THORNBURG MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST [__] , as Issuer THORNBURG MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION, as Depositor [_________], as Master Servicer and [_________], as Indenture Trustee SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__] THORNBURG...
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST [__] , as Issuer
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as
Depositor
[_________],
as Master Servicer
and
[_________],
as Indenture Trustee
___________________________
Dated
as
of [_____] [__], 20[__]
___________________________
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST [__]
HOME
EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES, SERIES 20[__]-[__]
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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2
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Section
1.02
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Calculations
Respecting Mortgage Loans
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29
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Section
1.03
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Calculations
Respecting Accrued Interest
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29
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ARTICLE
II
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CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section
2.01
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Retention of Obligation to Fund Advances Under
Credit
Line Agreements
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29
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Section
2.02
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Acceptance
of Trust Estate; Review of Documentation
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33
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Section
2.03
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Grant
Clause
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34
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Section
2.04
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Further
Encumbrance of Trust Property
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36
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ARTICLE
III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Section
3.01
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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37
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Section
3.02
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Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer
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39
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Section
3.03
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Discovery
of Breach
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41
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Section
3.04
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Repurchase,
Purchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans
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42
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ARTICLE
IV
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ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER SERVICER
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Section
4.01
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Duties
of the Master Servicer
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43
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Section
4.02
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Master
Servicer Fidelity Bond and Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy
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43
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Section
4.03
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Master
Servicer’s Financial Statements and Related Information
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44
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Section
4.04
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Power
to Act; Procedures
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44
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Section
4.05
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Enforcement
of Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s Obligations
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46
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Section
4.06
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Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items
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46
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Section
4.07
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Collection
Account
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47
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Section
4.08
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Application
of Funds in the Collection Account
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49
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Section
4.09
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Reports
of Indenture Trustee to Securityholders and the Insurer
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50
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Section
4.10
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Termination
of Servicing Agreements; Successor Servicers
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54
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Section
4.11
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Master
Servicer Liable for Enforcement
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54
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Section
4.12
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No
Contractual Relationship Between Any Servicer and Indenture Trustee
or
Depositor
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55
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Section
4.13
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Assumption
of Servicing Agreement by Indenture Trustee
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55
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Section
4.14
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“Due-on-Sale”
Clauses; Assumption Agreements
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55
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Section
4.15
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Release
of Mortgage Files
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56
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Section
4.16
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Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for
Indenture Trustee
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56
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Section
4.17
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Opinion
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58
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Section
4.18
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Standard
Hazard and Flood Insurance Policies
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58
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Section
4.19
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Presentment
of Claims and Collection of Proceeds
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59
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Section
4.20
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[Reserved]
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59
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Section
4.21
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[Reserved]
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59
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Section
4.22
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Compensation
to the Master Servicer
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59
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Section
4.23
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REO
Property
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59
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Section
4.24
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[Reserved]
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60
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Section
4.25
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Reports
to the Indenture Trustee
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60
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Section
4.26
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Annual
Officer’s Certificate as to Compliance
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60
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Section
4.27
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Annual
Independent Accountants’ Servicing Report
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61
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Section
4.28
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Merger
or Consolidation
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62
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Section
4.29
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Resignation
of Master Servicer
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62
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Section
4.30
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Assignment
or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer
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63
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Section
4.31
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Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others
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63
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Section
4.32
|
Indemnification;
Third-Party Claims
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64
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Section
4.33
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[Reserved]
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64
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Section
4.34
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Alternative
Index
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64
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Section
4.35
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[Reserved]
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64
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Section
4.36
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[Reserved]
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65
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Section
4.37
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[Reserved]
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65
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Section
4.38
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[Reserved]
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65
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Section
4.39
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Transfer
of Servicing
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65
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ARTICLE
V
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DEPOSITS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS
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Section
5.01
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The
Collection Account
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66
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Section
5.02
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The
Distribution Account
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66
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Section
5.03
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Payments
from the Distribution Account
|
68
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Section
5.04
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The
Policy; the Policy Payment Account
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69
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Section
5.05
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[Reserved]
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70
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Section
5.06
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[Reserved]
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70
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Section
5.07
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The
Certificate Account
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70
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Section
5.08
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Control
of the Trust Accounts
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70
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ARTICLE
VI
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EVENTS
OF MASTER SERVICER TERMINATION
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Section
6.01
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Events
of Master Servicer Termination; Indenture Trustee To Act; Appointment
of
Successor
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75
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ii
Section
6.02
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Additional
Remedies of Indenture Trustee Upon Event of Master Servicer
Termination
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79
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Section
6.03
|
Waiver
of Defaults
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79
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Section
6.04
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Notification
to Holders
|
79
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Section
6.05
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Directions
by Securityholders and Duties of Indenture Trustee During Event of
Master
Servicer Termination
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80
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Section
6.06
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Action
Upon Certain Failures of the Master Servicer and Upon Event of Master
Servicer Termination
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80
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Section
6.07
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Preparation
of Reports
|
80
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Section
6.08
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Reporting
Requirements of the Commission and Indemnification
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82
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ARTICLE
VII
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RAPID
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
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Section
7.01
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Rapid
Amortization Events
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83
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ARTICLE
VIII
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TERMINATION
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Section
8.01
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Termination
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85
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Section
8.02
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Termination
Prior to Maturity Date; and Optional Redemption
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86
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Section
8.03
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[Reserved]
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86
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Section
8.04
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Certain
Notices upon Final Payment
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86
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Section
8.05
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Beneficiaries
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86
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ARTICLE
IX
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section
9.01
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Binding
Nature of Agreement; Assignment
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87
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Section
9.02
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Entire
Agreement
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87
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Section
9.03
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Amendment
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87
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Section
9.04
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Acts
of Securityholders
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88
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Section
9.05
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Recordation
of Agreement
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88
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Section
9.06
|
Governing
Law
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88
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Section
9.07
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Notices
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89
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Section
9.08
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Severability
of Provisions
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89
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Section
9.09
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Indulgences;
No Waivers
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89
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Section
9.10
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Headings
Not To Affect Interpretation
|
89
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Section
9.11
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Benefits
of Agreement
|
89
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Section
9.12
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Special
Notices to the Rating Agencies
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89
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Section
9.13
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Counterparts
|
90
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Section
9.14
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Execution
by the Issuer
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90
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iii
ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit
A-1
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Form
of Initial Certification
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Exhibit
A-2
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Form
of Interim Certification
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Exhibit
A-3
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Form
of Final Certification
|
Exhibit
A-4
|
Form
of Endorsement
|
Exhibit
B
|
Request
for Release of Documents and Receipt
|
Exhibit
C
|
List
of Servicing Agreements
|
Exhibit
D
|
(Reserved)
|
Exhibit
E
|
(Reserved)
|
Exhibit
F
|
Custodial
Agreement ([_________])
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Exhibit
G
|
[Reserved]
|
Exhibit
H
|
[Reserved]
|
Exhibit
I
|
Form
of Certification to be Provided by Indenture Trustee to the
Depositor/Master Servicer
|
Schedule
A
|
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
|
Schedule
B
|
[_________]
Mortgage Loan Schedule
|
Schedule
C
|
[_________]
Mortgage Loan Schedule
|
iv
This
SALE
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__] (the “Agreement” or
the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), is by and among XXXXXXXXX MORTGAGE
SECURITIES TRUST [ ] , a Delaware statutory trust, as issuer (the “Issuer”),
XXXXXXXXX MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as depositor
(the “Depositor”), [_________], as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”)
and [_________], as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
WHEREAS,
the Depositor has acquired the Mortgage Loans from Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Funding,
Inc. (the “Seller”) pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, and at the
Closing Date is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the other property being
conveyed by it to the Issuer hereunder for inclusion in the Trust Estate.
WHEREAS,
such Mortgage Loans consist of certain home equity lines of credit;
WHEREAS,
on the Closing Date, the Depositor will acquire the Notes and the Residual
Certificates from the Issuer, as consideration for its transfer to the Issuer
of
the Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting the Trust
Estate;
WHEREAS,
the Depositor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement
to provide for the conveyance to the Issuer of the Mortgage Loans and the other
property constituting the Trust Estate;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer will pledge the Mortgage Loans and the
other property constituting the Trust Estate to the Indenture Trustee as
security for the Notes;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
The
following table sets forth the Class Designation, Note Rate, Original Note
Principal Amount and minimum denomination for the Notes issued pursuant to
the
Indenture.
Class
Designation
|
Note
Rate
|
Original
Note
Principal
Amount
|
Minimum
Denominations
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Class
A
|
(1)
|
$
[_________]
|
$
[______]
|
_______________
(1)
|
The
Note Rate with respect to any Payment Date (and the related Interest
Accrual Period) for the Class A Notes is the per annum rate equal to
the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus (a) [____]%,
on or prior to the Optional Redemption Date and (b) [____]%,
after the Optional Redemption Date; and (ii) the Maximum Rate for
such
Payment Date.
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ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
The
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
Accelerated
Principal Payment:
With
respect to any Payment Date a payment received as a payment of principal by
the
Noteholders, for the purpose of increasing the related Overcollateralization
Amount, and to
be paid
from the Excess Cashflow, and equal to for any Payment Date the lesser of (x)
the amount of the Excess Cashflow and (y) the Overcollateralization Deficiency
Amount.
Accepted
Servicing Practices:
As provided in each Servicing Agreement.
Account:
Any of the Collection Account or the Distribution Account, as
applicable.
Accountant:
A person engaged in the practice
of accounting that (except when this Agreement provides that an Accountant
must
be Independent) may be employed by or affiliated with the Depositor or an
Affiliate of the Depositor.
Additional
Balance:
With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any date of determination, the aggregate
amount of all Draws conveyed to the Issuer with respect to such Mortgage Pool
pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement.
Additional
Balance Contributed Amount:
The [_________] Additional Balance Contributed Amount and the [_________]
Additional Balance Contributed Amount, as applicable.
Administration
Agreement:
The Administration Agreement dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__] among
the Issuer, the Administrator and the Depositor, as such may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
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Administrator:
[_________],
or any successor in interest thereto, in its capacity as Administrator under
the
Administration 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.
Aggregate
Expense Rate:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the
Indenture Trustee Fee Rate and the Owner Trustee Fee.
Agreement:
This Sale and Servicing Agreement and all amendments and supplements
hereto.
Anniversary
Year:
Means,
the one-year period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first
anniversary thereof, and each subsequent one-year period beginning on the day
after the end of the preceding Anniversary Year and ending on the next
succeeding anniversary of the Closing Date.
Appraised
Value:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount set forth in an appraisal made
in
connection with the origination of such Mortgage
Loan as the value of the related Mortgaged Property.
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 assignment of the Mortgage
to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Securityholders, which assignment,
notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more
blanket assignments covering the Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties
located in the same jurisdiction, if permitted by law; provided,
however,
that neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for
determining whether any such assignment is in recordable form.
Authorized
Officer:
Any Person who may execute
an Officer’s Certificate on behalf of the Depositor.
Available
Funds:
With respect to any Payment Date, the amount then on deposit in the Distribution
Account, after taking into account the deposits thereto made pursuant to Section
5.03(a) of this Agreement, if any (exclusive of the amount of any related
Insured Amount or Preference Amount then on deposit in the Policy Payment
Account or deposited into the Distribution Account in accordance with Section
5.04 of this Agreement).
Bankruptcy:
As to any Person, the making of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
the
filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, adjudication as a bankrupt or
insolvent, the entry of an order for relief in a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, the seeking of reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief, or seeking, consenting
to or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator,
dissolution, or termination, as the case may be, of such Person pursuant to
the
provisions of either the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as amended,
or
any other similar state laws.
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Bankruptcy
Code:
The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as amended.
Benefit
Plan Opinion:
An Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that any
proposed transfer of Certificates will not (i) cause the assets
of the trust fund to be regarded as plan assets for purposes of the Plan Asset
Regulations or (ii) give rise to any fiduciary duty on the part of the Depositor
or the Trustee.
Book-Entry
Notes:
A
beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be
made
through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section [___] of
the
Indenture.
Business
Day:
Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York or, if other than New York, the city in
which
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee is located, or the States
of
New York, Delaware, [_________] or [_________] are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to be closed, or (iii) with respect
to any Servicer Remittance Date or any Servicer reporting date, the States
specified in the definition of “Business Day” in the related Servicing
Agreement, are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
[_________]
Additional Balance Contributed Amount:
As to any Payment Date and during the Managed Amortization Period, the
difference, if any, between (a) the aggregate excess, if any, for all prior
Payment Dates of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Additional Balances
in respect of the [_________] Mortgage Loans created during the Collection
Period relating to each such Payment Date over (ii) Principal Collections in
respect to the [_________] Mortgage Loans relating to such Payment Date, and
(b)
the aggregate [_________] Additional Balance Contributed Amounts paid to
[_________] on all prior Payment Dates pursuant to Section 5.03(b)(iii) of
this
Agreement. During the Rapid Amortization Period, zero.
[_________]
Mortgage Loans:
The Mortgage Loans originated by [_________] as identified on Schedule B
attached hereto.
Certificate
Account:
The
account maintained by the Administrator pursuant to Section 5.07 of this
Agreement.
Certificate
of Trust:
The
certificate of trust of the Issuer substantially in the form of Exhibit C to
the
Trust Agreement.
Certificateholder:
As
defined in the Trust Agreement.
Charge-Off
Amount:
With
respect to any Charged-Off HELOC is the amount of the principal balance that
has
been written down.
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Charged-Off
HELOC:
Means
(i) a Mortgage Loan with a Principal Balance that has been written down on
the
related Servicer’s servicing system in accordance with its policies and
procedures and (ii) any Mortgage Loan that is more than 180 days past
due.
Class:
All Notes bearing the same class designation.
Class
B Certificate:
A Residual Certificate, in the form attached to the Indenture as Exhibit
A.
Class
L Certificate:
A Residual Certificate, in the form attached to the Indenture as Exhibit
A.
Class
Principal Balance:
With
respect to the Class L Certificates and any Payment Date during the Managed
Amortization Period, zero. With respect to the Class L Certificates and any
Payment Date during the Rapid Amortization Period, the sum of the Additional
Balance Contributed Amount at the commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period
for such Payment Date and the aggregate amount of Draws conveyed to the Issuer
during the Rapid Amortization Period, less the aggregate Realized Loss Allocated
Amount for all prior Payment Dates and, after the Notes are paid in full,
distributions to such class pursuant to Section [___] of the Trust Agreement
representing principal payments on the Mortgage Loans.
With
respect to the Class B Certificates and any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the
excess of the Pool Balance on the last day of the related Collection Period
(after taking into account all Interest Collections and Principal Collections
for such Payment Date) over the sum of the aggregate Note Principal Amount
of
the Notes and the Class Principal Balance of the Class L Certificates, in
each case immediately prior to such Payment Date.
Closing
Date:
[_____]
[__], 20[__].
Code:
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further amended
from time to time, any successor
statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued
pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.
Collateral:
As defined in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
Collection
Account:
A
separate account established and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant
to
Section 4.07.
Collection
Period:
With respect to any Payment Date and Mortgage Loan, the calendar month
immediately preceding such Payment Date.
Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date, the percentage equivalent
of a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (A) the Credit Limit and (B)
the
outstanding Principal Balance as of the date of application for the related
credit line (or as of any subsequent date, if any, as of which such outstanding
principal balance may be determined in connection with an increase in the Credit
Limit for such Mortgage Loan) of any mortgage loan or mortgage loans that are
senior in priority to the Mortgage Loan and which are secured by the same
Mortgaged Property and the denominator of which is (C) the Appraised Value
of
the related Mortgaged Property as set forth in the Mortgage File as of the
date
of the appraisal or on such subsequent date, if any, or (D) in the case of
a
Mortgaged Property purchased within one year of the date of execution of the
related Credit Line Agreement, the lesser of (x) the Appraised Value of the
related Mortgaged Property as set forth in the loan files as of the date of
the
appraisal and (y) the purchase price of such Mortgaged Property.
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Control:
The meaning specified in Section 8-106 of the New York UCC.
Controlling
Party:
The Insurer, so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and the Majority Securityholders, for so long as an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and is continuing.
Corporate
Trust Office:
The
principal corporate trust office of the Indenture Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at [_________],
Attention: [__________].
Credit
Limit:
As to
any Mortgage Loan, the maximum principal balance permitted under the terms
of
the related Credit Line Agreement.
Credit
Limit Utilization Rate:
As to
any Mortgage Loan, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of
which is the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-Off Date
and
the denominator of which is the related Credit Limit.
Credit
Line Agreement:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the related home equity line of credit agreement
and promissory note executed by the related Mortgagor and any amendment or
modification thereof.
Credit
Scores:
With
respect to the Mortgage Loans, statistical credit scores obtained by mortgage
lenders in connection with the loan application to help assess a borrower’s
creditworthiness.
Custodial
Account:
Any
custodial account (other than an Escrow Account) established and maintained
by a
Servicer pursuant to a Servicing Agreement.
Custodial
Agreement:
Each
custodial agreement attached as Exhibit F hereto, and any custodial agreement
subsequently executed by the Indenture Trustee and acknowledged by the Master
Servicer substantially in the form thereof.
Custodian:
Each
custodian appointed by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to a Custodial Agreement,
and any successor thereto. The initial Custodian is [_________].
Cut-off
Date:
Close
of business on [_____] [__], 20[__].
Cut-off
Date Pool Balance:
With
respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off
Date.
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Default:
Any
occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become,
a
Rapid Amortization Event.
Deferred
Interest:
With
respect to the Notes and any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of interest
due
at the Formula Note Rate over interest due at the Note Rate.
Definitive
Notes:
As
defined in Section [___] of the Indenture.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan that is repurchased from the Trust Estate pursuant to the terms
hereof or as to which one or more Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loans are
substituted therefor.
Delinquent:
A
Mortgage Loan is “delinquent” if any payment due thereon is not made by the
close of business on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage
Loan is “30 days delinquent” if such payment has not been received by the close
of business on the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the
month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding
day
(e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was
due
on the 31st day of such month) then on the last day of such immediately
succeeding month. Similarly for “60 days delinquent,” “90 days delinquent” and
so on.
Deposit
Date:
With
respect to each Payment Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such
Payment Date.
Depositor:
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation having its
principal place of business in New York, or its successors in
interest.
Determination
Date:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the fourth Business Day prior to such Payment
Date
or such earlier day as shall be designated by the Insurer and the Indenture
Trustee.
Distribution
Account:
That
account designated as the “Distribution Account” and established pursuant to
Section 5.02 of this Agreement.
Draw:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, an additional borrowing by the Mortgagor
subsequent to the Cut-Off Date in accordance with the related Credit Line
Agreement.
Draw
Period:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the period of time specified in the related Credit
Line Agreement whereby a Mortgagor may make a Draw under the related Credit
Line
Agreement, not to exceed five, ten or fifteen years (as applicable) unless
extended pursuant to such Credit Line Agreement and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, such extension to be limited by the provisions of the related
Transfer Agreement.
Due
Date:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which principal and/or interest is
due
under the related Credit Line Agreement.
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Eligible
Account:
Either
(i) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company acceptable to the Rating Agencies and
the Insurer or (ii) an account or accounts the deposits in which are insured
by
the FDIC to the limits established by such corporation, provided that any such
deposits not so insured shall be maintained in an account at a depository
institution or trust company whose commercial paper or other short term debt
obligations (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company which
is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the commercial paper or other
short term debt or deposit obligations of such holding company or depository
institution, as the case may be) have been rated by each Rating Agency in its
highest short-term rating category, or (iii) a segregated Trust account or
accounts (which shall be a “special deposit account”) maintained with the
Indenture Trustee or any other federal or state chartered depository institution
or trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity, in a manner acceptable
to
the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Rating Agencies. Eligible Accounts
may bear interest.
Eligible
Investments:
Any one
or more of the following obligations or securities:
(i)
direct
obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by, the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America (“Direct
Obligations”);
(ii)
federal
funds, or demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposits of, or bankers’
acceptances issued by, any depository institution or trust company (including
U.S. subsidiaries of foreign depositories and the Indenture Trustee or any
agent
of the Indenture Trustee, acting in its respective commercial capacity)
incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or
any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state
banking authorities, so long as at the time of investment or the contractual
commitment providing for such investment the commercial paper or other
short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company
(or,
in the case of a depository institution or trust company which is the principal
subsidiary of a holding company, the commercial paper or other short-term debt
or deposit obligations of such holding company or deposit institution, as the
case may be) have been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term
rating category or one of its two highest long-term rating
categories;
(iii)
repurchase
agreements collateralized by Direct Obligations or securities guaranteed by
GNMA, Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMC with any registered broker/dealer subject to
Securities Investors’ Protection Corporation jurisdiction or any commercial bank
insured by the FDIC, if such broker/dealer or bank has an uninsured, unsecured
and unguaranteed obligation rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
short-term rating category;
(iv)
securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which have
a
credit rating from each Rating Agency, at the time of investment or the
contractual commitment providing for such investment, at least equal to one
of
the two highest long-term credit rating categories of each Rating Agency;
provided,
however,
that
securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Eligible Investments
to the extent that investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal
amount of securities issued by such corporation and held as part of the Trust
Estate to exceed [____]% of the sum of the Pool Balance and the aggregate
principal amount of all Eligible Investments in the Distribution Account;
provided,
further,
that
such securities will not be Eligible Investments if they are published as being
under review with negative implications from any Rating Agency;
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(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 180 days after the date of issuance thereof) rated by each Rating Agency
in
its highest short-term rating category;
(vi)
a
Qualified GIC;
(vii)
certificates
or receipts representing direct ownership interests in future interest or
principal payments on obligations of the United States of America or its
agencies or instrumentalities (which obligations are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States of America) held by a custodian in safekeeping
on behalf of the holders of such receipts; and
(viii)
any
other
demand, money market, common trust
fund
or time
deposit or obligation, or interest-bearing or other security or investment
(including those managed or advised by the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate
thereof), (A) rated in the highest rating category by each Rating Agency or
(B)
that would not adversely affect the then current rating assigned by each Rating
Agency of any of the Notes without regard to the Policy. Such investments in
this subsection (viii) may include money market mutual funds or common Trust
Estates, including any fund for which [_________] (the “Bank”) in its capacity
other than as Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or an affiliate thereof
serves as an investment advisor, administrator, shareholder servicing agent,
and/or custodian or subcustodian, notwithstanding that (x) the Bank, the
Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof charges and
collects fees and expenses from such funds for services rendered, (y) the Bank,
the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof charges
and
collects fees and expenses for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement,
and
(z) services performed for such funds and pursuant to this Agreement may
converge at any time. The Indenture Trustee specifically authorizes the Bank
or
an affiliate thereof to charge and collect from the Indenture Trustee such
fees
as are collected from all investors in such funds for services rendered to
such
funds (but not to exceed investment earnings thereon);
provided,
however,
that no such instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if such instrument
evidences either (i) a right to receive only interest payments with respect
to
the obligations underlying such instrument, or (ii) both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the principal
and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to
maturity of greater than [____]%
of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations, provided that
any such investment will be a “permitted investment” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
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Entitlement
Order:
The
meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC (i.e.,
generally, orders directing the transfer or redemption of any Financial
Asset).
ERISA:
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Errors
and Omission Insurance Policy:
Any
errors or omission insurance policy required to be obtained by each Servicer
satisfying the requirements of the related Servicing Agreement.
Escrow
Account:
Any
account with respect to tax and insurance escrow payments established and
maintained by each Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing
Agreement.
Event
of Master Servicer Termination:
Any one
of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 6.01(a).
Excess
Cashflow:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the Available Funds for such Payment Date which
remain on deposit in the Distribution Account after taking into account the
distributions listed in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 5.03(b) of this
Agreement on such Payment Date.
Exchange
Act:
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx
Mae:
Federal
National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered and privately owned
corporation organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage
Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
FHLMC:
The
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the
United States created and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance
Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Fidelity
Bond:
Any
fidelity bond required to be obtained by each Servicer satisfying the
requirements of the related Servicing Agreement.
Final
Certification:
The
certification, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-3.
Final
Scheduled Payment Date:
The
Payment Date in [_________] 20[__], whereby the Noteholders shall be entitled
to
receive a payment of principal in an amount equal to the Note Principal Amount
and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
Financial
Asset:
The
meaning specified in Section 8-102(a) of the New York UCC.
Fitch:
Fitch,
Inc. or any successor in interest.
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Formula
Note Rate:
With
respect to the Notes and an Interest Accrual Period, is the per annum rate
equal
to the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus (a) [____]%, on or prior to the Optional
Redemption Date and (b) [____]%, after the Optional Redemption Date; and (ii)
the Maximum Rate for such Payment Date.
GAAP:
Generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
Grant:
Mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey,
assign, transfer, create, xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security interest in and
right
of set off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture.
A
Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include
all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting
party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for,
collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect
of the Collateral and all other monies payable thereunder, to give and receive
notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to
exercise all rights and options, to bring proceedings in the name of the
granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the
granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect
thereto.
[_________]:[_________],
or any successor thereto.
[_________]
Additional Balance Contributed Amount:
As to any Payment Date and during the Managed Amortization Period, the
difference, if any, between (a) the aggregate excess, if any, for all prior
Payment Dates of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Additional Balances
in respect of the [_________] Mortgage Loans created during the Collection
Period relating to each such Payment Date over (ii) Principal Collections in
respect of the [_________] Mortgage Loans relating to such Payment Date, and
(b)
the aggregate [_________] Additional Balance Contributed Amounts paid to
[_________] on all prior Payment Dates pursuant to Section 5.03(b)(iii) of
this
Agreement. During the Rapid Amortization Period, zero.
[_________]:[_________],
or any
successor in interest thereto.
[_________]
Mortgage Loans:
The Mortgage Loans originated by [_________] as identified on Schedule C
hereto.
Gross
Margin:
As to
any Mortgage Loans, the percentage set forth as the “Gross Margin” for such
Mortgage Loans on Exhibit A to this Agreement.
GNMA:
The
Government National Mortgage Association, a wholly owned corporate
instrumentality of the United States within HUD.
Holder
or
Securityholder:
The
registered holder of any Note or Residual Certificates as recorded on the books
of the Note Registrar or the Certificate Registrar except that, solely for
the
purposes of taking any action or giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement,
any Note or Residual Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor,
the
Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to be outstanding in determining whether the requisite percentage
necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained, except that, in
determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any
such consent, only Notes and an Residual Certificates which a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee knows to be so held shall be disregarded.
The
Indenture Trustee may request and conclusively rely on certifications by the
Depositor
in
determining whether any Notes or the Residual Certificates are registered to
an
Affiliate of the Depositor.
[Any
Notes on which payments are made under the Policy shall be deemed to be
outstanding and held by the Issuer to the extent of such payment.]
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HUD:
The
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor
thereto.
Indenture:
The
Indenture dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__], between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, as such may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Indenture
Trustee:
[_________], not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee,
or
any successor in interest.
Indenture
Trustee Expense Amount:
Means,
any costs, expenses or liabilities reimbursable to the Indenture Trustee to
the
extent provided in the Indenture; provided, however, such reimbursable amounts
may not exceed $[_________]
on
any
Payment Date or $[_________]
during
any Anniversary Year. In the event that the Indenture Trustee incurs
reimbursable amounts in excess of $[_________],
it may
seek reimbursement for such amounts in subsequent Anniversary Years, but in
no
event shall more than $[_________]
be
reimbursed to the Indenture Trustee per Anniversary Year.
Indenture
Trustee Fee:
With
respect to each Payment Date and each Mortgage Loan, the product of the
Indenture Trustee Fee Rate and the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of
the opening of business on the first day of the related Collection Period (or,
in the case of the first Payment Date, as of the Cut-off Date).
Indenture
Trustee Fee Rate:
[____]%
per annum.
Indenture
Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations:
All
amounts and obligations which the Issuer may at any time owe to the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders under the Indenture or the
Notes.
Independent:
When
used with respect to any Accountants, a Person who is “independent” within the
meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation
S-X. When used with respect to any other Person, a Person who (a) is in fact
independent of another specified Person and any Affiliate of such other Person,
(b) does not have any material direct financial interest in such other Person
or
any Affiliate of such other Person, and (c) is not connected with such other
Person or any Affiliate of such other Person as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar
functions.
Index:
The
index specified in the related Credit Line Agreement for calculation of the
Loan
Rate thereof.
Initial
Certification:
The
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1.
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Initial
Holder:
[_________]
Initial
LIBOR Rate:
[____]%.
Initial
Pool Balance:
$[_________].
Insurance
Agreement:
The
Insurance Agreement, dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__], by and among the Insurer,
the Servicers, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee.
Insurance
Policy:
Any
hazard or title insurance relating to a Mortgage Loan, but shall not include
the
Policy.
Insurance
Proceeds:
Proceeds paid by any insurer (other than the Insurer) pursuant to any Insurance
Policy covering a Mortgage Loan, or amounts required to be paid by a Servicer
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, net of any component thereof
specified in the related Servicing Agreement.
Insured
Amount:
As
defined in the Policy with respect to the Notes and as of any Payment
Date
Insured
Payment:
As
defined in the Policy with respect to the Notes.
Insurer:
[_______], or any successor thereto.
Insurer
Default:
Any of
(i) the failure by the Insurer to make a payment required under the Policy
in
accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) the voluntary or involuntary filing
of a
petition or other invocation of the process of any court or government authority
for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case under any federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law against the Insurer or (iii) the
appointing of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Insurer or any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Insurer.
Insurer
Issuer Secured Obligations:
All
amounts and obligations which the Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf
of
the Insurer under the Indenture, the Insurance Agreement or any other Operative
Agreement.
Interest
Accrual Period:
With
respect to any Payment Date and the Notes, the period from and including the
prior Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and
including the Closing Date) to, but excluding, the current Payment Date, with
interest being computed on the basis of the actual number of days in such
Interest Accrual Period and a 360-day year.
Interest
Collections:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (a) all payments by or on behalf of
Mortgagors and any other amounts constituting interest, including the portion
of
Net Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds allocated to interest pursuant
to the terms of the related Credit Line Agreement (excluding the fees or late
charges or similar administrative fees paid by Mortgagors), less the related
Servicing Fee for the related Collection Period and (b) the interest portion
of
(i) the Loan Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Seller
or
an Originator during the related Collection Period, (ii) any Substitute Amount
in respect of any Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan which is substituted
by
the Seller or an Originator during the related Collection Period for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan and (iii) the Redemption Price in connection with any optional
redemption of the Notes during the related Collection Period. The terms of
the
related Credit Line Agreement shall determine the portion of each payment in
respect of such Mortgage Loan that constitutes principal or
interest.
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Interest
Payment Amount:
With
respect to the Notes and any Payment Date, (x) the Note Rate applicable to
such
Payment Date multiplied by (y) the Outstanding Amount immediately prior to
such
Payment Date multiplied by (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual
number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of
which is 360.
Interim
Certification:
The
certification, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2.
Intervening
Assignments:
The
original intervening assignments of the Mortgage, notices of transfer or
equivalent instrument.
Issuer:
The
Delaware statutory trust known as the “Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust [ ]
.”
Issuer
Secured Obligations:
The
Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and the Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured
Obligations.
Late
Payment Rate:
For any
Payment Date, the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) the rate of interest, as
it
is publicly announced by [__________] at its principal office in [________],
[__________], as its prime rate (any change in such prime rate of interest
to be
effective on the date such change is announced by [__________]), plus [____]%
per annum and (ii) the then applicable highest rate of interest on the Notes
and
(b) the maximum rate permissible under applicable usury or similar laws limiting
interest rates. The Late Payment Rate shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
LIBOR:
With
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period, the Initial LIBOR Rate. With
respect to each subsequent Interest Accrual Period, a per annum rate determined
on the LIBOR Determination Date in the following manner by the Indenture Trustee
on the basis of the “Interest Settlement Rate” set by the British Bankers’
Association (the “BBA”) for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such
rates appear on the Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
LIBOR Determination Date.
(a) If
on
such a LIBOR Determination Date, the BBA’s Interest Settlement Rate does not
appear on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), or if the
Telerate Page 3750 is not available on such date, the Indenture Trustee will
obtain such rate from Reuters’ “page LIBOR 01” or Bloomberg’s page “BBAM”. If
such rate is not published for such LIBOR Determination Date, LIBOR for such
date will be the most recently published Interest Settlement Rate. In the event
that the BBA no longer sets an Interest Settlement Rate, the Indenture Trustee
will designate an alternative index, which is acceptable to the Insurer, that
has performed, or that the Indenture Trustee expects to perform, in a manner
substantially similar to the BBA’s Interest Settlement Rate.
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(b) The
establishment of LIBOR by the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee’s
subsequent calculation of the Note Rate for the relevant Interest Accrual
Period, in the absence of manifest error, will be final and
binding.
LIBOR
Business Day:
Any day
on which banks in London, England and The City of New York are open and
conducting transactions in foreign currency and exchange.
LIBOR
Determination Date:
The
second LIBOR Business Day immediately preceding the commencement of each
Interest Accrual Period for the Notes.
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan:
Any
defaulted Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer or the applicable
Servicer has determined that all amounts that it expects to recover from or
on
account of such Mortgage Loan have been recovered.
Liquidation
Expenses:
Expenses that are incurred by the Master Servicer or a Servicer in connection
with the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan and are not recoverable
under the applicable primary mortgage insurance policy, if any, including,
without limitation, foreclosure and rehabilitation expenses, legal expenses
and
unreimbursed amounts, if any, expended pursuant to Sections 4.06, 4.18 or
4.23.
Liquidation
Loss Amounts:
With
respect to any Payment Date and Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan during the related Collection Period, the unrecovered portion of the
related Principal Balance thereof at the end of such Collection Period, after
giving effect to the Net Liquidation Proceeds applied in reduction of such
Principal Balance.
Liquidation
Proceeds:
Cash
received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan,
whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage Loan, trustee’s sale,
foreclosure sale, payment in full, discounted payoff or otherwise, or the sale
of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in
satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan, including any amounts remaining in the
related Escrow Account.
Loan
Purchase Price:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan purchased from the Issuer pursuant to the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement or a Servicing Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of
(i)
the product of (A) [____]% and (B) the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the date of purchase, (ii) one month’s interest on the outstanding
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the preceding
Collection Period computed at the related Loan Rate less, if such Mortgage
Loan
is being purchased from the Issuer by the related Servicer, the Servicing Fee
Rate, (iii) any costs and damages incurred by the Issuer in connection with
any
violation by such Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law and
(iv)
without duplication, the aggregate amount of all delinquent interest, all
advances made by the related Servicer and not subsequently recovered from the
related Mortgage Loan and any Reimbursement Amount related to such Mortgage
Loan.
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Loan
Rate:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and as of any day, the per annum rate of interest
applicable under the related Credit Line Agreement to the calculation of
interest for such day on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Majority
Securityholders:
In the
case that an Insurer Default shall have occurred and is continuing, and until
such time as the sum of the Note Principal Amounts of the Notes has been reduced
to zero, the holder or holders of in excess of 50% of the aggregate Note
Principal Amount (accordingly, the holder of the Residual Certificates shall
be
excluded from any rights or actions of the Majority Securityholders during
such
period); and thereafter, the holder of the Residual Certificates.
Managed
Amortization Period:
With
respect to the Notes, the period commencing on the first Payment Date and ending
on the earlier to occur of (x) the 180th
Payment
Date and (y) the first Payment Date following the occurrence of a Rapid
Amortization Event with respect to the Notes.
Margin:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the
related Credit Line Agreement which amount is added to the Prime Rate in
accordance with the terms of the related Credit Line Agreement to determine
the
Loan Rate for such Mortgage Loan, subject to any maximum rate of
interest.
Master
Servicer:
[_________], or any successor in interest, or if any successor master servicer
shall be appointed as herein provided, then such successor master
servicer.
Material
Adverse Change:
A
material adverse change in (i) the business, results of operations or properties
of the Master Servicer or (ii) the ability of the Master Servicer to perform
its
obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Material
Defect:
As
defined in Section 2.02(c) hereof.
Maturity
Date:
The
Payment Date in [_________] 20[__].
Maximum
Principal Payment:
With
respect to the Notes and (i) any Payment Date during the Managed Amortization
Period, the Net Principal Collections and (ii) any Payment Date during the
Rapid
Amortization Period, [____]% of the Principal Collections relating to such
Payment Date.
Maximum
Rate:
With
respect to the Notes and an Interest Accrual Period, is equal to the product
of
(i) (a) the weighted average of the Net Loan Rates (assuming each Mortgage
Loan
is fully indexed), minus (b) the product of (1) the Premium Percentage and
(2) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Note Principal Balance immediately
before the related Payment Date and the denominator of which is the Pool Balance
at the beginning of the related Collection Period, (ii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the number of days
in
the related Interest Accrual Period and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of
which
is the Pool Balance at the beginning of the related Collection Period and the
denominator of which is the Note Principal Amount immediately before the related
Payment Date.
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MERS:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
any
successor in interest thereto.
MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgage, or an Assignment of Mortgage,
has been or will be recorded in the name of MERS, as nominee for the holder
from
time to time of the Credit Line Agreement.
Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc., or any successor in interest.
Mortgage:
A
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument encumbering a fee simple interest
in
real property securing a Credit Line Agreement, together with improvements
thereto.
Mortgage
File:
The
mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01(b) pertaining to a particular Mortgage
Loan required to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage
Loan:
A
Mortgage and the related Credit Line Agreement or other evidences of
indebtedness secured by each such Mortgage conveyed, transferred, sold, assigned
to or deposited with the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Securityholders
pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 3.04, including without limitation, each
Initial Mortgage Loan and Subsequent Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, as amended from time to time.
Mortgage
Loan Sale Agreement:
The
mortgage loan sale and assignment agreement dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__],
for the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule:
The
schedule attached hereto as Schedule A, which shall identify each Mortgage
Loan,
as such schedule may be amended from time to time to reflect the addition of
Mortgage Loans (including the addition of any Qualifying Substitute Mortgage
Loans) to, or the deletion of Mortgage Loans from, the Trust Estate. Such
schedule shall set forth, among other things, the following information with
respect to each Mortgage Loan: (i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number; (ii)
the Mortgagor’s name; (iii) the street address of the Mortgaged Property
including the city, state and zip code; (iv) the original principal amount
of
the Mortgage Loan; (v) the Loan Rate at origination; (vi) the monthly payment
of
principal and interest at origination; (vii) the applicable Servicer servicing
such Mortgage Loan (and, if the related initial Servicer is no longer the,
Servicer of such Mortgage Loan, whether such Mortgage Loan is a [_________]
Mortgage
Loan or a [_________]
Mortgage
Loan) and the applicable Servicing Fee Rate; (viii) the Custodian with respect
to the Mortgage File related to such Mortgage Loan; (ix) the Cut Off Date
Principal Balance, (x) the Credit Limit, (xi) the Gross Margin, (xii) the
Lifetime Rate Cap, (xiii) the account number, (xiv) the current Loan Rate,
(xv)
the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, (xvi) a code specifying the property type,
(xvii) a code specifying documentation type and (xviii) a code specifying lien
position. The Depositor shall be responsible for providing the Indenture Trustee
and the Master Servicer with all amendments to the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
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Mortgaged
Property:
The fee
simple interest in real property, together with improvements thereto including
any exterior improvements to be completed within 120 days of disbursement of
the
related Mortgage Loan proceeds.
Mortgagor:
The
obligor on a Credit Line Agreement.
Net
Liquidation Proceeds:
With
respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the related Liquidation Proceeds
received and retained in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan
net of (i) unreimbursed expenses, (ii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances,
if
any, and (iii) in the case of a defaulted Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the amount
necessary to repay the related senior lien mortgage loan.
Net
Loan Rate:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Loan Rate thereof reduced by the Aggregate
Expense Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
Net
Principal Collections:
The
excess of (x) Principal Collections over (y) the sum of (A) the aggregate amount
of all Additional Balances arising during the related Collection Period plus
(B)
the Additional Balance Contributed Amount outstanding as of the opening of
business on the related Payment Date; provided,
however,
that in
no event will Net Principal Collections be less than zero with respect to any
Payment Date.
New
York UCC:
The
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
Non-MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan other than a MERS Mortgage Loan.
Note:
Any
Note designated as a “Class A Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Note” on the face
thereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture.
Note
Rate:
The
lesser of the Formula Note Rate and the Maximum Rate.
Note
Paying Agent:
The
Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards
for
the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is
authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the
Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes
on behalf of the Issuer.
Noteholder:
As
defined in the Indenture.
Note
Principal Amount:
With respect to any Notes, the Original Note Principal Amount, less the amount
of all principal distributions previously distributed with respect to such
Note.
Note
Register
and Note
Registrar:
As defined in the Indenture.
Officer’s
Certificate:
A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, the
President, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice President of a
Person.
Operative
Agreements:
The
Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer, this Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement,
the
Custodial Agreements, the Servicing Agreements, the Reconstituted Servicing
Agreements, the Residual Certificates, the Notes the Insurance and Indemnity
Agreement and each other document contemplated by any of the foregoing to which
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee
or
the Issuer is a party.
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Opinion
of Counsel:
A
written opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable in form and substance to
the
Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer
and the
Issuer, and who may be in-house or outside counsel to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer
but
which must be Independent outside counsel with respect to any such opinion
of
counsel concerning federal income tax matters.
Optional
Redemption Date:
As
defined in Section 8.02(a) of this Agreement.
Optional
Redemption Holder:
The
Master Servicer.
Optional
Redemption Price:
An
amount equal to the greater of: (i) the unpaid principal amount of the then
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to
but
excluding the Redemption Date and (ii) the sum of (a) the Note Principal Amount
with interest due thereon, (b) any outstanding fees due to the Servicers, the
Insurer the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and (c) any Reimbursement
Amounts.
Original
Loan-to-Value Ratio:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan at origination, or such other date as is specified, to the
Original Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Original
Note Principal Amount:
With
respect to the Class A Notes, $[_________].
Original
Value:
The
lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of a Mortgaged Property at the time the
related Mortgage Loan was originated and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made
to
finance the acquisition of the related Mortgaged Property, the purchase price
paid for the Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor at the time the related
Mortgage Loan was originated.
Originator:
[_________],
in the
capacity of originator.
Outstanding
Additional Balance Contributed Amount:
For any
Payment Date, any Additional Balance Contributed Amount that was not reimbursed
pursuant to Section 5.03(b)(iii).
Outstanding
Amount:
With
respect to any date of determination, the Note Principal Amount outstanding
as
of such date of determination.
Overcollateralization
Amount:
With
respect to the Notes and as of any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x)
the
Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period over (y) the
Outstanding Amount as of such Payment Date (after taking into account any
reductions to such Outstanding Amount resulting from payments made pursuant
to
clause (iv) of Section 5.03(b) of this Agreement on such Payment
Date).
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Overcollateralization
Deficiency Amount:
With
respect to the Notes and any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the
Specified Overcollateralization Amount applicable to such Payment Date over
(ii)
the Overcollateralization Amount applicable to such Payment Date.
Overcollateralization
Deficit:
With
respect to the Notes and any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which (a)
the
Outstanding Amount, after taking into account the payment to the Noteholders
of
all principal from all sources other than the Policy on such Payment Date,
exceeds (b) the Pool Balance as of as of the end of the related Collection
Period plus any Principal Collections due in the immediately preceding
Collection Period but received in the subsequent Collection Period before the
related Remittance Date.
Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount:
With
respect to the Notes and any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the
Overcollateralization Amount over (y) the Specified Overcollateralization Amount
assuming that the Maximum Principal Payment had been distributed to the
Noteholders on such Payment Date.
Owner
Trustee:
[_________], a national banking association, and any successor in interest,
not
in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
Owner
Trustee Fee:
The
annual fee of $[_________],
payable
to the Owner Trustee pursuant to the Fee Letter Agreement specified in Section
7.03 of the Trust Agreement on a monthly basis on each Payment Date during
the
term of this Agreement.
Payment
Date:
The
[___] day of each month or, if such [___] day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing in [___] 20[__].
Percentage
Interest:
With
respect to the Notes, the percentage obtained by dividing the principal
denomination of such Note by the aggregate of the principal denominations of
all
Notes of such class. With respect to a Residual Certificate, the percentage
set
forth on the face of such Residual Certificate.
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan:
An
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to
Section 4.06 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose
underlying assets include such plan’s or arrangement’s assets by reason of their
investment in the entity.
Plan
Asset Regulations:
The
Department of Labor regulations set forth in 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101.
Policy:
The certificate guaranty insurance policy No. [______________] and any
endorsement thereto, with respect to the Notes, dated [_____] [__], 20[__],
issued by the Insurer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders.
Policy
Payment Account:
As defined in Section 5.04(c) of this Agreement.
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Pool
Balance:
With respect to any date, the aggregate of the Principal Balances of all of
the
Mortgage Loans as of such date.
Pool
Delinquency Rate:
With
respect to any Collection Period, the fraction, expressed as a percentage,
equal
to (x) the aggregate Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans that are 60 or
more days delinquent (including all foreclosures and REO properties) as of
the
close of business on the last day of such Collection Period over (y) the Pool
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of such Collection
Period.
Preference
Amount:
As
defined in the Policy.
Preference
Claim:
As
defined in Section [___] of the Indenture.
Premium
Amount:
With
respect to the Notes and as to any Payment Date, the product of (x) the Premium
Percentage, (y) the Outstanding Amount after giving effect to any distributions
of principal to be made on such Payment Date and (z) the fraction, expressed
as
a percentage, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the
last
Payment Date to the related Payment Date and the denominator of which is
360.
Premium
Percentage:
As
defined in the Insurance Agreement.
Prime
Rate:
The
prime rate of the United States money center commercial banks as published
in
The
Wall Street Journal,
Northeast Edition.
Principal
Balance:
As of
any date and with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan, and as of any date, the related Cut-off Date Pool Balance, plus (i) any
Additional Balance in respect of such Mortgage Loan, minus (ii) all collections
credited as principal against the principal balance of any such Mortgage Loan
in
accordance with the related Credit Line Agreement prior to such day. For
purposes of this definition, a Liquidated Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to
have
a Principal Balance equal to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage
Loan
immediately prior to the final recovery of related Liquidation Proceeds and
a
Principal Balance of zero thereafter.
Principal
Collections:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (a) all payments by or on behalf of
Mortgagors and any other amounts constituting principal including any portion
of
Substitution Amounts allocable to principal, any portion of Recoveries allocable
to principal and any portion of Insurance Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds
or
amounts to be deposited to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.02
of
this Agreement that are allocable to principal, but excluding Foreclosure
Profits) collected by the related Servicer under the related Mortgage Loans
during the related Collection Period and (b) the principal portion of (i) the
Loan Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Seller or an
Originator during the related Collection Period and (ii) the Redemption Price
in
connection with any optional redemption of the Notes. The terms of the related
Credit Line Agreement shall determine the portion of each payment in respect
of
a Mortgage Loan that constitutes principal or interest.
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Principal
Payment Amount:
With
respect to the Notes on any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Maximum
Principal Payment over (y) the Overcollateralization Reduction
Amount.
Principal
Prepayment:
Any
Mortgagor payment of principal (other than a Balloon Payment) or other recovery
of principal on a Mortgage Loan that is recognized as having been received
or
recovered in advance of its scheduled Due Date and applied to reduce the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Line Agreement or the Servicing Agreement.
Proceeding:
Any
suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
Prospectus:
The
prospectus supplement dated [_________] [__], 20[__], together with the
accompanying prospectus dated [__________] [__], 20[__], relating to the
Class
A
Notes.
Purchase
Price:
With
respect to all Additional Balances, at least 100% of the principal balance
of
such Additional Balances.
Qualified
GIC:
A
guaranteed investment contract or surety bond providing for the investment
of
funds in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account and insuring a
minimum, fixed or floating rate of return on investments of such funds, which
contract or surety bond shall:
(i)
be
an
obligation of an insurance company or other corporation whose long-term debt
is
rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories or,
if
such insurance company has no long-term debt, whose claims paying ability is
rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, and
whose short-term debt is rated by each Rating Agency in its highest rating
category;
(ii)
provide
that the Indenture Trustee may exercise all of the rights under such contract
or
surety bond without the necessity of taking any action by any other
Person;
(iii)
provide
that if at any time the then current credit standing of the obligor under such
guaranteed investment contract is such that continued investment pursuant to
such contract of funds would result in a downgrading of any rating of the Notes,
the Indenture Trustee shall terminate such contract without penalty and be
entitled to the return of all funds previously invested thereunder, together
with accrued interest thereon at the interest rate provided under such contract
to the date of delivery of such funds to the Indenture Trustee;
(iv)
provide
that the Indenture Trustee’s interest therein shall be transferable to any
successor trustee hereunder; and
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(v)
provide
that the funds reinvested thereunder and accrued interest thereon be returnable
to the Collection Account or the Distribution Account, as the case may be,
not
later than the Business Day prior to any Payment Date.
Qualified
Insurer:
An
insurance company duly qualified as such under the laws of the states in which
the related Mortgaged Properties are located, duly authorized and licensed
in
such states to transact the applicable insurance business and to write the
insurance provided and whose claims paying ability is rated by each Rating
Agency in its highest rating category or whose selection as an insurer will
not
adversely affect the rating of the Notes, without taking into account the
Policy.
Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan:
In the
case of a Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to
the
terms of this Agreement, a Mortgage Loan that, on the date of such substitution,
(i) has an outstanding Principal Balance (or in the case of a substitution
of
more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate Principal
Balance), after application of all Principal Collections and Interest
Collections due during or prior to the month of substitution, not in excess
of,
and not more than 5% less than, the outstanding Principal Balance of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the
substitution occurs, (ii) has a Loan Rate not less than the Loan Rate on the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) if applicable, has a maximum Loan Rate not less
than the maximum Loan Rate on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) has a minimum
Loan
Rate not less than the minimum Loan Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v)
has a
gross margin equal to or greater than the gross margin of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (vi) has a next adjustment date not later than the next adjustment date
on
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) has the same Due Date as the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (viii) has a remaining stated term to maturity not longer than 18 months
and not more than 18 months shorter than the remaining stated term to maturity
of the related Deleted Mortgage Loan and has a remaining stated term to maturity
not later than the Mortgage Loan with the latest stated term to maturity as
of
the Closing Date, (ix) is current as of the date of substitution, (x) has an
original Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of substitution equal
to or
lower than the original Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan as of such date, (xi) has been underwritten by any Transferor or in
accordance with the same underwriting criteria and guidelines as the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (xii) has a risk grading determined by the Seller at least equal
to the risk grading assigned on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xiii) is
secured by the same property type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xiv) conforms
to each representation and warranty applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan
made
in the related Transfer Agreement, (xv) has the same or higher lien position
as
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xvi) has a Credit Score greater than or equal to
the
Credit Score of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time such Mortgage Loan was
transferred to the Trust, (xvii) the related Mortgaged Property is not an
investment property (unless the Mortgaged Property related to the Deleted
Mortgage Loan was an investment property), (xviii) the related Mortgaged
Property is not a second home (unless the Mortgaged Property related to the
Deleted Mortgage Loan was a second home), (xix) the Combined Loan-to-Value
Ratio
is not greater than 100%, (xx) is no longer in its teaser period and (xxi)
is
acceptable to the Insurer. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are
substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in
clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the basis of aggregate Principal
Balances, the Loan Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined
on
the basis of weighted average Loan Rates, the risk gradings described in clause
(xi) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan, the terms
described in clause (viii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted
average remaining term to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause
(x) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan and, except to
the
extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations and warranties
described in clause (xiv) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
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Rapid
Amortization Event:
Any of
those “Rapid Amortization Events” described in Section 7.01 of this
Agreement.
Rapid
Amortization Period:
With
respect to the Notes, the period which immediately follows the end of the
Managed Amortization Period.
Rating
Agency:
Each of
[_______] and [_______].
Realized
Loss Allocated Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans incurred during the prior Collection Period multiplied by a fraction
the
numerator of which is the Class Principal Balance of the Class L Certificates
immediately prior to such Payment Date and the denominator of which is the
sum
of the Class Principal Balances of the Class L and Class B Certificates
immediately prior to such Payment Date.
Realized
Losses:
For any
Payment Date will equal the positive difference between (i) the Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans that were liquidated during the related
Collection Period and (ii) the principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds
of
such Mortgage Loans.
Record
Date:
The
Business Day immediately preceding the related Payment Date; provided,
however,
that
following the date on which Definitive Notes are available, the Record Date
for
the Notes shall be the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the
month in which the related Payment Date occurs.
Recordation
Event:
Any of
(i) the long-term senior unsecured debt rating of Xxxxxxxxx no longer being
rated at least “BBB-” by Standard & Poor’s and “Baa3” by Xxxxx’x, (ii) the
resignation of the Master Servicer, (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Master
Servicing Termination, (iv) the failure of XXXXXXXXX to maintain the capital
standards established for “well capitalized” institutions under the prompt
corrective action regulations issued pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, as amended, or (v) the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Issuer; provided, that
any
Recordation Event may be waived by the Insurer by its providing written notice
of such waiver to the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee; and (vi) at
the
written request of the Insurer to the Indenture Trustee to record Assignments
of
Mortgages because the Insurer has determined, in the exercise of its reasonable
judgment, that such recordation is necessary to protect the Insurer’s interest
with respect to such Mortgage Loans because (a) a Material Adverse Change with
respect to the Master Servicer has occurred, (b) the Insurer has been so advised
by counsel as a result of a change that occurred after the Closing Date in
applicable law or the interpretation thereof or (c) with respect to a particular
Mortgage Loan, the insolvency of the related Mortgagor.
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Recoveries:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan that becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior
to
the Collection Period relating to a Payment Date, all amounts received in
respect of principal on such Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month
prior to such Payment Date, net of reimbursable expenses in respect
thereof.
Redemption
Price:
As
defined in the Indenture.
Regulation
AB:
Regulation AB promulgated under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
the
same may be amended from time to time; and all references to any rule, item,
section or subsection of, or definition or term contained in, Regulation AB
mean
such rule, item, section, subsection, definition or term, as the case may be,
or
any successor thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time to
time.
Relevant
UCC:
The
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction.
Reimbursement
Amount:
As of
any Payment Date with respect to the Notes, the sum of (x)(i) all Insured
Payments paid by the Insurer, but for which the Insurer has not been reimbursed
prior to such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.03(b)(v) of this Agreement,
plus (ii) interest accrued on such Insured Payments not previously repaid
calculated at the Late Payment Rate from the date the Indenture Trustee received
the related Insured Payments and (y), without duplication, (i) any other amounts
then due and owing to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement as certified
to
the Indenture Trustee by the Insurer plus, (ii) interest on such amounts at
the
Late Payment Rate.
REO
Property:
A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer or any Servicer through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Residual
Certificate:
The
Class L Certificate or the Class B Certificate, as applicable.
Residual
Certificateholder or Certificateholder:
Any
holder of a Residual Certificate.
Responsible
Officer:
Any
Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Assistant Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer, any Corporate Trust officer or any other officer of the
Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by
any of the above-designated officers and, in each case, having direct
responsibility for the administration of the Operative Agreements and also,
with
respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
S&P:
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., or any successor in interest.
Second
Lien Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan that is secured by a second lien on the related Mortgaged
Property.
Securities:
Any
Note and/or Residual Certificates, as applicable.
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Securities
Act:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities
Intermediary:
The
Person acting as Securities Intermediary under this Agreement (which is
[_________]), its successor in interest, and any successor Securities
Intermediary appointed pursuant to Section 5.08.
Security
Entitlement:
The
meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC.
Securityholders:
The
Noteholders and the Certificateholders.
Seller:
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Funding, Inc., or any successor in interest.
Servicer
Remittance Date:
The day
in each calendar month on which each Servicer is required to remit payments
to
the Collection Account, as specified in the related Servicing Agreement, which
is the [___] day of each calendar month (or, if such [___] day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
Servicers:
[_________]
and
[_________],
each in
the capacity of servicer, or any of their respective successors in
interest.
Servicing
Advances:
All
customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses other
than Advances (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred
in the performance by a Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but
not limited to, the cost of (a) the preservation, inspection, restoration and
protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement or administrative
or
judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management and liquidation
of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction
of the Mortgage, (d) taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents and other
charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property, and fire
and
hazard insurance coverage and (e) any losses sustained by a Servicer with
respect to the liquidation of the Mortgaged Property.
Servicing
Agreement:
Each
Servicing Agreement listed on Exhibit C and any other servicing agreement
entered into between a successor servicer and the Seller or Issuer pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement.
Servicing
Fee:
As to
any Payment Date and each Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the product of
(a)
one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the outstanding principal balance
of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Collection
Period.
Servicing
Fee Rate:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, [____]%.
Six
Month Rolling Delinquency Rate:
As of
any Payment Date beginning with the sixth Payment Date, a number equal to the
average of the related Pool Delinquency Rates for each of the six immediately
preceding Collection Periods.
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Specified
Overcollateralization Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the amount equal to the greatest of: (I) (i) prior
to the Stepdown Date, the greater of (a) [____]% of the Principal Balance of
Mortgage Loans which are 180 or more days Delinquent as of the close of business
of the last day of the related Collection Period plus [____]% of the Initial
Pool Balance and (b) the Step-Up Overcollateralization Amount and (ii) on or
after the Stepdown Date the greater of: (x) the lesser of (1) [____]% of the
Initial Pool Balance and (2) [____]% of the Pool Balance as of the current
Payment Date and (y) the Step-Up Overcollateralization Amount; (II) [____]%
of
the Initial Pool Balance; and (III) the sum of the Principal Balances of the
Mortgages Loans with the three largest Principal Balances immediately prior
to
such Payment Date; provided,
however,
that no
reduction in clause (I)(ii) shall occur unless (i) the aggregate
cumulative Liquidation Loss Amounts with respect to the Pool as a percentage
of
the Initial Pool Balance are less than (A) with respect to the first
Payment Date to and but not including the 48th Payment Date, [____]% and
(B) with respect to the 49th Payment Date each Payment Date and thereafter,
[____]% and (ii) the Six Month Rolling Delinquency Rate for such Payment
Date is less than [____]%.
Stepdown
Date:
With
respect to the Notes, the later to occur of (a) the 31st
Payment
Date and (b) the first Payment Date on which the Pool Balance has been reduced
to 50% or less of the Initial Pool Balance.
Step-Up
Overcollateralization Amount:
If the
aggregate cumulative Liquidation Loss Amounts as a percentage of the Initial
Pool Balance exceed the following percentages on the specified Payment
Dates,
Payment
Dates
|
Percentage
|
1st
- 12th
|
[____]%
|
13th
-
24th
|
[____]%
|
25th
-
36th
|
[____]%
|
37th
-
48th
|
[____]%
|
49th
+
|
[____]%
|
the
Step-Up Overcollateralization Amount will equal (a) [____]% of the Initial
Pool
Balance, prior to the Stepdown Date and (b) on or after the Stepdown Date,
the
lesser of (x) [____]% of the Initial Pool Balance and (y) [____]% of the Pool
Balance as of current Payment Date. Otherwise, the Step-Up Overcollateralization
Amount is zero.
Substitute
Cut-Off Date:
With
respect to any Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, the opening of business
on
the first day of the calendar month in which such Qualifying Substitute Mortgage
Loan is conveyed to the Trust.
Substitution
Amount:
The
amount, if any, by which the Principal Balance of a Deleted Mortgage Loan
exceeds the Principal Balance of the related Qualifying Substitute Mortgage
Loan, or aggregate Principal Balance, if applicable, plus
unpaid
interest thereon, and any related unpaid Servicing Advances or unpaid Servicing
Fees.
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Substitution
Amounts:
In
connection with the delivery of any Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan, if
the
outstanding principal amount of such Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan as
of
the applicable Substitute Cut-Off Date is less than the related Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan being replaced as of such Substitute Cut-Off Date,
an amount equal to such difference together with accrued and unpaid interest
on
such amount calculated at the Loan Rate of the Mortgage Loan being
replaced.
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Termination
Date:
The
latest of (i) the termination of the Policy and the return of the Policy to
the
Insurer for cancellation, (ii) the date on which the Insurer shall have received
all amounts due and owing to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and
(iii)
the date on which the Indenture Trustee shall have received payment and
performance of all Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations.
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Title
Insurance Policy:
A title
insurance policy maintained with respect to a Mortgage Loan.
Total
Distribution Amount:
With
respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the Interest Collections for such
date and (ii) the Principal Collections for such date.
Transfer
Agreements:
As
defined in the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement.
Transferor:
Each
seller of Mortgage Loans to the Seller pursuant to the Transfer
Agreements.
Trust
Account Property:
The
Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in the Trust
Accounts (whether in the form of deposit accounts, physical property, book-entry
securities, uncertificated securities, securities entitlements, investment
property or otherwise) and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Trust Accounts:
The
Collection Account, the Certificate Account and the Distribution
Account.
Trust
Agreement:
The
Trust Agreement dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__], between the Depositor, the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee, as such may be amended or supplemented
from
time to time.
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Trust
Estate:
The
assets subject to this Agreement and the Indenture, transferred by the Depositor
to the Issuer and pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, which assets
consist of all accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, general
intangibles, chattel paper, instruments, documents, money, deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit, goods, notes, drafts, letters of credit, advices of
credit, investment property, uncertificated securities and rights to payment
of
any and every kind consisting of, arising from or relating to any of the
following: (a) the Mortgage Loans listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and
principal due and payable after the Cut-off Date, but not including interest
and
principal due and payable on any Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date,
together with the Mortgage Files relating to such Mortgage Loans; (b) any
Insurance Proceeds, REO Property, Liquidation Proceeds and other recoveries
(in
each case, subject to clause (a) above), (c) the Trust Accounts, Recoveries,
any
Custodial Account, any Escrow Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, (d) any Insurance Policies,
(e)
the rights of the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement (f) the
Servicing Agreements and (g) all income, revenues, issues, products, revisions,
substitutions, replacements, profits, rents and all cash and non-cash proceeds
of the foregoing.
Trust
or Trust Fund:
The
Issuer.
UCC:
The
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the relevant jurisdiction.
Underwriter:
[____].
Voting
Interests:
The
portion of the voting rights of all the Notes that is allocated to any Note
for
purposes of the voting provisions of this Agreement. At all times during the
term of this Agreement, 100% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated to
the
Controlling Party.
Section
1.02 Calculations
Respecting Mortgage Loans.
Calculations required to be made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to
any
Mortgage Loan in the Trust Estate shall be made based upon current information
as to the terms of the Mortgage Loans and reports of payments received from
the
Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loans and payments to be made to the Indenture
Trustee as supplied to the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer. The
Indenture Trustee shall not be required to recompute, verify or recalculate
the
information supplied to it by the Master Servicer or any Servicer.
Section
1.03 Calculations
Respecting Accrued Interest.
Accrued
interest, if any, on the Notes shall be calculated based upon a 360-day year
and
the actual number of days in each Interest Accrual Period.
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
2.01 Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Retention of Obligation to Fund Advances Under Credit Line
Agreements.
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(a) As
of the
Closing Date, in consideration of the Issuer's delivery of the Notes and the
Residual Certificates to the Depositor or its designee, and
concurrently with
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor does hereby transfer,
assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without
recourse, subject to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.03 and 3.04, in trust, all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loans. Such
conveyance includes, without limitation, (i) each Mortgage Loan, including
its
Principal Balance (including any Additional Balances related thereto) and all
collections in respect thereof received after the Cut-Off Date (excluding
Interest Collections due on or prior to the Cut-Off Date); (ii) property that
secured a Mortgage Loan that is acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure; (iii) the Seller’s rights under the hazard insurance policies; (iv)
the Policy; (v) the Collection Account and the Distribution Account; (vi) any
of
the Depositor’s rights in relation to the Seller with respect to each Transfer
Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, including, but not limited
to,
the representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the
related Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement and the
representations and warranties of the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Sale
Agreement; and (vii) any proceeds of the foregoing and any other Trust Property
and all other assets included or to be included in the Issuer for the benefit
of
Noteholders, the Residual Certificateholders and the Insurer; provided,
however,
neither
the Indenture Trustee nor the Issuer assumes or shall assume the obligation
under any Credit Line Agreement that provides for the funding of future advances
to the Mortgagor thereunder, and neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee
shall be obligated or permitted to fund any such future advances. With respect
to the Mortgage Loans, Additional Balances shall be part of the related
Principal Balance and are hereby transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date
pursuant to this Section 2.01(a), and therefore part of the Trust Property.
On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall cause the Insurer to deliver
the Policy to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. The
Indenture Trustee declares that, subject to the review provided for in Section
2.02, it has received and shall hold the Trust Estate, as Indenture Trustee,
in
trust, for the benefit and use of the Securityholders and for the purposes
and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and,
concurrently with such receipt, the Issuer has issued and delivered the
Securities to or upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Trust
Estate.
(b) Prior
to
the last day of the related Collection Period preceding the month in which
the
commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period occurs with respect to the
Mortgage Loans serviced by each Servicer, to the extent that the related
[aggregate] Purchase Price of any [all] Additional Balance[s] is [are] greater
than the cash consideration paid by the Issuer for such Additional Balance[s],
the difference between such Purchase Price and the amount of such cash
consideration shall be deemed to be a loan made to the Issuer by the related
Servicer, which shall accrue interest and be payable according to the terms
of
the Indenture. On and after the first day of the Collection Period in which
the
commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period occurs, Additional Balances shall
be deemed to be a capital contribution made to the Issuer by the Seller. To
the
extent that the Seller receives cash consideration for the entire Purchase
Price
of such Additional Balance on any future date, any corresponding capital
contribution that had previously been deemed to have been made to the Issuer
by
the Seller shall be deemed to have been redeemed.
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Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor does hereby
assign to the Issuer all of its rights, title and interest under the Mortgage
Loan Sale Agreement and the Transfer Agreements and the Transfer Agreements
and
delegates its obligations thereunder. The Issuer hereby accepts such assignment,
and shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of the Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement and the Transfer Agreements as if, for such
purpose, it were the Depositor. Upon the issuance of the Securities, ownership
in the Trust Estate shall be vested in the Issuer, subject to the lien created
by the Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Securityholders and the Insurer. The Issuer hereby accepts such assignment
and
delegation, and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of the Depositor under
the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement and the Transfer Agreements as if, for such
purpose, it were the Depositor. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment,
set-over, deposit and conveyance does not and is not intended to result in
creation or assumption by the Indenture Trustee of any obligation of the
Depositor, the Seller, or any other Person in connection with the Mortgage
Loans
or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto except as specifically
set
forth herein.
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) In
connection with such transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the
Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered
to
and deposited with, the Indenture Trustee, and/or the applicable Custodian
acting on the Indenture Trustee’s behalf, the following documents or instruments
with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a “Mortgage File”) so transferred and
assigned:
(i)
with
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the original Credit Line Agreement;
(ii)
for
each
Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, an unsigned and un-notarized
but
otherwise complete original Assignment of Mortgage in blank;
(iii)
(A)
for
each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded
Mortgage or, if in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the original recorded
Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon cannot be delivered on or prior
to
the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office where
such original Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because such
original Mortgage has been lost, the Originator shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian, a true and correct copy of such Mortgage, together
with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an
Officer’s Certificate of the related Originator stating that such original
Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording official or
(ii) in the case of an original Mortgage that has been lost, a certificate
by
the appropriate county recording office where such Mortgage is recorded, and
(B)
in the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting the
presence of the “Mortgage Identification Number” of such MERS Mortgage
Loan;
(iv)
for
each
Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, if applicable, the original
Intervening Assignments, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, showing
a
complete chain of title to the Mortgage from the borrower to the related
Originator (and endorsed in blank in accordance with clause (ii) above) or,
if
any such original Intervening Assignment has not been returned from the
applicable recording office or has been lost, a true and correct copy thereof,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office,
an Officer’s Certificate of the Depositor stating that such original Intervening
Assignment has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording official
for
recordation or (ii) in the case of an original Intervening Assignment that
has
been lost, a certificate by the appropriate county recording office where such
Mortgage is recorded;
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(v)
either
a
title policy or guaranty title with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property;
(vi)
the
original of any guaranty executed in connection with the Mortgage
Loan;
(vii)
the
original of each assumption, modification, consolidation or substitution
agreement, if any, relating to the Mortgage Loans; and
(viii)
any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent instrument executed in
connection with the Mortgage.
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the form of endorsement attached
hereto as Exhibit A-4 is intended to effect the transfer to the Indenture
Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Securityholders, of
the
Credit Line Agreements and the Mortgages.
(e) Upon
the
occurrence of a Recordation Event, the Indenture Trustee shall cause the
Custodian to (i) segregate (a) the Mortgage Files from documents and instruments
relating to mortgage loans that are not Mortgage Loans and (b) the Credit Line
Agreement from the Related Documents for each Mortgage Loan and shall assemble
and maintain the Credit Line Agreements together (separate from the Related
Documents) and (ii) prepare an Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan.
Indenture Trustee shall cause the Custodian within 90 days of such Recordation
Event to submit to the appropriate recording offices Assignments of Mortgage
to
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Trust, which may be blanket assignments
if permitted by applicable law, for the Mortgage Loans. In lieu of recording
any
such Assignments of Mortgage, Master Servicer may cause the Custodian to provide
to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, an Opinion of Counsel in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, to the effect
that recordation of an Assignment of Mortgage in the state where the related
Mortgaged Property is located is not necessary to protect the interests of
the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders in the related Mortgage.
In the event that any such Assignment of Mortgage is lost or returned unrecorded
because of a defect therein, the Indenture Trustee shall cause the Custodian
to
promptly prepare a substitute Assignment of Mortgage or cure such defect, as
the
case may be, and thereafter the Indenture Trustee shall cause the Custodian
to
submit each such Assignment of Mortgage for recording.
(f) In
instances where a Title Insurance Policy is required to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee
under clause (c)(vii) above and is not so delivered, the Depositor will provide
a copy of such Title Insurance Policy to the Indenture Trustee, or to the
applicable Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, as promptly as
practicable after the execution and delivery hereof, but in any case within
180
days of the Closing Date.
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(g) For
Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date
and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above
documents, herewith delivers to the Indenture Trustee, or to the applicable
Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate which
shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection
with such prepayment that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 4.07(d) have been so deposited. All original documents
that
are not delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian on behalf
of the Indenture Trustee shall be held by the Master Servicer or the applicable
Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the
Securityholders.
Section
2.02 Acceptance
of Trust Estate; Review of Documentation.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.01, the Issuer acknowledges receipt of the assets
transferred by the Depositor of the assets included in the Trust Estate and
has
directed that the documents referred to in Section 2.01 and all other assets
included in the definition of “Trust Estate” be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee (or the Custodian) on its behalf.
The
Indenture Trustee, by execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges receipt by
it
of the Policy and by it or the applicable Custodian on its behalf of the
Mortgage Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, subject to review thereof by the Indenture Trustee, or by the
applicable Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, under this Section
2.02. The Indenture Trustee, or the applicable Custodian on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, will execute and deliver to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date an Initial
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 (or in the form annexed
to the applicable Custodial Agreement as Exhibit A-1, as
applicable).
(b) Within
45
days after the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian
on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, will, for the benefit of Securityholders
and
the Insurer, review each Mortgage File to ascertain that all required documents
set forth in Section 2.01 have been received and appear on their face to contain
the requisite signatures by or on behalf of the respective parties thereto,
and
shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee
an
Interim Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2 (or in the
form
annexed to the applicable Custodial Agreement as Exhibit A-2, as applicable)
to
the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(other than any Mortgage Loan prepaid in full or any specifically identified
in
such certification as not covered by such certification), (i) all of the
applicable documents specified in Section 2.01(c) are in its possession and
(ii)
such documents have been reviewed by it and appear to relate to such Mortgage
Loan. The Indenture Trustee, or the applicable Custodian on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, shall determine whether such documents are executed and
endorsed, but shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine
any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine
that
the same are valid, binding, legally effective, properly endorsed, genuine,
enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have
actually been recorded or are in recordable form or that they are other than
what they purport to be on their face. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any
applicable Custodian shall have any responsibility for verifying the genuineness
or the legal effectiveness of or authority for any signatures of or on behalf
of
any party or endorser.
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(c) If
in the
course of the review described in paragraph (b) above the Indenture Trustee
or
the applicable Custodian discovers any document or documents constituting a
part
of a Mortgage File that is missing, does not appear regular on its face (i.e.,
is mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn or otherwise physically altered) or appears
to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
as applicable (each, a “Material Defect”), the Indenture Trustee, or the
applicable Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, discovering such
Material Defect shall promptly identify the Mortgage Loan to which such Material
Defect relates in the Interim Certification delivered to the Depositor and
the
Master Servicer. Within 90 days of its receipt of such notice, the Transferor,
or if the Transferor does not do so, the Depositor shall be required to cure
such Material Defect (and, in such event, the Depositor shall provide the
Indenture Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate confirming that such cure has
been effected). If the applicable Transferor or the Depositor, as applicable,
does not so cure such Material Defect, the Transferor, or if the Transferor
does
not do so, the Depositor shall repurchase the related Mortgage Loan from the
Trust Estate at the Loan Purchase Price. Within the two-year period following
the Closing Date, the Depositor may, in lieu of repurchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this Section 2.02, substitute for such Mortgage Loan a Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan subject to the provisions of Section 3.04. The failure
of the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian to give the notice
contemplated herein within 45 days after the Closing Date shall not affect
or
relieve the Depositor of its obligation to repurchase any Mortgage Loan pursuant
to this Section 2.02 or any other Section of this Agreement requiring the
repurchase of Mortgage Loans from the Trust Estate.
(d) Within
180 days following the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee, or the applicable
Custodian, shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer
and
the Indenture Trustee a Final Certification substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit A-3 (or in the form annexed to the applicable Custodial Agreement
as
Exhibit A-3, as applicable) evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files
in
its possession or control, with any exceptions noted thereto.
(e) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an assumption by the Trust
Estate, the Indenture Trustee, any Custodian or the Noteholders of any
unsatisfied duty, claim or other liability on any Mortgage Loan or to any
Mortgagor.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, each of the parties hereto
acknowledges that the applicable Custodian shall perform the applicable review
of the Mortgage Loans and respective certifications thereof as provided in
this
Section 2.02 and the Custodial Agreement.
(g) Upon
execution of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby delivers to the Indenture
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Mortgage Loan
Sale
Agreement, and each Transfer Agreement.
Section
2.03 Grant
Clause.
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(a) It
is
intended that the conveyance by the Depositor to the Issuer of the Mortgage
Loans, as provided for in Section 2.01 be construed as a sale by the Depositor
to the Issuer of the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Estate for
the
benefit of the Securityholders and the Insurer. Further, it is not intended
that
any such conveyance be deemed to be a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Issuer to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor.
However, in the event that the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the
Depositor or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a
security interest in the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Estate,
then it is intended that (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a
security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC
(or the Relevant UCC if not the New York UCC); (b) the conveyances provided
for
in Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be (1) a grant by the Depositor to the Issuer
of a security interest in all of the Depositor’s right (including the power to
convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in and to (A) the Mortgage Loans and Mortgage Files, including the
Credit Line Agreements, the Mortgages, any related insurance policies and all
other documents in the related Mortgage Files, (B) all amounts payable pursuant
to the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof (C) its rights under
the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, the Transfer Agreements and the Servicing
Agreements and (D) any and all general intangibles consisting of, arising from
or relating to any of the foregoing, and all proceeds of the conversion,
voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities
or
other property, including without limitation all Liquidation Proceeds, all
Insurance Proceeds, all amounts from time to time held or invested in the
Collection Account, the Certificate Account, the Distribution Account, whether
in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property and (2) an
assignment by the Depositor to the Issuer of any security interest in any and
all of the Depositor’s right (including the power to convey title thereto),
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the
property described in the foregoing clauses (1)(A) through (D); (c) the
possession by the Indenture Trustee or any other agent of the Issuer of Credit
Line Agreements, and such other items of property as constitute instruments,
money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession
by the secured party,” or possession by a purchaser or a person designated by
such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant
to
the New York UCC and any other Relevant UCC (including, without limitation,
Section 9-313, 8-313 or 8-321 thereof); and (d) notifications to persons holding
such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons
holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments,
receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents
(as
applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such security interest
under applicable law.
(b) The
Depositor and, at the Depositor’s direction, the Issuer shall, to the extent
consistent with this Agreement, take such reasonable actions as may be necessary
to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest
in
the Mortgage Loans and the other property of the Trust Estate, 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
this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Depositor
shall
prepare and deliver to the Issuer, and the Issuer shall forward for filing,
or
shall cause to be forwarded for filing, at the expense of the Depositor, all
filings necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any original filings
necessary under the Relevant UCC to perfect the Issuer’s security interest in or
lien on the Mortgage Loans as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the
Depositor, including without limitation (x) continuation statements, and (y)
such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any change of name of the
Seller, the Depositor or the Issuer (such preparation and filing shall be at
the
expense of the Owner Trustee, if occasioned by a change in the Owner Trustee’s
name), (2) any change of location of the place of business or the chief
executive office of the Seller or the Depositor or (3) any transfer of any
interest of the Seller or the Depositor in any Mortgage Loan.
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Neither
the Depositor nor the Issuer shall organize under the law of any jurisdiction
other than the State under which each is organized as of the Closing Date
(whether changing its jurisdiction of organization or organizing under an
additional jurisdiction) without giving 30 days prior written notice of such
action to its immediate and mediate transferee, including the Indenture Trustee
and the Insurer. Before effecting such change, each of the Depositor or the
Issuer proposing to change its jurisdiction of organization shall prepare and
file in the appropriate filing office any financing statements or other
statements necessary to continue the perfection of the interests of its
immediate and mediate transferees, including the Indenture Trustee, in the
Mortgage Loans. In connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Indenture, each of the Depositor and the Issuer authorizes
its
immediate or mediate transferee, including the Indenture Trustee, to file in
any
filing office any initial financing statements, any amendments to financing
statements, any continuation statements, or any other statements or filings
described in this Section 2.03(b).
(c) The
Depositor shall not take any action inconsistent with the sale by the Depositor
of all of its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Estate and shall
indicate or shall cause to be indicated in its records and records held on
its
behalf that ownership of each Mortgage Loan and the other property of the Trust
is held by the Issuer. In addition, the Depositor shall respond to any inquiries
from third parties with respect to ownership of a Mortgage Loan or any other
property of the Trust Estate by stating that it is not the owner of such
Mortgage Loan and that ownership of such Mortgage Loan or other property of
the
Trust Estate is held by the Issuer on behalf of the Securityholders and the
Insurer.
Section
2.04 Further
Encumbrance of Trust Property.
(a) Immediately
upon the conveyance to the Issuer by the Depositor of any item of the Trust
Property pursuant to Section 2.01, all right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to such item of Trust Property shall terminate, and all such
right, title and interest shall vest in the Issuer, in accordance with the
Trust
Agreement and Sections 3802 and 3805 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12
Del. Code, § 3801 et seq.).
(b) Immediately
upon the vesting of the Trust Property in the Trust, the Issuer shall have
the
sole right to pledge or otherwise encumber, such Trust Property. Pursuant to
the
Indenture and contemporaneously with such property vesting in the Issuer
pursuant to (a) above, the Issuer shall grant a security interest in the Trust
Property to secure the repayment of the Issuer Secured Obligations. The Residual
Certificates shall represent the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Property, and the Residual Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive
distributions with respect thereto as set forth herein and in the Indenture
and
Trust Agreement.
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(c) Prior
to
the payment in full on the Notes, the payment of all amounts due to the Insurer
under the Insurance Agreement, the termination of the Policy (as defined
therein) and the surrender of the Policy by the Indenture Trustee to the
Insurer, the Indenture Trustee shall hold the Trust Property on behalf of the
Noteholders and the Insurer. Following the payment in full of the Notes and
the
payment of all amounts due to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement, and
the
release and discharge of the Indenture, all covenants of the Issuer under
Article III of the Indenture shall, until payment in full of the Residual
Certificates, remain as covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Residual
Certificateholders, enforceable by the Residual Certificateholders to the same
extent as such covenants were enforceable by the Insurer and the Noteholders
prior to the discharge of the Indenture. Any rights of the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture, following the discharge of the Indenture, shall vest in
the
Residual Certificateholders.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
3.01 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
(a) The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer, the Issuer,
the
Insurer and the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of Securityholders, as of
the
Closing Date or such other date as is specified, that:
(i)
This
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);
(ii)
Immediately
prior to the transfer by the Depositor to the Issuer of each Mortgage Loan,
the
Depositor had good and equitable title to each Mortgage Loan (insofar as such
title was conveyed to it by the Seller) subject to no prior lien, claim,
participation interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other
encumbrance or other interest of any nature;
(iii)
As
of the
Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in
the
Mortgage Loans to the Issuer;
(iv)
The
Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Issuer with any intent
to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;
(v)
The
Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation
in
good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full power and authority to
own
its assets and conduct its business as presently being conducted;
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(vi)
[The
Mortgage Loans constitute either “promissory notes” or “general intangibles”
within the meaning of the applicable UCC;]
(vii)
All
consents and approvals required by the terms of each Mortgage Loan to the sale
of such Mortgage Loan hereunder to the Indenture Trustee have been
obtained;
(viii)
The
Depositor has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all
appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest
in
the Mortgage Loans granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(ix)
Other
than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security
interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage Loans. The Depositor
has
not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements
against the Depositor that include a description of collateral covering the
Mortgage Loans other than any financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated.
The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Depositor;
(x)
The
Credit Line Agreements that constitute or evidence the Mortgage Loans do not
have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned
or
otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All financing
statements filed or to be filed in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection
herewith describing the Mortgage Loans contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this
financing statement will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee;”
and
(xi)
On
the
Closing Date, the Issuer will be a Qualifying SPE.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
(i)
through (xi) above shall survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the
Trust.
(b) The
representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement, which have been assigned
to
the Issuer hereunder, were made as of the date specified in the applicable
Transfer Agreement (or underlying agreement, if such Transfer Agreement is
in
the form of an assignment of a prior agreement). The Seller will make such
representations and warranties as specified in the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement
as of the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with
respect to a Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of both (i) a
representation or warranty of the applicable Transferor under the applicable
Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of the Seller under
the
Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement (other than the representations and warranties
set
forth in Section 1.04(b)(i) of the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement which shall
be
deemed to be made solely by the Seller), the only right or remedy of the Master
Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any Securityholder hereunder
shall be their rights to enforce the obligations of the applicable Transferor
under any applicable representation or warranty made by it. Each of the Master
Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee acknowledges that, except as
provided in the parenthetical in the immediately preceding sentence or as
otherwise provided in the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, the Seller shall not
have any obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation
or warranty made by it with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold by it if the
fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes a breach
of a
representation or warranty made by the applicable Transferor in the applicable
Transfer Agreement, without regard to whether such Transferor fulfills its
contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty. Each
of
the Master Servicer, the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee further acknowledges
that the Depositor shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any
breach of any representation or warranty with respect to the Mortgage Loans
(except as set forth in Section 3.01(a)(vi)) under any circumstances.
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(c) It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties of the Depositor
set forth in Sections 3.01(a)(i) through (vi) shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement. The Depositor shall indemnify the Master Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee [, the Insurer] and the Issuer and hold each of the Master
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee [, the Insurer] and the Issuer harmless against
any loss, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, 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 Depositor’s representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.01(a)(i)
through (vi) hereof. It is understood and agreed that the enforcement of the
obligation of the Depositor set forth in this Section to indemnify the Master
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee [, the Insurer] and the Issuer as provided
in
this Section constitutes the sole remedy of the Indenture Trustee, the Master
Servicer and the Issuer respecting a breach by the Depositor of the
representations and warranties in Sections 3.01(a)(i) through (vi)
hereof.
Any
cause
of action against the Depositor relating to or arising out of the breach of
the
representations and warranties made in Sections 3.01(a)(i) through (vi) hereof
shall accrue upon discovery of such breach by the Issuer, the Master Servicer
[,
the Insurer] or the Indenture Trustee.
Section
3.02 Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer.
(a) The
Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Issuer,
the
Insurer and the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Securityholders,
as of
the Closing Date that:
(i)
it
is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its
incorporation, and as Master Servicer has full power and authority to transact
any and all business contemplated by this Agreement and to execute, deliver
and
comply with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, the execution,
delivery and performance of which have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer;
(ii)
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer and its
performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate
the Master Servicer’s charter or bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or
any administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (C) constitute
a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract,
agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party or by
which it is bound or to which any of its assets are subject, which violation,
default or breach would materially and adversely affect the Master Servicer’s
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
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(iii)
this
Agreement constitutes, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof
by the other respective parties hereto, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of
the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof,
except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general, and by general equity principles (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(iv)
the
Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any
court or any order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency to the extent that any such default would materially and
adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(v)
the
Master Servicer is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or
subject to any charter provision, bylaw or any other corporate restriction
or
any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation that may
materially and adversely affect its ability as Master Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or that requires the consent of any third
person to the execution of this Agreement or the performance by the Master
Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement;
(vi)
no
litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge,
threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit its entering into
this Agreement or performing its obligations under this Agreement;
(vii)
the
Master Servicer, or an affiliate thereof the primary business of which is the
servicing of conventional residential mortgage loans, is a Xxxxxx Xxx- or
FHLMC-approved seller/servicer;
(viii)
no
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master
Servicer of or compliance by the Master Servicer with this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for
such
consents, approvals, authorizations and orders (if any) as have been
obtained;
(ix)
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer;
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(x)
the
Master Servicer has obtained an Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and a
Fidelity Bond in accordance with Section 4.02 each of which is in full force
and
effect, and each of which provides at least such coverage as is required
hereunder; and
(xi)
the
information about the Master Servicer under the heading “The Master Servicer” in
the Prospectus relating to the Master Servicer does not include an untrue
statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material fact, with
respect to the statements made, necessary in order to make the statements in
light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading.
(b) It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
this
Section 3.02 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The
Master Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, the Issuer [, the Insurer] and
the Indenture Trustee and hold them harmless against any loss, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, 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 Master Servicer’s
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.02(a). It is understood
and agreed that the enforcement of the obligation of the Master Servicer set
forth in this Section to indemnify the Depositor, the Issuer [, the Insurer]
and
the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Section constitutes the sole remedy
(other than as set forth in Section 6.01) of the Depositor, the Issuer [, the
Insurer] and the Indenture Trustee, respecting a breach of the foregoing
representations and warranties. Such indemnification shall survive any
termination of the Master Servicer as Master Servicer hereunder, and any
termination of this Agreement.
Any
cause
of action against the Master Servicer relating to or arising out of the breach
of any representations and warranties made in this Section shall accrue upon
discovery of such breach by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee [, the Insurer] or the Issuer or notice thereof by any one of such
parties to the other parties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the
contrary, the Master Servicer shall not be liable for special, indirect or
consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including, but not
limited to, lost profits).
Section
3.03 Discovery
of Breach.
It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties (i) set forth
in
Section 3.01, (ii) of the Seller set forth in the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement
and assigned to the Issuer by the Depositor hereunder and (iii) of each
Transferor and of each Servicer assigned by the Seller to the Depositor pursuant
to the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement and assigned to the Issuer by the Depositor
hereunder, shall be pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture and shall each survive delivery of the Mortgage Files and the
Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee and shall
continue throughout the term of this Agreement. Upon discovery by any of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee of a breach of any
of
such representations and warranties that adversely and materially affects the
value of the related Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall
give
prompt written notice to the other parties. Within 90 days of the discovery
of a
breach of any representation or warranty given by any Transferor or the Seller
and assigned to the Indenture Trustee, such Transferor or the Seller, as
applicable, shall either (a) cure such breach in all material respects, (b)
repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect thereof from
the Issuer at the Loan Purchase Price (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans as
to
which there is a breach of a representation or warranty set forth in Section
1.04(b)(v) of the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, at the purchase price therefor
paid by the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement) or (c) with respect
to the Mortgage Loans, within the two-year period following the Closing Date,
substitute a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage
Loan.
In the event of discovery of a breach of any representation and warranty of
any
Transferor assigned to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall
enforce its rights under the applicable Transfer Agreement and the Mortgage
Loan
Sale Agreement for the benefit of Securityholders and the Insurer. As provided
in the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, if any Transferor substitutes a mortgage
loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Transfer Agreement
and
such substitute mortgage loan is not a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan,
then
pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement the Seller will,
in
exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, (i) pay to the Trust Estate the
applicable Loan Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (ii) within
two
years of the Closing Date, substitute a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage
Loan.
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Section
3.04 Repurchase,
Purchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans.
(a) With
respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by Seller pursuant to the Mortgage
Loan
Sale Agreement or by the Transferor pursuant to the applicable Transfer
Agreement, the principal portion of the funds received by the Indenture Trustee
in respect of such repurchase of a Mortgage Loan will be considered a Principal
Prepayment and the Loan Purchase Price shall be deposited in the Collection
Account. The Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of the full amount of the Loan
Purchase Price for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, or upon notification from the
related Custodian of receipt of the Mortgage File for a Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan (and receipt by the
Indenture Trustee of any applicable Substitution Amount), shall release or
cause
to be released and reassign to the Depositor, the Seller or the Transferor
as
applicable, the related Mortgage File for the Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case
without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest
in
such party or its designee or assignee title to any Deleted Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens and
other encumbrances created by this Agreement and the Indenture, which
instruments shall be prepared by the related Servicer and the Indenture Trustee
shall have no further responsibility with respect to the Mortgage File relating
to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
(b) With
respect to each Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee (or its custodian) in exchange for a Deleted Mortgage Loan:
(i) the related Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, must deliver to the
Indenture Trustee (or a Custodian) the Mortgage File for the Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan containing the documents set forth in Section 2.01(b)
along with a written certification certifying as to the delivery of such
Mortgage File and containing the granting language set forth in Section 2.01(a);
and (ii) the related Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, will be deemed
to
have made as of the date of such transfer, with respect to such Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan, each of the representations and warranties made by
it
with respect to the related Deleted Mortgage Loan. As soon as practicable after
the delivery of any Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan hereunder, the Indenture
Trustee, at the expense of the Depositor and at the direction and with the
cooperation of the applicable Servicer, shall (i) with respect to a
Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan that is a Non-MERS Mortgage Loan, cause
the
Assignment of Mortgage to be recorded by the applicable Servicer if required
pursuant to Section 2.01(c), or (ii) with respect to a Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, cause to be taken such actions
as
are necessary to cause the Indenture Trustee (on behalf of the Issuer) to be
clearly identified as the owner of each such Mortgage Loan on the records of
MERS if required pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
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ARTICLE
IV
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
BY
THE
MASTER SERVICER
Section
4.01 Duties
of the Master Servicer.
For and
on behalf of the Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer
and
the Securityholders, the Master Servicer shall master service the Mortgage
Loans
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of each
Servicing Agreement.
Section
4.02 Master
Servicer Fidelity Bond and Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy.
(a) The
Master Servicer, at its expense, shall maintain in effect a Master Servicer
Fidelity Bond and a Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy,
affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees and other
Persons acting on such Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and
omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder. The
Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and the Master Servicer
Fidelity Bond shall be in such form and amount that would be consistent with
coverage customarily maintained by master servicers of mortgage loans similar
to
the Mortgage Loans and shall by its terms not be cancelable without thirty
days’
prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer. The Master
Servicer shall provide the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, upon request,
with
a copy of such policy and fidelity bond. The Master Servicer shall
(i) require each Servicer to maintain an Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy and a Servicer Fidelity Bond in accordance with the provisions of the
applicable Servicing Agreement, (ii) cause each Servicer to provide to the
Master Servicer certificates evidencing that such policy and bond is in effect
and to furnish to the Master Servicer any notice of cancellation, non-renewal
or
modification of the policy or bond received by it, as and to the extent provided
in the applicable Servicing Agreement, and (iii) furnish copies of such policies
and of the certificates and notices referred to in clause (ii) to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer upon request.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall promptly report to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer
any material changes that may occur in the Master Servicer’s Fidelity Bond or
the Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and shall furnish
to
the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, on request, certificates evidencing
that
such bond and insurance policy are in full force and effect. The Master Servicer
shall promptly report to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer all cases of
embezzlement or fraud, if such events involve funds relating to the Mortgage
Loans. The total losses, regardless of whether claims are filed with the
applicable insurer or surety, shall be disclosed in such reports together with
the amount of such losses covered by insurance. If a bond or insurance claim
report is filed with any of such bonding companies or insurers, the Master
Servicer shall promptly furnish a copy of such report to the Indenture Trustee
and the Insurer. Any amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans collected by the
Master Servicer under any such bond or policy shall be promptly remitted by
the
Master Servicer to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Distribution
Account. Any amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans collected by the applicable
Servicer under any such bond or policy shall be remitted to the Master Servicer
to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement.
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Section
4.03 Master
Servicer’s Financial Statements and Related Information.
For each
year this Agreement is in effect, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, each Rating Agency and the Depositor a copy
of
its annual unaudited financial statements on or prior to May 31 of each
year, beginning May 31, 20[__]. Such financial statements shall include a
balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, statement
of
additional paid-in capital, statement of changes in financial position and
all
related notes and schedules and shall be in comparative form, certified by
a
nationally recognized firm of Independent Accountants to the effect that such
statements were examined and prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding
year.
Section
4.04 Power
to Act; Procedures.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall master service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full
power and authority, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and each
Servicer shall have full power and authority (to the extent provided in the
applicable Servicing Agreement) to do any and all things that it may deem
necessary or desirable in connection with the servicing and administration
of
the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to the power and authority (i)
to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Securityholders and the Indenture Trustee,
customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Credit
Line Agreements and related Mortgages, (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds
and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion
of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan, in each
case, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the applicable
Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided that the Master Servicer shall
not
take, or knowingly permit any Servicer to take, any action that is inconsistent
with or prejudices the interests of the Issuer, the Insurer or the
Securityholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Securityholders under
this
Agreement and the Indenture. The Master Servicer shall represent and protect
the
interests of the Issuer, the Insurer and the Securityholders in the same manner
as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in
any
claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan. Without limiting
the
generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the
name
of a Servicer, and each Servicer, to the extent such authority is delegated
to
such Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, is hereby authorized
and
empowered by the Indenture Trustee when the Master Servicer or such Servicer,
as
the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment and in accordance
with Accepted Servicing Practices and the applicable Servicing Agreement, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself and the Securityholders, the Indenture
Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation,
or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments,
with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties.
The Indenture Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer, upon request, with
any
powers of attorney empowering the Master Servicer or any Servicer to execute
and
deliver instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge, and to foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged
Property, and to appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to
the
Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and the Indenture Trustee shall execute
and deliver such other documents as the Master Servicer may request, necessary
or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to master service the Mortgage
Loans and carry out its duties hereunder, and to allow each Servicer to service
the Mortgage Loans in each case in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices
(and the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability for misuse of any such powers
of attorney by the Master Servicer or any Servicer). If the Master Servicer
or
the Indenture Trustee has been advised that it is likely that the laws of the
state in which action is to be taken prohibit such action if taken in the name
of the Indenture Trustee or that the Indenture Trustee would be adversely
affected under the “doing business” or tax laws of such state if such action is
taken in its name, then upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Master
Servicer shall join with the Indenture Trustee in the appointment of a
co-trustee pursuant to Section [___] of the Indenture. In no event shall the
Master Servicer, without the Indenture Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate
any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Indenture Trustee’s name without
indicating the Master Servicer’s representative capacity or (ii) take any action
with the intent to cause, and which actually does cause, the Indenture Trustee
to be registered to do business in any state. The Master Servicer shall
indemnify the Indenture Trustee for any and all costs, liabilities and expenses
incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection with the negligent or willful
misuse of such powers of attorney by the Master Servicer. In the performance
of
its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be an independent contractor
and
shall not, except in those instances where it is taking action in the name
of
the Indenture Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the Indenture
Trustee.
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(b) In
master
servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall employ
procedures and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises
in master servicing and administering loans for its own account, giving due
consideration to Accepted Servicing Practices where such practices do not
conflict with this Agreement. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer
may, and may permit any Servicer to, in its discretion (i) waive any late
payment charge and (ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Credit Line
Agreement for a period not greater than 120 days; provided,
however,
that
the maturity of any Mortgage Loan shall not be extended past the date on which
the final payment is due on the latest maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off
Date. In the event of any extension described in clause (ii) above, the Master
Servicer shall make or cause such Servicer (if required by the applicable
Servicing Agreement) to make Advances on the related Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.09 on the basis of the amortization schedule
of
such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such extension.
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Section
4.05 Enforcement
of Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s Obligations.
(a) Each
Servicing Agreement requires the applicable Servicer, respectively, to service
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions thereof. References in
this
Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer include actions
taken or to be taken by a Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer. Any fees
and other amounts payable to a Servicer shall be deducted from amounts remitted
to the Master Servicer by such Servicer (to the extent permitted by the
applicable Servicing Agreement) and shall not be an obligation of the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall not be required to (i) take any action with respect to
the
servicing of any Mortgage Loan that the related Servicer is not required to
take
under the related Servicing Agreement and (ii) cause a Servicer to take any
action or refrain from taking any action if the related Servicing Agreement
does
not require such Servicer to take such action or refrain from taking such
action; in both cases notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement that
requires the Master Servicer to take such action or cause such Servicer to
take
such action.
(c) The
Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Insurer and the Securityholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Servicer
under the related Servicing Agreement, and shall at the direction of the
Insurer, in the event that a Servicer fails to perform its obligations in
accordance therewith, terminate the rights and obligations of such Servicer
thereunder and either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or cause
the
other parties hereto to enter into a Servicing Agreement (and such parties
hereby agree to execute and deliver any such successor Servicing Agreement),
with a successor Servicer which is acceptable to the Insurer. Such enforcement,
including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination
of
Servicing 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 Master
Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner
of the related Mortgage Loans and shall be in a manner acceptable to the
Insurer. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its
own
expense, and shall be reimbursed therefor initially (i) from a general recovery
resulting from such enforcement only to the extent, if any, that such recovery
exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, (ii) from
a
specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the party
against whom such enforcement is directed, and then, (iii) to the extent that
such amounts are insufficient to reimburse the Master Servicer for the costs
of
such enforcement, from the Collection Account.
Section
4.06 Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items.
(a) To
the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer
shall
cause each Servicer to establish and maintain one or more custodial accounts
at
a depository institution (which may be a depository institution with which
the
Master Servicer or any Servicer establishes accounts in the ordinary course
of
its servicing activities), the accounts of which are insured to the maximum
extent permitted by the FDIC (each, an “Escrow Account”) and to deposit therein
any collections of amounts received with respect to amounts due for taxes,
assessments, water rates, standard hazard insurance policy premiums or any
comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Withdrawals from any Escrow
Account may be made (to the extent amounts have been escrowed for such purpose)
only in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall
be entitled to all investment income not required to be paid to Mortgagors
on
any Escrow Account maintained by such Servicer. The Master Servicer shall make
(or cause to be made) to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement advances to the extent necessary in order to effect timely payment
of
taxes, water rates, assessments, Standard Hazard Insurance Policy premiums
or
comparable items in connection with the related Mortgage Loan (to the extent
that the Mortgagor is required, but fails, to pay such items), provided that
it
or the applicable Servicer has determined that the funds so advanced are
recoverable from escrow payments, reimbursement pursuant to Section 4.08 or
otherwise.
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(b) Costs
incurred by the Master
Servicer or by any Servicer in effecting the timely payment of taxes and
assessments on the properties subject to the Mortgage Loans may be added to
the
amount owing under the related Credit Line Agreement where the terms of the
Credit Line Agreement so permit; provided,
however,
that the
addition of any such cost shall not be taken into account for purposes of
calculating the distributions to be made to Securityholders. Such costs, to
the
extent that they are unanticipated, extraordinary costs, and not ordinary or
routine costs shall be recoverable as a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.08.
Section
4.07 Collection
Account.
(a) On
the
Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall open and shall thereafter maintain
a
segregated account held in trust in the name of the Securities Intermediary
(the
“Collection Account”), entitled “Collection Account, [_________], as indenture
trustee, in trust for Holders of the Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust [
],
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series
20[__]-[__].”
The
Collection Account shall relate solely to the Securities issued by the Issuer,
and funds in such Collection Account shall not be commingled with any other
monies.
(b) The
Collection Account shall be an Eligible Account. If an existing Collection
Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Master Servicer shall establish
a
new Collection Account that is an Eligible Account within 10 days and transfer
all funds and investment property on deposit in such existing Collection Account
into such new Collection Account.
(c) The
Master Servicer shall give to the Indenture Trustee prior written notice of
the
name and address of the depository institution at which the Collection Account
is maintained and the account number of such Collection Account. The Master
Servicer shall take such actions as are necessary to cause the depository
institution holding the Collection Account to hold such account in the name
of
the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement. On each Deposit Date, the entire
amount on deposit in the Collection Account relating to the Mortgage Loans
(subject to permitted withdrawals set forth in Section 4.08), other than amounts
not included in the Total Distribution Amount for such Payment Date, shall
be
remitted to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Distribution Account
by
wire transfer in immediately available funds. The Master Servicer, at its
option, may choose to make daily remittances from the Collection Account to
the
Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Distribution Account.
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(d) The
Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection
Account, [no later than the Business Day following] [on] the Closing Date,
any
amounts (other than in respect of interest on the Mortgage Loans that accrued
prior to the Cut-off Date) received with respect to the Mortgage Loans due
after
the Cut-off Date and on or before the Closing Date. Thereafter, the Master
Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account on
the
earlier of the applicable Deposit Date and one Business Day following receipt
thereof, the following amounts received or payments made by it (other than
in
respect of principal of and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before
the
Cut-off Date):
(i)
all
payments on account of principal and late collections, on the Mortgage
Loans;
(ii)
all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans, net of the Servicing
Fee
with respect to each such Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of the amount
permitted to be withdrawn or withheld from the Collection Account in accordance
with Section 4.23;
(iii)
any
unscheduled payment or other recovery with respect to a Mortgage Loan not
otherwise specified in this paragraph (d), including all Net Liquidation
Proceeds with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Property, all Recoveries,
and all amounts received in connection with the operation of any REO Property,
net of (x) any unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to such Mortgage Loans (but
only to the extent of the amount permitted to be withdrawn or withheld from
the
Collection Account in accordance with Section 4.23) and (y) any amounts
reimbursable to a Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan under the
applicable Servicing Agreement and retained by such Servicer;
(iv)
all
Insurance Proceeds; and
(v)
the
Loan
Purchase Price of any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Seller, a Transferor
or
any other Person and any Substitution Amount related to any Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan.
(e) Funds
in
the Collection Account may be invested in Eligible Investments selected by
and
at the written direction of the Master Servicer, which shall mature not later
than one Business Day prior to the next Deposit Date and any such Eligible
Investment shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such
Eligible Investments shall be made in the name of the Master Servicer in trust
for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Securityholders.
All income and gain realized from any Eligible Investment shall be for the
benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal or order
from time to time, subject to Section 5.10, hereof and shall not be part of
the
Trust Estate. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such
investments shall be deposited in such Collection Account by the Master Servicer
out of its own funds, without any right of reimbursement therefor, immediately
as realized. The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account
are exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments of interest on funds in the Collection
Account and payments in the nature of late payment charges, assumption fees
and
other incidental fees and charges relating to the Mortgage Loans need not be
deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account and may be retained
by the Master Servicer or the applicable Servicer as additional servicing
compensation. If the Master Servicer deposits in the Collection Account any
amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such
amount from such Collection Account.
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Section
4.08 Application
of Funds in the Collection Account.
The
Master Servicer may, from time to time, make, or cause to be made, withdrawals
from the Collection Account for the following purposes:
(i)
to
reimburse itself or any Servicer for Servicing Advances made by it or by such
Servicer pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement; such right to
reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) is limited to amounts received
on
or in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose,
Liquidation Proceeds and amounts representing Insurance Proceeds with respect
to
the property subject to the related Mortgage) it being understood, in the case
of any such reimbursement, that the Master Servicer’s or Servicer’s right
thereto shall be prior to the rights of the Securityholders;
(ii)
[reserved];
(iii)
to
reimburse itself or any Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds for Liquidation
Expenses and for amounts expended by it pursuant to Section 4.23(a) or the
applicable Servicing Agreement in good faith in connection with the restoration
of damaged property and, to the extent that Liquidation Proceeds after such
reimbursement exceed the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Loan Rate
less the applicable Servicing Fee Rate for such Mortgage Loan to the Due Date
next succeeding the date of its receipt of such Liquidation Proceeds, to pay
to
itself out of such excess the amount of any unpaid assumption fees, late payment
charges or other Mortgagor charges on the related Mortgage Loan and to retain
any excess remaining thereafter as additional servicing compensation, it being
understood, in the case of any such reimbursement or payment, that such Master
Servicer’s or Servicer’s right thereto shall be prior to the rights of the
Securityholders;
(iv)
to
reimburse itself or any Servicer for expenses incurred by and recoverable by
or
reimbursable to it or any Servicer pursuant to Sections 4.04, 4.10(a) or
4.39;
(v)
to
pay to
the Depositor, the Seller or any Transferor, as applicable, with respect to
each
Mortgage Loan or REO Property acquired in respect thereof that has been
purchased pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon and not
distributed on the date on which the related repurchase was effected, and to
pay
to the applicable Person any Servicing Advances to the extent specified in
the
definition of Loan Purchase Price;
(vi)
[reserved];
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(vii)
subject
to Section 5.10, to pay to itself income earned on the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account;
(viii)
on
each
Deposit Date, to make payment to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the
Distribution Account in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Section
4.07(c) for the related Payment Date (to the extent collected by the Servicers
or the Master Servicer);
(ix)
[reserved];
(x)
to
make
payment to itself, the Indenture Trustee, the Custodians, the Administrator
and
others pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Custodial
Agreements or the Administration Agreement;
(xi)
to
withdraw funds deposited in error in the Collection Account;
(xii)
to
clear
and terminate the Collection Account pursuant to Article VIII;
(xiii)
to
reimburse The Trustee and a successor master servicer (solely in its capacity
as
successor master servicer), for any fee or advance occasioned by a termination
of the master servicer, and the assumption of such duties by the Indenture
Trustee or a successor master servicer appointed by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.01, in each case to the extent not reimbursed by the
terminated Master Servicer, it being understood, in the case of any such
reimbursement or payment, that the right of the Master Servicer or the Indenture
Trustee thereto shall be prior to the rights of the Securityholders;
and
(xiv)
to
reimburse any Servicer for such amounts as are due thereto under the applicable
Servicing Agreement and have not been retained by or paid to such Servicer,
to
the extent provided in such Servicing Agreement.
In
connection with withdrawals pursuant to subclauses (i), (iii) and (v) above,
the
Master Servicer’s, any Servicer’s or such other Person’s entitlement thereto is
limited to collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan. The
Master Servicer shall therefore keep and maintain a separate accounting for
each
Mortgage Loan it master services for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal
from the Collection Account it maintains pursuant to such subclause (i), (iii)
and (v).
Section
4.09 Reports
of Indenture Trustee to Securityholders and the Insurer.
(a) On
each
Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall provide to each Securityholder and
the
Insurer or shall make available via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, a
report setting forth the following information (on the basis of Mortgage Loan
level information obtained from the Servicers):
(i)
the
amount being distributed to the Notes;
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(ii)
the
amount of interest included in such payment and the Note Rate;
(iii)
the
amount, if any, of Deferred Interest included in such payment (and the amount
of
interest thereon);
(iv)
the
amount, if any, of the remaining overdue accrued interest after giving effect
to
such payment;
(v)
the
amount, if any, of principal included in such payment;
(vi)
the
Servicing Fee for such Payment Date;
(vii)
the
related principal balance, after giving effect to such payment;
(viii)
the
related initial Pool Balance and the related Pool Balance as of the end of
the
preceding Collection Period;
(ix)
the
Indenture Trustee Fee and Owner Trustee Fee for such Payment Date;
(x)
the
number and aggregate Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans that were (A)
delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in bankruptcy or foreclosure or
properties acquired by the Issuer by deed in lieu of foreclosure) (1) 30 to
59
days, (2) 60 to 89 days, (3) 90 to 119 days, (4) 120 to 149 days, (5) 150 to
179
days, (6) 180 to 269 days and (7) 270 or more days, (B) in foreclosure, (C)
in
bankruptcy and (D) properties acquired by the Issuer by deed in lieu of
foreclosure;
(xi)
(A)
cumulative losses as a percentage of Initial Pool Balance, (B) cumulative losses
as a percentage of current Pool Balance and (C) the twelve-month rolling average
of cumulative losses as a percentage of Initial Pool Balance;
(xii)
the
Six-Month Rolling Delinquency Date;
(xiii)
the
book
value of any real estate which is acquired by the Issuer through foreclosure
or
grant of deed in lieu of foreclosure;
(xiv)
the
amount of any draws on the Policy;
(xv)
whether
the related Payment Date will fall during the Managed Amortization Period or
the
Rapid Amortization Period;
(xvi)
whether
a
Rapid Amortization Event has occurred during the related Collection
Period;
(xvii)
the
outstanding principal balance of the three Mortgage Loans in with the largest
outstanding principal balance;
(xviii)
whether
an Event of Master Servicer Termination or an Insurer Default has
occurred;
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(xix)
the
amount, if any, of Additional Balances created during the related Collection
Period;
(xx)
the
amount, if any, of the Additional Balance Contributed Amount for such Payment
Date, and the amount of interest on such amount;
(xxi)
whether
the Managed Amortization Period has ended and the Rapid Amortization Period
has
begun;
(xxii)
the
Specified Overcollateralization Amount;
(xxiii)
the
Overcollateralization Amount, after giving effect to payments on such Payment
Date;
(xxiv)
the
Overcollateralization Deficit, after giving effect to payments on such Payment
Date;
(xxv)
the
amount of any Servicing Advances made by each Servicer during the related
Collection Period;
(xxvi)
the
amount, if any, of interest shortfalls relating to prepayments during the
related Collection Period;
(xxvii)
the
Class
Principal Balance of each class of Residual Certificates; and
(xxviii)
the
amount distributable, if any, to each class of Residual
Certificates.
In
the
case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) above, the
amounts shall (except in the case of the report delivered to the holder of
the
Residual Certificates) be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original
principal amount of Notes.
In
addition to the information listed above, such report shall also include
such
other information as is required by Form 10-D, including, but not limited to,
the information required by Item 1121 (§ 229.1121) of Regulation
AB.
The
Indenture Trustee will make available such report and additional loan level
information (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same
information in an alternative format) each month to the Rating Agencies, the
Insurer and Securityholders via the Indenture Trustee’s website, which can be
accessed at [_________].
Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Indenture
Trustee’s customer service desk at [_________].
Such
parties that are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy
mailed to them via first class mail by notifying the Indenture Trustee at
[_________],
Attention: [_________], and indicating such. The Indenture Trustee shall have
the right to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make
such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties
and the Indenture Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to
all
above parties regarding any such changes.
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The
foregoing information and reports shall be prepared and determined by the
Indenture Trustee based solely on Mortgage Loan data provided to the Indenture
Trustee by the Master Servicer (in a format agreed to by the Indenture Trustee
and the Master Servicer) no later than 12:00 p.m.(noon) Eastern Standard Time
four Business Days prior to the Payment Date. In preparing or furnishing the
foregoing information to the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on the accuracy of the information or data regarding the Mortgage
Loans and the related REO Property that has been provided to the Master Servicer
by each Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to verify,
recompute, reconcile or recalculate any such information or data. The Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Mortgage Loan data
provided by the Master Servicer and shall have no liability for any errors
in
such Mortgage Loan data.
(b) Upon
the
reasonable advance written request of any Securityholder that is a savings
and
loan, bank or insurance company, which request, if received by the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall provide, or cause to be provided (or,
to
the extent that such information or documentation is not required to be provided
by a Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, shall use reasonable
efforts to obtain such information and documentation from such Servicer, and
provide), to such Securityholder such reports and access to information and
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans as such Securityholder may reasonably
deem necessary to comply with applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision or its successor or other regulatory authorities with respect to
an
investment in the Securities; provided,
however,
that the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by such Securityholder
for
the Indenture Trustee actual expenses incurred in providing such reports and
access.
(c) Within
90
days, or such shorter period as may be required by statute or regulation, after
the end of each calendar year, the Indenture Trustee shall have prepared and
shall make available to each Person who at any time during the calendar year
was
a Securityholder of record, and make available to Security Owners (identified
as
such by the Clearing Agency) in accordance with applicable regulations, a report
summarizing the items provided to the Securityholders pursuant to Section
4.09(a) on an annual basis as may be required to enable such Holders to prepare
their federal income tax returns; provided,
however,
that
this Section 4.09(c) shall not be applicable where relevant reports or summaries
are required elsewhere in this Agreement. Such information shall include the
amount of original issue discount accrued on each Class of Securities and
information regarding the expenses of the Issuer. The Master Servicer shall
provide the Indenture Trustee with such information as is necessary for the
Indenture Trustee to prepare such reports.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall furnish any other information that is required by the
Code and regulations thereunder to be made available to Securityholders. The
Master Servicer shall provide the Indenture Trustee with such information as
is
necessary for the Indenture Trustee to prepare such reports (and the Indenture
Trustee may rely solely upon such information).
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Section
4.10 Termination
of Servicing Agreements; Successor Servicers.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall be entitled with the consent of the Insurer or at the
direction of the Insurer to terminate the rights and obligations of any Servicer
under the applicable Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such Servicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue
of
this Agreement; provided,
however,
that in
the event of termination of any Servicing Agreement by the Master Servicer,
the
Master Servicer shall provide for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by a
successor Servicer acceptable to the Insurer to be appointed as provided in
the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
The
parties acknowledge that notwithstanding the preceding sentence, there may
be a
transition period, not to exceed 90 days, in order to effect the transfer of
servicing to a successor Servicer. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to
be
reimbursed from each Servicer (or by the Trust Estate, if a Servicer is unable
to fulfill its obligations hereunder) for all costs associated with the transfer
of servicing from the predecessor servicer, including without limitation, any
costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer or all servicing data
and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data, as may
be
required by the Master Servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in
the
servicing data or otherwise to enable the Master Servicer to service the
Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.
(b) If
the
Master Servicer acts as a successor Servicer, it will not assume liability
for
the representations and warranties of a Servicer, if any, that it replaces.
The
Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the successor Servicer
assume liability for the representations and warranties made by the terminated
Servicer in the related Servicing Agreement, and in the event of any such
assumption by the successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Master
Servicer, as applicable, may, in the exercise of its business judgment, release
the terminated Servicer from liability for such representations and
warranties.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement or the Servicing Agreements to the contrary,
in
no event shall the Master Servicer terminate a Servicer or appoint a successor
servicer without having obtained the prior consent of the Insurer. Additionally,
to the extent that the Master Servicer is permitted to terminate a servicer
in
accordance with this Agreement or a Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer
will terminate such Servicer if instructed to by the Insurer and shall appoint
a
successor servicer acceptable to the Insurer.
Section
4.11 Master
Servicer Liable for Enforcement.
Notwithstanding any Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the
Securityholders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, to the
extent of its obligations hereunder, without diminution of such obligation
or
liability by virtue of such Servicing Agreements. The Master Servicer shall
use
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Mortgage Loans are serviced
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to enforce the provisions of each Servicing Agreement for
the
benefit of the Securityholders and the Insurer. The Master Servicer shall be
entitled to enter into any agreement with any Servicer for indemnification
of
the Master Servicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed
to
limit or modify such indemnification. Except as expressly set forth herein,
the
Master Servicer shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of any
Servicer in the performance by such Servicer of its obligations under the
related Servicing Agreement.
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Section
4.12 No
Contractual Relationship Between Any Servicer and Indenture Trustee or
Depositor.
Any
Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other transactions or
services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving any Servicer in its capacity
as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between such Servicer
and
the other parties thereto and the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor shall
not
be deemed parties thereto and shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities
with respect to such Servicer except as set forth in Section 4.13 hereof, but
shall have rights thereunder as third party beneficiaries. It is furthermore
understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the obligations of any Servicer
are set forth in their entirety in such Servicer’s related Servicing Agreement
and the Insurance Agreement and such Servicer has no obligations under and
is
not otherwise bound by the terms of this Agreement.
Section
4.13 Assumption
of Servicing Agreement by Indenture Trustee.
(a) In
the
event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Master Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Master Servicer Termination under this
Agreement), the Indenture Trustee shall thereupon assume all of the rights
and
obligations of such Master Servicer hereunder and under each Servicing Agreement
entered into with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Indenture Trustee, its
designee or any successor master servicer appointed by the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer’s interest herein and
therein to the same extent as if such Servicing Agreement had been assigned
to
the assuming party, except that the Master Servicer shall not thereby be
relieved of any liability or obligations of the Master Servicer under such
Servicing Agreement accruing prior to its replacement as Master Servicer, and
shall be liable to the Indenture Trustee, and hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Indenture Trustee from and against all costs, damages,
expenses and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the
Indenture Trustee as a result of such liability or obligations of the Master
Servicer and in connection with the Indenture Trustee’s assumption (but not its
performance, except to the extent that costs or liability of the Indenture
Trustee are created or increased as a result of negligent or wrongful acts
or
omissions of the Master Servicer prior to its replacement as Master Servicer)
of
the Master Servicer’s obligations, duties or responsibilities
thereunder.
(b) The
Master Servicer that has been terminated shall, upon request of the Indenture
Trustee but at the expense of such Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming
party all documents and records relating to each Servicing Agreement and the
related Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it
and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of
each Servicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section
4.14 “Due-on-Sale”
Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
To the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, to the extent Mortgage
Loans contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause
the related Servicer to enforce such clauses in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a
due-on-sale clause or such clause is otherwise not enforced in accordance with
the applicable Servicing Agreement, and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan
is
assumed, the original Mortgagor may be released from liability in accordance
with the applicable Servicing Agreement.
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Section
4.15 Release
of Mortgage Files.
(a) Upon
(i)
becoming aware of the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan or (ii) the receipt
by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full has been or will
be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will,
or will cause the related Servicer to, promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
(or
the applicable Custodian) by a certification (which certification shall include
a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such
payment that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account maintained
by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.07 have been or will be so
deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request (on the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B or on the form attached to the related Custodial Agreement) the
Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian, to deliver to the applicable
Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian (with the consent,
and at the direction of the Indenture Trustee), shall promptly release the
related Mortgage File to the applicable Servicer and the Indenture Trustee
shall
have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. Upon any
such
payment in full, the Master Servicer is authorized, and each Servicer, to the
extent such authority is provided for under the applicable Servicing Agreement,
is authorized, to give, as agent for the Indenture Trustee, as the mortgagee
under the Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of satisfaction
(or assignment of mortgage without recourse) regarding the Mortgaged Property
subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as
the
case may be, shall be delivered to the Person or Persons entitled thereto
against receipt therefor of such payment, it being understood and agreed that
no
expenses incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Collection
Account.
(b) From
time
to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage
Loan
and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the applicable Servicing
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents as shall be
prepared and furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer, or
by a
Servicer (in form reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) and as are
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings. The Indenture Trustee
or
the applicable Custodian, shall, upon request of the Master Servicer, or of
a
Servicer, and delivery to the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian,
of
a trust receipt signed by a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of
Exhibit B, release the related Mortgage File held in its possession or control
to the Master Servicer (or the applicable Servicer). Such trust receipt shall
obligate the Master Servicer or Servicer to return the Mortgage File to the
Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian, as applicable, when the need
therefor by the Master Servicer or Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage
Loan shall be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer similar to that hereinabove specified, the trust receipt
shall
be released by the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian, as applicable,
to the Master Servicer (or the applicable Servicer).
Section
4.16 Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for Indenture
Trustee.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall transmit, or cause the applicable Servicer to transmit,
to
the Indenture Trustee such documents and instruments coming into the possession
of the Master Servicer or such Servicer from time to time as are required by
the
terms hereof or of the applicable Servicing Agreement to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee or the applicable Custodian. Any funds received by the Master
Servicer or by a Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise
are
collected by the Master Servicer or a Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held for the benefit
of the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Securityholders subject to the
Master Servicer’s right to retain or withdraw amounts provided in this Agreement
and to the right of each Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts
as provided in the related Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall,
and
shall (to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) cause
each
Servicer to, provide access to information and documentation regarding the
Mortgage Loans to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, their respective agents
and accountants at any time upon reasonable request and during normal business
hours, and to Securityholders that are savings and loan associations, banks
or
insurance companies, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and the
supervisory agents and examiners of such Office and Corporation or examiners
of
any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority if so
required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision or other
regulatory authority, such access to be afforded without charge but only upon
reasonable request in writing and during normal business hours at the offices
of
the Master Servicer designated by it. In fulfilling such a request the Master
Servicer shall not be responsible for determining the sufficiency of such
information.
(b) All
Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control of, the
Master Servicer, or any Servicer, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether
from
the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by the Master Servicer, or by any Servicer,
for and on behalf of the Indenture Trustee as the Indenture Trustee's agent
and
bailee for purposes of perfecting the Indenture Trustee's security interest
therein as provided by relevant Uniform Commercial Code or laws; provided,
however,
that the
Master Servicer and each Servicer shall be entitled to setoff against, and
deduct from, any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to
the
Master Servicer or such Servicer under this Agreement or the applicable
Servicing Agreement and shall be authorized to remit such funds to the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) The
Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that concurrently with the execution of
this
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall own or, to the extent that a court of
competent jurisdiction shall deem the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans from
the
Seller to the Depositor or the Depositor to the Issuer not to constitute a
sale,
the Indenture Trustee shall have a security interest in the Mortgage Loans
and
in all Mortgage Files representing such Mortgage Loans and in all funds and
investment property now or hereafter held by, or under the control of, a
Servicer or the Master Servicer that are collected by any Servicer or the Master
Servicer in connection with the Mortgage Loans, whether as scheduled
installments of principal and interest or as full or partial prepayments of
principal or interest or as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds or
otherwise, and in all proceeds of the foregoing and proceeds of proceeds (but
excluding any fee or other amounts to which a Servicer is entitled under the
applicable Servicing Agreement, or the Master Servicer or the Depositor is
entitled to hereunder); and the Master Servicer agrees that so long as the
Mortgage Loans are assigned to and held by the Indenture Trustee or any
Custodian, all documents or instruments constituting part of the Mortgage Files,
and such funds relating to the Mortgage Loans which come into the possession
or
custody of, or which are subject to the control of, the Master Servicer or
any
Servicer shall be held by the Master Servicer or such Servicer for and on behalf
of the Indenture Trustee as the Indenture Trustee’s agent and bailee for
purposes of perfecting the Indenture Trustee’s security interest therein as
provided by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable
laws.
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(d) The
Master Servicer agrees that it shall not, and shall not authorize any Servicer
to, create, incur or subject any Mortgage Loans, or any funds that are deposited
in any Custodial Account, Escrow Account or the Collection Account, or any
funds
that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Indenture Trustee, to
any
claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other
encumbrance, nor assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of
setoff against any Mortgage Loan or any funds collected on, or in connection
with, a Mortgage Loan.
Section
4.17 Opinion. On
or
before the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall cause to be delivered to
the
Depositor, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Issuer one
or
more Opinions of Counsel, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Home Loans,
Inc.., as to the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement
by
the Master Servicer and the enforceability thereof.
Section
4.18 Standard
Hazard and Flood Insurance Policies.
For each
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall maintain, or cause to be maintained
by
each Servicer, standard fire and casualty insurance and, where applicable,
flood
insurance, all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the
related Servicing Agreement, as applicable. It is understood and agreed that
such insurance shall be with insurers meeting the eligibility requirements
set
forth in the applicable Servicing Agreement and that no earthquake or other
additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained
on
property acquired in respect of a defaulted 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.
Pursuant
to Section 4.07, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer, or by any
Servicer, under any insurance policies maintained pursuant to this Section
4.18
or any Servicing Agreement (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration
or repair of the property subject to the related Mortgage or released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement) shall be
deposited into the Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
4.08. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in maintaining
any such insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so shall
be
added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where the terms of the
Mortgage Loan so permit; provided,
however,
that the
addition of any such cost shall not be taken into account for purposes of
calculating the distributions to be made to Securityholders and shall be
recoverable by the Master Servicer or such Servicer pursuant to Section
4.08.
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Section
4.19 Presentment
of Claims and Collection of Proceeds.
The
Master Servicer shall cause each Servicer (to the extent provided in the
applicable Servicing Agreement) to, prepare and present on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders all claims under the Insurance
Policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and take such actions (including
the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement of the insured’s claim)
as shall be necessary to realize recovery under such policies. Any proceeds
disbursed to the Master Servicer (or disbursed to a Servicer and remitted to
the
Master Servicer) in respect of such policies or bonds shall be promptly
deposited in the Collection Account or the Custodial Account upon receipt,
except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to the repair or
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition requisite to the
presentation of claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any
applicable Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or remitted).
Section
4.20 [Reserved].
Section
4.21 [Reserved].
Section
4.22 Compensation
to the Master Servicer.
Pursuant
to Section 4.07(e), all income and gain realized from any investment of funds
in
the Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as
compensation. The provisions of this Section 4.22 are subject to the provisions
of Section 6.01. Servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, if
any,
late payment charges, as collected, if any, or otherwise (but not including
any
Prepayment Premium) shall be retained by the Master Servicer (or the applicable
Servicer) and shall not be deposited in the Collection Account. The Master
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with
its activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as provided in this Agreement.
Section
4.23 REO
Property.
(a) In
the
event the Issuer acquires ownership of any REO Property in respect of any
Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Indenture
Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf of the Securityholders. The Master
Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts to sell, or cause the applicable
Servicer, to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement any
REO
Property as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable, but in all
events within the time period, and subject to the conditions set forth in
Article VII hereof. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the
Master Servicer shall protect and conserve, or cause the applicable Servicer
to
protect and conserve, such REO Property in the manner and to such extent
required by the applicable Servicing Agreement, subject to Article VII
hereof.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited all funds collected
and
received by it, or recovered from any Servicer, in connection with the operation
of any REO Property in the Collection Account.
(c) The
Master Servicer and each Servicer, upon the final disposition of any REO
Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any related unreimbursed
Advances and other unreimbursed advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees
from Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with the final disposition
of
such REO Property; provided, that (without limitation of any other right of
reimbursement that the Master Servicer or any Servicer shall have hereunder)
any
such unreimbursed Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees may be
reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, prior to final disposition, out of
any
net rental income or other net amounts derived from such REO
Property.
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(d) The
Liquidation Proceeds from the final disposition of the REO Property, net of
any
payment to the Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer as provided above,
shall be deposited in the Collection Account on or prior to the Determination
Date in the month following receipt thereof and be remitted by wire transfer
in
immediately available funds to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the
Distribution Account on the next succeeding Deposit Date.
Section
4.24 [Reserved].
Section
4.25 Reports
to the Indenture Trustee.
(a) Not
later
than 30 days after each Payment Date, the Master Servicer shall, upon request,
forward to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer a statement, deemed to have
been certified by a Servicing Officer, setting forth the status of the
Collection Account maintained by the Master Servicer as of the close of business
on the related Payment Date, indicating that all distributions required by
this
Agreement to be made by the Master Servicer have been made (or if any required
distribution has not been made by the Master Servicer, specifying the nature
and
status thereof) and showing, for the period covered by such statement, the
aggregate of deposits into and withdrawals from the Collection Account
maintained by the Master Servicer. Copies of such statement shall be provided
by
the Master Servicer, upon request, to the Depositor, Attention: Contract Finance
and any Securityholders (or by the Indenture Trustee at the Master Servicer’s
expense if the Master Servicer shall fail to provide such copies to the
Securityholders (unless (i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to provide
the
Indenture Trustee with such statement or (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall be
unaware of the Master Servicer’s failure to provide such
statement)).
(b) Not
later
than two Business Days following each Payment Date, the Master Servicer shall
deliver to one Person designated by the Depositor, in a format consistent with
other electronic loan level reporting supplied by the Master Servicer in
connection with similar transactions, “loan level” information with respect to
the Mortgage Loans as of the related Determination Date, to the extent that
such
information has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicers or by
the
Depositor.
(c) All
information, reports and statements prepared by the Master Servicer under this
Agreement shall be based on information supplied to the Master Servicer by
the
Servicers without independent verification thereof and the Master Servicer
shall
be entitled to rely on such information.
Section
4.26 Annual
Officer’s Certificate as to Compliance.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee on
or
before March 1st
of each
calendar year, commencing in March 20[__], an Officer’s Certificate, certifying
that with respect to the period ending on the immediately preceding December
31:
(i) such Servicing Officer has reviewed the activities of such Master Servicer
during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and its performance under
this Agreement, (ii) to the best of such Servicing Officer’s knowledge, based on
such review, such Master Servicer has performed and fulfilled its duties,
responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement in all material respects
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of
any
such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default
known
to such Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof, (iii) nothing
has
come to the attention of such Servicing Officer to lead such Servicing Officer
to believe that any Servicer has failed to perform any of its duties,
responsibilities and obligations under its Servicing Agreement in all material
respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a material default in
the
performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations,
specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature
and
status thereof including the steps being taken by the Master Servicer to remedy
such default, (iv) the Master Servicer has received from each Servicer an annual
certificate of compliance and a copy of such Servicer’s annual audit report, in
each case to the extent required under the applicable Servicing Agreement,
or,
if any such certificate or report has not been received by the Master Servicer,
the Master Servicer is using its best reasonable efforts to obtain such
certificate or report and (v) such other additional items as may be required
by
applicable law or regulation.
(b) On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Master Servicer shall deliver to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Depositor a report regarding its assessment of
compliance with the servicing criteria specified in paragraph (d) of Item 1122
of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(d)), as of and for the period ending the end of
each fiscal year, with respect to asset-backed security transactions taken
as a
whole involving the Master Servicer, and that are backed by the same asset
type
as the Mortgage Loans. Each such report shall include all of the statements
required under paragraph (a) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§
229.1122(a)).
(c) Copies
of
such statements shall be provided to any Securityholder upon request, by the
Master Servicer or by the Indenture Trustee at the Master Servicer’s expense if
the Master Servicer failed to provide such copies (unless (i) the Master
Servicer shall have failed to provide the Indenture Trustee with such statement
or (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall be unaware of the Master Servicer’s failure
to provide such statement).
(d) The
Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee
and the Depositor (i) of any legal proceedings pending against the Master
Servicer of the type described in Item 1117 (§
229.1117) of
Regulation AB and (ii) if the Master Servicer shall become (but only to the
extent not previously disclosed to the Indenture
Trustee
and the Depositor) at any time an affiliate of any of the Sponsor, the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, any Servicer, the Administrator,
any
Originator contemplated by Item 1110 (§
229.1110) of
Regulation AB, any significant obligor contemplated by Item 1112 (§
229.1112) of
Regulation AB, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by Items 1114
or
1115 (§§
229.1114-1115) of
Regulation AB or any other material party to the Trust Fund contemplated by
Item
1100(d)(1) (§
229.1100(d)(1)) of
Regulation AB.
Section
4.27 Annual
Independent Accountants’ Servicing Report.
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(a) On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Master Servicer shall deliver to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Depositor a report by a registered public accounting
firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.26(b). Such report shall be made in accordance with
standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
(b) If
the
Master Servicer (or any of its Affiliates) has, during the course of any fiscal
year, directly serviced, as a successor Servicer, any of the Mortgage Loans,
then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally recognized
firm
of independent certified public accountants to furnish a statement to the
Indenture Trustee and the Depositor no later than five Business Days after
the
fifteenth of March of each calendar year, commencing in March 20[__] to the
effect that, with respect to the most recently ended calendar year, such firm
has examined certain records and documents relating to the Master Servicer’s
performance of its servicing obligations under this Agreement and pooling and
servicing and trust agreements in material respects similar to this Agreement
and to each other and that, on the basis of such examination conducted
substantially in compliance with the audit program for mortgages serviced for
FHLMC or the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such
firm
is of the opinion that the Master Servicer’s activities have been conducted in
compliance with this Agreement, or that such examination has disclosed no
material items of noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm
believes to be immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such
statement and (iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by FHLMC
requires it to report. Copies of such statements shall be provided to the
Insurer and any Securityholder upon request by the Master Servicer, or by the
Indenture Trustee at the expense of the Master Servicer if the Master Servicer
shall fail to provide such copies. If such report discloses exceptions that
are
material, the Master Servicer shall advise the Indenture Trustee whether such
exceptions have been or are susceptible of cure, and will take prompt action
to
do so.
Section
4.28 Merger
or Consolidation.
Any
Person into which the Master Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any
Person resulting from any merger, conversion, other change in form or
consolidation to which the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer, shall be the successor to
the
Master Servicer 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 resulting Person to the Master Servicer shall be a Person that
shall be qualified and approved to service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or
FHLMC and shall have a net worth of not less than $15,000,000.
Section
4.29 Resignation
of Master Servicer.
Except
as otherwise provided in Sections 4.28 and 4.30 hereof, the Master Servicer
shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it unless
it
or the Indenture Trustee, acting at the direction of the Insurer, determines
that the Master Servicer’s duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of applicable law with
any
other activities carried on by it and cannot be cured. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel that shall be Independent to such effect delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer. No such resignation shall become effective
until the Indenture Trustee shall have assumed, or a successor master servicer
shall have been appointed by the Indenture Trustee and until such successor
shall have assumed, the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under
this Agreement. Notice of such resignation shall be given promptly by the Master
Servicer and the Depositor to the Indenture Trustee.
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Section
4.30 Assignment
or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer.
Except
as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall not assign or transfer
any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to any other Person, or
delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint any other Person to
perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be performed by the
Master Servicer hereunder; provided,
however,
that the
Master Servicer shall have the right without the prior written consent of the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or the Depositor to delegate or assign to or
subcontract with or authorize or appoint an Affiliate of the Master Servicer
to
perform and carry out any duties, covenants or obligations to be performed
and
carried out by the Master Servicer hereunder. In no case, however, shall any
such delegation, subcontracting or assignment to an Affiliate of the Master
Servicer relieve the Master Servicer of any liability hereunder. Notice of
such
permitted assignment shall be given promptly by the Master Servicer to the
Depositor, the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee. If, pursuant to any provision
hereof, the duties of the Master Servicer are transferred to a successor master
servicer, the entire amount of compensation payable to the Master Servicer
pursuant hereto, including amounts payable to or permitted to be retained or
withdrawn by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.22 hereof, shall
thereafter be payable to such successor master servicer.
Section
4.31 Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others.
(a) The
Master Servicer undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement.
(b) No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Master Servicer
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act
or
its own willful misconduct; provided,
however,
that
the duties and obligations of the Master Servicer shall be determined solely
by
the express provisions of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement; no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement against the Master Servicer and, in absence
of
bad faith on the part of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer 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
Master Servicer and conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement.
(c) Neither
the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents
of
the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Indenture Trustee or
the
Securityholders 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 Master Servicer or any such person against
any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in its performance of its duties or by reason of
reckless disregard for its obligations and duties under this Agreement. The
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to indemnification by the Trust Estate and will
be
held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with
any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Securities other than any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence in the performance of his or its duties hereunder or by reason
of
reckless disregard of his or its obligations and duties hereunder. The Master
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Master Servicer
may
rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed
and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Master
Servicer shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
legal action that is not incidental to its duties to master service the Mortgage
Loans in accordance with this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve
it
in any expenses or liability; provided,
however,
that the
Master Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action that it
may
deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and
duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Securityholders 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 Issuer
and
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the
Collection Account it maintains as provided by Section 4.08.
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The
Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of any Servicer.
Section
4.32 Indemnification;
Third-Party Claims.
The
Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Issuer [, the Insurer]
and the Indenture Trustee, and hold them harmless against any and all claims,
losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, liability, fees and expenses that the Depositor, the Issuer
[, the Insurer] or the Indenture Trustee may sustain as a result of the failure
of the Master Servicer to perform its duties and master service the Mortgage
Loans in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Depositor, the Issuer
[, the Insurer] and the Indenture Trustee shall immediately notify the Master
Servicer if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement,
the
Mortgage Loans entitling the Depositor, the Issuer [, the Insurer] or the
Indenture Trustee to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Master Servicer
shall assume 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 them in respect of such
claim.
Section
4.33 [Reserved].
Section
4.34 Alternative
Index.
In the
event that the Index for any Mortgage Loan, as specified in the related Credit
Line Agreement, becomes unavailable for any reason, the Master Servicer shall
select an alternative index in accordance with the terms of such Credit Line
Agreement or, if such Credit Line Agreement does not make provision for the
selection of an alternative index in such event, the Master Servicer shall,
subject to applicable law, select an alternative index based on information
comparable to that used in connection with the original Index and, in either
case, such alternative index shall thereafter be the Index for such Mortgage
Loan.
Section
4.35 [Reserved].
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Section
4.36 [Reserved].
Section
4.37 [Reserved].
Section
4.38 [Reserved].
Section
4.39 Transfer
of Servicing.
The
Seller agrees that it shall provide written notice to the Master Servicer,
the
Insurer and the Indenture Trustee thirty days prior to any proposed transfer
or
assignment by the Seller of its rights under any Servicing Agreement or of
the
servicing thereunder or delegation of its rights or duties thereunder or any
portion thereof to any other Person other than the initial Servicer under such
Servicing Agreement. In addition, the ability of the Seller to transfer or
assign its rights and delegate its duties under the applicable Servicing
Agreement or to transfer the servicing thereunder to a successor servicer shall
be subject to the following conditions:
(i)
satisfaction
of the conditions to such transfer as set forth in the applicable Servicing
Agreement including, without limitation, receipt of written consent of the
Master Servicer and the Insurer to such transfer;
(ii)
Such
successor servicer must be qualified to service loans for FNMA or FHLMC, must
be
a member in good standing of MERS and must be acceptable to the Insurer in
its
sole reasonable discretion;
(iii)
Such
successor servicer must satisfy the seller/servicer eligibility standards in
the
applicable Servicing Agreement, exclusive of any experience in mortgage loan
origination;
(iv)
Such
successor servicer must execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer, that contains an assumption by such successor servicer
of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and
condition to be performed and observed by the applicable Servicer under the
applicable Servicing Agreement or, in the case of a transfer of servicing to
a
party that is already a Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, an agreement to
add
the related Mortgage Loans to the Servicing Agreement already in effect with
such Servicer;
(v)
If
the
successor servicer is not a Servicer of Mortgage Loans at the time of the
transfer, there must be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer
a
letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such transfer of servicing
will not result in a qualification, withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current
rating of any of the Notes without taking into account the Policy;
and
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(vi)
The
Seller shall, at its cost and expense, take such steps, or cause the terminated
Servicer to take such steps, as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
and evidence the transfer of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans to such
successor servicer, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) to the
extent required by the terms of the Mortgage Loans and by applicable federal
and
state laws and regulations, the Seller shall cause the prior Servicer to timely
mail to each obligor under a Mortgage Loan any required notices or disclosures
describing the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to the successor
servicer; (B) prior to the effective date of such transfer of servicing, the
Seller shall cause the prior Servicer to transmit to any related insurer
notification of such transfer of servicing; (C) on or prior to the effective
date of such transfer of servicing, the Seller shall cause the prior Servicer
to
deliver to the successor servicer all Mortgage Loan Documents and any related
records or materials; (D) on or prior to the effective date of such transfer
of
servicing, the Seller shall cause the prior Servicer to transfer to the
successor servicer, or, if such transfer occurs after a Servicer Remittance
Date
but before the next succeeding Deposit Date, to the Indenture Trustee, all
funds
held by the prior Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (E) on or prior
to
the effective date of such transfer of servicing, the Seller shall cause the
prior Servicer to, after the effective date of the transfer of servicing to
the
successor servicer, continue to forward to such successor servicer, within
one
Business Day of receipt, the amount of any payments or other recoveries received
by the prior Servicer, and to notify the successor servicer of the source and
proper application of each such payment or recovery; and (F) the Seller shall
cause the prior Servicer to, after the effective date of transfer of servicing
to the successor servicer, continue to cooperate with the successor servicer
to
facilitate such transfer in such manner and to such extent as the successor
servicer may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prior
Servicer shall be obligated to perform the items listed above to the extent
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
DEPOSITS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS
Section
5.01 The
Collection Account.
The
Master Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the Securities
Intermediary the Collection Account as provided in Section 4.08, which account
shall be pledged to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders
and the Insurer.
Section
5.02 The
Distribution Account.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain in the name of the Securities
Intermediary an account (the “Distribution Account”) entitled “Distribution
Account, [_________], as Indenture Trustee, in trust for the benefit of the
Holders of Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust [ ] Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed
Notes, Series
20[__]-[__].”
The
Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account. If the existing Distribution
Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Indenture Trustee shall establish
a new Distribution Account that is an Eligible Account within 10 Business Days
and transfer all funds and investment property on deposit in such existing
Distribution Account into such new Distribution Account. The Distribution
Account shall relate solely to the Notes issued hereunder and funds in the
Distribution Account shall be held separate and apart from and shall not be
commingled with any other monies including, without limitation, other monies
of
the Indenture Trustee held under this Agreement.
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(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Distribution
Account on the Business Day immediately following the day on which the Total
Distribution Amount is remitted by the Master Servicer to the Indenture Trustee,
all such amounts. The Indenture Trustee shall make withdrawals from the
Distribution Account only for the following purposes:
(i)
to
make
payment to itself of the Indenture Trustee Fee for such Payment Date and to
reimburse itself for any expense reimbursable to it pursuant to Section
6.01;
(ii)
to
make
payment to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee Fee for such Payment Date,
if
any;
(iii)
to
withdraw amounts deposited in the Distribution Account in error;
(iv)
to
make
distributions pursuant to this Article V and the terms of the Indenture;
(v)
Prior
to
the last day of the Collection Period preceding the month in which the
commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period occurs, to pay to the related
Servicer the amount of any Additional Balances relating to Mortgage Loans
serviced by it as and when created during the related Collection Period;
provided, that the aggregate amount so paid to the related Servicer in respect
of Additional Balances at any time during any Collection Period shall not exceed
the portion of Principal Collections theretofore received for such Collection
Period; and
(vi)
to
clear
and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant to Article VIII.
(c) Any
amounts drawn under the Policy pursuant to Section 5.04(f) of this Agreement,
but only to be used for the payment of the items specified in Sections
5.04(b)(iv) and (vi) of this Agreement, as applicable, will be deposited into
the Distribution Account.
The
Indenture Trustee may invest, or cause to be invested, funds held in the
Distribution Account in Eligible Investments (which may be obligations of the
Indenture Trustee). All such investments must be payable on demand or mature
no
later than one Business Day prior to the next Payment Date, and shall not be
sold or disposed of prior to their maturity. All such Eligible Investments
will
be made in the name of the Indenture Trustee (in its capacity as such) or its
nominee. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments
shall be paid by the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
out of its own funds, without any right of reimbursement therefor, immediately
as realized. All income and gain realized from any such investment shall be
compensation to the Indenture Trustee and shall be subject to its withdrawal
on
order from time to time.
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Section
5.03 Payments
from the Distribution Account.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall deposit to the Distribution Account, without
duplication, upon receipt, (i) the proceeds of any liquidation of the assets
of
the Issuer and (ii) Interest Collections and Principal Collections remitted
by
the Servicers, together with any Substitution Amounts, and any Loan Purchase
Price amounts received by the Indenture Trustee
(b) With
respect to the Distribution Account, on each Payment Date, from amounts then
on
deposit therein, net of the Indenture Trustee Fee, the Indenture Trustee Expense
Amount, the Servicing Fee and the Owner Trustee Fee, and based solely on the
information contained in the certificate provided by the Master Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee shall make the following allocations, disbursements and
transfers in the following order of priority, and each such allocation, transfer
and disbursement shall be treated as having occurred only after all preceding
allocations, transfers and disbursements have occurred:
(i)
to
the
Insurer, the Premium Amount with respect to the Class A Notes for such Payment
Date;
(ii)
concurrently,
to the Holders of the Class A Notes, the Interest Payment Amount for such
Payment Date and, during the Managed Amortization Period, to the related
Servicer accrued and unpaid, interest on any Additional Balance Contributed
Amount that has not previously been reimbursed pursuant to clause (iii) below
at
the Class A Note Rate for such Payment Date;
(iii)
to
the
related Servicer on each Payment Date during the Managed Amortization Period,
from Principal Collections, an amount equal to the Additional Balance
Contributed Amount;
(iv)
to
the
Holders of the Class A Notes, as a payment of principal, the Principal Payment
Amount for such Payment Date;
(v)
to
the
Holders of the Class A Notes, as a payment of principal, in the following order,
(a) Charge-Off Amounts incurred during the preceding calendar month and (b)
Charge-Off Amounts incurred during previous periods that were not subsequently
funded by Interest Collections, overcollateralization or draws under the Policy
in respect of an Overcollateralization Deficit;
(vi)
to
the
Insurer, the Reimbursement Amount, if any, then due to it;
(vii)
to
the
Holders of the Class A Notes, the Accelerated Principal Payment, if
any;
(viii)
to
the
Servicers, to pay certain amounts that may be required to be paid to the
Servicers (including expenses associated with the transition to any new
servicer) and not previously reimbursed;
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(ix)
to
the
Holders of the Class A Notes to pay Deferred Interest and interest thereon
at
the Class A Note Rate;
(x)
pari
passu,
(a) to
the Indenture Trustee, any unpaid fees and unreimbursed expenses due and owing
to the Indenture Trustee and not otherwise previously paid on such Payment
Date,
and (b) to the Owner Trustee, any unpaid fees and unreimbursed expenses due
and
owing to the Owner Trustee and not otherwise previously paid on such Payment
Date; and
(xi)
to
the
Owner Trustee, any amounts remaining in the Distribution Account for payment
to
the Residual Certificateholders, as set forth in Section [___] of the Trust
Agreement.
Section
5.04 The
Policy; the Policy Payment Account.
(a) By
the
close of business on the Business Day preceding each Determination Date the
Indenture Trustee shall determine with respect to the immediately following
Payment Date, the Deficiency Amount, if any.
(b) If
the
Indenture Trustee determines pursuant to paragraph (a) above that a Deficiency
Amount would exist, the Indenture Trustee shall complete a Notice in the form
of
Exhibit A to the Policy and submit such notice to the Insurer no later than
12:00 noon New York City time on the related Determination Date preceding such
Payment Date as a claim for the payment of an Insured Amount in an amount equal
to the Deficiency Amount.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee shall establish an Eligible Account (which may be a
sub-account of the Distribution Account) for the benefit of the Noteholders
and
the Insurer referred to herein as the “Policy Payment Account” over which the
Indenture Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal.
The
Indenture Trustee shall deposit upon receipt any amount paid under the Policy
into the Policy Payment Account and distribute such amount only for purposes
of
payment to the Noteholders of the Insured Amount for which a claim was made
and
such amount may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities
of
the Seller, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicers, the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer. Amounts paid under the Policy, to the extent needed
to
pay the Insured Amount, shall be disbursed by the Indenture Trustee to the
Noteholders in accordance with Section 5.03(b). It shall not be necessary for
such payments to be made by check or wire transfers separate from checks or
wire
transfers used to pay the Insured Amount with other funds available to make
such
payment. However, the amount of any payment of principal or interest on the
Notes to be paid from funds transferred from the Policy Payment Account shall
be
noted as provided in subsection (d) of this Section 5.04 in the Note Register
and in the Indenture Trustee’s Statement to Noteholders. Funds held in the
Policy Payment Account shall not be invested. Any funds remaining in the Policy
Payment Account on the first Business Day following a Payment Date shall be
returned to the Insurer pursuant to the written instructions of the Insurer
by
the end of such Business Day.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount of
interest and principal paid in respect of any Note from moneys received under
the Policy. The Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records at
reasonable times during normal business hours upon one (1) Business Day’s prior
written notice to the Indenture Trustee.
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(e) The
Indenture Trustee shall, upon retirement of the Notes, furnish to the Insurer
a
notice of such retirement, and, upon retirement of the Notes, and, upon
retirement of the Notes and the expiration of the term of the Policy surrender
the Policy to the Insurer for cancellation.
Section
5.05 [Reserved].
Section
5.06 [Reserved].
Section
5.07 The
Certificate Account.
a)
The
Administrator, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and
maintain in the name of the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders
an
account (the “Certificate Account”) entitled “Certificate Account, [______], as
Owner Trustee, in trust for the holders of Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust
[
], Residual Certificates.”
(b) On
each
Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw from the Distribution Account
all amounts required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 5.03 and remit such amount to the Owner Trustee or the Administrator
for
deposit into the Certificate Account. On each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee
or
the Administrator shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account to the Certificateholders in respect of the Residual Certificates as
provided in the Trust Agreement. On the Payment Date on which the Note Principal
Amount is reduced to zero, the Administrator shall distribute all amounts
remaining on deposit in the Certificate Account to the Certificateholders in
respect of the Residual Certificates in order to clear and terminate the
Certificate Account in connection with the termination of this
Agreement.
(c) All
distributions made on the Residual Certificates shall be made by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholders. The
final distribution on the Residual Certificates will be made in like manner,
but
only upon presentment and surrender of such Residual Certificates at the
location specified in the notice to the Certificateholders of such final
distribution.
Section
5.08 Control
of the Trust Accounts.
(a) The
Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee hereby appoint [_________]
as
Securities Intermediary with respect to the Trust Accounts, and the Issuer
has,
pursuant to the Indenture, granted to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit
of
the Securityholders and the Insurer, a security interest to secure all amounts
due Securityholders and the Insurer hereunder in and to the Trust Accounts
and
the Security Entitlements to all Financial Assets credited to the Trust
Accounts, including without limitation all amounts, securities, investments,
Financial Assets, investment property and other property from time to time
deposited in or credited to the Trust Accounts and all proceeds thereof, and
the
Depositor hereby grants to the Issuer, as collateral agent for the benefit
of
Certificateholders, a security interest to secure all amounts due
Certificateholders hereunder in and to the Certificate Account and the Security
Entitlements and all Financial Assets credited to the Certificate Account,
including without limitation all amounts, securities, investments, Financial
Assets, investment property and other property from time to time deposited
in or
credited to such account and all proceeds thereof. Amounts held from time to
time in the Trust Accounts will continue to be held by the Securities
Intermediary for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, as collateral agent,
for
the benefit of the Securityholders and the Insurer, and amounts held from time
to time in the Certificate Account will continue to be held by the Securities
Intermediary for the benefit of the Issuer, as collateral agent, for the benefit
of the Certificateholders. Upon the termination of the Trust or the discharge
of
the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall inform the Securities Intermediary
of
such termination. By acceptance of their Securities or interests therein, the
Securityholders shall be deemed to have appointed [_________] as Securities
Intermediary and [_________] hereby accepts such appointment as Securities
Intermediary.
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(b) With
respect to the Trust Account Property credited to the Trust Accounts, or the
Certificate Account, the Securities Intermediary agrees that:
(i)
with
respect to any Trust Account Property that is held in deposit accounts, each
such deposit account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control
of
the Securities Intermediary, and the Securities Intermediary shall have sole
signature authority with respect thereto;
(ii)
the
sole
assets permitted in the Trust Accounts shall be those as the Securities
Intermediary agrees to treat as Financial Assets; and
(iii)
any
such
Trust Account Property that is, or is treated as, a Financial Asset shall be
physically delivered (accompanied by any required endorsements) to, or credited
to an account in the name of, the Securities Intermediary or other eligible
institution maintaining any Trust Account or the Certificate Account in
accordance with the Securities Intermediary’s customary procedures such that the
Securities Intermediary or such other institution establishes a Security
Entitlement in favor of the Indenture Trustee (or the Issuer, in the case of
the
Certificate Distribution Account) with respect thereto over which the Securities
Intermediary or such other institution has Control;
(c) The
Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that (A) each Trust Account and the
Certificate Account is an account to which Financial Assets are or may be
credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, treat the Indenture Trustee, as collateral agent, as entitled to
exercise the rights that comprise any Financial Asset credited to any Trust
Account, and the Issuer, as collateral agent, as entitled to exercise the rights
that comprise any Financial Asset credited to the Certificate Account, (B)
all
Trust Account Property in respect of any Trust Account or the Certificate
Account will be promptly credited by the Securities Intermediary to such
account, and (C) all securities or other property underlying any Financial
Assets credited to any Trust Account or the Certificate Account shall be
registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the
Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account
maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case (x) will
any Financial Asset credited to any Trust Account be registered in the name
of
the Depositor or the Issuer, payable to the order of the Depositor or the Issuer
or specially endorsed to the Depositor or the Issuer, or (y) will any Financial
Asset credited to the Certificate Account be registered in the name of the
Depositor, payable to the order of the Depositor or specially endorsed to the
Depositor, except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed
to
the Securities Intermediary or in blank;
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(d) The
Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether
investment property, Financial Asset, security, instrument or cash) credited
to
any Trust Account or the Certificate Account shall be treated as a Financial
Asset;
(e) If
at any
time the Securities Intermediary shall receive an Entitlement Order from the
Indenture Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset
relating to any Trust Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with
such Entitlement Order without further consent by the Depositor, the Issuer
or
any other Person. If at any time the Indenture Trustee notifies the Securities
Intermediary in writing that the Issuer has been terminated or the Indenture
discharged in accordance herewith and with the Trust Agreement or the Indenture,
as applicable, and the security interest granted pursuant to the Indenture
has
been released, then thereafter if the Securities Intermediary shall receive
any
order from the Depositor or the Issuer directing transfer or redemption of
any
Financial Asset relating to any Trust Account, the Securities Intermediary
shall
comply with such Entitlement Order without further consent by the Indenture
Trustee or any other Person;
If
at any
time the Securities Intermediary shall receive an Entitlement Order from the
Issuer directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to
the
Certificate Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such
Entitlement Order without further consent by the Depositor or any other Person.
If at any time the Issuer notifies the Securities Intermediary in writing that
the Issuer has been terminated in accordance herewith and with the Trust
Agreement and the security interest granted above has been released, then
thereafter if the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order from the
Depositor directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating
to
the Certificate Depositor Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply
with
such entitlement order without further consent by the Issuer or any other
Person;
(f) In
the
event that the Securities Intermediary has or subsequently obtains by agreement,
operation of law or otherwise a security interest in any Trust Account or the
Certificate Account or any Financial Asset credited thereto, the Securities
Intermediary hereby agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate
to
the security interest of the Indenture Trustee, in the case of the Trust
Accounts, or of the Issuer, in the case of the Certificate Account. The
Financial Assets credited to the Trust Accounts, or the Certificate Account
will
not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor
of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee in the case of the Trust
Accounts, or of the Issuer, in the case of the Certificate Account (except
that
the Securities Intermediary may set-off (i) all amounts due to it in respect
of
its customary fees and expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of
the
Trust Accounts, and the Certificate Account, and (ii) the face amount of any
checks which have been credited to any Trust Account or the Certificate Account
but are subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or insufficient
funds);
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(g) There
are
no other agreements entered into between the Securities Intermediary in such
capacity and the Depositor or the Issuer with respect to any Trust Account,
or
the Depositor with respect to the Certificate Account. In the event of any
conflict between this Agreement (or any provision of this Agreement) and any
other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this
Agreement shall prevail;
(h) The
rights and powers granted under the Indenture and herein to (x) the Indenture
Trustee have been granted in order to perfect its security interest in the
Trust
Accounts and the Security Entitlements to the Financial Assets credited thereto,
and (y) the Issuer have been granted in order to perfect its security interest
in the Certificate Account and the Security Entitlements to the Financial Assets
credited thereto, and are powers coupled with an interest and will neither
be
affected by the bankruptcy of the Depositor or the Issuer nor by the lapse
of
time. The obligations of the Securities Intermediary hereunder shall continue
in
effect until the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Trust
Accounts or of the Issuer in the Certificate Account, and in such Security
Entitlements, has been terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and
the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Securities
Intermediary of such termination in writing; and
(i) Notwithstanding
anything else contained herein, the Depositor and the Issuer agree that the
Trust Accounts and the Certificate Account will be established only with the
Securities Intermediary or another institution meeting the requirements of
this
Section, which by acceptance of its appointment as Securities Intermediary
agrees substantially as follows: (1) it will comply with Entitlement Orders
related to the Trust Accounts issued by the Indenture Trustee, as collateral
agent, without further consent by the Depositor or the Issuer, and with
Entitlement Orders related to the Certificate Account issued by the Issuer,
as
collateral agent, without further consent by the Depositor; (2) until
termination of the Issuer or discharge of the Indenture, it will not enter
into
any other agreement related to such accounts pursuant to which it agrees to
comply with Entitlement Orders of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee,
as collateral agent with respect to the Trust Accounts or the Issuer, as
collateral agent with respect to the Certificate Account; and (3) all assets
delivered or credited to it in connection with such accounts and all investments
thereof will be promptly credited to the applicable account.
(j) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture
Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee,
to
instruct the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer to make withdrawals
and
distributions from the Trust Accounts for the purpose of permitting the Master
Servicer or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder
or
permitting the Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under the
Indenture.
(k) Each
of
the Depositor and the Issuer agrees to take or cause to be taken such further
actions, to execute, deliver and file or cause to be executed, delivered and
filed such further documents and instruments (including, without limitation,
any
financing statements under the Relevant UCC or this Agreement) as may be
necessary to perfect the interests created by this Section in favor of the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and otherwise fully to effectuate the purposes,
terms and conditions of this Section. The Depositor shall:
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(i)
promptly
execute, deliver and file any financing statements, amendments, continuation
statements, assignments, certificates and other documents with respect to such
interests and perform all such other acts as may be necessary in order to
perfect or to maintain the perfection of the Issuer’s and the Indenture
Trustee’s security interest in the Trust Account Property; and
(ii)
make
the
necessary filings of financing statements or amendments thereto within five
days
after the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any change in its corporate
name or any trade name or its jurisdiction of organization; (2) any change
in
the location of its chief executive office or principal place of business;
and
(3) any merger or consolidation or other change in its identity or corporate
structure and promptly notify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any such
filings.
(iii)
Neither
the Depositor nor the Issuer shall organize under the law of any jurisdiction
other than the State under which each is organized as of the Closing Date
(whether changing its jurisdiction of organization or organizing under an
additional jurisdiction) without giving 30 days prior written notice of such
action to its immediate and mediate transferee, including the Indenture Trustee
and the Insurer. Before effecting such change, each of the Depositor or the
Issuer proposing to change its jurisdiction of organization shall prepare and
file in the appropriate filing office any financing statements or other
statements necessary to continue the perfection of the interests of its
immediate and mediate transferees, including the Indenture Trustee, in the
Trust
Account Property. In connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Agreements relating to the Trust Account Property, each of the
Depositor and the Issuer authorizes its immediate or mediate transferee,
including the Indenture Trustee, to file in any filing office any initial
financing statements, any amendments to financing statements, any continuation
statements, or any other statements or filings described in this Section
5.10.
None
of
the Securities Intermediary or any director, officer, employee or agent of
the
Securities Intermediary shall be under any liability to the Indenture Trustee
or
the Securityholders for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith pursuant
to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided,
however,
that
this provision shall not protect the Securities Intermediary against any
liability to the Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders which would otherwise
be imposed by reason of the Securities Intermediary’s willful misconduct, bad
faith or negligence in the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder.
The Securities Intermediary and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the
Securities Intermediary may rely in good faith on any document of any kind
which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting
any matters arising hereunder. The Securities Intermediary shall be under no
duty to inquire into or investigate the validity, accuracy or content of such
document. The Issuer shall indemnify the Securities Intermediary for and hold
it
harmless against any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement and carrying out its duties hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability, except in
those
cases where the Securities Intermediary has been guilty of bad faith, negligence
or willful misconduct. The foregoing indemnification shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Securities
Intermediary.
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ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS
OF
MASTER SERVICER TERMINATION
Section
6.01 Events
of Master Servicer Termination; Indenture Trustee To Act; Appointment of
Successor.
(a) The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event
of Master Servicer Termination”:
(i)
Any
failure by the Master Servicer to furnish to the Indenture Trustee the Mortgage
Loan data sufficient to prepare the reports described in Section 4.09(a) (other
than with respect to the information referred to in clauses (xviii), (xix)
and
(xx) of such Section 4.09(a)) which continues unremedied for a period of one
(1)
Business Day after the date upon which written notice of such failure shall
have
been given to such Master Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or to such Master
Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Insurer or by Holders of not less
than
25% of the Note Principal Amount the Notes; or
(ii)
Any
failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to observe or perform in any
material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Master Servicer contained in this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a
period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer
by the Indenture Trustee or to the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee
by
the Controlling Party; or
(iii)
A
decree
or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction
for
the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have
been entered against the Master Servicer, and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days or any Rating
Agency reduces or withdraws or threatens to reduce or withdraw the rating of
the
Notes without taking into account the Policy because of the financial condition
or loan servicing capability of such Master Servicer; or
(iv)
The
Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities, voluntary liquidation or similar proceedings of or relating to
the
Master Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;
or
(v)
The
Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of
its
creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
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(vi)
The
Master Servicer shall be dissolved, or shall dispose of all or substantially
all
of its assets, or consolidate with or merge into another entity or shall permit
another entity to consolidate or merge into it, such that the resulting entity
does not meet the criteria for a successor servicer as specified in Section
4.28
hereof; or
(vii)
If
a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 hereof shall prove to
be
incorrect as of the time made in any respect that materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Securityholders or the Insurer, and the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation or warranty
was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or cured within 30 days after
the
date on which written notice of such incorrect representation or warranty shall
have been given to the Master Servicer by the Indenture Trustee, or to the
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Controlling Party;
or
(viii)
A
sale or
pledge of any of the rights of the Master Servicer hereunder or an assignment
of
this Agreement by the Master Servicer or a delegation of the rights or duties
of
the Master Servicer hereunder shall have occurred in any manner not otherwise
permitted hereunder and without the prior written consent of the Controlling
Party; or
(ix)
The
Master Servicer has notice or actual knowledge that any Servicer at any time
is
not either an FNMA- or FHLMC- approved Seller/Servicer, and the Master Servicer
has not terminated the rights and obligations of such Servicer under the
applicable Servicing Agreement and replaced such Servicer with an FNMA- or
FHLMC-approved servicer which is acceptable to the Insurer within 60 days of
the
date the Master Servicer receives such notice or acquires such actual knowledge;
or
(x)
After
receipt of notice from the Indenture Trustee, any failure of the Master Servicer
to remit to the Indenture Trustee any payment required to be made to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Securityholders under the terms of this
Agreement, including any Advance, on any Deposit Date which failure continues
unremedied for a period of one Business Day after the date upon which notice
of
such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Indenture
Trustee or the Insurer.
If
an
Event of Master Servicer Termination described in clauses (i) through (ix)
of
this Section 6.01 shall occur, then, in each and every case, subject to
applicable law, so long as any such Event of Master Servicer Termination shall
not have been remedied within any period of time prescribed by this Section
6.01, the Indenture Trustee, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer may,
with the consent of the Insurer and shall, if so directed by the Controlling
Party, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
hereunder and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. If an
Event
of Master Servicer Termination described in clause (x) of this Section 6.01
shall occur, then, in each and every case, subject to applicable law, so long
as
such Event of Master Servicer Termination shall not have been remedied within
the time period prescribed by clause (x) of this Section 6.01, the Indenture
Trustee with the consent of the Insurer, by notice in writing to the Master
Servicer, shall promptly terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer hereunder and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds
thereof. On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice,
all authority and power of the Master Servicer, and only in its capacity as
Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage
Loans
or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to
and under the terms of this Agreement; and the Indenture Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the defaulting
Master Servicer as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and
other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary
or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and
related documents or otherwise. The defaulting Master Servicer agrees to
cooperate with the Indenture Trustee in effecting the termination of the
defaulting Master Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder as Master
Servicer including, without limitation, notifying the Servicers of the
assignment of the master servicing function and providing the Indenture Trustee
or its designee all documents and records in electronic or other form reasonably
requested by it to enable the Indenture Trustee or its designee to assume the
defaulting Master Servicer’s functions hereunder and the transfer to the
Indenture Trustee for administration by it of all amounts which shall at the
time be or should have been deposited by the defaulting Master Servicer in
the
Collection Account maintained by such defaulting Master Servicer and any other
account or fund maintained with respect to the Securities or thereafter received
with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer being terminated shall
bear all costs of a master servicing transfer, including but not limited to
those of the Indenture Trustee reasonably allocable to specific employees and
overhead, legal fees and expenses, accounting and financial consulting fees
and
expenses, and costs of amending the Agreement, if necessary.
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The
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Master Servicer
(or by the Trust Estate, if the Master Servicer is unable to fulfill its
obligations hereunder) for all costs associated with the transfer of servicing
from the predecessor Master Servicer, including, without limitation, any costs
or expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data and
the
completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required
by the Indenture Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the
servicing data or otherwise to enable the Indenture Trustee to master service
the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively. If the terminated Master Servicer
does not pay such reimbursement within thirty (30) days of its receipt of an
invoice therefore, such reimbursement shall be an expense of the Trust Estate
and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to withdraw such reimbursement
from
amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.02(b);
provided that the terminated Master Servicer shall reimburse the Trust Estate
for any such expense incurred by the Trust Estate; and provided, further, that
the Indenture Trustee acting at the direction of the Insurer shall decide
whether and to what extent it is in the best interest of the Securityholders
to
pursue any remedy against any party obligated to make such
reimbursement.
Notwithstanding
the termination of its activities as Master Servicer, the terminated Master
Servicer shall continue to be entitled to reimbursement to the extent provided
in Section 4.08 to the extent such reimbursement relates to the period prior
to
such Master Servicer’s termination [; provided that the Master Servicer shall
not be entitled to reimbursement for such amounts to the extent that the Master
Servicer has not reimbursed the Indenture Trustee or Trust Estate for the
servicing transfer costs in accordance with the preceding
paragraph.]
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If
any
Event of Master Servicer Termination shall occur, of which a Responsible Officer
of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee shall
promptly notify each Rating Agency of the nature and extent of such Event of
Master Servicer Termination. The Indenture Trustee shall immediately give
written notice to the Master Servicer upon the Master Servicer’s failure to
remit funds on the Deposit Date.
(b) On
and
after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination from the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or the Indenture Trustee receives
the resignation of the Master Servicer evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
pursuant to Section 4.29, the Indenture Trustee, unless another master servicer
shall have been appointed, shall be the successor in all respects to the Master
Servicer in its capacity as such under this Agreement and the transactions
set
forth or provided for herein and shall have all the rights and powers and be
subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
and
arising thereafter placed on the Master Servicer hereunder, including the
obligation to make Advances; provided,
however,
that
any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Master
Servicer’s failure to provide information required by this Agreement shall not
be considered a default by the Indenture Trustee hereunder. In addition, the
Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility for any act or omission of the
Master Servicer prior to the issuance of any notice of termination and shall
have no liability relating to the representations and warranties of the Master
Servicer set forth in Section 3.02. In the Indenture Trustee’s capacity as such
successor, the Indenture Trustee shall have the same limitations on liability
herein granted to the Master Servicer. As compensation therefor, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to receive all compensation payable to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding
the above, the Indenture Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to continue
to so
act, or shall, if it is unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution servicer, master servicer, servicing or mortgage servicing
institution having a net worth of not less than $15,000,000 and meeting such
other standards for a successor master servicer as are set forth in this
Agreement, as the successor to such Master Servicer in the assumption of all
of
the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of a master servicer, like the
Master Servicer; provided that any successor Master Servicer must be acceptable
to the Insurer. Such successor Master Servicer may be an Affiliate of the
Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that,
unless such Affiliate meets the net worth requirements and other standards
set
forth herein for a successor master servicer, the Indenture Trustee, in its
individual capacity shall agree, at the time of such designation, to be and
remain liable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for such Affiliate’s
actions and omissions in performing its duties hereunder. In connection with
such appointment and assumption, the Indenture Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on the
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however,
that no
such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted to the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such actions,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession and may make other arrangements with respect to the servicing to
be
conducted hereunder which are not inconsistent herewith. The Master Servicer
shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee and any successor master servicer
in
effecting the termination of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and rights
hereunder including, without limitation, notifying Servicers of the assignment
of the master servicing functions and providing the Indenture Trustee and
successor master servicer, as applicable, all documents and records in
electronic or other form reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume
the
Master Servicer’s functions hereunder and the transfer to the Indenture Trustee
or such successor master servicer, as applicable, all amounts or investment
property which shall at the time be or should have been deposited by the Master
Servicer in the Collection Account and any other account or fund maintained
with
respect to the Securities or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any other successor master servicer
shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make,
or
any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused
by
(i) the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering,
cash, documents or records to it, (ii) the failure of the Master Servicer to
cooperate as required by this Agreement, (iii) the failure of the Master
Servicer to deliver the Mortgage Loan data to the Indenture Trustee as required
by this Agreement or (iv) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer.
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Section
6.02 Additional
Remedies of Indenture Trustee Upon Event of Master Servicer
Termination.
During
the continuance of any Event of Master Servicer Termination, so long as such
Event of Master Servicer Termination shall not have been remedied, the Indenture
Trustee, in addition to the rights specified in Section 6.01, shall have the
right, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, to take all actions
now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights
and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies,
of the Securityholders (including the institution and prosecution of all
judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filings of proofs of
claim and debt in connection therewith) and the Insurer. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement
shall be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be
cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to
exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall
be
deemed to be a waiver of any Event of Master Servicer Termination.
Section
6.03 Waiver
of Defaults.
The
Controlling Party may, on behalf of all Securityholders, waive any default
or
Event of Master Servicer Termination by the Master Servicer in the performance
of its obligations hereunder, except that a default in the making of any
required deposit to the Distribution Account or the Certificate Account that
would result in a failure of the Indenture Trustee to make any required payment
of principal of or interest on the Securities may only be waived with the
consent of 100% of the affected Securityholders. Upon any such waiver of a
past
default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Master Servicer
Termination arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every
purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent
expressly so waived.
Section
6.04 Notification
to Holders.
Upon
termination of the Master Servicer or appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer, in each case as provided herein, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly
mail notice thereof by first class mail to the Insurer and the Securityholders
at their respective addresses appearing on the Note Register. The Indenture
Trustee shall also, within 45 days after the occurrence of any Event of Master
Servicer Termination known to the Indenture Trustee, give written notice thereof
to Securityholders, unless such Event of Master Servicer Termination shall
have
been cured or waived prior to the issuance of such notice and within such 45-day
period.
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Section
6.05 Directions
by Securityholders and Duties of Indenture Trustee During Event of Master
Servicer Termination.
During
the continuance of any Event of Master Servicer Termination, the Controlling
Party may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any
remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising any Issuer or power
conferred upon the Indenture Trustee, under this Agreement; provided,
however,
that the
Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to pursue any such remedy, or
to
exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, (i) the conducting or defending of any administrative action
or litigation hereunder or in relation hereto and (ii) the terminating of the
Master Servicer or any successor master servicer from its rights and duties
as
master servicer hereunder) at the request, order or direction of the Controlling
Party, unless such Controlling Party shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the cost, expenses and liabilities
which may be incurred therein or thereby; and, provided further, that, the
Indenture Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction
if the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with an Opinion of Counsel, determines
that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Indenture Trustee in good faith determines that the action or proceeding so
directed would involve it in personal liability for which it is not indemnified
to its satisfaction.
Section
6.06 Action
Upon Certain Failures of the Master Servicer and Upon Event of Master Servicer
Termination.
In the
event that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual
knowledge of any action or inaction of the Master Servicer that would become
an
Event of Master Servicer Termination upon the Master Servicer’s failure to
remedy the same after notice, the Indenture Trustee shall give notice thereof
to
the Master Servicer and the Insurer.
Section
6.07 Preparation
of Reports.
(a) The
Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared the initial current report
on
Form 8-K. Thereafter, within 10 days (or, if applicable, within such shorter
period of time as is required under the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) as in effect from time to time (the “Rules”))
following each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with
industry standards and the Rules, prepare and file with the Commission via
the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (XXXXX), and the Master Servicer
shall sign, a Form 10-D that includes (i) a copy of the statement to the
Securityholders for such Payment Date and (iii) such other information as is
required by Form 10-D, including, but not limited to, the information required
by Item 1121 (§ 229.1121) of Regulation AB. The Depositor agrees to cooperate
with the Indenture Trustee and Indenture Trustee’s counsel to assist the
Indenture Trustee in determining the form and content of any filings that may
be
required pursuant to this Section 6.07(a), and, without limiting the Indenture
Trustee’s responsibility hereunder, otherwise to assist the Indenture Trustee in
fulfilling its duties under this Section 6.07(a).
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Prior
to
January 30 in the first year as to which it has received prior instructions
from
the Depositor to do so, the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with industry
standards, prepare and file a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect
to
the Trust, if applicable.
Prior
to
March 30, 20[__] and, unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notification shall
have been filed, on or prior to March 30 of each year thereafter, the Indenture
Trustee shall file (but will not execute) a Form 10-K, and the Master Servicer
shall sign, in substance conforming to industry standards and complying with
the
Rules, with respect to the Trust. Each Form 10-K shall include (w) the
certification required pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act), as
amended (the “Form 10-K Certification”) signed by an appropriate party or
parties (which Form 10-K Certification the Indenture Trustee shall not be
required to prepare or sign) (x) the annual certifications delivered by the
Indenture Trustee, the Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee,
each Servicer and each Custodian pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicing
Agreements, the Trust Agreement and the Custodial Agreements, (y) the related
public accounting firm attestation reports and (z) such other information as
is
required by the Rules and Regulation AB. If any party’s report on assessment of
compliance with servicing criteria required by clause (x) in the immediately
preceding sentence, or the related public accounting firm attestation report
required by clause (y) in the immediately preceding sentence, identifies any
material instance of noncompliance with the servicing criteria specified in
paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(d)), the Indenture
Trustee shall identify the material instance of noncompliance in such report
in
the Form 10-K; and in the event that the Indenture Trustee is unable to include
any report required by either clause (x) or (y) in the immediately preceding
sentence in the Form 10-K, the Indenture Trustee shall disclose such fact in
the
Form 10-K together with an explanation as to why such report is not included
as
an exhibit to the Form 10-K. The Indenture Trustee shall promptly send copies
of
each periodic report filed on Form 8-K or other applicable form, each annual
report on Form 10-K, and each Form 15 Suspension Notification, together in
each
case with the acceptance confirmation receipt from XXXXX, to [_____________]
and
to the Depositor (i) by e-mail to the e-mail addresses provided in writing
by
each of [___________] and the Depositor, respectively and (ii) to [___________]
at [____________________], and to the Depositor at the address specified in
Section 9.07, in each case to the attention of a designated contact specified
by
each of [___________] and the Depositor, respectively.\
The
Indenture Trustee shall have no liability for any delay in filing the Form
10-D,
Form 10-K or Form 10-K Certification due to the failure of any party to sign
such Form 10-D, Form 10-K or Form 10-K Certification. The Depositor agrees
to
promptly furnish to the Indenture Trustee, from time to time upon request,
such
further information, reports, and financial statements within its control
related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Depositor reasonably
deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission.
The Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility to file any items other
than
those specified in this section.
(b) If
so
requested, the Indenture Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I for the benefit of the Person(s) signing the Form
10-K Certification regarding certain aspects of such Form 10-K Certification
(provided,
however,
that
the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to undertake an analysis of, and
shall have no responsibility for, any financial information, accountant’s
report, certification or other matter contained therein, except for computations
performed by the Indenture Trustee and reflected in distribution reports.
Nothing in this Section 6.07 shall relieve the Indenture Trustee of its
responsibility for the matters as to which it is certifying in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I.
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(c) Each
person (including their officers or directors) that signs any Form 10-K
Certification shall be entitled to indemnification from the Trust Estate for
any
liability or expense incurred by it in connection with such certification,
other
than any liability or expense attributable to such Person’s own bad faith,
negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this subsection shall
survive any termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of
such
Person.
Section
6.08 Reporting
Requirements of the Commission and Indemnification.
(a) On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Indenture
Trustee
shall deliver to the Master Servicer and the Depositor a report regarding its
assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria specified in paragraph
(d)
of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(d)), as of and for the period ending
the end of the fiscal year ending no later than December 31 of the year prior
to
the year of delivery of the report, with respect to asset-backed security
transactions taken as a whole in which the Master Servicer is performing any
of
the servicing criteria specified in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB
(§ 229.1122(d)) that it is performing pursuant to its obligations under this
Agreement, and that are backed by the same asset type backing such asset-backed
securities. Each such report shall include all of the statements required under
paragraph (a) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(a)).
(b) On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Indenture
Trustee
shall deliver to the Master Servicer and the Depositor a report by a registered
public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made
by
the Indenture
Trustee
pursuant to subsection (a) above. Each such report shall be made in accordance
with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee
shall notify the Master Servicer and the Depositor
(i) of any legal proceedings pending against the Indenture Trustee
of the type described in Item 1117 (§
229.1117) of
Regulation AB and (ii) if the Indenture Trustee
shall become (but only to the extent not previously disclosed) at any time
an
affiliate of any of the Sponsor, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Administrator, the Master Servicer, any Servicer, any Originator contemplated
by
Item 1110 (§
229.1110) of
Regulation AB, any significant obligor contemplated by Item 1112 (§
229.1112) of
Regulation AB, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by Items 1114
or
1115 (§§
229.1114-1115) of
Regulation AB or any other material party to the Trust Fund contemplated by
Item
1100(d)(1) (§
229.1100(d)(1)) of
Regulation AB, as applicable.
(d) The
Indenture
Trustee
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, its respective
officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor
or
Master Servicer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities to which the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, their
respective officers or directors and any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, as and when such losses, claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities are incurred, insofar as such losses, claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in any such
items of information regarding this Agreement and matters related to the
Indenture Trustee
furnished by the Indenture Trustee to the Depositor and the Master
Servicer,
including as applicable (by way of example and not limitation), any information
required pursuant to subsections 6.08(a) and (c) above (collectively, the
“Indenture Trustee Information”), or
arise
out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein
any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and will reimburse the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, their
respective officers or directors and any such controlling person for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by it or any of them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, expense, damage, liability
or
action, as and when incurred; provided,
however,
that
the Indenture
Trustee shall
be
liable only insofar as such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission relates solely to the information in the
Indenture
Trustee Information
furnished to the Depositor or Master Servicer by or on behalf of the
Indenture
Trustee specifically
in connection with this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
VII
RAPID
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
Section
7.01 Rapid
Amortization Events
(a)
The
following shall constitute Rapid Amortization Events with respect to the
Notes:
(a) default
in the payment of any interest when the same becomes due and payable and such
default continues for a period of five Business Days or a failure to pay the
entire principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable under the
Indenture or on the Final Scheduled Payment Date.
(b) failure
on the part of the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer, as
the
case may be, (i) to make any payment or deposit required by the terms of the
Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, this Agreement, the Indenture, the related
Servicing Agreement or the Insurance Agreement, as applicable, within two
Business Days after notification that such payment or deposit is required to
be
made, or (ii) to observe or perform in any material respect the covenants or
agreements of the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer, as
the
case may be, set forth in the Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement, Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Indenture, the related Servicing Agreement or the Insurance
Agreement, as the case may be, and which, in the case of clause (ii), continues
unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer, as the case may be,
by
the Indenture Trustee, or to the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or
a
Servicer, as the case may be, and the Indenture Trustee by the Insurer or
Holders of Notes evidencing more than 50% of the Outstanding
Amount;
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(c) the
Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer or any of their
Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall voluntarily go into liquidation, consent to
the
appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or similar person in
any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings of or relating to the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the
Seller or a Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of such
Person’s property, or a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have
been entered against the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer
and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed
for a period of 30 days; or the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or
a
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;
(d) any
representation or warranty made by the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller
or a Servicer, as the case may be, in this Indenture, the Mortgage Loan Sale
Agreement, this Agreement, the Indenture, the related Servicing Agreement or
the
Insurance Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
when made, as a result of which the interests of the Noteholders or the Insurer
are materially and adversely affected and which continues to be incorrect in
any
material respect and continues to affect materially and adversely the interests
of the Noteholders or the Insurer for a period of 60 days after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall
have been given to the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer,
as
the case may be, by the Indenture Trustee, or to the Issuer, the Master
Servicer, the Seller or a Servicer, as the case may be, and the Indenture
Trustee by either the Insurer or the Holders of Notes evidencing more than
50%
of the Outstanding Amount;
(e) the
Issuer becomes subject to regulation by the Commission as an investment company
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended;
(f) cumulative
draws in respect of interest under the Policy exceed 1% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Pool Balance or there is any draw in respect of principal; and
(g) an
Event
of Servicing Termination with respect to a Servicer pursuant to the related
Servicing Agreement or an Event of Master Servicing Termination pursuant to
this
Agreement has occurred.
In
the
case of any event described in clauses (a), (b), (e), (f) and (g) above, a
Rapid
Amortization Event will be deemed to have occurred only if, after the applicable
grace period, if any, described in the Indenture or Sale and Servicing
Agreement, any of the Indenture Trustee or Holders holding Notes evidencing
more
than 50% of the Outstanding Amount, in each case with the prior written consent
of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing)
or
the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing),
by
written notice to the Issuer, the Insurer, the Sponsor, and the Servicer (and
to
the Indenture Trustee, if given by the Noteholders or the Insurer) declare
that
a Rapid Amortization Event has occurred as of the date of such
notice.
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If
a
Rapid Amortization Event occurs solely due to either: (1) a failure on the
part
of one of the Servicers with respect to (b) above or (2) the occurrence of
the
event described in (f) above only with respect to one of the Servicers, a Rapid
Amortization Event will only apply to the Mortgage Loans serviced by such
Servicer.
Following
the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Event (except for an event with respect
to [_________]
only
described in either (b) or (g) above), if so directed by the Insurer, so long
as
no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee will
sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate the Collateral with respect to the
Mortgage Loans in a commercially reasonable manner and on commercially
reasonable terms. With respect to the Notes, the net proceeds of such sale
will
be paid (i) first, pro rata to the Indenture Trustee the Indenture Trustee
Expense Amount and any unpaid fees due and owing and to the Owner Trustee any
unpaid fees due and owing, (ii) second, to the Holders of each class of Notes,
pro rata based on Note Principal Balances, insofar as may be necessary to reduce
the Note Principal Balance of such class, together with all accrued and unpaid
interest due thereon, to zero, (iii) third, to reimburse the Insurer to the
extent of unreimbursed draws under the Policy and other amounts owing to the
Insurer, (iv) fourth, to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any
unreimbursed expenses due and owing, including, with respect to the Indenture
Trustee, all unreimbursed expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustee in
connection with such Rapid Amortization Event and sale of the Collateral and
(v)
fifth, to the Residual Certificateholders, in the order and priority described
in Section 5.03(b)(xi), any remaining amounts.
In
addition to the consequences of a Rapid Amortization Event discussed above,
if
the Seller or a Servicer voluntarily files a bankruptcy petition or goes into
liquidation or any person is appointed a receiver or bankruptcy trustee of
the
Seller or a Servicer, on the day of any such filing or appointment with respect
to (i) the Seller, no further Additional Balances will be transferred to the
Issuer and the Seller will promptly give notice to the Indenture Trustee and
(ii) a Servicer, no further Additional Balances relating to Mortgage Loans
serviced by such Servicer will be transferred to the Issuer and such Servicer
will promptly give notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer of any such
filing or appointment. Within 15 days, the Indenture Trustee notify the Holders
of the Notes of the occurrence of such event.
Upon
the
occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Event, the related Servicer shall no longer
receive any principal funds upon the transfer of Additional Balances to the
Issuer in respect of the Additional Balance Contributed Amount but will be
reimbursed directly by the Holder of the Class L Certificate. The Holder of
the
Class L Certificate will be reimbursed for such payments pursuant to Section
5.01(b)(xi).
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
Section
8.01 Termination.
The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the
Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee created hereby (other than
obligations expressly stated to survive the termination of the Trust) shall
terminate on the date (the “Termination Date”) which is the earlier to occur
of:
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(i)
the
day
after the day on which the Securities are paid in full (including payment
pursuant to Section 8.02 below) all Reimbursement Amounts have been paid to
the
Insurer and the Policy has been surrendered to the Insurer; and
(ii)
the
date
that is 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St.
James’s, living on the date hereof.
Section
8.02 Termination
Prior to Maturity Date; and Optional Redemption.
(a) On
the
payment on or after which the Note Principal Amount (after giving effect to
payments of principal on such Payment Date) declines to 10% or less of the
Original Note Principal Amount (“Optional Redemption Date”), the Master
Servicer, acting directly or through one or more Affiliates, may purchase from
the Issuer all (but not fewer than all) of the Mortgage Loans and all other
property, with the consent of the Insurer if such purchase will result in a
draw
on the Policy or any Reimbursement Amounts are owing to the Insurer or will
be
owing to the Insurer as a result of such purchase, of the Issuer at a cash
price
equal to the Optional Redemption Price. The Master Servicer shall deliver
written notice of its intention to exercise such option to the Issuer, the
Insurer, the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer not less than ten days
prior to the applicable Payment Date.
In
connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Indenture
Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account in respect of
the
related Total Distribution Amount for deposit to the Distribution Account,
which
deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase.
Promptly following any such purchase, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable
Custodian shall release the Mortgage Files to the purchaser of such Mortgage
Loans pursuant to this Section 6.02, or otherwise upon its order
Section
8.03 [Reserved].
Section
8.04 Certain
Notices upon Final Payment. The
Master Servicer or the Administrator, as applicable, shall give the Issuer,
the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, each Rating Agency, each Securityholder and
the
Depositor at least 30 days’ prior written notice of the date on which the Issuer
is expected to terminate in accordance with Section 8.01, or the date on which
the Securities will be redeemed in accordance with Section 8.02. Not later
than
the fifth Business Day in the Due Period in which the final distribution in
respect to the Securities is payable to the Securityholders, the Indenture
Trustee shall mail to the Securityholders a notice specifying the procedures
with respect to such final distribution. The Indenture Trustee shall give a
copy
of such notice to each Rating Agency and the Insurer at the time such notice
is
given to Securityholders. Following the final distribution thereon, such
Securities shall become void, no longer outstanding and no longer evidence
any
right or interest in the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Files or any proceeds
of
the foregoing.
Section
8.05 Beneficiaries. This
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto,
the Securityholders, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
In
addition, the Insurer and its successors and assigns shall be third-party
beneficiaries to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall be entitled to
rely
upon and directly to enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if a party
hereto. No other Person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
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ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
9.01 Binding
Nature of Agreement; Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section
9.02 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior
and
contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express
or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the
subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course
of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms
hereof.
Section
9.03 Amendment.
(a) This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Issuer, the
Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holder of the Residual
Certificates, without notice to or the consent of any of the Holders of the
Notes but with the consent of the Insurer, (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii)
to
cause the provisions herein to conform to or be consistent with or in
furtherance of the statements made with respect to the Securities, the Issuer
or
this Agreement in any Prospectus, or to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein or in any
other Operative Agreement, to make any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement or (iv) to add, delete, or amend
any
provisions to the extent necessary or desirable to comply with any requirements
imposed by the Code and applicable regulations. No such amendment effected
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, as evidenced by either (A) an Opinion
of Counsel (which shall be an expense of the party requesting such amendment
and
shall not be an expense of the Trust), or (B) written confirmation from each
Rating Agency such amendment will not cause such rating agency to reduce the
current rating assigned to the Notes, result in an adverse effect on the status
of the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes, nor shall such amendment
effected pursuant to clause (iii) of such sentence adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holder or the Insurer. Prior to entering
into any amendment without the consent of Holders pursuant to this paragraph,
the Indenture Trustee may require an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the
party requesting such amendment) to the effect that such amendment is permitted
under this paragraph. Any such amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect
in any material respect any Holder, if the Indenture Trustee receives written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such amendment will not cause such
Rating Agency to reduce the then current rating assigned to the Notes without
taking into account the Policy.
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(b) This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Issuer,
the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of
not less than 66-2/3% of the Note Principal Amount of the Notes, the Insurer
and
of the Holder of the Residual Certificates 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;
provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall be made unless the Indenture Trustee receives an Opinion
of
Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting the change, that no such
amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
payments which are required to be distributed on any Class of Notes, without
the
consent of the Noteholders of such Class or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentages of Note Principal Amount of Notes, the Holders of which are required
to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of 100%
of
the Note Principal Amount of the Notes. For purposes of this paragraph,
references to “Holder” or “Holders” shall be deemed to include, in the case of
Book-Entry Notes, the related Note Owners.
(c) Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment, the Indenture Trustee shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Holder, the
Insurer, the Depositor and to each Rating Agency.
(d) It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of Holders under this Section 9.03 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 Holders
shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Indenture Trustee may
prescribe.
Section
9.04 Acts
of Securityholders.
Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein, whenever Securityholder action,
consent or approval is required under this Agreement, such action, consent
or
approval shall be deemed to have been taken or given on behalf of, and shall
be
binding upon, all Securityholders if the Majority Securityholders agree to
take
such action or give such consent or approval; provided, however, that so long
as
no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing any action, consent or
approval required under this Agreement by the Securityholders will instead
be
taken or given by the Insurer.
Section
9.05 Recordation
of Agreement.
To the
extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement, or a memorandum thereof
if
permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all of 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 Depositor on direction and
at
the expense of Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the Note Principal Amount
of
the Notes and of the Holder of the Residual Certificates requesting such
recordation, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of
the
Securityholders, or is necessary for the administration or servicing of the
Mortgage Loans.
Section
9.06 Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND 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 WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.
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Section
9.07 Notices.
All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given when received by (a) in the case of the
Depositor, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Corporation, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: [_________], (b) in the case
of the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Administrator, [_________],
(c) in the case of the Master Servicer, [_________],, [_________], Attention:
[_________] and (d) in the case of the Issuer, c/o [ ],
or as
to each party such other address as may hereafter be furnished by such party
to
the other parties in writing. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed
to a
Holder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address
of
such Holder as shown in the applicable register. Any notice so mailed within
the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
Section
9.08 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 Securities or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section
9.09 Indulgences;
No Waivers.
Neither
the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy,
power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power
or
privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right,
remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver
shall
be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to
have
granted such waiver.
Section
9.10 Headings
Not To Affect Interpretation.
The
headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only,
and
they shall not be used in the interpretation hereof.
Section
9.11 Benefits
of Agreement.
Nothing
in this Agreement or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties to this Agreement and their successors hereunder
and the Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
power, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
Section
9.12 Special
Notices to the Rating Agencies.
(a) The
Seller shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency of the occurrence of
any
of the following events of which it has notice:
(i)
any
amendment to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.03; and
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(ii)
the
making of a final payment hereunder.
(b) All
notices to the Rating Agencies provided for by this Section shall be in writing
and sent by first class mail, telecopy or overnight courier, as
follows:
if
to
[Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc.
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax
no.:
(000) 000-0000]
if
to
[S&P:
Standard
& Poors Ratings Service, a division
of
the
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax
no.:
(000) 000-0000]
(c) The
Master Servicer shall make available to the Rating Agencies each report prepared
pursuant to Section 4.10.
Section
9.13 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and
the
same instrument.
Section
9.14 Execution
by the Issuer.
It is
expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement
is
executed and delivered by [_________], not individually or personally but solely
as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority
conferred and vested in it as trustee, (b) each of the representations,
undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and
intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by
[_________] but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer,
(c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on
[_________], individually or personally, to perform any covenant either
expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being
expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any person claiming by, through
or
under the parties hereto and (d) under no circumstances shall [_________] be
personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer
or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation,
warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement
or
any other document.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto
by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year
first above written.
XXXXXXXXX MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST [ ] | |||||
By:
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[_________],
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
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Title:
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XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES
CORPORATION,
as Depositor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[_________],
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as
Indenture Trustee
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Title:
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[_________],
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as
Master Servicer
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Solely
for purposes of Article II, Sections 3.03,
3.04,
5.05, 5.06 and 7.03, accepted and
agreed
to
by:
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
By:
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EXHIBIT
A-1
FORM
OF
INITIAL CERTIFICATION
Date
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[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: |
Sale
and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of
[_____] [__], 20[__] by and among Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities
Corporation, as Depositor, [_________],
as
Indenture Trustee, [_________], as Master Servicer, and Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Securities Trust [ ]
, as
Issuer
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.02(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, subject
to
review of the contents thereof, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies
that it has received the documents listed in Section 2.01(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement for each Mortgage File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan
listed on Schedule A, to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, subject to any
exceptions noted on Schedule I hereto.
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. This
certificate is subject in all respects to the terms of Section 2.02 of the
Sale
and Servicing Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement sections
cross-referenced therein.
[Custodian] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF
INTERIM CERTIFICATION
Date
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[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Re: |
Sale
and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of
[_____] [__], 20[__] by and among Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities
Corporation, as Depositor, [_________],
as
Indenture Trustee, [_________], as Master Servicer, and Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Securities Trust [ ]
, as Issuer
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.02(b) of the Sale 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 Schedule I hereto) it (or its custodian) has received the applicable
documents listed in Section 2.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, other than any Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule I
hereto, it has reviewed the documents identified above and has determined that
each such document appears regular on its face and appears to relate to the
Mortgage Loan identified in such document.
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. This certificate is qualified in
all
respects by the terms of said Sale and Servicing Agreement including, but not
limited to, Section 2.02(b).
[Custodian] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF
FINAL CERTIFICATION
Date
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[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Re: Sale
and
Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of [_____]
[__], 20[__] by and among Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Corporation, as
Depositor, [_________],
as
Indenture Trustee, [_________], as Master Servicer, and Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage
Securities Trust [ ]
, as
Issuer
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.02(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
undersigned, as Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, 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 Schedule I hereto) it (or its
custodian) has received the applicable documents listed in Section 2.01(b)
of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, other than any Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule I
hereto, it has reviewed the documents listed above and has determined that
each
such document appears to be complete and, based on an examination of such
documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is correct.
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. This certificate is qualified in
all
respects by the terms of said Sale and Servicing Agreement.
[Custodian] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF ENDORSEMENT
Pay
to the order of [_________],
as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__] by and among Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Corporation,
as Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, [_________] as Master Servicer, and
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust [ ]
, as Issuer relating to Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust [ ]
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 20[__]-[__], without
recourse.
[current signatory on note] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
A-4-1
EXHIBIT
B
REQUEST
FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS AND RECEIPT
Date
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[Addressed
to Indenture Trustee
or,
if
applicable, custodian]
In
connection with the administration of the mortgages held by you as Indenture
Trustee under a certain Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of [_____] [__],
20[__] by and among Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Corporation, as Depositor,
you, as Indenture Trustee, [_________], as Master Servicer, and Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust [ ] , as Issuer (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”),
the undersigned Servicer hereby requests a release of the Mortgage File held
by
you as Indenture Trustee with respect to the following described Mortgage Loan
for the reason indicated below.
Mortgagor’s
Name:
Address:
Loan
No.:
Reason
for requesting file:
1. Mortgage
Loan paid in full. (The Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received
in
connection with the loan have been or will be credited to the Distribution
Account pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.)
2. The
Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed.
3. Mortgage
Loan substituted. (The Servicer hereby certifies that a Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan has been assigned and delivered to you along with the related
Mortgage File pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.)
4. Mortgage
Loan repurchased. (The Servicer hereby certifies that the Loan Purchase Price
has been credited to the Distribution Account pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.)
5. Other.
(Describe)
B-1
The
undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File will be held by the
undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and will be returned to you within ten (10) days of our receipt of
the
Mortgage File, except if the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, or repurchased
or substituted for a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan (in which case the
Mortgage File will be retained by us permanently) and except if the Mortgage
Loan is being foreclosed (in which case the Mortgage File will be returned
when
no longer required by us for such purpose).
Capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
[Name of Servicer] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: Servicing Officer |
B-2
EXHIBIT
C
LIST
OF SERVICING AGREEMENTS
1. [_________]
and
2. [_________].
C-1
EXHIBIT
D
(RESERVED)
D-1
EXHIBIT
E
(RESERVED)
E-1
EXHIBIT
F
CUSTODIAL
AGREEMENT
([_________])
F-1
EXHIBIT
G
[RESERVED]
G-1
EXHIBIT
H
[Reserved]
FORM
OF
MASTER SERVICER CERTIFICATION
Re:
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust [ ]
Home
Equity Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 20[__]-[__]
I,
_______________, the senior officer of [_________] certify that:
(i)
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I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports on
Form 8-K
containing distribution and servicing reports filed in respect of
periods
included in the year covered by this annual report, of Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage
Securities Corporation (the
“Registrant”);
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(ii)
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Based
on my knowledge, the information in these 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;
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(iii)
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Based
on my knowledge, the distribution of servicing information required
to be
provided to the Administrator by the Master Servicer under the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement is included in these
reports;
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(iv)
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Based
on my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement included
in the
report and required to be delivered to the Administrator in accordance
with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the reports, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its
obligations under the servicing agreement;
and
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(v)
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The
reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the Master
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 these
reports.
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Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated [_____] [__], 20[__] (the “Sale and Servicing
Agreement”), among the Registrant as depositor, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities
Trust [ ], as Issuer, the Master Servicer and [_________] as Indenture
Trustee.
H-1
EXHIBIT
I
FORM
CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
AND/OR
MASTER SERVICER BY THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Re:
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Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust [ ]
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Home
Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 20[__]-[__]
Reference
is made to the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement dated as of [_____] [__], 20[__] (the “Sale and Servicing
Agreement”), by and among Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust [ ] , as issuer,
[_________],
as indenture trustee
(the
“Indenture Trustee”), [_________], as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”),
and Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”).
The Indenture Trustee
hereby certifies to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, and its officers,
directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will
rely
upon this certification, that:
(i)
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The
Indenture Trustee has reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K 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 that
annual report, relating to the above-referenced
trust;
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(ii)
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Based
solely upon the information provided to us by the Master Servicer,
the
information set forth in the reports referenced in (i) above does
not
contain any untrue statement of material fact;
and
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(iii)
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Based
on my knowledge, the distribution information required to be provided
by
the Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement is included
in these reports.
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Date:
[ ],
as Indenture Trustee
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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I-1
SCHEDULE
A
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
A-1
SCHEDULE
B
[_________]
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
B-1
SCHEDULE
C
[_________]
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
C-1