Execution
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
REMIC MULTI-CLASS PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 1998-4
TERMS AGREEMENT
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(to Underwriting Agreement
dated February 24, 1997,
between the Company and the Underwriter)
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. New York, New York
Three Executive Campus February 19, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Deutsche Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. (the "Underwriter")
agrees, subject to the terms and provisions herein and of the
captioned Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"),
to purchase the Classes of Series 1998-4 Certificates specified
in Section 2(a) hereof (the "Offered Certificates"). This Terms
Agreement supplements and modifies the Underwriting Agreement
solely as it relates to the purchase and sale of the Offered
Certificates described below. The Series 1998-4 Certificates are
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means
of an effective Registration Statement (No. 333-43755).
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings
given them in the Underwriting Agreement.
Section 1. The Mortgage Pool: The Series 1998-4
Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in a mortgage pool (the "Mortgage Pool") of
conventional, fixed rate, fully amortizing one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
following characteristics as of February 1, 1998 (the "Cut-off
Date"):
(a) Aggregate Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool:
$601,414,123 aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off
Date, subject to a permitted variance such that the
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance will be
not less than $570,000,000 or greater than $630,000,000.
(b) Original Terms to Maturity: The original term to
maturity of substantially all of the Mortgage Loans
included in the Mortgage Pool shall be between 20 and 30
years.
Section 2. The Certificates: The Offered Certificates
shall be issued as follows:
(a) Classes: The Offered Certificates shall be issued
with the following Class designations, interest rates and
principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the
variance referred to in Section 1(a):
Class
Purchase
Class Principal Interest Price
----- Balance Rate Percentage
------- ---- ----------
Class A1 $108,021,000.00 6.50% 99.4140625%
Class A2 81,654,000.00 7.00 99.4140625
Class A3 21,714,000.00 (1) 99.4140625
Class A4 4,653,000.00 (1) 99.4140625
Class A5 168,552,000.00 6.75 99.4140625
Class A6 98,853,000.00 (1) 99.4140625
Class A7 32,951,000.00 (1) 99.4140625
Class A8 60,141,355.00 6.75 99.4140625
Class R 100.00 6.75 99.4140625
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(1) Interest will accrue on the Class A3, Class A4, Class
A6 and Class A7 Certificates at the respective rates
described in the Prospectus.
(b) The Offered Certificates shall have such other
characteristics as described in the related Prospectus.
Section 3. Purchase Price: The Purchase Price for each
Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class Purchase
Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a) above) of
the initial Class Certificate Principal Balance thereof plus
accrued interest at the initial interest rate per annum from and
including the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, February 26,
1998 (the "Closing Date").
Section 4. Required Ratings: The Offered Certificates,
other than the Class A4 and Class A7 Certificates, shall have
received Required Ratings of at least "AAA" from each of Fitch
IBCA, Inc. ("Fitch") and Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a
division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. ("S&P"). The Class A4
and Class A7 Certificates shall have received required ratings of
at least "AAA" from Fitch and "AAAr" from S&P.
Section 5. Tax Treatment: One or more elections will
be made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Underwriter and the Company.
Very truly yours,
DEUTSCHE XXXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date hereof.
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
