge, such
provision is enforceable, subject to applicable bankruptcy, equitable principles
and laws affecting creditors' rights;
(dd) Assumability. With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the Mortgage Loan Documents provide that after the related first Interest
Rate Adjustment Date, a related Mortgage Loan may only be assumed if the party
assuming such Mortgage Loan meets certain credit requirements stated in the
Mortgage Loan Documents;
(ee) No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent
Interests. The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which
Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate
account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the
Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor nor does it contain
any other similar provisions which may constitute a "buydown" provision. The
Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan
does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature;
(ff) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to
the Mortgagor prior to the related Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal
amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term.
The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly
insured as having first or second lien priority (as applicable) by a title
insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee's
consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx and
Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(gg) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings.
There is no proceeding pending or, to the Seller's knowledge, threatened for the
total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property
is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood,
hurricane, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the
Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the
premises were intended and each Mortgaged Property is in good repair. There have
not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property and
the Seller has no knowledge of any such proceedings in the future;
(hh) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate
Adjustments. The origination, servicing and collection practices used by the
Seller (or its subservicer), and any prior servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loan have been in all respects in compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices,
applicable laws and regulations, and have been in all respects legal and proper
and prudent in the mortgage origination and servicing business and in accordance
with the terms of the Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other loan documents, whether
such servicing was done by the Seller, its affiliates or any servicing agent of
any of the foregoing; the servicer of the Mortgage Loan has not assessed the
Mortgagor any delinquent payment fees that are not specifically permitted in the
Mortgage or Mortgage Note, including but not limited to demand letter charges,
or assessed the Mortgage interest on any advances made by the servicer. With
respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the
possession of, or under the control of the Seller and there exist no
deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for
repayment thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in
full compliance with state and federal law and the provisions of the related
Mortgage Note and Mortgage. An escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable
law and has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that
remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow
deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Seller have
been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no such escrow
deposits or escrow payments are being held by Seller for any work on a Mortgaged
Property which has not been completed. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments
have been made in strict compliance with state and federal law and the terms of
the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the related Interest Rate Adjustment
Date. If, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note, another index was selected
for determining the Mortgage Interest Rate, the same index was used with respect
to each Mortgage Note which required a new index to be selected, and such
selection did not conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note. The
Seller executed and delivered any and all notices required under applicable law
and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage
Interest Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. Any interest required to be
paid pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and
credited;
(ii) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. With respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan is not a Convertible Mortgage
Loan;
(jj) Other Insurance Policies. No action, inaction or event has
occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed that has resulted or will
result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any
applicable, special hazard insurance policy, or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of
the cause of such failure of coverage. In connection with the placement of any
such insurance, no commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be
received by the Seller or by any officer, director, or employee of the Seller or
any designee of the Seller or any corporation in which the Seller or any
officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at the time of placement
of such insurance;
(kk) No Violation of Environmental Laws. The Mortgaged Property is
free from any and all toxic or hazardous substances and there exists no
violation of any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or regulation.
There is no pending action or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged
Property in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is
an issue; there is no violation of any environmental law, rule or regulation
with respect to the Mortgage Property; and nothing further remains to be done to
satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation
constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said property;
(ll) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003. The Mortgagor has not
notified the Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or
allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 or
similar state laws;
(mm) Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan
application by a Qualified Appraiser, duly appointed by the Seller or the
originator, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or
in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected
by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and
appraiser both satisfy the requirements of the Underwriting Guidelines and Title
XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the
Mortgage Loan was originated;
(nn) Disclosure Materials. The Seller has executed a statement to
the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by,
and the Seller has complied with, all applicable law with respect to the making
of the Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall maintain such statement in the Mortgage
File;
(oo) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of
a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged
Property;
(pp) Value of Mortgaged Property. The Seller has no knowledge of any
circumstances existing that could be reasonably expected to adversely affect the
value or the marketability of any Mortgaged Property or Mortgage Loan or to
cause the Mortgage Loans to prepay during any period materially faster or slower
than similar mortgage loans held by the Seller generally secured by properties
in the same geographic area as the related Mortgaged Property;
(qq) No Defense to Insurance Coverage. The Seller has caused to be
performed any and all acts required to preserve the rights and remedies of the
Purchaser in any insurance policies applicable to the Mortgage Loans including,
without limitation, any necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of
policies or interests therein, and establishments of coinsured, joint loss payee
and mortgagee rights in favor of the Purchaser. No action has been taken or
failed to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has
existed on or prior to the related Closing Date (whether or not known to the
Seller on or prior to such date) which has resulted or will result in an
exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any primary mortgage
insurance (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses
which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely payment of the full
amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the insured) whether arising out
of actions or representations of the Seller, the related Mortgagor or any party
involved in the application for such coverage, including the appraisal, plans
and specifications and other exhibits or documents submitted therewith to the
insurer under such insurance policy, or for any other reason under such
coverage, but not including the failure of such insurer to pay by reason of such
insurer's breach of such insurance policy or such insurer's financial inability
to pay;
(rr) Escrow Analysis. With respect to each Mortgage, the Seller has
within the last twelve months (unless such Mortgage was originated within such
twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow Payments for each Mortgage and
adjusted the amount of such payments so that, assuming all required payments are
timely made, any deficiency will be eliminated on or before the first
anniversary of such analysis, or any overage will be refunded to the Mortgagor,
in accordance with RESPA and any other applicable law;
(ss) Prior Servicing. Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all
material respects in strict compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the
Servicer has reported the Mortgagor credit files to each of the three credit
repositories in a timely manner;
(tt) Credit Information. As to each consumer report (as defined in
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit information
furnished by the Seller to the Purchaser, that Seller has full right and
authority and is not precluded by law or contract from furnishing such
information to the Purchaser and the Purchaser is not precluded by the terms of
the Mortgage Loan Documents from furnishing the same to any subsequent or
prospective purchaser of such Mortgage. The Seller shall hold the Purchaser
harmless from any and all damages, losses, costs and expenses (including
attorney's fees) arising from disclosure of credit information in connection
with the Purchaser's secondary marketing operations and the purchase and sale of
mortgages. The Seller has in its capacity as servicer, for each Mortgage Loan,
fully furnished (or caused to be furnished), in accordance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete
information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the
credit repositories), on a monthly basis. The Servicer will transmit full-file
credit reporting data for each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Xxxxxx Xxx Guide
Announcement 95-19 and that for each Mortgage Loan, Servicer agrees it shall
report one of the following statuses each month as follows: new origination,
current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.), foreclosed, or charged-off.
(uu) Consumer Credit Statutes. The Mortgage Loan complies with all
applicable consumer credit statutes and regulations, including, without
limitation, the respective Uniform Consumer Credit Code laws in effect in
Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah
and Wyoming, has been originated by a properly licensed entity, and in all other
respects, complies with all of the material requirements of any such applicable
laws;
(vv) Leaseholds. If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term
residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease holds a fee simple interest in
the land; (2) the terms of such lease expressly permit the mortgaging of the
leasehold estate, the assignment of the lease without the lessor's consent and
the acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage of the rights of the lessee upon
foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure or provide the holder of the
Mortgage with substantially similar protections; (3) the terms of such lease do
not (a) allow the termination thereof upon the lessee's default without the
holder of the Mortgage being entitled to receive written notice of, and
opportunity to cure, such default, (b) allow the termination of the lease in the
event of damage or destruction as long as the Mortgage is in existence, (c)
prohibit the holder of the Mortgage from being insured (or receiving proceeds of
insurance) under the hazard insurance policy or policies relating to the
Mortgaged Property or (d) permit any increase in rent other than pre-established
increases set forth in the lease; (4) the original term of such lease is not
less than 15 years; (5) the term of such lease does not terminate earlier than
five years after the maturity date of the Mortgage Note; and (6) the Mortgaged
Property is located in a jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates in
transferring ownership in residential properties is a widely accepted practice;
(ww) Prepayment Penalty. The Mortgage Loan is subject to a
prepayment penalty as provided in the related Mortgage Note except as set forth
on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that
has a prepayment penalty feature, each such prepayment penalty is enforceable
and will be enforced by the Seller for the benefit of the Purchaser, and each
prepayment penalty is permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each
such prepayment penalty is in an amount no more than the maximum amount
permitted under applicable law and no such prepayment penalty may be imposed for
a term in excess of five (5) years with respect to Mortgage Loans originated
prior to October, 1, 2002. With respect to Mortgage Loans originated on or after
October 1, 2002, the duration of the prepayment period shall not exceed three
(3) years from the date of the Mortgage Note unless the Mortgage Loan was
modified to reduce the prepayment period to no more than three years from the
date of the note and the Mortgagor was notified in writing of such reduction in
prepayment period. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision
permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (i)
prior to the loan's origination, the borrower agreed to such premium in exchange
for a monetary benefit, including but not limited to a rate or fee reduction,
(ii) prior to the loan's origination, the borrower was offered the option of
obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment of such a premium,
provided, that such offer may have been evidenced by the Seller's rate
sheet/pricing grid relating to such Mortgage Loan, which provided that the
Mortgage Loan had a full prepayment premium buy-out pricing adjustment available
(iii) the prepayment premium is disclosed to the borrower in the loan documents
pursuant to applicable state, local and federal law, and (iv) notwithstanding
any state, local or federal law to the contrary, the Servicer shall not impose
such prepayment premium in any instance when the mortgage debt is accelerated as
the result of the borrower's default in making the loan payments. The Mortgage
Loan Documents with respect to each Mortgage Loans subject to prepayment
penalties include all necessary documentation to determine the amount of the
prepayment penalty to be collected;
(xx) Predatory Lending Regulations. None of the Mortgage Loans are
(i) High Cost Loans, (ii) covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection
Act of 1994 or (iii) in violation of, or classified as "high cost", "threshold,"
"predatory" or "covered" loans under, any other applicable state, federal or
local law. No predatory or deceptive lending practices, including, without
limitation, the extension of credit without regard to the ability of the
Mortgagor to repay and the extension of credit which has no apparent benefit to
the Mortgagor, were employed in the origination of the Mortgage Loan. Each
Mortgage Loan is in compliance with the anti-predatory lending eligibility for
purchase requirements of Xxxxxx Mae's Selling Guide. No Mortgage Loan is a High
Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the then
current Standard & Poor's LEVELS(R) Glossary);
(yy) Single-premium Credit Life Insurance Policy. In connection with
the origination of any Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were
used to finance or acquire a single-premium credit life insurance policy. No
Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit insurance policy
(e.g., life, disability, accident, unemployment, or health insurance product) or
debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the extension of credit.
No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium credit insurance policy (e.g.,
life, disability, accident, unemployment, mortgage, or health insurance) in
connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan; no proceeds from any
Mortgage Loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies or
debt cancellation agreements as part of the origination of, or as a condition to
closing, such Mortgage Loan;
(zz) Tax Service Contract; Flood Certification Contract. Each
Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid in full, life of loan, tax service contract
and a paid in full, life of loan, flood certification contract and each of these
contracts is assignable to the Purchaser without the payment of any fee by
Purchaser;
(aaa) Qualified Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(bbb) Regarding the Mortgagor. The Mortgagor is one or more natural
persons and/or trustees for an Illinois land trust or a trustee under a "living
trust" and such "living trust" is in compliance with Xxxxxx Mae guidelines for
such trusts;
(ccc) Recordation. Each original Mortgage was recorded and (except
for those Mortgage Loans subject to the MERS identification system) all
subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the assignment to
the Purchaser) have been, or are in the process of being, recorded in the
appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the
lien thereof as against creditors of the Seller, or is in the process of being
recorded;
(ddd) FICO Scores. Each Mortgagor has a non-zero FICO score;
(eee) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Seller has
complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations,
including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (collectively, the
"Anti-Money Laundering Laws"); the Seller has established an anti-money
laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has
conducted the requisite due diligence in connection with the origination of each
Mortgage Loan for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with
respect to the legitimacy of the applicable Mortgagor and the origin of the
assets used by the said Mortgagor to purchase the property in question, and
maintains, and will maintain, sufficient information to identify the applicable
Mortgagor for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws;
(fff) Litigation. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any
outstanding litigation for fraud, origination, predatory lending, servicing or
closing practices;
(ggg) MERS Designations. With respect to each MERS Designated
Mortgage Loan, the Seller has designated the subservicer as the Investor and no
Person is listed as Interim Funder on the MERS(R) System. On or prior to the
date which is two Business Days after the related Closing Date, Seller will
provide the Custodian and the Purchaser with a MERS Report reflecting the
subservicer as Investor with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan and
no Person as Interim Funder for each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan;
(hhh) Reports. On or prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller
has provided the Custodian and the Purchaser with a MERS Report listing the
Custodian as the Investor with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan;
(iii) Origination Practices. No borrower was encouraged or required
to select a Mortgage Loan product offered by the Mortgage Loan's originator
which is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy borrowers, unless
at the time of the Mortgage Loan's origination, such borrower did not qualify
taking into account credit history and debt-to-income ratios for a lower-cost
credit product then offered by the Mortgage Loan's originator;
(jjj) Underwriting Methodology. The methodology used in underwriting
the extension of credit for each Mortgage Loan employs, in part, objective
mathematical principles which relate the borrower's income, assets and
liabilities to the proposed payment and such underwriting methodology does not
rely on the extent of the borrower's equity in the collateral as the principal
determining factor in approving such credit extension. Such underwriting
methodology confirmed that at the time of origination (application/approval) the
borrower had a reasonable ability to make timely payments on the Mortgage Loan;
(kkk) Points and Fees. All points and fees related to each Mortgage
Loan were disclosed in writing to the Mortgagor in accordance with applicable
state and federal law and regulation. Except (i) as set forth on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, and (ii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan in an original
principal amount of less than $60,000 which would have resulted in an
unprofitable origination, no borrower was charged "points and fees" (whether or
not financed) in an amount greater than 5% of the principal amount of such loan,
such 5% limitation is calculated in accordance with Xxxxxx Mae's anti-predatory
lending requirements as set forth in the Xxxxxx Mae Selling Guide;
(lll) Arbitration. With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on
or after August 1, 2004, neither the related Mortgage nor the related Mortgage
Note requires the Mortgagor to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute
arising out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage Loan transaction;
(mmm) Illinois Loans. No Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgage
Property located in the State of Illinois is in violation of the provisions of
the Illinois Interest Act, including Section 4.1a which provides that no such
Mortgage Loan with a Mortgage interest rate in excess of 8.0% per annum has
lender-imposed fees (or other charges) in excess of 3.0% of the original
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; and
(nnn) Georgia Loans. No Mortgage Loan originated on or after October
1, 2002 and prior to March 7, 2003 is subject to the Georgia Fair Lending Act
(OGCA Sections 7-6A-1, et. seq.), as such Act may be amended from time to time.
Subsection 9.03 Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in Subsections 9.01 and 9.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns and the Successor Servicer, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of
Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon
discovery by either the Seller or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other.
Within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to
the Seller of any breach of a representation or warranty which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the
Purchaser therein (or which materially and adversely affects the value of the
applicable Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Purchaser therein in the case of
a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the
Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts promptly to cure such
breach in all material respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the Seller
shall, at the Purchaser's option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price, together with all expenses incurred by the Purchaser as a
result of such repurchase. Notwithstanding the above sentence, within 60 days of
the earlier of either discovery by, or notice to, the Seller of any breach of
the representations or warranties set forth in clauses (tt), (ww), (xx), (yy),
(aaa), (iii), (jjj), (kkk) or (lll) of Subsection 9.02, the Seller shall
repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price, together with all
reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Purchaser as a
result of such repurchase. In the event that a breach shall involve any
representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 9.01, and such breach cannot
be cured within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the
Seller of such breach, all of the Mortgage Loans shall, at the Purchaser's
option, be repurchased by the Seller at the Repurchase Price. However, if the
breach shall involve a representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 9.02
(other than the representations and warranties set forth in clauses (tt), (ww),
(xx), (yy), (aaa), (iii), (jjj), (kkk) or (lll) of such Subsection) and the
Seller discovers or receives notice of any such breach within 120 days of the
related Closing Date, the Seller shall, at the Purchaser's option and provided
that the Seller has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather than repurchase
the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted
Mortgage Loan") and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans, provided that any such substitution shall be effected not later than
120 days after the related Closing Date. If the Seller has no Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan. Any
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Subsection 9.03 shall be accomplished by direct remittance of the
Repurchase Price to the Purchaser or its designee in accordance with the
Purchaser's instructions.
At the time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the
Seller shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the
Seller and the delivery to the Seller of any documents held by the Custodian
relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase or
substitution, the Seller shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give
written notice to the Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken
place, amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan from this Agreement and, in the case of substitution,
identify a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend the Mortgage Loan
Schedule to reflect the addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to
this Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, the Seller shall be
deemed to have made as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement except that all such
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made
as of the date of such substitution. The Seller shall effect such substitution
by delivering to the Custodian or to such other party as the Purchaser may
designate in writing for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the documents
required by Subsection 6.03 and the Custodial Agreement, with the Mortgage Note
endorsed as required by Subsection 6.03 and the Custodial Agreement. No
substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for
such month. The Seller shall remit directly to the Purchaser, or its designee in
accordance with the Purchaser's instructions the Monthly Payment on such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans in the month following the date of
such substitution. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be retained by the Seller. For
the month of substitution, distributions to the Purchaser shall include the
Monthly Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution,
and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently
received by the Seller in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall determine the amount
(if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of scheduled
principal payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortfall shall be distributed by the Seller directly to the Purchaser or its
designee in accordance with the Purchaser's instructions within two (2) Business
Days of such substitution.
In addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the
Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser, its successors and assigns and the
Successor Servicer and hold them harmless against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of
the Seller representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of
the Seller set forth in this Subsection 9.03 to cure, substitute for, or
repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns and the Successor Servicer as provided in this Subsection
9.03 constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser, its successors and assigns
and Successor Servicer respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and
warranties. For purposes of this paragraph, "Purchaser" shall mean the Person
then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who
previously were "Purchasers" under this Agreement and "Successor Servicer" shall
mean the Person then acting as the Successor Servicer under this Agreement and
any and all Persons who previously were "Successor Servicers" under this
Agreement.
Upon the request of the Purchaser, the Seller hereby agrees to
execute a recognition agreement recognizing the servicer designated by the
Purchaser therein as the Successor Servicer.
Any cause of action against the Seller relating to or arising out of
the breach of any representations and warranties made in Subsections 9.01 and
9.02 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by
the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by
the Seller to cure such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified
above, and (iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser for compliance with
this Agreement.
Subsection 9.04 Repurchase of Mortgage Loans With Early Payment
Defaults.
If the related Mortgagor fails to make the first Monthly Payments
due after the related Closing Date on or prior to the date which is sixty days
following the related Due Date (an "Early Payment Default"), the Seller, at the
Purchaser's option, shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Purchaser at
the Repurchase Price within 5 Business Days; provided, however, if Purchaser is
provided evidence reasonably acceptable to it that such delinquency was due to
any failure of the Mortgagor to send its payment to the correct address as a
result of the transfer of servicing on the Transfer Date, then such Mortgage
Loan shall not be considered an Early Payment Default and no repurchase
obligation shall apply with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided, further,
however, that Purchaser will use its good faith discretion in requesting
repurchase of any Mortgage Loan with an Early Payment Default if the related
Mortgagor cures the default within 29 days.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser may, in its sole
discretion, elect to submit for the Seller's consideration a revised Purchase
Price Percentage (as defined in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement)
(in each case, a "Revised Pricing Offer") with respect to any such Mortgage
Loan. Thereafter, the Seller shall accept or reject such Revised Pricing Offer.
In the event the Seller rejects a Revised Pricing Offer, the applicable Mortgage
Loan shall be repurchased pursuant to the previous paragraph. In the event the
Seller accepts a Revised Pricing Offer with respect to any such Mortgage Loan
(such loan, a "Repriced Mortgage Loan") the Seller shall refund to the Purchaser
an amount equal to (i) the product of (x) the difference between the original
related Purchase Price Percentage and (y) the applicable Revised Pricing Offer,
and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of such Repriced Mortgage Loan as of
the related Cut-off Date (such product, in each case, the "Repricing
Adjustment"), plus accrued interest on such Repricing Adjustment calculated at
the federal funds rate as of the related Closing Date. Such amount shall be paid
by the Seller to the Purchaser within thirty (30) days thereof.
Subsection 9.05 Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans That Prepay in
Full.
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, in the event that any such
Mortgage Loan prepays in full on or prior to the date which is three months
after the related Closing Date, the Seller shall pay the Purchaser, within three
(3) Business Days of such prepayment in full, (a) with respect to any Mortgage
Loan without a prepayment penalty, the Purchase Price Percentage above par
multiplied by the then outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date (the "Premium") and (b) with respect to any Mortgage Loan with
a prepayment penalty, the difference between the Premium paid and the amount of
the prepayment penalty collected with respect to the Mortgage Loan.
Subsection 9.06 Purchaser's Right to Review.
Prior to the related Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have the
right to perform on-site due diligence at the premises of the Seller with
respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Seller will provide information and otherwise
cooperate with the due diligence reviews of the Purchaser, its co-investors, its
financial partners, and the rating agencies. The Seller shall make the legal
files and the credit files, together with any payment histories, collection
histories, bankruptcy histories, broker's price opinions, to the extent
available, and any other information with respect to the Mortgage Loans
requested by the Purchaser, available at the Seller's offices for review by
Purchaser or its agents during normal business hours before the related Closing
Date. The Purchaser shall have the right to order additional broker's price
opinions in its sole discretion at the Purchaser's expense.
Prior to the related Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have the
right to reject any Mortgage Loan (a) for which the documentation listed in
Section 6.03 is missing or defective in whole or in part, (b) for which the
related broker's price opinion is below the Appraisal provided in connection
with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, (c) for which the
loan-to-value ratio calculated based upon the broker's price opinion is greater
than 100%, (d) which does not conform to the Seller's underwriting guidelines,
(e) which does not conform to the terms of the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter or is in breach of the representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement, (f) that is not securitizable in the reasonable opinion of the
Purchaser, or (g) which does not conform to the terms of any applicable federal,
state, or local law or regulation. The Purchaser shall use its best efforts to
notify the Seller of any such rejected Mortgage Loan immediately upon discovery.
The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or failed to conduct any
partial or complete examination of the files shall not affect the Purchaser's
(or any of its successor's) rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other
relief for breach of Mortgage Loan representations and warranties, missing or
defective documents or as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
SECTION 10. Closing.
The closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans in each
Mortgage Loan Package shall take place on the related Closing Date. At the
Purchaser's option, the Closing shall be either: by telephone, confirmed by
letter or wire as the parties shall agree, or conducted in person, at such place
as the parties shall agree.
The closing for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each Closing
Date shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
(A) at least two Business Days prior to the related Closing Date or
such later date on which the Purchaser has identified to the Seller the
final list of Mortgage Loans the Purchaser desires to purchase, the Seller
shall deliver to the Purchaser via electronic medium a Mortgage Loan
Schedule acceptable to the Purchaser;
(B) all of the representations and warranties of the Seller under
this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the related Closing Date
and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of
time, would constitute a default under this Agreement;
(C) the Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser's attorneys
shall have received in escrow, all Closing Documents as specified in
Section 11 of this Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories
other than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the terms hereof;
(D) the Seller shall have delivered and released to the Custodian
all documents required hereunder; and
(E) all other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement shall have been complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the
Seller on the related Closing Date the Purchase Price, plus accrued interest on
each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account(s) designated by the Seller.
SECTION 11. Closing Documents.
(a) The Closing Documents for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on
the initial Closing Date shall consist of fully executed originals of the
following documents:
1. this Agreement;
2. any account certifications and all other documents required under
the Servicing Addendum;
3. an Officer's Certificate, in the form of Exhibit C hereto with
respect to the Seller, including all attachments thereto;
4. an Opinion of Counsel of the Seller (who may be an employee of
the Seller), in the form of Exhibit D hereto ("Opinion of Counsel of the
Seller");
5. a Security Release Certification, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E or F, as applicable, hereto executed by any person, as requested
by the Purchaser, if any of the Mortgage Loans have at any time been
subject to any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the benefit
of such person;
6. the Underwriting Guidelines to be attached hereto as Exhibit H;
7. a certificate or other evidence of merger or change of name,
signed or stamped by the applicable regulatory authority, if any of the
Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Seller by merger or acquired or
originated by the Seller while conducting business under a name other than
its present name, if applicable.
(b) The Closing Documents to be delivered on each Closing Date shall
consist of fully executed originals of the following documents:
1. an Assignment and Conveyance in the form of Exhibit J hereto,
including all exhibits;
2. a Purchase Price and Terms Agreement;
3. the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, with one copy to be attached
to the related Assignment and Conveyance;
4. each of the documents required to be delivered by the Seller
pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof;
5. the initial certification of the Custodian with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan Package;
6. a Security Release Certification, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E or F, as applicable, hereto executed by any person, as requested
by the Purchaser, if any of the Mortgage Loans have at any time been
subject to any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the benefit
of such person;
7. a certificate or other evidence of merger or change of name,
signed or stamped by the applicable regulatory authority, if any of the
Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Seller by merger or acquired or
originated by the Seller while conducting business under a name other than
its present name, if applicable; and
8. if requested by the Purchaser in connection with a material
change in Seller's financial condition or corporate structure, an updated
Officer's Certificate, in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including all
attachments thereto and an updated Opinion of Counsel of the Seller, in
the form of Exhibit D hereto.
The Seller shall bear the risk of loss of the closing documents
until such time as they are received by the Purchaser or its attorneys.
SECTION 12. Costs.
The Purchaser shall pay its due diligence fees, any commissions (if
any) due its salesmen, the fees and expenses of its counsel, any initial setup
fee of the Custodian and any costs and expenses of the Custodian for the ongoing
maintenance of the Mortgage Loan files over the lives of the Mortgage Loans, and
all recording fees for transfers, if any, for the assignments of mortgage for
all Mortgage Loans not recorded in the name of MERS, for the assignments of
mortgage to the Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee (regardless of when
recorded), all fees, if any, for transferring record ownership on the MERS
system of Mortgage Loans recorded in the name of MERS. All servicing fees
incurred prior to the related Closing Date, and all costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the transfer of the Mortgage Loans, fees to transfer files
and prepare assignments/endorsements, including the costs associated with
clearing exceptions, (including costs to record intervening assignments and any
existing assumption and modification agreements), any costs or expenses charged
by the Seller's custodian with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the fees and
expenses of Seller's counsel, shall be payable by the Seller.
SECTION 13. Cooperation of Seller with a Reconstitution.
The Seller and the Purchaser agree that with respect to some or all
of the Mortgage Loans, after the related Closing Date, on one or more dates
(each a "Reconstitution Date") at the Purchaser's sole option, the Purchaser may
effect a sale (each, a "Reconstitution") of some or all of the Mortgage Loans
then subject to this Agreement, without recourse, to:
1. Xxxxxx Xxx under its Cash Purchase Program or MBS Program
(Special Servicing Option) (each a "Xxxxxx Mae Transfer"); or
2. Xxxxxxx Mac (the "Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer"); or
3. one or more third party purchasers in one or more Whole
Loan Transfers; or
4. one or more trusts or other entities to be formed as part
of one or more Securitization Transfers;
provided that Purchaser shall not enter into more than five Reconstitutions of a
Mortgage Loan Package in the first year after the related Closing Date.
The Seller agrees to execute in connection with any Agency Transfer,
any and all pool purchase contracts, and/or agreements reasonably acceptable to
the Seller among the Purchaser, the Seller, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac (as the
case may be) and any servicer in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, a
seller's warranties and servicing agreement or a participation and servicing
agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller, and in
connection with a Securitization Transfer, an assignment and recognition
agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller
(collectively the agreements referred to herein are designated, the
"Reconstitution Agreements"); provided that there shall be no more than four
transferees of the Purchaser at any one time.
With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer and each Securitization
Transfer entered into by the Purchaser, the Seller agrees (1) to cooperate fully
with the Purchaser and any prospective purchaser with respect to all reasonable
requests and due diligence procedures; (2) to execute, deliver and perform all
Reconstitution Agreements required by the Purchaser; (3) (a) to restate the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement as of the settlement
or closing date in connection with such Reconstitution (each, a "Reconstitution
Date"); provided, that with respect to the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 9.02(a), 9.02(b) and 9.02(m), the Seller shall only restate
such representations and warranties as of the related Closing Date, and,
provided further, that with respect to the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 9.02(c), 9.02(d), 9.02(h), 9.02(j), 9.02(q), 9.02(r), 9.02(w),
9.02(gg), 9.02(jj), 9.02(kk), 9.02(ll), 9.02(ss) and 9.02(fff), the Seller shall
only restate such representations and warranties as of the related Transfer
Date, and, provided further, that with respect to the representation and
warranty set forth in Section 9.02(jj), the Seller's restatement of such
representation and warranty as of the Reconstitution Date shall be qualified "to
the best of the Seller's knowledge", or (b) make the representations and
warranties set forth in the related selling/servicing guide of the master
servicer or issuer, as the case may be, or such representations and warranties
as may be required by any Rating Agency or prospective purchaser of the related
securities or such Mortgage Loans, in connection with such Reconstitution, (4)
to deliver to Purchaser and any prospective purchaser within a reasonable period
of time after request by Purchaser or prospective purchaser, the information
with respect to each originator of the Mortgage Loans (a) reasonably requested
by the Purchaser or (b) required by Item 1110 of Regulation AB under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as such
regulation may be amended from time to time (the "Regulation AB"), which as of
the date hereof requires the following information: (i) the originator's form of
organization; and (ii) a description of the originator's origination program and
how long the originator has been engaged in originating residential mortgage
loans, which description must include a discussion of the originator's
experience in originating mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans and
information regarding the size and composition of the originator's origination
portfolio as well as information material to an analysis of the performance of
the Mortgage Loans, such as the originators' credit-granting or underwriting
criteria for mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans; and (iii) to deliver
to the Purchaser and any prospective purchaser within 3 Business Days after
request by Purchaser, static pool information, set forth in Item 1105(a)(2) and
(5) of Regulation AB with respect to those mortgage loans that were originated
by the originator of the Mortgage Loans and which are similar to the Mortgage
Loans, which as of the date hereof require static pool information regarding
delinquencies, cumulative losses and prepayments by vintage origination year or
prior securitized pools, as applicable. A vintage origination year represents
mortgage loans originated during the same year. Such static pool information
shall be for the prior five years or for so long as the originator has been
originating (in the case of data by vintage origination year) or securitizing
(in the case of data by prior securitized pools) such mortgage loans, if
originating for less than five years. The delinquency, cumulative loss and
prepayment data for each vintage origination year or prior securitized pool, as
applicable, shall be presented in monthly increments over the life of the
mortgage loans included in the vintage origination year or prior securitized
pool. With respect to those Mortgage Loans that were originated by Seller and
sold to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and subsequently securitized by
the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, the Purchaser shall, to the extent
consistent with then-current industry practice, provide, or cause the servicer
(or another party to such securitization) under the securitization to provide,
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans from and after the cut-off date
of such securitization necessary for the Seller to comply with its obligations
under Regulation AB, including, without limitation, providing to the Seller
static pool information, as set forth in Item 1105(a)(2) and (5) of Regulation
AB.
The Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide to such
master servicer or issuer, as the case may be, and any other participants in
such Reconstitution: (A) any and all information and appropriate verification of
information which may be reasonably available to the Seller or its affiliates,
whether through letters of its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the
Purchaser or any such other participant shall request; (B) such additional
representations, warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters from
auditors, and certificates of public officials or officers of the Seller as are
reasonably believed necessary by the Purchaser or any such other participant;
and (C) to execute, deliver and satisfy all conditions set forth in any
indemnity agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto. The Seller
shall not be required to incur any out-of-pocket costs, expenses or liability,
except as contemplated in this section, in connection with the Seller's
obligations pursuant to this section. The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser,
each Affiliate designated by the Purchaser and the Successor Servicer and each
Person who controls the Purchaser or such Affiliate and the Successor Servicer
and hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that each of them may sustain
in any way related to any information provided by or on behalf of the Seller
regarding the Seller, the Seller's servicing practices or performance, the
Mortgage Loans or the Underwriting Guidelines set forth in any offering document
prepared in connection with any Reconstitution. The Seller shall indemnify or
cause the Servicer to indemnify the Purchaser, each Affiliate designated by the
Purchaser and each Person who controls the Purchaser or such Affiliate and hold
each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses that each of them may sustain in any way
related to any information provided by or on behalf of the Servicer regarding
the Servicer, the servicer's servicing practices or performance, the Mortgage
Loans or the Underwriting Guidelines set forth in any offering document prepared
in connection with any Reconstitution. For purposes of the previous sentence,
"Purchaser" shall mean the Person then acting as the Purchaser under this
Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were "Purchasers" under this
Agreement and "Successor Servicer" shall mean the Person then acting as the
Successor Servicer under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously
were "Successor Servicers" under this Agreement. Moreover, the Seller agrees to
cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser to effect such
Reconstitution Agreements.
In the event the Purchaser has elected to have the Seller hold
record title to the Mortgages, prior to the Reconstitution Date, the Seller
shall prepare an assignment of mortgage in blank or to the prospective purchaser
or trustee, as applicable, from the Seller, acceptable to the prospective
purchaser or trustee, as applicable, for each Mortgage Loan that is part of the
Reconstitution and shall pay all preparation and recording costs associated
therewith. In connection with the Reconstitution, the Seller shall (except with
respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan) execute each assignment of
mortgage, track such Assignments of Mortgage to ensure they have been recorded
and deliver them as required by the prospective purchaser or trustee, as
applicable, upon the Seller's receipt thereof. Additionally, the Seller shall
prepare and execute, at the direction of the Purchaser, any note endorsement in
connection with any and all seller/servicer agreements.
All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to a
Reconstitution shall remain subject to this Agreement and with respect thereto
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 14. The Seller.
Subsection 14.01 Additional Indemnification by the Seller; Third
Party Claims.
The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and Successor Servicer and
hold it harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees (including (without limitation) legal fees incurred in
connection with the enforcement of the Seller's indemnification obligation under
this Subsection 14.01) and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees
and expenses that the Purchaser or the Successor Servicer may sustain in any way
related to (a) any breach of any of Seller's representations, warranties or
covenants as set forth in this Agreement, (b) the failure of the Seller to
perform its duties under this Agreement or (c) the failure of the Seller to
service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of the Servicing
Addendum or any Reconstitution Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 13 or
any breach of any of Seller's representation, warranties and covenants set forth
in this Agreement (provided that such cost shall not include any lost profits or
consequential damages). The Seller immediately shall notify the Purchaser if a
claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written
consent of the Purchaser) the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in
connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and
satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or the Purchaser
in respect of such claim. The Purchaser promptly shall reimburse the Seller for
all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence, except when the
claim is in any way related to the Seller's indemnification pursuant to Section
9 or the first sentence of this Subsection 14.01, or is in any way related to
the failure of the Seller (or its subservicer) to service and administer the
Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement, the
Servicing Addendum or any Reconstitution Agreement.
Subsection 14.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Seller.
The Seller will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation
except as permitted herein, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, or
any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Seller shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Seller,
shall be the successor of the Seller hereunder, without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the
successor or surviving Person shall have a net worth of at least $25,000,000.
SECTION 15. Financial Statements.
The Seller understands that in connection with the Purchaser's
marketing of the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser shall make available to
prospective purchasers audited financial statements of the Seller for the most
recently completed three fiscal years respecting which such statements are
available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of Condition of the Seller at the
end of the last two fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement of
Operations. The Seller shall also make available any comparable interim
statements to the extent any such statements have been prepared by the Seller
(and are available upon request to members or stockholders of the Seller or the
public at large). The Seller, if it has not already done so, agrees to furnish
promptly to the Purchaser copies of the statements specified above. The Seller
shall also make available information on its servicing performance with respect
to loans serviced for others, including delinquency ratios.
The Seller also agrees to allow reasonable access to a knowledgeable
financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions asked by
any prospective purchaser regarding recent developments affecting the Seller or
the financial statements of the Seller.
The Purchaser agrees that it shall not disclose the financial
statements of the Seller except to the extent (a) the disclosure is reasonably
believed the Purchaser to be required in connection with regulatory requirements
or other legal requirements relating to its affairs; (b) they are disclosed to
any one or more of the Purchaser's employees, officers, directors, agents,
attorneys or accountants who would have access to the contents of this Agreement
and such data and information in the normal course of the performance of such
person's duties for such party, to the extent such party has procedures in
effect to inform such person of the confidential nature thereof; (c) they are
that is disclosed in a prospectus, prospectus supplement or private placement
memorandum relating to a securitization of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser
(or an affiliate assignee thereof) or to any Ratings Agency or other person in
connection with the resale or proposed resale of all or a portion of the
Mortgage Loans by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
(d) that disclosure is reasonably believed by such party to be necessary for the
enforcement of such party's rights under this Agreement.
SECTION 16. Mandatory Delivery; Grant of Security Interest.
The sale and delivery on the related Closing Date of the Mortgage
Loans is mandatory from and after the date of the execution of the related
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, it being specifically understood and agreed
that each Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that
an award of money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for
the losses and damages incurred by the Purchaser (including damages to
prospective purchasers of the Mortgage Loans) in the event of the Seller's
failure to deliver (i) each of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans or (iii) one or more Mortgage Loans
otherwise acceptable to the Purchaser on or before the related Closing Date. All
rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement are distinct from, and
cumulative with, any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or afforded
by law or equity and all such rights and remedies may be exercised concurrently,
independently or successively.
SECTION 17. Notices.
All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, sent by
facsimile, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or, if by
other means, when received by the other party at the address as follows:
(i) if to the Seller:
WMC Mortgage Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
cc: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, General Counsel
(ii) if to the Purchaser:
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like
notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to
have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the
addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the
date noted on the return receipt).
SECTION 18. Severability Clause.
Any part, provision representation or warranty of this Agreement
which is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits
or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any
part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any
party of the economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the
parties shall negotiate, in good-faith, to develop a structure the economic
effect of which is nearly as possible the same as the economic effect of this
Agreement without regard to such invalidity.
SECTION 19. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 20. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be deemed in effect when a fully executed
counterpart thereof is received by the Purchaser in the State of New York and
shall be deemed to have been made in the State of New York. The Agreement shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York (without regard to
conflicts of laws principles), except to the extent preempted by Federal law.
SECTION 21. Intention of the Parties.
It is the intention of the parties that the Purchaser is purchasing,
and the Seller is selling the Mortgage Loans and not a debt instrument of the
Seller or another security. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat
the transaction for Federal income tax purposes as a sale by the Seller, and a
purchase by the Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the arrangement
under which the Mortgage Loans are held shall be consistent with classification
of such arrangement as a grantor trust in the event it is not found to represent
direct ownership of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall have the right to
review the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Loan Files to determine the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the Federal income tax
consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller shall cooperate with
all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course of such review.
SECTION 22. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase
Agreement.
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Seller and the Purchaser and the respective permitted
successors and assigns of the Seller and the successors and assigns of the
Purchaser. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the
Seller to a third party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser,
which consent may be withheld by the Purchaser in its sole discretion. This
Agreement may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Purchaser in whole or
in part, and with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans, without the
consent of the Seller. There shall be no limitation on the number of assignments
or transfers allowable by the Purchaser with respect to the Mortgage Loans and
this Agreement. In the event the Purchaser assigns this Agreement, and the
assignee assumes any of the Purchaser's obligations hereunder, the Seller
acknowledges and agrees to look solely to such assignee, and not to the
Purchaser, for performance of the obligations so assumed and the Purchaser shall
be relieved from any liability to the Seller with respect thereto. The Successor
Servicer shall be an intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement to the
same extent as if it were a party hereto, and shall have the right to enforce
the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 23. Waivers.
No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified
unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against
whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
SECTION 24. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a
part hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement.
SECTION 25. General Interpretive Principles.
For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned
to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and
the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
(b) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) references herein to "Articles," "Sections," "Subsections,"
"Paragraphs," and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to
designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of
this Agreement;
(d) reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section
is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the
reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other
subdivisions;
(e) the words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision; and
(f) the term "include" or "including" shall mean without limitation
by reason of enumeration.
SECTION 26. Reproduction of Documents.
This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including,
without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter
be executed, (b) documents received by any party at the closing, and (c)
financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter
furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm,
micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. The parties agree
that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original
is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the
regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further
reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
SECTION 27. Further Agreements.
The Seller and the Purchaser each agree to execute and deliver to
the other such reasonable and appropriate additional documents, instruments or
agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this
Agreement.
SECTION 28. Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, for Mortgage Loans which
are not registered with MERS, each of the Assignments of Mortgage is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all
the counties or their comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording
office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected at the Seller's expense in
the event recordation is either necessary under applicable law or requested by
the Purchaser (which request may be made by the Purchaser at any time following
the related Closing Date) at its sole option.
SECTION 29. No Solicitation.
From and after the related Closing Date, the Seller agrees that it
will not take any action or permit or cause any action to be taken by any of its
agents or affiliates, or by any independent contractors on the Seller's behalf,
to personally, by telephone or mail, solicit the Mortgagor under any Mortgage
Loan for any purpose whatsoever, including to refinance a Mortgage Loan, in
whole or in part, without (i) the prior written consent of the Purchaser; or
(ii) written notice from the related borrower or obligor under a Mortgage Loan
of such party's intention to refinance such Mortgage Loan. It is understood and
agreed that all rights and benefits relating to the solicitation of any
Mortgagors and the attendant rights, title and interest in and to the list of
such Mortgagors and data relating to their Mortgages (including insurance
renewal dates) shall be transferred to the Purchaser pursuant hereto on the
related Closing Date and the Seller shall take no action to undermine these
rights and benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed
that promotions undertaken by the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller which
are directed to the general public at large, including, without limitation, mass
mailing, internet and e-mail solicitations, based in all instances, on
commercially acquired mailing lists (which may not be targeted at the
Mortgagors) and newspaper, radio and television advertisements shall not
constitute solicitation under this Section 29.
SECTION 30. Confidential Information.
The Seller and Purchaser understand and agree that this Agreement,
any other agreements executed in connection with the sale contemplated
hereunder, any agreements executed in connection with any Reconstitution, and
any offering circulars or other disclosure documents produced in connection with
any Reconstitution are confidential and proprietary to the Purchaser or Seller,
and the Seller and Purchaser agree to hold such documents confidential and not
to divulge such documents to anyone except (a) to the extent required by law or
judicial order or to enforce its rights or remedies under this Agreement, (b) to
the extent such information enters into the public domain other than through the
wrongful act of the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, (c) as is
necessary in working with legal counsel, rating agencies, auditors, agents,
taxing authorities or other governmental agencies or (d) the federal income tax
treatment of the transactions hereunder, any fact relevant to understanding the
federal tax treatment of the transactions hereunder, and all materials of any
kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) relating to such federal income
tax treatment; provided that the Seller may not disclose the name of or
identifying information with respect to Purchaser or any pricing terms or other
nonpublic business or financial information that is unrelated to the purported
or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions hereunder and is not
relevant to understanding the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment
of the transactions hereunder. Moreover, the Seller understands and agrees that
this Agreement, any other agreements executed in connection with the sale
contemplated hereunder, any agreements executed in connection with the
securitization of the Mortgage Loans, and any offering circulars or other
disclosure documents produced in connection with such securitization are
confidential and proprietary to the Purchaser, and the Seller agrees to hold
such documents confidential and not to divulge such documents to anyone except
(a) to the extent required by law or judicial order or to enforce its rights or
remedies under this letter agreement or the Agreements, (b) to the extent such
information enters into the public domain other than through the wrongful act of
the Seller, or (c) as is necessary in working with legal counsel, auditors,
agents, rating agencies, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies. The
rights and obligations set forth in this paragraph shall survive the Closing
Date and shall not merge into the closing documents but shall be independently
enforceable by the parties hereto.
SECTION 31. Waiver of Trial by Jury.
THE SELLER AND THE PURCHASER EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
INTENTIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 32. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.
Each of the Seller and the Purchaser hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:
(A) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE
FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;
(B) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT
IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO
PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED
OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL),
POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER
ADDRESS OF WHICH THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND
(D) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO
EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR
SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO XXX IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their
names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXX SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, a
New York limited partnership
(Purchaser)
By: XXXXXXX XXXXX REAL ESTATE
FUNDING CORP., a New York
corporation, as General Partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
WMC MORTGAGE CORP.
(Seller)
By:
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Sr. Vice President - Capital
Markets
EXHIBIT A
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser and any prospective Purchaser, and which shall be delivered to the
Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing,
pursuant to Section 6 of the Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Agreement"):
(a) the original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements,
endorsed "Pay to the order of _________, without recourse" and signed in the
name of the last endorsee (the "Last Endorsee") by an authorized officer. To the
extent that there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes for endorsements,
the endorsement may be contained on an allonge, if state law so allows and the
Custodian is so advised by the Seller that state law so allows. If the Mortgage
Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger, the endorsement must be by "[Last
Endorsee], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]". If the Mortgage Loan
was acquired or originated by the Last Endorsee while doing business under
another name, the endorsement must be by "[Last Endorsee], formerly known as
[previous name]";
(b) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(c) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon. If in
connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Seller cannot deliver or cause to be
delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or prior
to the related Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public recording
office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because such
Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording office retains the
original recorded Mortgage, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together with (i) in the case of a
delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the
Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney)
stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage or a
copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to
the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Seller; or (ii) in the case of a
Mortgage where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage
or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be
a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage;
(d) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon;
(e) except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance
acceptable for recording. The Assignment of Mortgage must be duly recorded only
if recordation is either necessary under applicable law or commonly required by
private institutional mortgage investors in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located or on direction of the Purchaser as provided in this
Agreement. If the Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the Mortgage shall
be assigned to the Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is not to be
recorded, the Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in blank. If the
Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger, the Assignment of Mortgage
must be made by "WMC Mortgage Corp., successor by merger to [name of
predecessor]". If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Seller
while doing business under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be by
"WMC Mortgage Corp., formerly known as [previous name]";
(f) the originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage (if
any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Last
Endorsee (or to MERS with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan) with
evidence of recording thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not
been returned from the applicable recording office or has been lost or if such
public recording office retains the original recorded assignments of mortgage,
the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy
of such intervening assignment, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused
by the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the Seller (or
certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating that
such intervening assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate
public recording office for recordation and that such original recorded
intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of
mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will
be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Seller; or
(ii) in the case of an intervening assignment where a public recording office
retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording office, a
copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public recording office to
be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment;
(g) The original mortgagee policy of title insurance or, in the
event such original title policy is unavailable, a true copy of the related
policy binder or commitment for title issued by the title insurance company; and
(h) original powers of attorney, if applicable, or, if in connection
with any Mortgage Loan, the Seller cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the
original power of attorney with evidence of recording thereon, if applicable, on
or prior to the related Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Custodian, a photocopy of such power of attorney, together with an Officer's
Certificate of the Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or
closing attorney) stating that such power of attorney has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that the original
recorded power of attorney or a copy of such power of attorney certified by such
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
power of attorney will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt
thereof by the Seller; and
(i) security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage.
In the event an Officer's Certificate of the Seller is delivered to
the Purchaser because of a delay caused by the public recording office in
returning any recorded document, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser,
within 180 days of the related Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate which
shall (i) identify the recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document
has not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the
public recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally required by
the applicable recording office to record and return a document submitted for
recordation, and (iv) specify the anticipated date the applicable recorded
document will be delivered to the Custodian. An extension of the date specified
in (iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
EXHIBIT B
CONTENTS OF EACH CREDIT FILE
(a) The original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law,
flood insurance policy.
(b) Residential loan application.
(c) Mortgage Loan closing statement.
(d) Verification of employment and income (except for Mortgage Loans
originated under a Limited Documentation Program or a Stated Documentation
Program).
(e) Verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of
downpayment except for Mortgage Loans originated under a Limited Documentation
Program.
(f) Credit report on the Mortgagor.
(g) Residential appraisal report, if available.
(h) Photograph of the Mortgaged Property, if available.
(i) Survey of the Mortgaged Property, if any.
(j) Copy of each instrument necessary to complete identification of
any exception set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy, i.e., map
or plat, restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home association
declarations, etc.
(k) All required disclosure statements.
(l) If available, termite report, structural engineer's report,
water potability and septic certification.
(m) Sales contract, if applicable.
(n) Tax receipts, insurance premium receipts, ledger sheets, payment
history from date of origination, insurance claim files, correspondence, current
and historical computerized data files, and all other processing, underwriting
and closing papers and records which are customarily contained in a mortgage
loan file and which are required to document the Mortgage Loan or to service the
Mortgage Loan.
(o) Amortization schedule, if applicable.
EXHIBIT C
SELLER'S OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
I, ____________________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected
[Vice] President of WMC Mortgage Corp., a state chartered institution organized
under the laws of the state of California (the "Company") and further as
follows:
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true, correct and complete copy
of the charter of the Company which is in full force and effect on the
date hereof and which has been in effect without amendment, waiver,
rescission or modification.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, correct and complete copy
of the bylaws of the Company which are in effect on the date hereof and
which have been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or
modification.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is an original certificate of good
standing of the Company issued within ten days of the date hereof, and no
event has occurred since the date thereof which would impair such
standing.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true, correct and complete copy
of the corporate resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company
authorizing the Company to execute and deliver each of the Flow Mortgage
Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2005, by and
between Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company (the "Purchaser") and the Company
(the "Agreement") and to endorse the Mortgage Notes and execute the
Assignments of Mortgages by original or facsimile signature, and such
resolutions are in effect on the date hereof and have been in effect
without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification.
5. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company
with the Agreement, the sale of the mortgage loans or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the agreements; or (ii) any required
consent, approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the
Company.
6. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor
the fulfillment of the terms of the Agreement conflicts or will conflict
with or results or will result in a breach of or constitutes or will
constitute a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company, the
terms of any indenture or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound or to which it is subject, or any statute or order, rule,
regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any court, governmental
authority or regulatory body to which the Company is subject or by which
it is bound.
7. Each person listed on Exhibit 5 attached hereto who, as an
officer or representative of the Company, signed the Agreement and any
other document delivered or on the date hereof in connection with any
purchase described in the agreements set forth above was, at the
respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, a duly elected
or appointed, qualified and acting officer or representative of the
Company, who holds the office set forth opposite his or her name on
Exhibit 5, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents
are their genuine signatures.
8. The Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions
described and contemplated in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the
seal of the Company.
WMC MORTGAGE CORP.
Dated: ____________________ By:___________________________
Name:_________________________
[Seal] Title: [Vice] President
I, ________________________, an [Assistant] Secretary of WMC
Mortgage Corp., hereby certify that ____________ is the duly elected, qualified
and acting [Vice] President of the Company and that the signature appearing
above is [her] [his] genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
WMC MORTGAGE CORP.
Dated: ____________________ By:___________________________
Name:_________________________
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
EXHIBIT 5 to
Company's Officer's Certificate
NAME TITLE SIGNATURE
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
(date)
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
You have requested [our] [my] opinion, as [Assistant] General
Counsel to WMC Mortgage Corp. (the "Company"), with respect to certain matters
in connection with the sale by the Company of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement by and between
the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company (the "Purchaser"), dated as of
July 27, 2005 (the "Agreement") which sale is in the form of whole loans.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in
the Purchase Agreement.
[We] [I] have examined the following documents:
1. the Agreement;
2. the form of Assignment of Mortgage;
3. the form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
4. such other documents, records and papers as we have deemed
necessary and relevant as a basis for this opinion.
To the extent [we] [I] have deemed necessary and proper, [we] [I]
have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
the Purchase Agreement. [We] [I] have assumed the authenticity of all documents
submitted to [us] [me] as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the
legal capacity of natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all
documents.
Based upon the foregoing, it is [our] [my] opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of California and is
qualified to transact business in, and is in good standing
under, the laws of California.
2. The Company has the power to engage in the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement and all requisite power,
authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Agreement
and to perform and observe the terms and conditions of the
Agreement.
3. Each of the Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, and is a legal, valid and binding
agreement enforceable in accordance with its respective terms
against the Company, subject to bankruptcy laws and other
similar laws of general application affecting rights of
creditors and subject to the application of the rules of
equity, including those respecting the availability of
specific performance, none of which will materially interfere
with the realization of the benefits provided thereunder or
with the Purchaser's ownership of the Mortgage Loans.
4. The Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its
officers to execute any and all documents by original
signature in order to complete the transactions contemplated
by the Agreements.
5. The Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its
officers to execute by original [or facsimile] signature the
endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of
Mortgages, and the original [or facsimile] signature of the
officer at the Company executing the endorsements to the
Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of Mortgages represents the
legal and valid signature of said officer of the Company.
6. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of or
compliance with the Agreements and the sale of the Mortgage
Loans by the Company or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Agreements or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the
Company.
7. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by,
nor the fulfillment of the terms of, the Agreements conflicts
or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of
or constitutes or will constitute a default under the charter
or by-laws of the Company, the terms of any indenture or, to
the best of the Company's knowledge, other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound or to which it is subject, or violates any statute or
order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any
court, governmental authority or regulatory body to which the
Company is subject or by which it is bound.
8. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending
or, to the best of [our] [my] knowledge, threatened against
the Company which, in [our] [my] judgment, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of the Company or in any
material impairment of the right or ability of the Company to
carry on its business substantially as now conducted or in any
material liability on the part of the Company or which would
draw into question the validity of the Agreements to which it
is a party or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to
be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated
thereby, or which would be likely to impair materially the
ability of the Company to perform under the terms of the
Agreements.
9. The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the
manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the
Servicing Agreement is sufficient to fully transfer to the
Purchaser all right, title and interest of the Company thereto
as noteholder and mortgagee.
10. The Mortgages have been duly assigned and the Mortgage Notes
have been duly endorsed as provided in Exhibit A to the
Purchase Agreement. The Assignments of Mortgage are in
recordable form, except for the insertion of the name of the
assignee, and upon the name of the assignee being inserted,
are acceptable for recording under the laws of the state where
each related Mortgaged Property is located. The endorsement of
the Mortgage Notes, the delivery to the Purchaser, or its
designee, of the Assignments of Mortgage, and the delivery of
the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Purchaser, or its
designee, are sufficient to permit the Purchaser to avail
itself of all protection available under applicable law
against the claims of any present or future creditors of the
Company, and are sufficient to prevent any other sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Mortgages
and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being enforceable.
This opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other
person or entity is entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or
purchasers to which you initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may
rely on this opinion as if it were addressed to them as of its date.
Very truly yours,
_____________________________
[Name]
[Assistant] General Counsel
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
___________________, 200__
[Federal Home Loan Bank of
______ (the "Association")]
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
Attention: ___________________________
___________________________
Re: Notice of Sale and Release of Collateral
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Dear Sirs:
This letter serves as notice that WMC Mortgage Corp. a corporation,
organized pursuant to the laws of California (the "Company") has committed to
sell to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company under a Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Warranties Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2005, certain mortgage loans
originated by the Association. The Company warrants that the mortgage loans to
be sold to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company are in addition to and beyond any
collateral required to secure advances made by the Association to the Company.
The Company acknowledges that the mortgage loans to be sold to
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company shall not be used as additional or substitute
collateral for advances made by the Association. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company
understands that the balance of the Company's mortgage loan portfolio may be
used as collateral or additional collateral for advances made by the
Association, and confirms that it has no interest therein.
Execution of this letter by the Association shall constitute a full
and complete release of any security interest, claim, or lien which the
Association may have against the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxxx Sachs
Mortgage Company.
Very truly yours,
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
Date:________________________
Acknowledged and approved:
____________________________
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
Date:____________________________
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
I. Release of Security Interest
The financial institution named below hereby relinquishes any and
all right, title and interest it may have in all Mortgage Loans to be purchased
by to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company from the Company named below pursuant to
that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of
July 27, 2005, and certifies that all notes, mortgages, assignments and other
documents in its possession relating to such Mortgage Loans have been delivered
and released to the Company named below or its designees, as of the date and
time of the sale of such Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company.
Name and Address of Financial Institution
________________________________
(name)
________________________________
(Address)
By:_____________________________
II. Certification of Release
The Company named below hereby certifies to
___________________________ that, as of the date and time of the sale of the
above-mentioned ___________________________________ the security interests in
the Mortgage Loans released by the above-named financial institution comprise
all security interests relating to or affecting any and all such Mortgage Loans.
The Company warrants that, as of such time, there are and will be no other
security interests affecting any or all of such Mortgage Loans.
_______________________________
By:____________________________
Title:_________________________
Date:__________________________
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated ______________, between
__________________________________, a ___________________ corporation
("Assignor") and ________________________________, a __________________
corporation ("Assignee"):
For good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of
which hereby are acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby grants, transfers, conveys and assigns to
Assignee, as Purchaser, all of the right, title and interest of Assignor with
respect to the mortgage loans listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Mortgage
Loans"), and with respect to such Mortgage Loans, in, to and under that certain
Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as
of July 27, 2005, among the Purchaser and WMC Mortgage Corp.(the "Seller")
2. The Assignor warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the
Assignee that:
a. The Assignor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with
the full right to transfer the Mortgage Loans free from any and all claims and
encumbrances whatsoever;
b. The Assignor has not received notice of, and has no
knowledge of, any offsets, counterclaims or other defenses available to the
Seller with respect to the Agreement or the Mortgage Loans;
c. The Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under,
or agreed to any amendment or other modification of, the Agreement. The Assignor
has no knowledge of, and has not received notice of, any waivers under or
amendments or other modifications of, or assignments of rights or obligations
under, the Agreement; and
d. Neither the Assignor nor anyone acting on its behalf has
offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans
or any interest in the Mortgage Loans, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, or any interest in
the Mortgage Loans or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, or any interest in the Mortgage with any person in any manner,
or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the
Mortgage Loans under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or
which would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section
5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto.
3. The Assignee warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the
Assignor and the Seller pursuant to the Agreement that:
a. The Assignee is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to acquire,
own and purchase the Mortgage Loans;
b. The Assignee has full corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform under this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and
to consummate the transactions set forth herein. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Assignee of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Assignee. This Assignment
and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Assignee
and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Assignee
enforceable against the Assignee in accordance with its respective terms;
c. To the best of Assignee's knowledge, no material consent,
approval, order or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration
with, any governmental entity is required to be obtained or made by the Assignee
in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Assignee of
this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, or the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
d. The Assignee agrees to be bound, as Purchaser, by all of
the terms, covenants and conditions of the Agreement, the Mortgage Loans, and
from and after the date hereof, the Assignee assumes for the benefit of each of
the Seller, the Assignor and the Custodian all of the Assignor's obligations as
Purchaser thereunder; including, without limitation, the limitation on
assignment set forth in Section 22 of the Agreement;
e. The Assignee understands that the Mortgage Loans have not
been registered under the 1933 Act or the securities laws of any state;
f. The purchase price being paid by the Assignee for the
Mortgage Loans is in excess of $250,000 and will be paid by cash remittance of
the full purchase price within 60 days of the sale;
g. The Assignee is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for investment
for its own account only and not for any other person;
h. The Assignee considers itself a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Mortgage Loans;
i. The Assignee has been furnished with all information
regarding the Mortgage Loans that it has requested from the Assignor or the
Seller;
j. Neither the Assignee nor anyone acting on its behalf has
offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans
or any interest in the Mortgage Loans, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans or any interest in
the Mortgage Loans, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or any interest in the Mortgage Loans with any person in any
manner which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the
1933 Act or which would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation
of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will
it act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such
manner with respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
k. Either: (1) the Assignee is not an employee benefit plan
("Plan") within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or a plan (also "Plan") within the
meaning of section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Code"), and
the Assignee is not directly or indirectly purchasing the Mortgage Loans on
behalf of, investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as Trustee of, or with
assets of, a Plan; or (2) the Assignee's purchase of the Mortgage Loans will not
result in a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of
the Code.
4. (a) The Assignee's address for purposes of all notices and
correspondence related to the Mortgage Loans, this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement and the Agreement is:
The Assignee's wire instructions for purposes of all remittances and
payments related to the Mortgage Loans are:
(b) The Assignor's address for purposes for all notices and
correspondence related to the Mortgage Loans and this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement is:
5. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations, rights
and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with
such laws, except to the extent preempted by federal law.
6. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties hereto. This Assignment and
Assumption Agreement may not be assigned by the Assignee without the express
written consent of the Assignor. Any entity into which the Assignor or Assignee
may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement for any further
writing, be deemed the Assignor or Assignee, respectively, hereunder.
7. No term or provision of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement
may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and
signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be
enforced.
8. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall survive the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Agreement by the
Assignor.
9. Notwithstanding the assignment of the Agreement by either the
Assignor or Assignee, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall not be
deemed assigned by the Assignor or the Assignee unless assigned by separate
written instrument.
10. For the purpose for facilitating the execution of this
Assignment and Assumption Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes,
this Assignment and Assumption Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any
number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an
original, and such counterparts shall constitute and be one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment and
Assumption Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the
date first above written.
______________________________ ______________________________
Assignor Assignee
By:___________________________ By:___________________________
Its:__________________________ Its:__________________________
Taxpayer Taxpayer
Identification No.____________ Identification No.____________
EXHIBIT H
ORIGINATOR'S UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
EXHIBIT I
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
On this __ day of _________, 200_, WMC Mortgage Corp., as the
Seller, under that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of July 27, 2005 (the "Agreement") does hereby sell, transfer, assign,
set over and convey to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, as Purchaser under the
Agreement all rights, title and interest of the Seller in and to (a) the
Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit
1 hereto, and (b) the Servicing Rights, together with the related Mortgage Files
and all rights and obligations arising under the documents contained therein.
Pursuant to Subsection 6.03 of the Agreement, the Seller has delivered to the
Custodian the documents for each Mortgage Loan to be purchased as set forth in
the Agreement. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, and the contents
of each Mortgage File is vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all
records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or
which come into the possession of the Seller shall immediately vest in the
Purchaser and shall be delivered promptly by the Seller to the Purchaser.
The Seller confirms to the Purchaser that, unless otherwise agreed
upon in writing by the Seller and the Purchaser, the representations and
warranties set forth in Subsection 4.02 of the Agreement with respect to the
Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto, and the
representations and warranties in Subsection 4.01 of the Agreement with respect
to the Seller are true and correct as of the date hereof.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
WMC MORTGAGE CORP.
(Seller)
By:__________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
INDEMNIFICATION
AND
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT dated [_______],
200___ ("Agreement") between GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the "Depositor"), and [___________________], a [_________]
corporation (the "Indemnifying Party").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Indemnifying Party and the Depositor are parties to
the [Assignment and Recognition Agreement] (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, the Indemnifying Party or its Affiliate originated or
acquired the Mortgage Loans and subsequently sold the Mortgage Loans to an
Affiliate of the Depositor in anticipation of the securitization transaction;
and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Depositor to enter into the
Assignment and Recognition Agreement, to the Underwriter[s] to enter into the
Underwriting Agreement (as defined herein), and to the Initial Purchaser[s] to
enter into the Certificate Purchase Agreement (as defined herein), the
Indemnifying Party wishes to provide for indemnification and contribution on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
Subsection 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. The following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
1933 Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1934 Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Agreement: This Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, as the
same may be amended in accordance with the terms hereof.
Assignment and Recognition Agreement: The Assignment and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of [_____________], between the Indemnifying Party and
_________.
Certificate Purchase Agreement: The Purchase Agreement, dated as of
[______], 200___, [among] the Depositor and the Initial Purchaser[s], relating
to the Privately Offered Certificates.
GSMC: Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited
partnership, and its successors and assigns.
Indemnified Parties: As defined in Section 3.01.
Indemnifying Party Information: All information in the Prospectus
Supplement or the Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto, (i)
contained under the headings ["Transaction Overview--Parties--The Responsible
Party"] and ["The Mortgage Loan Pool--Underwriting Guidelines"] and (ii)
regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related
Mortgaged Properties (but in the case of this clause (ii), only to the extent
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission arises
from or is based upon errors or omissions in the information concerning the
Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties,
as applicable, provided to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof by or on
behalf of the Indemnifying Party or any Affiliate thereof) [and static pool
information regarding mortgage loans originated or acquired by the Indemnifying
Party and [included in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading
"______________"] [incorporated by reference from the Indemnifying Party's
website located at ______________].
Offering Circular: The offering circular, dated [_______], 200___,
relating to the private offering of the Privately Offered Certificates.
Person: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Pooling and Servicing Agreement: The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of [_______], 200___, among the Depositor, [Servicer], as
servicer, and [Trustee], as trustee.
Privately Offered Certificates: [ ], issued pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
Prospectus Supplement: The prospectus supplement, dated [______],
200___, relating to the public offering of the Publicly Offered Certificates.
Publicly Offered Certificates: [ ____________], issued pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Underwriters: Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., a New York limited partnership[,
and [____________], a [___________] corporation], and their successors and
assigns.
Underwriting Agreement: The Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
[________], 200__, [among] the Depositor and the Underwriter[s], relating to the
Publicly Offered Certificates.
Subsection 1.02 Other Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Assignment and
Recognition Agreement.
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each party hereto represents and warrants that:
(a) it has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such party; and
(c) assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each
other party hereto, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such party.
SECTION 3. INDEMNIFICATION
Subsection 3.01 Indemnification by the Indemnifying Party of the
Depositor and the Underwriters. (a) The Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Depositor, GSMC, [each of] the Underwriter[s], the Initial
Purchaser[s], and their respective Affiliates and their respective present and
former directors, officers, partners and each Person, if any, that controls the
Depositor, GSMC, such Underwriter, such Initial Purchaser, or such Affiliate,
within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (collectively, the
"Indemnified Parties") against any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, or liabilities, joint or several, to which each such
Indemnified Party may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular or any amendment
or supplement thereto, to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement relates to information set forth in the Indemnifying Party
Information, and the Indemnifying Party shall in each case reimburse each
Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, penalties, fines, forfeitures, or action. The
Indemnifying Party's liability under this Section 3.01 shall be in addition to
any other liability that the Indemnifying Party may otherwise have.
(b) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 3.01 shall
for any reason be unavailable to an Indemnified Party under this Section 3.01,
then the party which would otherwise be obligated to indemnify with respect
thereto, on the one hand, and the parties which would otherwise be entitled to
be indemnified, on the other hand, shall contribute to the aggregate losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated herein and
incurred by the parties hereto in such proportions that are appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Depositor, GSMC, the Underwriter[s], and the
Initial Purchaser[s], on one hand, and the Indemnifying Party, on the other
hand, in connection with the applicable misstatements or omissions as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person that
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this
Section 3.01, each director, officer, partner and controlling Person, of the
Depositor, GSMC, the Underwriter[s] and the Initial Purchaser[s] and their
respective Affiliates shall have the same rights to contribution as such Person.
Subsection 3.02 Notification; Procedural Matters. Promptly after
receipt by an Indemnified Party under Section 3.01 of notice of any claim or the
commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the Indemnifying Party under Section 3.01, notify
the Indemnifying Party (or other contributing party) in writing of the claim or
the commencement of such action; provided, however, that the failure to notify
the Indemnifying Party (or other contributing party) shall not relieve it from
any liability which it may have under Section 3.01 except to the extent it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided further, however, that
the failure to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any Indemnified Party otherwise than under
Section 3.01. In case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party
and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the
Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that, by written notice delivered to the Indemnified Party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying
Party elects to assume the defense thereof, it may participate with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that if
the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or parties shall reasonably have
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it or them and/or other
Indemnified Parties that are different from or additional to those available to
the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified
Party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by
the Indemnified Party of such counsel, the Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable to such Indemnified Party under this paragraph for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the
defense thereof, unless (i) the Indemnified Party shall have employed separate
counsel (plus any local counsel) in connection with the assertion of legal
defenses in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence,
(ii) the Indemnifying Party shall not have employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party within
a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the
Indemnifying Party shall have authorized the employment of counsel for the
Indemnified Party at the expense of the Indemnifying Party. No party shall be
liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In no event shall the
Indemnifying Party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel
representing the Indemnified Parties (in addition to any local counsel) separate
from its own counsel for all Indemnified Parties in connection with any one
action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.
SECTION 4. GENERAL
Subsection 4.01 Survival. This Agreement and the obligations of the
parties hereunder shall survive the purchase and sale of the Publicly Offered
Certificates and the Privately Offered Certificates.
Subsection 4.02 Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, each Indemnified Party and
their respective successors and assigns, and no other Person shall have any
right or obligation hereunder.
Subsection 4.03 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without
giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.
Subsection 4.04 Miscellaneous. Neither this Agreement nor any term
hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing
signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge
or termination is sought. This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Subsection 4.05 Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the
case of the Depositor, GSMC, the Underwriter[s], or the Initial Purchaser[s], GS
Mortgage Securities Corp., Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company or Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Principal Finance Group/Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, and (b) in the case
of the Indemnifying Party: [_________________], [Address], Attention:
[____________].
Subsection 4.06 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.
The Indemnifying Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(A) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY
THEREOF;
(B) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN
SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY
SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR
ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET
FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE DEPOSITOR SHALL HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED; AND
(D) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT
SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT
TO XXX IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement by
their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
[INDEMNIFYING PARTY]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit L
EXHIBIT K
SERVICING ADDENDUM
Subsection 32.02 Seller to Act as Servicer.
The Seller, as independent contract servicer, or its third party
subservicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans that the Seller
sells to the Purchaser hereunder in accordance with all applicable laws, rules
and regulations, the terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage and the Accepted
Servicing Practices during the Interim Servicing Period and shall have full
power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things
in connection with such servicing and administration which the Seller may deem
necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Seller may waive,
modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of
strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any
Mortgagor if in the Seller's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver,
modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the
Purchaser; provided, however, that the Seller shall not permit any modification
with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate,
defer or forgive the payment thereof or of any principal or interest payments,
reduce the outstanding principal amount (except for actual payments of
principal), make additional advances of additional principal or extend the final
maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Seller shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to
execute and deliver on behalf of itself, and the Purchaser, all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with
respect to the Mortgaged Property. If reasonably required by the Seller, the
Purchaser shall furnish the Seller with any powers of attorney and other
documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Seller to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part of a Mortgage Loan, the
Seller may not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion thereof required by the
terms of the related Mortgage Note unless (i) the Seller determines that such
waiver would maximize recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan,
taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge, or (ii) (A) the
enforceability thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership, or other similar law relating to creditors' rights generally or
(2) due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary
payment, or (B) the enforceability is otherwise limited or prohibited by
applicable law. If the Seller waives or does not collect all or a portion of a
Prepayment Charge relating to a Principal Prepayment in full due to any action
or omission of the Seller, other than as provided above, the Seller shall
deposit the amount of such Prepayment Charge (or such portion thereof as had
been waived for deposit) into the Custodial Account for distribution in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall
employ procedures including collection procedures and exercise the same care
that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering
mortgage loans for its own account giving due consideration to accepted mortgage
servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and the Purchaser's reliance
on the Seller.
Subsection 32.03 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.
Continuously from the related Closing Date until the expiration of
the Interim Servicing Period, the Seller shall proceed diligently to collect all
payments due under each Mortgage Loan when the same shall become due and payable
and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and the terms and provisions of any related Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI
Policy, follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage
loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Further,
the Seller shall take special care in ascertaining and estimating annual ground
rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, fire and hazard insurance premiums,
mortgage insurance premiums, and all other charges that, as provided in the
Mortgage, will become due and payable to the end that the installments payable
by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become
due and payable.
Subsection 32.04 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller shall use the customary practices of the mortgage
industry, consistent with the procedures that the Seller would use in servicing
loans for its own account, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of such Mortgaged Properties as come into and continue in default and
as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of
delinquent payments pursuant to Subsection 33.01. The Seller shall use the
customary practices of the mortgage industry to realize upon defaulted Mortgage
Loans in such a manner as will maximize the receipt of principal and interest by
the Purchaser, taking into account, among other things, the timing of
foreclosure proceedings. The foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in any
case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage, the Seller shall
not be required to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property
in excess of $2,000 unless it shall determine in its discretion (i) that such
restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage
Loan to Purchaser after reimbursement to itself for such expenses, and (ii) that
such expenses will be recoverable by the Seller through Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in
Subsection 33.05. In the event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is
not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the event the Mortgagor
fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under the Mortgage Loan and
such failure continues beyond any applicable grace period, the Seller shall take
such action as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the Purchaser. In the
event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan remains delinquent for a
period of 90 days or more, the Seller shall commence foreclosure proceedings,
provided that prior to commencing foreclosure proceedings, the Seller shall
notify the Purchaser in writing of the Seller's intention to do so, and the
Seller shall not commence foreclosure proceedings if the Purchaser objects to
such action within ten (10) Business Days of receiving such notice. The Seller
shall notify the Purchaser in writing of the commencement of foreclosure
proceedings. In such connection, the Seller shall be responsible for all costs
and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the related Mortgaged Property,
as contemplated in Subsection 33.05.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Subsection
33.03, with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Seller has received
actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or
hazardous substance on the related Mortgaged Property the Seller shall not
either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any
other action, with respect to, such Mortgaged Property if, as a result of any
such action, the Purchaser would be considered to hold title to, to be a
mortgagee in possession of, or to be an owner or operator of such Mortgaged
Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any
comparable law, unless the Seller has also previously determined, based on its
reasonable judgment and a prudent report prepared by a Person who regularly
conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:
(i) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable
environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in the best economic
interest of the Purchaser to take such actions as are necessary to bring
the Mortgaged Property into compliance therewith; and
(ii) there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property
relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous substances,
hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum based materials for
which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean up or
remediation could be required under any federal, state or local law or
regulation, or that if any such materials are present for which such
action could be required, that it would be in the best economic interest
of the Purchaser to take such actions with respect to the affected
Mortgaged Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by this
Subsection 33.03 shall be advanced by the Seller, subject to the Seller's right
to be reimbursed therefor from the Custodial Account as provided in Subsection
33.05(v).
If the Seller determines, as described above, that it is in the best
economic interest of the Purchaser to take such actions as are necessary to
bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable environmental
laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment, clean up or
remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or
petroleum based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then the Seller
shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the
Purchaser. The cost of any such compliance, containment, cleanup or remediation
shall be advanced by the Seller, subject to the Seller's right to be reimbursed
therefor from the Custodial Account as provided in Subsection 33.05(v).
(c) Proceeds received in connection with any Final Recovery
Determination, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan, will
be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Seller
for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, pursuant to Subsections
33.05(ii) and (v); second, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan,
to the date of the Final Recovery Determination, or to the Due Date prior to the
Distribution Date on which such amounts are to be distributed if not in
connection with a Final Recovery Determination; and third, as a recovery of
principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to
interest is less than the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest due on such
Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery will be allocated by the Seller as
follows: first, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, to the balance of the
interest then due and owing. The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid
Servicing Fees shall be reimbursed to the Seller pursuant to Subsection
33.05(iii).
Subsection 32.05 Establishment of Custodial Accounts; Deposits in
Custodial Accounts.
The Seller shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received
pursuant to each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts,
in the form of time deposit or demand accounts. The creation of any Custodial
Account shall be evidenced by a Custodial Account Letter Agreement.
The Seller shall deposit in the related Custodial Account on a daily
basis, and retain therein the following payments and collections received by it
subsequent to the Cut-off Date, or received by it prior to the Cut-off Date but
allocable to a period subsequent thereto, other than in respect of principal and
interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date:
1. all payments on account of principal on the
Mortgage Loans;
2. all payments on account of interest on the
Mortgage Loans, including all Prepayment Charges;
3. all Liquidation Proceeds;
4. all Insurance Proceeds including amounts
required to be deposited pursuant to Subsections 33.10
and 33.11, other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow
Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Seller's normal servicing
procedures, the loan documents or applicable law;
5. all Condemnation Proceeds affecting any
Mortgaged Property which are not released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the Seller's normal
servicing procedures, the loan documents or applicable
law;
6. all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased
in accordance with Subsections 9.03 and 9.04 and all
amounts required to be deposited by the Seller in
connection with shortfalls in principal amount of
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Subsection 9.03;
7. any amounts required to be deposited by the
Seller pursuant to Subsection 33.11 in connection with
the deductible clause in any blanket hazard insurance
policy. Such deposit shall be made from the Seller's own
funds, without reimbursement therefor;
8. any amounts required to be deposited by the
Seller in connection with any REO Property pursuant to
Subsection 33.13; and
9. any amounts required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account pursuant to Subsections 33.19 or
33.20.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges and
assumption fees, to the extent permitted by Subsection 33.21, need not be
deposited by the Seller in the Custodial Account. Such Custodial Account shall
be an Eligible Account. Any interest or earnings on funds deposited in the
Custodial Account by the depository institution shall accrue to the benefit of
the Seller and the Seller shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such interest
from the related Custodial Account pursuant to Subsection 33.05(iii). The Seller
shall give notice to the Purchaser of the location of the Custodial Account when
established and prior to any change thereof.
Subsection 32.06 Permitted Withdrawals From the Custodial Account.
The Seller may, from time to time, withdraw from the related
Custodial Account for the following purposes:
1. to make distributions to the Purchaser in the
amounts and in the manner provided for in Subsection
33.14;
2. to reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, the Seller's right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this subclause (ii) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan being limited to related Liquidation
Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and
such other amounts as may be collected by the Seller
from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage
Loan, it being understood that, in the case of such
reimbursement, the Seller's right thereto shall be prior
to the rights of the Purchaser, except that, where the
Seller is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan,
pursuant to Subsection 9.03, the Seller's right to such
reimbursement shall be subsequent to the payment to the
Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to Subsection
9.03 and all other amounts required to be paid to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loans;
3. to pay to itself pursuant to Subsection 33.21
as servicing compensation (a) any interest earned on
funds in the Custodial Account (all such interest to be
withdrawn monthly not later than each Distribution
Date), and (b) the Servicing Fee from that portion of
any payment or recovery as to interest on a particular
Mortgage Loan;
4. to pay to itself with respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has been repurchased pursuant to Subsection
9.03 all amounts received thereon and not distributed as
of the date on which the related Repurchase Price is
determined;
5. to pay, or to reimburse the Seller for advances
in respect of, expenses incurred in connection with any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsection 33.03(b), but only
to the extent of amounts received in respect of the
Mortgage Loans to which such expense is attributable;
6. to clear and terminate the Custodial Account on
the termination of this Agreement; and
7. to withdraw funds deposited in error.
The Seller shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Custodial Account pursuant to such subclauses (ii) - (v)
above.
Subsection 32.07 Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in
Escrow Accounts.
The Seller shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received
pursuant to each Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and
apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain one or more Escrow Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand
accounts. The creation of any Escrow Account shall be evidenced by an Escrow
Account Letter Agreement.
The Seller shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts on a
daily basis, and retain therein, (i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of
the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such
items as required under the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) all Insurance
Proceeds which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged
Property. The Seller shall make withdrawals therefrom only to effect such
payments as are required under this Agreement, and for such other purposes as
shall be as set forth or in accordance with Subsection 33.08. The Seller shall
be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the related Escrow
Account by the depository institution other than interest on escrowed funds
required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor and, to the extent required by law,
the Seller shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding
that the Escrow Account is non-interest bearing or that interest paid thereon is
insufficient for such purposes.
Subsection 32.08 Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
Withdrawals from the related Escrow Account may be made by the
Seller (i) to effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if
applicable, and comparable items, (ii) to reimburse the Seller for any Servicing
Advance made by the Seller with respect to a related Mortgage Loan but only from
amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late payments or
collections of Escrow Payments thereunder, (iii) to refund to the Mortgagor any
funds as may be determined to be overages, (iv) for transfer to the related
Custodial Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (v) for
application to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property, (vi) to pay to
the Seller, or to the Mortgagor to the extent required by law, any interest paid
on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account, or (vii) to clear and terminate
the Escrow Account on the termination of this Agreement.
Subsection 32.09 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges;
Maintenance of Primary Insurance Policies and LPMI Policies; Collections
Thereunder.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan for which an Escrow Account is
maintained, the Seller shall maintain accurate records reflecting the status of
ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates and other charges which are or may
become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and the status of Primary Insurance
Policy and LPMI Policy premiums and fire and hazard insurance coverage and shall
obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such charges, including
insurance renewal premiums and shall effect payment thereof prior to the
applicable penalty or termination date and at a time appropriate for securing
maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose deposits of the
Mortgagor in the related Escrow Account which shall have been estimated and
accumulated by the Seller in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed
under the terms of the Mortgage and applicable law. To the extent that the
Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Seller shall determine that
any such payments are made by the Mortgagor at the time they first become due.
The Seller assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills
and shall effect timely payments of all such bills irrespective of the
Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the
Escrow Payments and shall make advances from its own funds to effect such
payments.
The Seller shall maintain in full force and effect, a Primary
Insurance Policy, issued by a Qualified Insurer, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan for which such coverage is required. Such coverage shall be maintained
until the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan is reduced to that
amount for which FNMA no longer requires such insurance to be maintained. The
Seller will not cancel or refuse to renew any Primary Insurance Policy in effect
on the related Closing Date that is required to be kept in force under this
Agreement unless a replacement Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy for such
cancelled or non- renewed policy is obtained from and maintained with a
Qualified Insurer. The Seller shall not take any action which would result in
non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy of any
loss which, but for the actions of the Seller, would have been covered
thereunder. In connection with any assumption or substitution agreement entered
into or to be entered into pursuant to Subsection 33.19, the Seller shall
promptly notify the insurer under the related Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI
Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in accordance
with the terms of such policy and shall take all actions which may be required
by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage under the Primary
Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy. If such Primary Insurance Policy is terminated
as a result of such assumption or substitution of liability, the Seller shall
obtain a replacement Primary Insurance Policy as provided above.
In connection with its activities as servicer, the Seller agrees to
prepare and present, on behalf of itself, and the Purchaser, claims to the
insurer under any Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy in a timely fashion in
accordance with the terms of such policies and, in this regard, to take such
action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance
Policy or LPMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to
Subsection 33.04, any amounts collected by the Seller under any Primary
Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy shall be deposited in the related Custodial
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Subsection 33.05.
Subsection 32.10 Transfer of Accounts.
The Seller may transfer the related Custodial Account or the related
Escrow Account to a different depository institution from time to time. Such
transfer shall be made only upon obtaining the consent of the Purchaser, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any case, the Custodial Account
and Escrow Account shall be Eligible Accounts.
Subsection 32.11 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
The Seller shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire
and hazard insurance with extended coverage as is customary in the area where
the Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which is at least equal to the
lesser of (i) the amount necessary to fully compensate for any damage or loss to
the improvements which are a part of such property on a replacement cost basis
or (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, in each case in
an amount not less than such amount as is necessary to prevent the Mortgagor
and/or the Mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. If the Mortgaged Property is in
an area identified on a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map
issued by the Flood Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards
and such flood insurance has been made available, the Seller will cause to be
maintained a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current
guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the lesser
of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the
maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 or the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.
The Seller also shall maintain on any REO Property, fire and hazard insurance
with extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i)
the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such
property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan
at the time it became an REO Property plus accrued interest at the Mortgage
Interest Rate and related Servicing Advances, liability insurance and, to the
extent required and available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 or
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in an
amount as provided above. Pursuant to Subsection 33.04, any amounts collected by
the Seller under any such policies other than amounts to be deposited in the
Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property or REO Property, or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Seller's normal servicing procedures, shall be deposited in the related
Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Subsection 33.05. Any cost
incurred by the Seller in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the
purpose of calculating distributions to the Purchaser, be added to the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake
or other additional insurance need be required by the Seller of the Mortgagor or
maintained on property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loan, other than
pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance. All such policies shall be
endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with loss payable to the Seller, or
upon request to the Purchaser, and shall provide for at least thirty days prior
written notice of any cancellation, reduction in the amount of, or material
change in, coverage to the Seller. The Seller shall not interfere with the
Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting either his insurance carrier or
agent, provided, however, that the Seller shall not accept any such insurance
policies from insurance companies unless such companies currently reflect a
General Policy Rating of B:III or better in Best's Key Rating Guide and are
licensed to do business in the state wherein the property subject to the policy
is located.
Subsection 32.12 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance
Policy.
In the event that the Seller shall obtain and maintain a mortgage
impairment or blanket policy issued by an issuer that has a Best rating of B:III
insuring against hazard losses on all Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage
Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides coverage in an amount equal to
the amount required pursuant to Subsection 33.10 and otherwise complies with all
other requirements of Subsection 33.10, the Seller shall conclusively be deemed
to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Subsection 33.10, it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which
case the Seller shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on
the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying with
Subsection 33.10, and there shall have been one or more losses which would have
been covered by such policy, deposit in the related Custodial Account the amount
not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible
clause. In connection with its activities as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Seller agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of the Purchaser, claims under
any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such
policy. Upon request of the Purchaser, the Seller shall cause to be delivered to
the Purchaser a certified true copy of such policy and a statement from the
insurer thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated or
materially modified without thirty days prior written notice to the Purchaser.
Subsection 32.13 Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The Seller shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity
bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage with
responsible companies that are reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, on all
officers, employees or other persons acting in any capacity with regard to the
Mortgage Loans to handle funds, money, documents and papers relating to the
Mortgage Loans. The fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance shall be in
the form of the Mortgage Banker's Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the
Seller against losses, including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and
omissions and negligent acts of such persons. Such fidelity bond shall also
protect and insure the Seller against losses in connection with the failure to
maintain any insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement and the
release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in
full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of this Subsection 33.12
requiring the fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or
relieve the Seller from its duties and obligations as set forth in this
Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policy shall
be at least equal to the corresponding amounts required by FNMA in the FNMA
Servicing Guide or by FHLMC in the FHLMC Seller's and Servicers' Guide. The
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a certified true copy of the fidelity bond
and insurance policy and a statement from the surety and the insurer that such
fidelity bond or insurance policy shall in no event be terminated or materially
modified without thirty days' prior written notice to the Purchaser.
Subsection 32.14 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.
In the event that title to the Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be taken in the name of the person designated by the Purchaser (or MERS,
as applicable), or in the event such person is not authorized or permitted to
hold title to real property in the state where the REO Property is located, or
would be adversely affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of such state
by so holding title, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name
of such Person or Persons as shall be consistent with an opinion of counsel
obtained by the Seller from an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
state where the REO Property is located. Any Person or Persons holding such
title other than the Purchaser shall acknowledge in writing that such title is
being held as nominee for the benefit of the Purchaser.
The Seller shall either itself or through an agent selected by the
Seller, manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property (and may
temporarily rent the same) in the same manner that it manages, conserves,
protects and operates other foreclosed property for its own account and in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, and in the same manner that
similar property in the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Seller
shall cause each REO Property to be inspected promptly upon the acquisition of
title thereto and shall cause each REO Property to be inspected in accordance
with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Seller shall make or cause to be made a
written report of each such inspection. Such reports shall be retained in the
Mortgage File and copies thereof shall be forwarded by the Seller to the
Purchaser. The Seller shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO Property
as soon as possible and shall sell such REO Property in any event within one
year after title has been taken to such REO Property, unless the Seller
determines, and gives appropriate notice to the Purchaser, that a longer period
is necessary for the orderly liquidation of such REO Property. If a period
longer than one year is necessary to sell any REO property, (i) the Seller shall
report monthly to the Purchaser as to the progress being made in selling such
REO Property and (ii) if, with the written consent of the Purchaser, a purchase
money mortgage is taken in connection with such sale, such purchase money
mortgage shall name the Seller as mortgagee, and a separate servicing agreement
between the Seller and the Purchaser shall be entered into with respect to such
purchase money mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a REMIC election is
made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and the REO
Property are held, such REO Property shall be disposed of within three years or
such other period as may be permitted under Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code.
With respect to each REO Property, the Seller shall segregate and
hold all funds collected and received in connection with the operation of the
REO Property separate and apart from its own funds or general assets and shall
establish and maintain a separate REO Account for each REO Property in the form
of a non interest bearing demand account, unless an Opinion of Counsel is
obtained by the Seller to the effect that the classification as a grantor trust
or REMIC for federal income tax purposes of the arrangement under which the
Mortgage Loans and the REO Property is held will not be adversely affected by
holding such funds in another manner. Each REO Account shall be established with
the Seller or, with the prior consent of the Purchaser, with a commercial bank,
a mutual savings bank or a savings association. The creation of any REO Account
shall be evidenced by a letter agreement substantially in the form of the
Custodial Account Letter Agreement. An original of such letter agreement shall
be furnished to any Purchaser upon request.
The Seller shall deposit or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis
in each REO Account all revenues received with respect to the related REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property, including the cost of
maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Subsection 33.10 hereof and the
fees of any managing agent acting on behalf of the Seller. The Seller shall not
be entitled to retain interest paid or other earnings, if any, on funds
deposited in such REO Account. On or before each Determination Date, the Seller
shall withdraw from each REO Account and deposit into the Custodial Account the
net income from the REO Property on deposit in the REO Account.
The Seller shall furnish to the Purchaser on each Distribution Date,
an operating statement for each REO Property covering the operation of each REO
Property for the previous month. Such operating statement shall be accompanied
by such other information as the Purchaser shall reasonably request.
Each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Seller at such
price and upon such terms and conditions as the Seller deems to be in the best
interest of the Purchaser only with the prior written consent of the Purchaser.
If as of the date title to any REO Property was acquired by the Seller there
were outstanding unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to the REO
Property, the Seller, upon an REO Disposition of such REO Property, shall be
entitled to reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances from
proceeds received in connection with such REO Disposition. The proceeds from the
REO Disposition, net of any payment to the Seller as provided above, shall be
deposited in the REO Account and shall be transferred to the Custodial Account
on the Determination Date in the month following receipt thereof for
distribution on the succeeding Distribution Date in accordance with Subsection
33.14.
Subsection 32.15 Distributions.
On each Distribution Date, the Seller shall distribute to the
Purchaser all amounts credited to the related Custodial Account as of the close
of business on the preceding Determination Date, net of charges against or
withdrawals from the related Custodial Account pursuant to Subsection 33.05.
All distributions made to the Purchaser on each Distribution Date
will be made to the Purchaser of record on the preceding Record Date, and shall
be based on the Mortgage Loans owned and held by the Purchaser, and shall be
made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the
Purchaser at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if
the Purchaser shall have so notified the Seller or by check mailed to the
address of the Purchaser.
With respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser on or after
the second Business Day following the Business Day on which such payment was
due, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser interest on any such late payment at
an annual rate equal to the rate of interest as is publicly announced from time
to time at its principal office by JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, New York, as
its prime lending rate, adjusted as of the date of each change, plus two
percentage points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by
applicable law. Such interest shall be paid by the Seller to the Purchaser on
the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing with
the day following such second Business Day and ending with the Business Day on
which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such interest shall be remitted
along with such late payment. The payment by the Seller of any such interest
shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver by the
Purchaser of any Event of Default by the Seller.
Subsection 32.16 Remittance Reports.
No later than the Determination Date of each month, the Seller (or
its subservicer) shall furnish to the Purchaser or its designee an electronic
and a hard copy of the monthly data. If requested by the Purchaser, the Seller
(or its subservicer) shall deliver to the Purchaser or its designee an
electronic copy of the information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the
Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time
Subsection 32.17 Statements to the Purchaser.
Not more than sixty days after the end of each calendar year, the
Seller shall furnish to each Person who was the Purchaser at any time during
such calendar year, (i) as to the aggregate of remittances for the applicable
portion of such year, an annual statement in accordance with the requirements of
applicable federal income tax law, and (ii) listing of the principal balances of
the Mortgage Loans outstanding at the end of such calendar year.
In addition the Seller (or its subservicer) shall provide the
Purchaser with such information concerning the Mortgage Loans as is necessary
for the Purchaser to prepare its federal income tax return, and reports required
by state and federal regulatory agencies provided such information is in
Seller's (or its subservicer) possession or is reasonably available to the
Seller. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information concerning
the Mortgage Loans as is necessary for the Purchaser to prepare its federal
income tax return as any Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time.
Subsection 32.18 Real Estate Owned Reports.
Together with the statement furnished pursuant to Subsection 33.13,
with respect to any REO Property, the Seller shall furnish to the Purchaser a
statement covering the Seller's efforts in connection with the sale of such REO
Property and any rental of such REO Property incidental to the sale thereof for
the previous month, together with the operating statement. Such statement shall
be accompanied by such other information as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request.
Subsection 32.19 Liquidation Reports.
Upon the foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the
acquisition thereof pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Seller shall
submit to the Purchaser a liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged
Property.
Subsection 32.20 Assumption Agreements.
The Seller shall, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance
or prospective conveyance by any Mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property (whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage),
exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under any
"due-on-sale" clause applicable thereto; provided, however, that the Seller
shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from doing so or if the
exercise of such rights would impair or threaten to impair any recovery under
the related Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, if any. If the Seller
reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce such
"due-on-sale" clause, the Seller shall enter into an assumption agreement with
the person to whom the Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be
conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note
and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains
liable thereon. Where an assumption is allowed pursuant to this Subsection
33.19, the Seller, with the prior written consent of the insurer under the
Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, if any, is authorized to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with the person to whom the Mortgaged
Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is substituted as
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the related Mortgage Note. Any such
substitution of liability agreement shall be in lieu of an assumption agreement.
In connection with any such assumption or substitution of liability,
the Seller shall follow the underwriting practices and procedures of prudent
mortgage lenders in the state in which the related Mortgaged Property is
located. With respect to an assumption or substitution of liability, the
Mortgage Interest Rate, the amount of the Monthly Payment, and the final
maturity date of such Mortgage Note may not be changed. The Seller shall notify
the Purchaser that any such substitution of liability or assumption agreement
has been completed by forwarding to the Purchaser the original of any such
substitution of liability or assumption agreement, which document shall be added
to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part
of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments
constituting a part thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs of this Subsection or any
other provision of this Agreement, the Seller shall not be deemed to be in
default, breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of
any assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which
the Seller may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
For purposes of this Subsection 33.19, the term "assumption" is deemed to also
include a sale of the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage that is not
accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability agreement.
Subsection 32.21 Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage
Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Seller of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Seller will immediately notify the Purchaser by
a certification of a servicing officer of the Seller (a "Servicing Officer"),
which certification 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 Custodial Account pursuant to Subsection 33.04 have been or
will be so deposited, and shall request execution of any document necessary to
satisfy the Mortgage Loan and delivery to it of the portion of the Mortgage File
held by the Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee. Upon receipt of such
certification and request, the Purchaser, shall promptly release the related
mortgage documents to the Seller and the Seller shall prepare and process any
satisfaction or release. No expense incurred in connection with any instrument
of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial
Account or the Purchaser.
In the event the Seller satisfies or releases a Mortgage without
having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage or
should it otherwise prejudice any right the Purchaser may have under the
mortgage instruments, the Seller, upon written demand, shall remit to the
Purchaser the then outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan by
deposit thereof in the Custodial Account. The Seller shall maintain the fidelity
bond insuring the Seller against any loss they may sustain with respect to any
Mortgage Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing of the
Mortgage Loan, including for this purpose collection under any Primary Insurance
Policy or LPMI Policy, the Purchaser shall, upon request of the Seller and
delivery to the Purchaser of a servicing receipt signed by a Servicing Officer,
release the requested portion of the Mortgage File held by the Purchaser to the
Seller. Such servicing receipt shall obligate the Seller to return the related
Mortgage documents to the Purchaser when the need therefor by the Seller no
longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation
Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Custodial
Account or the Mortgage File or such document 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, and the Seller
has delivered to the Purchaser a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying
as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such
document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon
receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan
was liquidated, the servicing receipt shall be released by the Purchaser to the
Seller.
Subsection 32.22 Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its services hereunder, the Seller shall be
entitled to withdraw from the Custodial Account or to retain from interest
payments on the Mortgage Loans the amounts provided for as the Seller's
Servicing Fee. Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees,
as provided in Subsection 33.19, and late payment charges or otherwise shall be
retained by the Seller to the extent not required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account. The Seller 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 as specifically provided for.
Subsection 32.23 Notification of Adjustments.
On each Adjustment Date, the Seller shall make interest rate
adjustments for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan in compliance with the
requirements of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. The Seller shall execute
and deliver the notices required by each Mortgage and Mortgage Note regarding
interest rate adjustments. The Seller also shall provide timely notification to
the Purchaser of all applicable data and information regarding such interest
rate adjustments and the Seller's methods of implementing such interest rate
adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Seller or the Purchaser that the Seller
has failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate or a Monthly Payment pursuant to
the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, the Seller shall
immediately deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds the amount of
any interest loss caused thereby without reimbursement therefor.
Subsection 32.24 Statement as to Compliance.
The Seller will deliver to the Purchaser not later than 90 days
following the end of each fiscal year of the Seller, which as of each Closing
Date ends on the last day in December in each calendar year, an Officers'
Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of the Seller during the preceding year and of performance under this
Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision and (ii) to the best of
such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Seller has fulfilled all of
its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been
a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Purchaser to any Person identified as a
prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.
Subsection 32.25 Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
Not later than 90 days following the end of each fiscal year of the
Seller, the Seller at its expense shall cause a firm of independent public
accountants (which may also render other services to the Seller) which is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a
statement to the Purchaser or its designee to the effect that such firm has
examined certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans under this Agreement or of mortgage loans under standards established by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (including the Mortgage
Loans and this Agreement) substantially similar one to another (such statement
to have attached thereto a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing
agreements covered thereby) and that, on the basis of such examination conducted
substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers, such firm confirms that such servicing has been conducted in
compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements except for such
significant exceptions, qualifications or errors in records that, in the opinion
of such firm, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
requires it to report. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the
Purchaser to any Person identified as a prospective purchaser of the Mortgage
Loans.
Subsection 32.26 Access to Certain Documentation.
The Seller shall provide to the Office of Thrift Supervision, the
FDIC and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority
that may exercise authority over the Purchaser access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Seller required by applicable laws
and regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon
reasonable request (but not less than 72 hours) and during normal business hours
at the offices of the Seller. In addition, access to the documentation will be
provided to the Purchaser and any Person identified to the Seller by the
Purchaser without charge, upon reasonable request during normal business hours
at the offices of the Seller.
Subsection 32.27 Reports and Returns to be Filed by the Seller.
The Seller shall file information reports with respect to the
receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business, reports of
foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and information returns
relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged
Property as required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code. Such
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by such Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
Subsection 32.28 Servicing Transfer.
At the end of the Interim Servicing Period, the Purchaser, or its
designee, shall assume all servicing responsibilities related to the Mortgage
Loans and the Seller shall cease all servicing responsibilities related to the
Mortgage Loans. During the Interim Servicing Period, the Seller shall, at its
cost and expense, take such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate and evidence the transfer of the servicing of the related Mortgage
Loans to the Initial Purchaser, or its designee. The Seller agrees to execute
and deliver such instruments and take such actions as the Initial Purchaser, or
its designee may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the
servicing transfer.
Subsection 32.29 Reserved.
Subsection 32.30 Compliance with REMIC Provisions.
If a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement
under which the Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, the Seller shall not
take any action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take (or fail to
cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not
taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of the REMIC as a REMIC
or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC (including but not
limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F(a)(2)
of the Code and the tax on "contributions" to a REMIC set forth in Section
860G(d) of the Code) unless the Seller has received an Opinion of Counsel (at
the expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not endanger such REMIC status or result in the
imposition of any such tax.
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated September
28, 2005 ("Agreement"), among Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, a New York limited
partnership ("Assignor"), GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation
("Assignee") and WMC Mortgage Corp., a California corporation (the "Company").
For and in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
Assignment, Assumption and Conveyance
1. The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns
to the Assignee all of the right, title and interest (other than those rights
specifically retained by the Assignor pursuant to this Agreement) of the
Assignor, as purchaser, in, to and under (a) those certain Mortgage Loans listed
on the schedule (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Mortgage Loans"), and solely insofar as it related to the Mortgage Loans, that
certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of July
27, 2005 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between the Assignor, as purchaser (in such
capacity, the "Purchaser"), and the Company, as seller.
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the Assignee
hereunder (i) any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and any
obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the
Purchase Agreement that are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement, (ii) the rights of the
Purchaser under Subsection 9.05, Section 13 and Subsection 14.01 of the Purchase
Agreement, (iii) the rights retained by the Assignor pursuant to Section 6
hereof, and (iv) any rights of the Assignor under the letter agreement relating
to the Mortgage Loans, dated May 27, 2005 (the "PPTA"), between the Assignor and
the Company.
The Assignee hereby assumes all of the Assignor's obligations under
the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase Agreement solely insofar as such obligations
relate to the Mortgage Loans.
Recognition of the Company
2. (a) From and after the date hereof (the "Securitization Closing
Date"), the Company shall and does hereby recognize that the Assignee will
transfer the Mortgage Loans and assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement
(solely to the extent set forth herein) and this Agreement to Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (in such capacity, including its successors
in interest and any successor trustees under the Pooling Agreement, the
"Trustee"), of the GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1 (the "Trust") created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005 (the "Pooling
Agreement"), among the Assignee, the Trustee, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and Xxxxxx
Loan Servicing LP, as servicer of the Mortgage Loans (including its successors
in interest and any successor servicer of the Mortgage Loans under the Pooling
Agreement, the "Servicer"). The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that from
and after the date hereof (i) the Trust will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans
and the Servicer will be the servicer of the Mortgage Loans effective on and
after September 1, 2005 (the "Cut-off Date") pursuant to the terms of the
Pooling Agreement; (ii) the Company shall look solely to the Trust (including
the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf) for performance of
any obligations of the Assignor under the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase
Agreement (solely insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans); provided,
however, the Assignee shall cooperate and shall use reasonable efforts to assist
the Company with any obligation that is not being fulfilled by the Trust
(including the Trustee or a Servicer acting on behalf of the Trust); (iii) the
Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)
shall have all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as
they relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the Purchase Agreement, including,
without limitation, the enforcement of the document delivery requirements set
forth in Subsection 6.03 of the Purchase Agreement, and shall be entitled to
enforce all of the obligations of the Company thereunder insofar as they relate
to the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, the remedies for breaches
of representations and warranties set forth in Subsection 9.03 of the Purchase
Agreement; and (iv) all references to the Purchaser or the Custodian under the
Purchase Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans shall be deemed
to refer to the Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the
Trust's behalf). Neither the Company nor the Assignor shall amend or agree to
amend, modify, waiver, or otherwise alter any of the terms or provisions of the
Purchase Agreement which amendment, modification, waiver or other alteration
would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the Company's performance under
the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the prior
written consent of the Trustee.
(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, in connection with any
legal opinions delivered by any internal counsel of the Company in connection
with the execution, delivery and/or performance by the Company of this Agreement
(including any opinions rendered on the Securitization Closing Date), the
Company shall be liable to the addressees thereon for any and all claims or
demands arising out of, or based upon, any such legal opinion.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
3. The Company warrants and represents to the Assignor, the Assignee
and the Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's
behalf) as of the date hereof that:
(i) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the state of California and has all
licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is
licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state wherein it owns or
leases any material properties or where a Mortgaged Property is located, if
the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order to
conduct business of the type conducted by the Company, and in any event the
Company is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent
necessary to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement; no proceedings are pending for
the suspension or revocation of any licenses or approvals currently held by
Company; the Company has the full corporate power, authority and legal
right to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations
hereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement and all agreements
contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered and constitute
the valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company
(subject to bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditor's rights),
regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity
or at law; and all requisite corporate action has been taken by the Company
to make this Agreement and all agreements contemplated hereby valid and
binding upon the Company in accordance with their terms;
(ii) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment
of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the Company's charter or by-laws or other organizational
documents or any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to which
the Company is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a default
or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Company or its property is subject, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would have a material
adverse effect upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
mortgage, contract, deed of trust or other instrument, or impair the
ability of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, impair the value
of the Mortgage Loans, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize
the full amount of any insurance benefits accruing pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement;
(iii) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending
or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened against the Company, before any
court, administrative agency or other tribunal asserting the invalidity of
this Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in
the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Company (taken as a whole), or in any material impairment of the right or
ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now
conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Company, or
which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the
obligations of the Company contemplated herein, or which would be likely to
impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the terms of
this Agreement. There is no action, suit, proceeding or, to the Company's
knowledge, investigation pending against the Company with respect to the
Mortgage Loans relating to fraud, predatory lending, servicing or closing
practices which would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company;
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration
or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body
including HUD, the FHA or the VA is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the
related Securitization Closing Date; and
(v) The Company does not believe, nor does it have any reason or
cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained
in this Agreement.
4. Pursuant to Section 13 of the Purchase Agreement, the Company
hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Assignor, the Assignee
and the Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's
behalf), that (i) except as set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) below, the
representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 9.01 and 9.02 of the
Purchase Agreement are true and correct as of the Securitization Closing Date;
(ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 9.02(a),
9.02(b) and 9.02(m) of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct as of the
applicable Closing Date; and (iii) the representations and warranties set forth
in Subsections 9.02(c), 9.02(d), 9.02(h), 9.02(j), 9.02(q), 9.02(r), 9.02(w),
9.02(gg), 9.02(jj) (provided, however, that such representation and warranty
shall be modified so that it is made to the best of the Company's knowledge) ,
9.02(kk), 9.02(ll), 9.02(ss) and 9.02(fff) of the Purchase Agreement are true
and correct as of the Cut-off Date.
Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties of the Company
5. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the remedies
available to the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trust (including the Trustee and
the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf) in connection with any breach of the
representations and warranties made by the Company set forth in Sections 3 and 4
hereof shall be as set forth in Subsection 9.03 of the Purchase Agreement as if
they were set forth herein (including without limitation the repurchase and
indemnity obligations set forth therein). The Assignor hereby acknowledges and
agrees to use its best efforts in enforcing the representation and warranty
obligations of the Company.
6. In the event any Mortgage Loan is required to be repurchased
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall pay to (a) the Trust the
Repurchase Price (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), and (b) the Assignor an
amount equal to the excess of the Purchase Price Percentage (as defined in the
PPTA) over the Repurchase Price (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), without
duplication of amounts paid pursuant to clause (a) of this sentence in respect
of interest and related costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Assignor
or the Trust. It is hereby understood that the right to such excess over par is
not being sold or assigned hereunder and rather is being retained by the
Assignor; it being further understood that Assignor shall have the obligation to
calculate the amounts described in clauses (a) and (b) of this sentence and
inform the Company of such amounts.
Representations and Warranties of the Assignor
7. The Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignee and the
Trust as of the date hereof that:
(a) The Assignor is the sole owner of record and holder of the
Mortgage Loans and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note. The
Mortgage Loans are not assigned or pledged, and the Assignor has good,
indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and
sell the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee free and clear of any encumbrance,
equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest or
participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage
Loan, the Assignee will own the Mortgage Loans free and clear of any
encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest. The Assignor intends to relinquish all rights to possess,
control and monitor the Mortgage Loans;
(b) The Assignor has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor of
any action, if the Mortgagor's failure to perform such action would cause the
Mortgage Loans to be in default, nor has the Company waived any default
resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor;
(c) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure
laws applicable to the Mortgage Loans have been complied with, including, but
not limited to, all applicable anti-predatory and abusive lending laws.
(d) No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as
applicable (as such terms were defined in the then current Standard & Poor's
LEVELS(R) Glossary) as of the related Closing Date, and no Mortgage Loan
originated on or after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 is governed by the
Georgia Fair Lending Act; and
(e) To the Assignor's knowledge, no event has occurred (i) from the
applicable Closing Date to the Securitization Closing Date that would render the
representations and warranties as to any Mortgage Loan made by the Company
pursuant to Subsection 9.02(b) of the Purchase Agreement to be untrue in any
material respect, except with respect to approximately 2.12% of the Mortgage
Loans which were one payment past due as of the Cut-off Date and approximately
0.11% of the Mortgage Loans which were two or more payments past due as of the
Cut-off Date; and (ii) from the Cut-off Date to the Securitization Closing Date
that would render the representations and warranties as to any Mortgage Loan
made by the Company pursuant to Subsections 9.02(c), 9.02(d), 9.02(h), 9.02(j),
9.02(q), 9.02(r), 9.02(w), 9.02(gg), 9.02(jj), 9.02(kk), 9.02(ll), 9.02(ss) and
9.02(fff) of the Purchase Agreement to be untrue in any material respect.
Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties of the Assignor
8. The Assignor hereby acknowledges and agrees that in the event of
any breach of the representations and warranties made by the Assignor set forth
in Section 7 hereof that materially and adversely affects the value of such
Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Assignee or the Trust therein and such
breach is not cured by the Assignor, it shall, subject to the substitution
provisions set forth in Section 9 hereof, purchase or cause the purchase of the
applicable Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price (as defined in the Pooling
Agreement) within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the
Assignor of such breach of a representation or warranty. The determination as to
whether or not there exists a breach by the Assignor of any of the
representations and warranties described in Subsections 9.02(b), 9.02(h),
9.02(j), 9.02(r), 9.02(gg), 9.02(kk), 9.02(ll), 9.02(ss) and 9.02(fff) of the
Purchase Agreement shall be made without regard to the knowledge qualification
in Section 7(e) hereof. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the
Assignor set forth herein to cure, repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan
in breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section 7 hereof
constitutes the sole remedy of the Trust or any other person or entity against
the Assignor with respect to such breach.
Substitution Obligation for Breach of a Representation or Warranty
9. The Company and Assignor hereby acknowledge and agree that if
either the Company or the Assignor, as applicable, discovers or receives notice
of any breach of any of the representations and warranties made by the Company
in Subsection 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or made by the Assignor pursuant to
Section 7 hereof, as applicable, within two years of the Securitization Closing
Date, the Company or the Assignor, as applicable, shall, at the Trust's option,
and provided that the Company or Assignor has a Substitute Mortgage Loan (as
defined below), rather than repurchase such Mortgage Loan as provided above,
remove such Mortgage Loan and substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Mortgage Loans, provided that any such substitution shall be effected not
later than two years after the Securitization Closing Date. If the Company or
Assignor, as applicable, has no Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Company or
Assignor, as applicable, shall, if such breach is not cured, repurchase the
deficient Mortgage Loan. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be accomplished by direct remittance
of the applicable Repurchase Price to the Trust or its designee in accordance
with the Trust's instructions.
At the time of substitution, the Company or the Assignor, as
applicable, shall arrange for the reassignment of the deleted Mortgage Loan to
the Trust and the delivery to the Trust of any documents held by the Trustee
relating to the deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event of a substitution, the
Company or the Assignor, as applicable, shall (i) simultaneously with such
reassignment, give written notice to the Trust that such substitution has taken
place, (ii) amend or cooperate with the Trust in amending the applicable
Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the deleted Mortgage Loan
and (iii) identify a Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend or cooperate with the
Trust in amending the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the addition
of such Substitute Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such substitution, the
Company or the Assignor, as applicable, shall be deemed to have made as to such
Substitute Mortgage Loan the representations and warranties set forth in
Subsection 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement except that all such representations
and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made as of the date
of such substitution. The Assignor or Company, as applicable, shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Trustee or to its designee the documents
required by the Pooling Agreement, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required
by the Pooling Agreement. No substitution will be made in any calendar month
after the initial determination date for such month. The Assignor or Company, as
applicable, shall remit directly to the Trust or its designee in accordance with
the Trust's instructions, the monthly payment less the servicing fee due, if
any, on such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans in the month following
the date of such substitution. Monthly payments due with respect to Substitute
Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be retained by the Assignor.
For the month of substitution, distributions to the Trust shall include the
monthly payment due on any deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution,
and the Assignor or Company, as applicable, shall thereafter be entitled to
retain all amounts subsequently received by the Assignor or Company, as
applicable, in respect of such deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which the Company or the Assignor substitutes a
Substitute Mortgage Loan for a deleted Mortgage Loan, the Trust shall determine
the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate stated
principal balance of all deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of scheduled
principal payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortfall shall be distributed by the Assignor or the Company, as applicable,
directly to the Trust or its designee in accordance with the Trust's
instructions within two (2) business days of such substitution.
Any cause of action against the Company or the Assignor relating to or
arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in
Subsection 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 7 hereof, as applicable,
shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the
Trust or notice thereof by the Company or the Assignor to the Trust, (ii)
failure by the Company or the Assignor to cure such breach, repurchase such
Mortgage Loan or substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan as specified above, and
(iii) demand upon the Company or Assignor by the Trust for compliance with this
Agreement.
A Substitute Mortgage Loan ("Substitute Mortgage Loan") is a mortgage
loan eligible to be substituted by the Company or Assignor for a deleted
Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an
outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all scheduled payments due in
the month of substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one
mortgage loan for a deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance), not
in excess of the outstanding principal balance of the deleted Mortgage Loan (the
amount of any shortfall will be paid by the Company or Assignor to the Trust or
its designee in the month of substitution); (ii) have a mortgage interest rate
not less than, and not more than 1% greater than, the mortgage interest rate of
the deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater
than, and not more than one year less than, that of the deleted Mortgage Loan
(iv) be of the same type as the deleted Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate or
adjustable rate with same Periodic Rate Cap and Index); and (v) comply with each
representation and warranty (respecting individual Mortgage Loans) set forth in
Subsection 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement.
Miscellaneous
10. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles, and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with such laws.
11. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified
unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against
whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced, with the prior
written consent of the Trustee.
12. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of (i) the successors
and assigns of the parties hereto and (ii) the Trust (including the Trustee and
the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf). Any entity into which the Assignor,
Assignee or Company may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement
for any further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee or Company, respectively,
hereunder.
13. This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall survive the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Purchase Agreement
(to the extent assigned hereunder) by the Assignor to the Assignee and by
Assignee to the Trust and nothing contained herein shall supersede or amend the
terms of the Purchase Agreement.
14. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
15. In the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with
any provision of the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the
terms of this Agreement shall control.
16. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the exhibits
hereto) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Purchase Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY,
a New York limited partnership
By: XXXXXXX SACHS REAL ESTATE FUNDING
CORP., a New York corporation, as
General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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WMC MORTGAGE CORP.,
a California corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, Capital Markets
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[GSAMP 2005-WMC1 - AAR Signature Page]
EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
