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MORTGAGE SERVICING
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
between
NORWEST MORTGAGE, INC.,
Seller
and
HARBOURTON MORTGAGE CO., L.P.,
Purchaser
Dated as of September 15, 1995
$1.6 Billion GNMA Mortgage Servicing Rights
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SERVICING RIGHTS;
PURCHASE PRICE; ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Servicing Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2.2 Purchase Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.3 Payment of Purchase Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 2.4 Interest Calculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 2.5 Hold-Back Reserve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 2.6 Reimbursement of Advances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 2.7 Mortgage Escrow Accounts: Optional Insurance Payments. . . . . 8
Section 2.8 Purchase Price Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 2.9 Interest Calaculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2.10 Purchase Price Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2.11 Dispute Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2.12 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Section 3.1 Seller's Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 3.2 Mortgage Banking Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Section 4.1 Purchaser's Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
Section 5.1 Interim Servicing; Subservicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 5.2 Uncertified Pools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 5.3 GNMA Consents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 5.4 Notice to Mortgagors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 5.5 Notice to Taxing Authorities, IRS, Insurers and Agencies. . . . 17
Section 5.6 Delivery of Custodian Files and Servicing Files. . . . . . . . 18
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Section 5.7 Post-Transfer Date Payments, Proceeds and Correspondence;
Notification of Action Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 5.8 Recertification of Pools after Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 5.9 Reserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 5.10 Payment of Servicing Invoices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 5.11 Sale And Transfer Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 5.12 Costs and Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 5.13 Access to Mortgage Documents, Files, Records, Etc. . . . . . . 21
Section 5.14 Covenant Against Solicitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 5.15 Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 5.16 Third-Party Proposals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 5.17 Refinancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 5.18 Pre-Foreclosure Purchases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 5.19 Advice of Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 5.20 Supplemental Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 5.21 Best Efforts; Further Assurances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER
Section 6.1 Conditions to the Sale Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 6.2 Conditions to each Servicing Transfer Date. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 6.3 Conditions to each GNMA Transfer Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER
Section 7.1 Conditions to the Sale Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 7.2 Conditions to each GNMA Transfer Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE VIII
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
INDEMNIFICATION; REPURCHASE
Section 8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 8.2 Indemnification by Seller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 8.3 Indemnification by Purchaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 8.4 Indemnification Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 8.5 Repurchase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 8.6 Special Indemnification for Seller's Escrow Practices. . . . . 34
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 Termination by Purchaser or Seller Prior to
Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 9.2 Termination by Purchaser or Seller Prior to
Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 9.3 Effect of Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 10.2 Assignment; Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Rights. . . 36
Section 10.3 Entire Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 10.4 Amendment, Modification and Waivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 10.5 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 10.6 Expedited Arbitration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 10.7 Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 10.8 No Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 10.9 Payments by Wire Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 10.10 Rules of Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 10.11 Reproduction of Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 10.12 No Strict Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 10.13 Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedule I Defined Terms
Schedule II Mortgage Banking Representations and Warranties
Schedule 2.2(c) Purchase Price Schedule
Schedule 3.1(j) Litigation
Schedule 3.1(l)(1) Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule 3.1(l)(2) Buyout Loan Schedule
Schedule 3.1(l)(3) Pool Schedule
Schedule 3.1(l)(4) Portfolio Characteristics Schedule
Schedule 3.2(k) Condominiums, etc...
Schedule 3.2(m) Buydowns
Schedule 3.2(o) Inquiries
Schedule 3.2(q) Title Insurance Claims
Schedule 3.2(s) Real Estate Taxes
Schedule 5.2 Uncertified Pools; Actions Required
Exhibit A Form of Escrow Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Interim Servicing Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Subservicing Agreement
Exhibit D Servicing Transfer Protocol
Exhibit E Form of Opinion of Seller's Counsel
Exhibit F Form of Opinion of Purchaser's Counsel
Exhibit G Form of Xxxx of Sale and Assignment Agreement (Servicing Rights)
Exhibit H Form of Xxxx of Sale and Assignment Agreement (Buyout Loans)
Exhibit I Intentionally Omitted
Exhibit J Custodian File Contents
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THIS MORTGAGE SERVICING PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as
of September 15, 1995 (this "Agreement"), is made by and between HARBOURTON
MORTGAGE CO., L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Purchaser"), and NORWEST
MORTGAGE, INC., a California corporation ("Seller").
BACKGROUND:
Seller owns the Servicing Rights and Advances with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and Seller desires to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser
desires to purchase from Seller, all right, title and interest in and to the
Servicing Rights and Advances in accordance with the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
For the purpose of this Agreement, capitalized terms have the
meanings set out in Schedule I hereto, or elsewhere in this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SERVICING RIGHTS;
PURCHASE PRICE; ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Servicing Rights and
Buyout Loans.
(a) Sale Date Conveyance. Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, effective as of
the close of business on the Sale Date, Seller hereby sells, assigns,
transfers, conveys and delivers to Purchaser all of Seller's beneficial right,
title and interest in and to the Servicing Rights related to the Mortgage Loans
(other than the Buyout Loans), free and clear of all Liens, and Purchaser
hereby purchases and assumes the beneficial interest in the Servicing Rights
related to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Buyout Loans) from Seller as of
such date.
(b) GNMA Transfer Date Conveyance. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, effective as of
the commencement of business on each date set forth in the table below (or on
such other dates as the Parties may agree in writing) (collectively, the "GNMA
Transfer Dates"; individually, a "GNMA Transfer Date"), Seller shall sell,
assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser, legal title, and all of
Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans (other than the
Buyout Loans) and the Servicing Rights related to the Mortgage Loans described
in the column adjacent to the respective GNMA Transfer Date in the
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table below, free and clear of all Liens, and Purchaser hereby purchases and
assumes such Servicing Rights from Seller as of such GNMA Transfer Date.
GNMA TRANSFER DATE: RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS:
November 2, 1995 All Certified Portfolio A Mortgage Loans
December 4, 1995 (i) All Certified Portfolio B Mortgage Loans, and
(ii) all Portfolio A Mortgage Loans that have become
Certified Portfolio A Mortgage Loans since the prior GNMA
Transfer Date
Each of January 3, 1996, February 2, 1996, All Portfolio A Mortgage Loans that have become Certified
March 4, 1996, and April 2, 1996 Portfolio A Mortgage Loans, and all Portfolio B Mortgage
Loans that have become Certified Portfolio B Mortgage
Loans, since the prior GNMA Transfer Date
May 2, 1996 All Portfolio A Mortgage Loans that have become Certified
(the "Final GNMA Transfer Date") Portfolio A Mortgage Loans, and all Portfolio B Mortgage
Loans that have become Certified Portfolio B Mortgage
Loans, since the prior GNMA Transfer Date
(c) Servicing Transfer Dates; Advances. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein: (i) as of the
commencement of business on November 2, 1995 (the "Portfolio A Servicing
Transfer Date"), Purchaser shall commence physical servicing (or subservicing
in accordance with Section 5.1) of all Portfolio A Mortgage Loans, (ii) as of
the commencement of business on December 4, 1995 (the "Portfolio B Servicing
Transfer Date"), Purchaser shall commence physical servicing (or subservicing
in accordance with Section 5.1) of all Portfolio B Mortgage Loans, and (iii) as
of the commencement of business on October 16, 1995 (the "Buyout Loan Transfer
Date"), Purchaser shall commence physical servicing of all Buyout Loans. All
Advances related to the Mortgage Loans shall be transferred and conveyed to
Purchaser as of the related Servicing Transfer Date.
(d) Buyout Loans. Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements contained herein, effective as of the commencement of
business on the Buyout Loan Transfer Date, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer,
convey and deliver to Purchaser, legal title, and all of Seller's right, title
and interest in and to the Buyout Loans and all servicing rights and Advances
related thereto, free
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and clear of all Liens, and Purchaser hereby purchases and assumes such Buyout
Loans from Seller as of such Buyout Loan Transfer Date.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 2.1 OR THE GNMA GUIDE TO THE
CONTRARY, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, AS BETWEEN
SELLER AND PURCHASER, PURCHASER IS NOT ASSUMING, NOR SHALL IT IN ANY MANNER
BECOME LIABLE FOR, ANY LIABILITIES OR OBLIGATIONS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE
WHATSOEVER OF SELLER AND ITS AFFILIATES RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS,
SERVICING RIGHTS OR ADVANCES ARISING PRIOR TO THE SALE DATE.
Section 2.2 Purchase Price.
(a) Purchase Price. In full consideration for
the sale of the Servicing Rights, Purchaser shall pay to Seller, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 2.8 below, a purchase price (the "Purchase
Price") equal to the difference between:
(i) the product of (x) the Purchase
Price Percentage and (y) the aggregate unpaid principal balance, as of
the Cut-Off Date, of the Mortgage Loans, excluding the aggregate
unpaid principal balance of all Delinquent Loans and Buyout Loans;
minus
(ii) the sum of (x) the number of
Mortgage Loans (other than Buyout Loans) that are In Bankruptcy and as
to which no monthly installments are past due as of the Cut-Off Date,
times fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), plus (y) the number of
Delinquent Loans (other than Buyout Loans and without duplication of
Mortgage Loans included in the calculation of clause (x) above) as to
which five (5) or fewer monthly installments are past due as of the
Cut-Off Date, times two thousand dollars ($2,000), plus (z) the number
of Delinquent Loans (other than Buyout Loans) that are In Foreclosure
or as to which six (6) or more monthly installments are past due as of
the Cut-Off Date, times twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500);
minus
(iii) Sixty-Four Thousand ($64,000)
Dollars.
(b) Buyout Loan Purchase Price. In full
consideration for the sale of the Buyout Loans, Purchaser shall pay to Seller,
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.8 below, a purchase price (the
"Buyout Loan Purchase Price") equal to the difference between
(i) the aggregate unpaid principal
balance, as of the Buyout Loan Cut-Off Date, of the Buyout Mortgage
Loans plus the aggregate
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accrued but unpaid interest on the unpaid principal balance of each
Buyout Loan calculated at the applicable Pool pass through rate on
each Buyout Loan to the date that the Buyout Loan Purchase Price is
paid in respect of such Buyout Loan in accordance with Section 2.3(e);
minus
(ii) the sum of (x) the number of Buyout
Loans that are In Bankruptcy and as to which no monthly installments
are past due as of the Cut-Off Date, times fifteen hundred dollars
($1,500), plus (y) the number of Buyout Loans (without duplication of
Buyout Loans included in the calculation of clause (x) above) as to
which five (5) or fewer monthly installments are past due as of the
Cut-Off Date, times two thousand dollars ($2,000), plus (z) the number
of Buyout Loans that are In Foreclosure or as to which six (6) or more
monthly installments are past due as of the Cut-Off Date, times
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(c) Purchase Price Schedule. Schedule 2.2(c)
(the "Purchase Price Schedule") sets forth the Seller's calculation of the
Purchase Price, the Portfolio A Purchase Price and the Portfolio B Purchase
Price, each as of the Cut-Off Date. Seller has delivered to Purchaser a
Purchase Price Schedule containing Seller's good faith estimate of the Purchase
Price. Within two (2) Business Days after the Sale Date, Seller shall deliver
to Purchaser a complete Purchase Price Schedule that sets forth in reasonable
detail all of the relevant computations made by Seller in determining the
Purchase Price, and all information used by Seller in connection with such
computations. Seller shall deliver a revised Schedule 2.2(c), incorporating
any applicable adjustments to the Purchase Price and including the amount of
the related Advances on or before the third (3rd) Business Day after each of
the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date, the Portfolio B Servicing Transfer
Date, and each GNMA Transfer Date. The revised Schedule 2.2(c) to be delivered
after each GNMA Transfer Date shall include a detailed calculation of the
portion of the Purchase Price that will become due in accordance with Section
2.3(d) with respect to such GNMA Transfer Date. If a revised Purchase Price
Schedule is not delivered to Purchaser by the third (3rd) Business Day after
each of the dates set forth above, the date on which the related Purchase Price
payment is due shall be delayed and extended to the date that is two (2)
Business Days after Purchaser's actual receipt of such revised Purchase Price
Schedule.
Seller shall deliver a Purchase Price Schedule with
respect to the Buyout Loans (based on the unpaid principal balance thereof as
of the Buyout Loan Cut-Off Date) and the related Advances on Schedule 2.2(c) on
or before the third (3rd) Business Day after the Buyout Loan Transfer Date and
on each of November 1, 1995 and December 1, 1995 with respect to the payments
due on such dates. Such schedule shall include a detailed calculation of the
Buyout Loan Purchase Price and the portion due on any given date. If a revised
Purchase Price Schedule is not delivered to Purchaser by the third (3rd)
Business Day after the Buyout Loan Transfer Date, or on or before November 1,
1995 and December 1, 1995 with respect to the payments due on such dates, the
date on which the related Buyout Loan Purchase Price payment
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is due shall be delayed and extended to the date that One (1) Business Day
after Purchaser's actual receipt of such revised schedule.
Section 2.3 Payment of Purchase Price.
The Purchase Price shall be paid by Purchaser in immediately
available funds by wire transfer in accordance with the wire transfer
instructions set forth on Section 10.9 as follows:
(a) Sale Date Payment. On the Sale Date,
Purchaser shall pay to Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds,
twenty percent (20%) of the Purchase Price.
(b) Servicing Transfer Payments. On the fifth
(5th) Business Day following each of the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date
(the "Portfolio A Purchase Price Remittance Date") and the Portfolio B
Servicing Transfer Date (the "Portfolio B Purchase Price Remittance Date")
Purchaser shall (i) remit to Seller ten percent (10%) of the Portfolio A
Purchase Price or the Portfolio B Purchase Price, as the case may be, and (ii)
deposit in escrow with the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement five
percent (5%) of the Portfolio A Purchase Price or the Portfolio B Purchase
Price, as the case may be, to be held and released in accordance with Section
2.4 (each such payment, a "Servicing File Reserve Payment"; collectively, the
"Servicing File Reserve")
(c) Reserved.
(d) GNMA Transfer Date Payment. On the fifth
(5th) Business Day following each GNMA Transfer Date, Purchaser shall (i) remit
to Seller sixty percent (60%) of the Purchase Price relating to the Servicing
Rights for which a GNMA Consent has been obtained and which are being
transferred to Seller on such GNMA Transfer Date and (ii) deposit in escrow
with the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement five percent (5%) of the
Purchase Price relating to the Servicing Rights for which a GNMA Consent has
been obtained and which are being transferred to Seller on such GNMA Transfer
Date to be held and released in accordance with Section 2.5 (the "Hold-Back
Reserve Payment"). All payments made by Purchaser to Seller under this Section
shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.2(a) for each related Mortgage
Loan and shall include interest on the amount paid at the Applicable Rate from
the related Servicing Transfer Date to the date of payment to Seller or deposit
in escrow, as the case may be. In no event shall any payment (other than
interest payments) to be made on any date under this subsection, when added to
all Purchase Price payments previously made by Purchaser under any subsection
of this Section 2.3 (other than interest payments) exceed 100% of the Purchase
Price.
(e) Buyout Loan Payments. Provided that Seller
has complied in all material respects with Seller's covenants and obligations
hereunder, on the sixth (6th) Business Day following the date that Purchaser
receives the Custodial Files for substantially all of the Buyout Loans (the
"Buyout Loan Purchase Price Remittance Date") (which date is expected to be on
or about October 16, 1995) Purchaser shall remit to Seller one-hundred percent
(100%) of
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the Buyout Loan Purchase Price with respect to all Buyout Loans for which
Purchaser has received the related complete Custodian File as of the Buyout
Loan Transfer Date. For all Buyout Loans that do not have complete Custodial
Files as of the Buyout Loan Transfer Date and for which Purchaser receives a
complete Custodian File on or before October 31, 1995, Purchaser shall pay the
related Buyout Loan Purchase Price on November 1, 1995, and for all Buyout
Loans that do not have complete Custodial Files as of October 31, 1995 and for
which Purchaser receives a complete Custodian File on or before November 30,
1995, Purchaser shall pay the related Buyout Loan Purchase Price on December 1,
1995. Purchaser shall reconvey to Seller any Buyout Loans that do not have
complete Custodial Files as of November 30, 1995. In order to carry out the
intent and purpose of this Section, Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to
provide Seller with exception reports indicating exceptions to the Custodian
Files as promptly as practical after receipt of the Custodial Files and Seller
shall use reasonable efforts to cure such exceptions as promptly as practical
after receipt of Purchaser's exception reports. A Custodian File shall not be
considered "complete" until all exceptions are cleared to Purchaser's
reasonable satisfaction.
Section 2.4 Servicing File Reserve.
The Servicing File Reserve shall be held by the Escrow Agent
in escrow in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement against receipt
by Purchaser of the Servicing File for each Mortgage Loan. Each Servicing File
Reserve Payment, together with any interest earned thereon, shall be released
to Seller 30 days after the applicable Servicing Transfer Date; provided,
however, if Purchaser has determined after a quantitative review of the
Servicing Files that Seller has failed to deliver any Servicing File on the
related Servicing Transfer Date, the Escrow Agent shall retain $500 for each
missing Servicing File. All amounts so retained shall be released to Seller on
a weekly basis as missing Servicing Files are received by Purchaser. If
Purchaser incurs any Losses that are indemnified hereunder resulting from
Seller's delay in delivering a Servicing File, and Seller wrongfully fails or
refuses to promptly pay the amount of such Losses to Purchaser in accordance
with Article VIII, then upon notice from Purchaser (with a copy to Seller) the
Escrow Agent shall pay over to Purchaser the amount of such Loss from the
Servicing File Reserve.
Section 2.5 Hold-Back Reserve.
All Hold-Back Reserve Payments (collectively, the "Hold-Back
Reserve Fund") shall be held by the Escrow Agent in escrow in accordance with
the terms of the Escrow Agreement. All interest on the Hold-Back Reserve Fund
shall belong to Seller and shall be paid to Seller by the Escrow Agent as
earned. If Purchaser incurs any Loss that is indemnified hereunder (including
Losses relating to any delay in the recertification of the Pools or in
recording intervening assignments of Mortgages) and Seller wrongfully fails or
refuses to promptly pay the amount of such Losses to Purchaser in accordance
with Article VIII, upon notice from Purchaser (with a copy to Seller), the
Escrow Agent shall pay over to Purchaser the amount of such Loss from the
Hold-Back Reserve Fund. Each Hold-Back Reserve Payment shall be accounted for
separately (although they may be commingled in one or more escrow accounts) and
shall be released to Seller after each GNMA Transfer Date as follows:
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(a) One-third (1/3) of each Hold-Back Reserve
Payment, less any amounts offset by Purchaser against indemnified Losses, shall
be paid to Seller upon confirmation from a third party contractor or
confirmation by Seller (in the form of an officer's certificate, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser), that an assignment in proper
recordable form from Seller to Purchaser of each related Mortgage Loan, has
been prepared and executed by Seller and has been sent for recording in the
appropriate recording office in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged
Property is located;
(b) One-sixth (1/6) of each Hold-Back Reserve
Payment, less any amounts offset by Purchaser against indemnified Losses, shall
be paid to Seller upon confirmation from Purchaser's Document Custodian that
50% of the documents required to cause each of the related Pools to be a
Certified Pool (exclusive of the recorded assignment described in subparagraph
(a) above) have been received;
(c) One-sixth (1/6) of each Hold-Back Reserve
Payment, less any amounts offset by Purchaser against indemnified Losses, shall
be paid to Seller on a monthly basis as Purchaser receives confirmation from
Purchaser's Document Custodian that all of the documents required to cause each
of the related Pools to be a Certified Pool (exclusive of the recorded
assignment described in subparagraph (a) above) have been received, and that
there are no exceptions which remain to be cleared -- amounts released monthly
under this subsection shall be pro rated based upon the ratio of (x) the
principal balance of the related Pools for which all documents have been
received in such month to (y) the aggregate principal balance of all Pools
transferred on the related GNMA Transfer Date;
(d) One-sixth (1/6) of each Hold-Back Reserve
Payment, less any amounts offset by Purchaser against indemnified Losses, shall
be paid to Seller upon confirmation from Purchaser's Document Custodian that
the recorded assignments with respect to 50% of all of the related Mortgage
Loans have been received in an acceptable format; and
(e) The remaining balance of the Hold-Back
Reserve Fund shall be paid to Seller upon confirmation from Purchaser's
Document Custodian that all of the recorded assignments have been received in
an acceptable format.
Section 2.6 Reimbursement of Advances.
Within three (3) Business Days after each Servicing Transfer
Date, Seller shall provide Purchaser with a schedule on a loan-by-loan basis
that sets forth all Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing
Rights to which were transferred on such Servicing Transfer Date. On each
Purchase Price Remittance Date, Purchaser shall reimburse Seller, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, one hundred percent (100%) of the
Advances relating to the related Mortgage Loans and the amount advanced by
Seller to fund any overcollateralized Pools. If the Parties mutually agree,
amounts due to Seller under this Section 2.6 may be netted against amounts due
from Seller under Section 2.7.
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Section 2.7 Mortgage Escrow Accounts: Optional Insurance
Payments.
On each Purchase Price Remittance Date, Seller shall transfer,
by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to accounts in Purchaser's
name as custodian or trustee, in one (1) or more depository institutions
identified by Purchaser and acceptable to GNMA, the Mortgage Escrow Account
balances relating to the related Mortgage Loans. Such payment will be
accompanied by an itemized statement of the Mortgage Escrow Account balances
and the outstanding Advances, reflecting the balances as of the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date, sufficient to enable Purchaser to reconcile the amount
of such payment with the accounts of the related Mortgage Loans. Purchaser
shall review the accuracy of Seller's accounting statement of the Mortgage
Escrow Account balances and, in the event of an error, the amount of the
Mortgage Escrow Account balances transferred shall be adjusted and Seller shall
pay to Purchaser any additional amounts of Mortgage Escrow Account balances or
Purchaser shall reimburse Seller for any overpayment of Mortgage Escrow Account
balances, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
Seller shall be obligated to credit to the Mortgage Escrow Accounts any
interest accrued on Mortgage Escrow Account balances to the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date in accordance with any applicable Mortgage Loan
Requirements prior to or on the applicable Purchase Price Remittance Date. On
or before each Purchase Price Remittance Date, Seller shall remit to all
applicable optional insurance carrier(s) all optional insurance premiums, if
any, being held by Seller for, or on behalf of, any Mortgagors that have not
yet been remitted to the optional insurance carriers.
Section 2.8 Purchase Price Adjustments.
The Purchase Price or the Buyout Loan Purchase Price shall be
adjusted by the Parties after the Sale Date for any of the following events:
(a) Insufficient Funds Payments. If the payment
on any one (1) or more of the Mortgage Loans for the month preceding the
Cut-Off Date was made by the Mortgagor by an NSF Check, and the return of such
NSF Check causes such Mortgage Loan to be three (3) or more payments past due
as of the Cut-Off Date, such Mortgage Loan shall be treated as a Delinquent
Loan. In each such case, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted accordingly, and
the payment to be made to Seller on the applicable Purchase Price Remittance
Date shall be reduced by the amount of such adjustment.
(b) Prepaid Loans. On the Portfolio A Purchase
Price Remittance Date, Seller shall provide Purchaser with a list, certified by
an officer of Seller, setting forth all Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid
in full during the period from the Cut-Off Date through October 31, 1995 (the
"Prepaid Loans"). Purchaser shall advise Seller which, if any, of the Prepaid
Loans have been refinanced by Purchaser. The amount of the aggregate Purchase
Price shall be recalculated prior to the Portfolio A Purchase Price Remittance
Date and shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of the aggregate
unpaid principal balance (as of the date of prepayment) of all Prepaid Loans
that have not been refinanced by Purchaser (other than Delinquent Loans and
Buyout Loans) multiplied by the Purchase Price Percentage. Seller shall
reimburse Purchaser for 20% of the net Purchase Price reduction calculated in
accordance with
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the prior sentence (being the portion of the Purchase Price paid to Seller on
the Sale Date), which amount may be deducted by Purchaser from the amount
payable to Seller on the Portfolio A Purchase Price Remittance Date or on any
future Purchase Price payment date until the entire amount is recovered by
Purchaser.
(c) Correction of Errors. If any of the
information used in calculating the Purchase Price (or any installment
thereof), the Buyout Loan Purchase Price or any adjustment to the Purchase
Price or the Buyout Loan Purchase Price shall be found by a Party to have been
incorrectly computed or the Purchase Price (or any installment thereof), the
Buyout Loan Purchase Price or any adjustment thereto, shall be found by a Party
to have been otherwise calculated improperly, the Purchase Price (or any
installment thereof) or the Buyout Loan Purchase Price, as the case may be,
shall be promptly and appropriately adjusted on the basis of the correct and
proper information. Payment or reimbursement shall be promptly made by the
appropriate Party after notice from the other Party setting forth in reasonable
detail the amount of such adjustment claimed and the basis for such adjustment.
If any adjustments are made to the Purchase Price (or
any installment thereof) or the Buyout Loan Purchase Price after the applicable
Purchase Price Remittance Date in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.8(c), any such adjustment shall include interest at the Fed Funds Rate on the
amount of the adjustment from the applicable Purchase Price payment date to the
date that the payment of such adjustment is made.
Section 2.9 Interest Calculations.
For any payment to be made by Purchaser that is to include
interest at the Applicable Rate under Section 2.3, Purchaser shall provide
Seller on or before the date such payment is made a statement containing the
related interest calculation in reasonable detail.
Section 2.10 Purchase Price Allocation.
The Purchase Price and the Buyout Loan Purchase Price shall be
allocated in the manner provided in this Agreement for the calculation of the
Purchase Price and the Buyout Loan Purchase Price and reimbursement of
Advances. The Parties shall use such allocation in filing their respective
Forms 8594 for federal income tax purposes.
Section 2.11 Dispute Resolution.
The Parties shall attempt in good faith to promptly resolve
any dispute regarding any of the calculations and payments to be made under
this Article II. If any dispute or disagreement concerning the appropriate
amount of any calculation or payment to be made under this Article II cannot be
resolved by the Parties within 30 days of notice of such dispute, either Party
may submit the dispute to expedited arbitration in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10.6.
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Section 2.12 Closing.
The closing hereunder shall take place on the Sale Date, and
shall, at Purchaser's option, be either (a) by telephone, confirmed by letter,
facsimile transmission or wire as the Parties shall agree, or (b) conducted in
person, at such place as the Parties shall agree.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Section 3.1. Seller's Representations and Warranties.
Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows as of
the Sale Date and each GNMA Transfer Date:
(a) Organization and Qualification. It is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing, under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has the authority and power
necessary to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is
engaged, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
assets (including the Servicing Rights or the Mortgage Loans) so requires.
(b) Authorization; Enforceability; Execution. It
has the absolute and unrestricted right, power, authority, and capacity to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each Operative Document, and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder. It has duly authorized, executed,
and delivered this Agreement and each Operative Document. This Agreement and
each Operative Document constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligation of
Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms,
except to the extent bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
conveyance, or similar laws affect the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally. The signatory executing this Agreement and each Operative Document
is duly authorized to execute and deliver each such document.
(c) Non-Contravention. Its execution and
delivery of this Agreement and each Operative Document, and the consummation
and performance of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, do
not and will not: (i)(A) violate any applicable law or any judgment, award,
order, writ, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority, (B)
violate any Mortgage Loan Requirement, or (C) violate any provision of its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws; (ii) violate any provision of, or
cause a default under, any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, or other
undertaking to which it is a party or that purports to be binding upon it or
upon any of its assets; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any
lien on any of its assets.
(d) Consents. Other than the GNMA Consents, no
consent of any other Person (including such Person's shareholders) and no
consent, license, approval, or exemption by, or authorization of, or
registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person, is necessary to (i) its execution, delivery or performance of
this
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Agreement or any Operative Document, or (ii) the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or any Operative Document.
(e) No-Default. It is not in default, and no
event or condition exists that after the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an event of default under any material mortgage,
indenture, contract, agreement, judgment, or other undertaking, to which it is
a party or which purports to be binding upon it or upon any of its assets.
(f) Approvals. It is a HUD, FHA and VA approved
mortgagee in good standing to service mortgages and has not been suspended as a
mortgagee or servicer by any of HUD, the FHA or the VA. It has all federal,
state and local licenses, permits, and other authorizations of Governmental
Authorities required for the conduct of its business with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights and the Advances, including but not
limited to state mortgage banking and real estate licenses in those
jurisdictions where such licenses are necessary for the conduct of Seller's
business, and Seller has not received any notice that revocation is being
considered with respect to any of such licenses, permits, or authorizations.
It knows of no reason why GNMA would not consent to the transfer contemplated
by this Agreement.
(g) Financial Statements; Solvency. It meets all
minimum net worth or similar requirements necessary in order to conduct its
business which are applicable to Seller under any law or any requirement of any
regulatory agency, Investor, or other authority. Seller has previously
provided Purchaser with a copy of its audited balance sheet as of December 31,
1994 and its unaudited balance sheet as at June 30, 1995, and, to the extent
available, the related statements of income, retained earnings and changes in
financial position for the periods then ended (collectively, the "Seller's
Financial Statements"). Seller's Financial Statements present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition of Seller as of the dates, and for
the periods, covered thereby, and were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied through the periods involved. There has been no change in
the financial condition of Seller since the date of Seller's Financial
Statements which would have a material adverse effect upon the ability of
Seller to complete the transactions contemplated herein and comply with its
responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
On the Sale Date and each Servicing Transfer Date,
and after giving effect to each of the transactions contemplated to occur on
such date, it will not be insolvent and has, or will have as of such date,
adequate net worth to meet all Investor requirements.
(h) Insurance. It maintains insurance against
liability to third parties to the extent and in the manner required by GNMA,
including without limitation errors and omissions insurance and fidelity bond
coverage in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Requirements. All such insurance
policies maintained by Seller are in full force and effect.
(i) Compliance with Law. It has complied in all
material respects with all applicable Laws, the violation of which might
materially and adversely effect its operations or financial condition or delay
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(j) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(j), there are no lawsuits, actions, proceedings, claims, orders or
investigations by or before any Governmental Authority pending or, to Seller's
best knowledge, threatened against it or its Affiliates relating to the
Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights, the Escrow Balances, the Advances, the
Servicing Agreement or seeking to enjoin the transactions contemplated hereby
and there are no facts or circumstances known to Seller that could result in a
claim for damages or equitable relief which, if decided adversely, could,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the value
of the Buyout Loans, the Servicing Rights or Advances, the financial condition
of Seller or Seller's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. Schedule 3.1(j) also sets forth a true, complete and correct list of
all class-action or purported class-action litigation naming Seller as a
defendant therein and which litigation is currently pending or has been settled
or reduced to judgment within the two (2) year period prior to the Sale Date.
(k) Brokers. With the exception of BayView
Financial Trading Group, Inc. ("BayView"), it has not retained any broker,
finder, investment banker or financial advisor in connection with this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby that would be entitled
to a broker's, finder's, investment banker's, financial adviser's or similar
fee in connection therewith. The fees and expenses of BayView are the sole
responsibility of, and shall be paid by, Seller pursuant to a separate
agreement between Seller and BayView.
(l) Purchased Asset Schedules; Portfolio
Characteristics.
(1) Mortgage Loan Schedule. Schedule
3.1(l)(1) (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") identifies for each Portfolio, each
Mortgage Loan (including a trial balance for each such Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-Off Date) that is serviced by Seller under the Servicing Agreement, the
Servicing Rights to which are being sold to Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement. The Mortgage Loans do not include any Ineligible Mortgage Loans.
(2) Buyout Loan Schedule. Schedule
3.1(l)(2) (the "Buyout Loan Schedule") identifies each Buyout Loan that is
being sold to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement. The Buyout Loans do not
include any Ineligible Buyout Loans. On or before the Buyout Loan Transfer
Date, Seller shall update Schedule 3.1(l)(2) to include a trial balance for
each Buyout Loan as of the Buyout Loan Cut-Off Date, which Schedule shall be
true, correct and complete as of the Buyout Loan Transfer Date.
(3) Pool Schedule. Schedule 3.1(l)(3) (the
"Pool Schedule") identifies for each Portfolio, each Pool included in such
Portfolio.
(4) Portfolio Characteristics Schedule.
Schedule 3.1(l)(4) (the "Portfolio Characteristics Schedule") identifies the
characteristics of each Portfolio as of the Cut-Off Date.
All of the information set forth on each of the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, Buyout Loan Schedule, Pool Schedule and Portfolio
Characteristics Schedule is true, correct and complete as of the Cut-Off Date.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(l)(1) or Schedule 3.1(l)(2), no Mortgage
Loan is Delinquent, In Forbearance, In Foreclosure or In Litigation and no
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Mortgagor is In Bankruptcy. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1 (j), no
Mortgage Loan is the subject of any class action lawsuit, and, upon the
transfer of the Mortgage Loans or the Servicing Rights to Purchaser, it will
not be the subject of any class action settlement, order, decree or judgment.
(m) Ownership of Buyout Loans, Servicing Rights
and Advances. Subject to the rights of GNMA in the Servicing Rights, Seller
has good and merchantable title to the Buyout Loans, the Servicing Rights and
the Advances, free and clear of all Liens. There are no contracts affecting
the Mortgage Loans, Servicing Rights or Advances to which Purchaser will be
bound except for the Servicing Agreement and the GNMA Guide and no other Person
has any interest in the Mortgage Loans, Servicing Rights or Advances, except
GNMA to the extent set forth in the GNMA Guide.
(n) Disclosure. No representation, warranty or
written statement made by it in this Agreement, or in any schedule, exhibit,
instrument, or any other document delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained herein or therein not misleading.
Section 3.2 Mortgage Banking Representations and
Warranties.
Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser that each of the
representations and warranties set forth on Schedule II hereto is true,
complete and correct as of the Sale Date (or, with respect to the Buyout Loans,
as of the Buyout Loan Transfer Date), and--with respect to the representations
and warranties contained in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
(i), (j), (n), (p), (r), (s), (t), and (ff) of Schedule II only--each Servicing
Transfer Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing
Rights and Advances transferred to Purchaser on such date.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Section 4.1. Purchaser's Representations and Warranties.
Purchaser represents and warrants to Seller as follows as of
the Sale Date and each GNMA Transfer Date:
(a) Organization and Qualification. It is a
limited partnership duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing,
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has the authority and
power necessary to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is
engaged, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
assets so requires.
(b) Authorization; Enforceability; Execution. It
has the absolute and unrestricted right, power, authority, and capacity to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each Operative Document, and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder. It has duly
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authorized, executed, and delivered this Agreement and each Operative Document.
This Agreement and each Operative Document constitute the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms, except to the extent bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, or similar laws affect the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally. The signatory executing this Agreement and
each Operative Document is duly authorized to execute and deliver each such
document.
(c) Non-Contravention. Its execution and
delivery of this Agreement and each Operative Document, and the consummation
and performance of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, do
not and will not: (i)(A) violate any applicable law or any judgment, award,
order, writ, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority, (B)
violate any Mortgage Loan Requirement, or (C) violate any provision of its
agreement of limited partnership; (ii) violate any provision of, or cause a
default under, any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, or other
undertaking to which it is a party or that purports to be binding upon it or
upon any of its assets; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any
lien on any of its assets.
(d) Consents. Other than the GNMA Consents, no
consent of any other Person (including such Person's general partners or
shareholders) and no consent, license, approval, or exemption by, or
authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority or any other Person, is necessary to (i) its execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or any Operative Document, or (ii) the validity
or enforceability of this Agreement or any Operative Document.
(e) No-Default. It is not in default, and no
event or condition exists that after the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an event of default under any material mortgage,
indenture, contract, agreement, judgment, or other undertaking, to which it is
a party or which purports to be binding upon it or upon any of its assets.
(g) Approvals. It is a HUD, FHA and VA approved
mortgagee in good standing to service mortgages and has not been suspended as a
mortgagee or servicer by any of HUD, the FHA or the VA. It has all federal,
state and local licenses, permits, and other authorizations of Governmental
Authorities required for the conduct of its business with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights and the Advances, including but not
limited to state mortgage banking and real estate licenses in those
jurisdictions where such licenses are necessary for the conduct of Purchaser's
business, and Purchaser has not received any notice that revocation is being
considered with respect to any of such licenses, permits, or authorizations.
It knows of no reason why GNMA would not consent to the transfer contemplated
by this Agreement.
(h) Compliance with Law. Purchaser has complied
in all material respects with all applicable Laws, the violation of which might
materially and adversely effect the operations or financial condition of
Purchaser or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(i) Brokers. Purchaser has not retained any
broker, finder, investment banker or financial advisor in connection with this
Agreement or any of the transactions
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contemplated hereby that would be entitled to a broker's, finder's, investment
banker's, financial adviser's or similar fee in connection therewith.
(j) Financial Statements; Solvency. It meets all
minimum net worth or similar requirements necessary in order to conduct its
business which are applicable to Purchaser under any law or any requirement of
any regulatory agency, Investor, or other authority. Purchaser has previously
provided Seller with a copy of its audited balance sheet as of December 31,
1994 and its unaudited balance sheet as at June 30, 1995, and the related
statements of income, retained earnings and changes in financial position for
the periods then ended (collectively, the "Purchaser's Financial Statements").
Purchaser's Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition of Purchaser as of the dates, and for the periods, covered
thereby, and were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied through
the periods involved. There has been no change in the financial condition of
Purchaser since the date of Purchaser's Financial Statements which would have a
material adverse effect upon the ability of Purchaser to complete the
transactions contemplated herein and comply with its responsibilities and
obligations hereunder.
On the Sale Date, and each Servicing Transfer Date,
and after giving effect to each of the transactions contemplated to occur on
such date, it will not be insolvent and has, or will have as of such date,
adequate net worth to meet all Investor requirements.
(k) Disclosure. No representation, warranty or
written statement made by it in this Agreement, or in any schedule, exhibit,
instrument, or any other document delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained herein or therein not misleading.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
The Parties hereby covenant and agree with each other as
follows, each such covenant and agreement to survive the applicable Servicing
Transfer Date:
Section 5.1 Interim Servicing; Subservicing.
Seller shall continue to service (i) the Portfolio A Mortgage
Loans from the Sale Date to the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date, (ii) the
Portfolio B Mortgage Loans from the Sale Date to the Portfolio B Servicing
Transfer Date, and (iii) the Buyout Loans from the Sale Date to the Buyout Loan
Transfer Date, in each case consistent with Seller's current servicing
practices and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the
GNMA Guide, the Mortgage Loan Requirements and the Interim Servicing Agreement.
Purchaser shall subservice (i) the Portfolio A Mortgage Loans
that, as of the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date, are not Certified
Portfolio A Mortgage Loans from the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date to the
GNMA Transfer Date related to such Mortgage Loans and (ii) the Portfolio B
Mortgage Loans that, as of the Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date, are
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not Certified Portfolio B Mortgage Loans from the Portfolio B Servicing
Transfer Date to the GNMA Transfer Date related to such Mortgage Loans, in each
case in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the GNMA Guide,
the Mortgage Loan Requirements and the Subservicing Agreement.
Subject to the terms of the Interim Servicing Agreement,
Purchaser shall be entitled to the entire servicing fee and all Ancillary
Income with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Servicing Rights from the
Sale Date to the applicable GNMA Transfer Date, or in the case of Buyout Loans,
to the Buyout Loan Transfer Date.
Section 5.2 Uncertified Pools.
Seller shall use its best efforts, at its sole cost and
expense, to cause each of the Uncertified Pools to become Certified Pools on or
before the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date or the Portfolio B Servicing
Transfer Date, as the case may be, and thereafter until each Pool becomes a
Certified Pool. Attached hereto as Schedule 5.2 is a list of each Uncertified
Pool with a list of Mortgage Loans that require further action or the delivery
or recording of further documents (and specifying with particularity the action
or document required) in order for such Pool to become a Certified Pool.
Seller shall deliver an updated Schedule 5.2 to Purchaser on a monthly basis
from the Sale Date through the Final GNMA Transfer Date.
Section 5.3 GNMA Consents.
From and after the Sale Date, Seller, at its sole cost and
expense, shall prepare and submit all documentation necessary and shall use its
best efforts to timely obtain the GNMA Consent for the Pools so that the GNMA
Transfer Date for the Certified Portfolio A Mortgage Loans is November 4, 1995,
the GNMA Transfer Date for the Certified Portfolio B Mortgage Loans is December
2, 1995, and the GNMA Transfer Date with respect to all Pools not transferred
on the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date or the Portfolio B Servicing
Transfer Date shall be on the GNMA Transfer Date following the date on which
such Pools become Certified Pools, but in no event later than the Final GNMA
Transfer Date.
With respect to each related Pool that has not become a
Certified Pool on or before the third (3rd) Business Day of the month preceding
each of the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date and the Portfolio B Servicing
Transfer Date, as the case may be, Seller, at its sole cost and expense, shall
prepare and submit all documentation necessary and shall use its best efforts
to timely obtain the consent of GNMA for Purchaser to act as a subcontract
servicer (the "GNMA Subservicing Consent") with respect to such Pool commencing
on the applicable Servicing Transfer Date.
Seller shall provide Purchaser with a copy of each GNMA
Consent and GNMA Subservicing Consent promptly after it is received. Purchaser
shall cooperate with Seller in connection with obtaining each GNMA Consent and
GNMA Subservicing Consent, and shall execute and deliver to Seller all
documentation reasonably necessary to obtain each GNMA Consent and GNMA
Subservicing Consent.
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Section 5.4 Notice to Mortgagors.
In accordance with all applicable Mortgage Loan Requirements,
Seller shall send to each Mortgagor a letter advising the Mortgagor of the
transfer of the applicable servicing rights (or, in the case of Mortgage Loans
included in Uncertified Pools, subservicing rights) to Purchaser not later than
fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable Servicing Transfer Date, the form and
content of which letters shall be mutually acceptable to Seller and Purchaser
in the exercise of reasonable judgment. Copies of all such letters shall be
provided to Purchaser. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is In
Bankruptcy, Seller shall also notify the Bankruptcy Trustee for such Mortgagor
(if different than the Mortgagor) of the transfer of Servicing Rights
hereunder. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is In Foreclosure, Seller
shall also notify Seller's foreclosure attorney of the transfer of Servicing
Rights hereunder.
Section 5.5 Notice to Taxing Authorities, IRS, Insurers
and Agencies.
For each Mortgage Loan, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser, at
Seller's cost and expense, on or before the applicable Servicing Transfer Date,
a life-of-the-loan transferable tax service contract with First American or
Transamerica Real Estate Tax Service, and each such contract shall be fully
paid and in full force and effect as of the applicable Servicing Transfer Date.
Seller, at its sole cost and expense, shall cause the tax service contractors
to transmit to the applicable taxing authorities and insurance companies and/or
agents, as applicable, no later than three (3) days after each applicable
Servicing Transfer Date, notification of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans
to Purchaser and instructions to deliver all notices, tax bills and insurance
statements, as the case may be, to Purchaser from and after the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date. Such notification shall request that any such tax
service contractors, insurance companies and/or agents make any notations
necessary to indicate a change in mortgagees, if appropriate. Seller shall
provide the appropriate insurer with such notice, or shall obtain such consent,
as is necessary to designate Purchaser as loss payee on the policy on or prior
to the applicable Servicing Transfer Date. On the applicable Servicing
Transfer Date, Seller shall provide to Purchaser a copy of the form of
notification to the applicable tax service contractors and other insurers.
Seller, at Seller's sole cost and expense, shall prepare and
file in a timely manner with the Internal Revenue Service any and all reports
required by law with regard to interest and real estate taxes paid by each
Mortgagor to Seller on each Mortgage Loan to the applicable Servicing Transfer
Date along with a statement of interest income, if any, paid or accrued to any
Mortgagor to the applicable Servicing Transfer Date and provide a copy of such
report, in a timely manner, to each Mortgagor.
Within fifteen (15) days after each Servicing Transfer Date,
Seller, at Seller's sole cost and expense, shall prepare and file in a timely
manner with the FHA a notification on Form 92080 (or any successor applicable
form), or on magnetic tape if permitted or required by the FHA, notifying the
FHA of the transfer of servicing, or, in the case of Buyout Loans, notifying
the FHA of the transfer of ownership of the related Mortgage Loans.
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Section 5.6 Delivery of Custodian Files and Servicing
Files.
On or before each applicable GNMA Transfer Date (or, in the
case of Buyout Loans, on or before the Buyout Loan Transfer Date), Seller, at
Seller's sole cost and expense, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the
applicable complete Custodian Files to Purchaser's Document Custodian by
insured courier. Seller shall provide Purchaser with a detailed list of all
Custodian Files that have been released by Seller's document custodian (other
than Custodian Files shipped to Purchaser's Document Custodian), indicating the
Person to whom such file has been released and the reason for such release.
Any Custodian Files in Seller's possession shall be delivered to Purchaser.
On or before each applicable Purchase Price Remittance Date,
Seller, at Seller's sole cost and expense, shall deliver the applicable
Servicing Files and any other books, documents and records relating to the
Servicing Rights and the Advances to Purchaser by insured courier in accordance
with, and by the dates required by, the Servicing Transfer Protocol.
If Seller has not delivered all complete Custodian Files and
Servicing Files to Purchaser's Document Custodian or to Purchaser, as
applicable, on or before each Servicing Transfer Date, Seller shall use its
best efforts to deliver all such files and documents to Purchaser's Document
Custodian or to Purchaser, as applicable, as soon as practicable after each
Servicing Transfer Date.
Seller acknowledges that Purchaser ordinarily repurchases
Delinquent Mortgage Loans out of GNMA Pools and finances such purchases through
various financing and sale facilities. Seller also acknowledges that Purchaser
may not be able to finance or sell a repurchased Delinquent Mortgage Loan if it
does not have access to a complete Custodian File. Accordingly, Seller shall
use special efforts at Purchaser's request to cause complete Custodian Files
for Delinquent Loans to be delivered, and all exceptions relating thereto to be
cleared, on a high priority basis.
Section 5.7 Post-Transfer Date Payments, Proceeds and
Correspondence; Notification of Action Items.
All payments received by Seller with respect to any Mortgage
Loan (including without limitation, all monthly payments of principal and
interest, Escrow Payments, principal prepayments, late fees, prepayment fees,
optional insurance fees and similar charges and fees, and FHA insurance, VA
Guarantee, hazard or flood insurance and condemnation proceeds) after the
applicable Servicing Transfer Date shall be held in trust for the benefit of
Purchaser. All such payments received on the applicable Servicing Transfer
Date and for a period of 60 days after the applicable Servicing Transfer Date
shall be transmitted to Purchaser in the form received, duly endorsed to the
order of Purchaser, by overnight courier within one (1) Business Day of receipt
by Seller. After the expiration of such 60 day period, Seller shall (i) forward
such payments to Purchaser by regular mail within two (2) Business Days of
receipt, and (ii) upon request of Purchaser, take such reasonable actions to
assist Purchaser obtain Mortgagor cooperation in sending payments to Purchaser
(which may include a request that Seller return the payment to the Mortgagor).
For all payoff proceeds received by Seller on the first or last
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Business Day of a month, Seller shall send to Purchaser by facsimile prior to
2:00 P.M. Mountain Time on the date such proceeds are received a copy of the
check or wire confirmation, the name of the Mortgagor(s) and the loan
number(s), and shall forward such proceeds to Purchaser in the form received,
duly endorsed to the order of Purchaser, by overnight courier on the Business
Day of receipt by Seller. In lieu of endorsing any checks so received, Seller
may provide Purchaser with an appropriate power of attorney sufficient to
permit Purchaser to endorse any such checks in Seller's name; provided, that at
Purchaser's request, Seller shall immediately endorse any checks returned to
Purchaser or otherwise not accepted by Purchaser's depositary institution as a
result of the form of endorsement by power of attorney. If Seller fails to
deliver any payment to Purchaser within the time period required by this
Section (as evidenced by Seller's date stamp on the Mortgagor's check or coupon
accompanying such payment), Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for any Losses
incurred thereby, including but not limited to per diem interest charges at the
Fed Funds Rate (except for payoffs, as to which such interest shall accrue at
the rate of the applicable Mortgage Note).
For a period of 60 days following each applicable Servicing
Transfer Date, Seller shall promptly within two (2) Business Days forward to
Purchaser by overnight courier all Mortgagor correspondence, insurance notices,
tax bills or any other correspondence or documentation related to the Mortgage
Loans received by Seller. After the expiration of such 60 day period, Seller
shall forward all such correspondence and documentation to Purchaser by regular
mail within one week of the date received.
On each applicable Servicing Transfer Date, Seller shall
provide Purchaser with a complete list of all matters which, to the best of
Seller's knowledge, must be undertaken within the thirty day period following
such applicable Servicing Transfer Date to avoid a Loss with respect to a
Delinquent Loan transferred to Purchaser on such date (e.g., by curtailment of
debenture interest on an FHA foreclosure resulting from failure timely to
initiate or process foreclosure).
Section 5.8 Recertification of Pools after Transfer.
On or before each applicable GNMA Transfer Date, the Custodian
Files transferred to Purchaser's Document Custodian in accordance with the
provisions of this Article V shall contain all of the documents required by
GNMA in order for Seller's document custodian to have finally certified or
recertified, as the case may be, all of the transferred Pools and for
Purchaser's Document Custodian to recertify the Pools upon their transfer to
Purchaser after each applicable GNMA Transfer Date. If Purchaser or
Purchaser's Document Custodian advises Seller that any of the documents
received from Seller or its custodian is either missing, incomplete or
erroneous, Seller, at its sole cost and expense, shall promptly clear any such
exceptions. Purchaser shall cause Purchaser's Document Custodian to provide
Seller with a list of all such exceptions within 75 days of receipt of each
Custodian File; provided, that any delay or failure to provide such notice
within such time period shall not affect any of Seller's obligations under this
Agreement, except to the extent, and only to the extent, (i) that any
obligation would not have arisen but for such delay or failure or (ii) such
delay or failure materially increases the expense of Seller's compliance with
any obligations under this
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Agreement (in which case Purchaser shall pay the amount of the increased
expense solely attributable to such delay or failure); provided further, that
any exceptions reported by Purchaser's Document Custodian after the expiration
of the applicable 75 day period which, in reasonable expectations, should have
been reported during the 75 day period, shall be disregarded for purposes of
the release of the Hold-Back Reserve in accordance with Section 2.5. Purchaser
shall cause Purchaser's Document Custodian to promptly recertify each of the
Pools upon its receipt of all of the documents necessary for recertification.
Seller, at its sole expense, shall engage either (i) Norwest Bank Minnesota,
N.A. or (ii) a reputable independent third-party contractor acceptable to
Purchaser, to prepare all endorsements to the applicable Mortgage Notes and
assignments of the applicable Mortgages from Seller to Purchaser and from
Purchaser to GNMA as required by the GNMA Guide in order to recertify the Pools
after the transfer contemplated by this Agreement. All such endorsements and
assignments shall be completed, and in the case of assignments of mortgages
from Seller to Purchaser, sent for recording in the applicable jurisdiction in
which the related Mortgaged Property is located, within sixty (60) days of each
applicable GNMA Transfer Date. Except as otherwise set forth in the Servicing
Transfer Protocol with respect to Delinquent Loans, Seller shall cause such
contractor to properly record each assignment and provide Purchaser with a
certified true copy of each assignment sent for recording, which certification
shall be stamped on the face of each assignment and be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser. Blanket assignments may be used where
permitted by applicable jurisdictions and the Mortgage Loan Requirements.
Seller shall cause the contractor to forward to Purchaser (or Purchaser's
Document Custodian) each recorded assignment promptly upon receipt of such
recorded assignment. Seller shall track the status of the recordation process
and the clearance of exceptions, shall diligently pursue such items and shall
report to Purchaser on its progress at least monthly until all exceptions are
cleared and all assignments recorded.
Section 5.9 Reserved.
Section 5.10 Payment of Servicing Invoices.
All invoices (including, without limitation, tax and insurance
invoices) pertaining to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and which are in
Seller's possession before the applicable Servicing Transfer Date and due and
payable within 30 days after the applicable Servicing Transfer Date shall be
paid by Seller before the applicable Servicing Transfer Date in accordance with
the Mortgage Loan Requirements. All other invoices, transmittal lists or any
other information used to pay such invoices which are received after the
applicable Servicing Transfer Date shall be forwarded by Seller to Purchaser in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.7. All penalties and interest due
with respect to any Mortgage Loan resulting from Seller's failure to pay
invoices which are due and payable within 30 days after the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date and which were in Seller's possession as of the
applicable Servicing Transfer Date, or where Seller failed to forward invoice
information to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, shall be borne by Seller.
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Section 5.11 Sale And Transfer Documents.
Seller shall, prior to or on the Sale Date and each Servicing
Transfer Date and GNMA Transfer Date, execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered to Purchaser, the documents or instruments described in
Article VI. Purchaser shall, prior to or on the Sale Date and each Servicing
Transfer Date and GNMA Transfer Date, execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered, to Seller, the documents or instruments described in
Article VII.
Section 5.12 Costs and Expenses.
Seller shall bear all costs associated with transferring to
Purchaser the Servicing Rights, the Mortgage Escrow Accounts, the Custodian
Files, the Servicing Files and the Advances, including without limitation (i)
all fees and charges due to GNMA with respect to the transfer, (ii) Seller's
custodian removal fees, including shipping the Custodian Files, (iii) all costs
and expenses incurred in connection with causing each of the Pools to become
Certified Pools, (iv) costs in connection with the transfer, preparation and
recording of assignments of the Mortgage Loans from Seller to Purchaser and
from Purchaser to GNMA (subject to the provisions of the next paragraph), and
in providing Purchaser with certified copies thereof, (v) costs of insured
shipping of the Servicing Files and all other loan documents and servicing
records related to the Mortgage Loans to Purchaser's home office or to such
other location as Purchaser may direct, (vi) costs of preparing Seller's
computer tapes in a readable format with all pertinent data necessary to
service the Mortgage Loans and costs of delivery of such tapes to Purchaser,
(vii) costs of notifications to and requests of hazard insurers to change
endorsements on all hazard insurance policies, notifications to change the
mortgagee of record, and Seller's notification to Mortgagor of the change in
servicers, and (viii) costs incurred in obtaining or correcting documents that
were erroneously certified by Seller's or Prior Servicer's custodian. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Purchaser shall bear all of the costs
and expenses of its document custodian.
Purchaser shall pay Seller $1.00 for the preparation and
delivery to Purchaser's Document Custodian of each assignment of Mortgage Loan
from Purchaser to GNMA. Such fee shall be paid to Seller within 30 days of
receipt of the subject assignments and an invoice from Seller therefor.
Except as specifically provided above or elsewhere in this
Agreement, each Party shall bear the expenses and costs, including attorney
fees, it incurs in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.13 Access to Mortgage Documents, Files, Records,
Etc.
From the Sale Date to the applicable Servicing Transfer Date,
Purchaser and its attorneys, accountants, consultants and other
representatives, shall have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice and
during regular business hours, to the Servicing Files and to Seller's books,
records and accounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights
and the Advances, including but not limited to the documents held by Seller's
document custodian.
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Seller shall provide Purchaser, within three (3) Business Days after written
request, with all information reasonably requested by Purchaser with respect to
the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights and the Advances, including but not
limited to copies of audits of Seller by any Agency or any other federal or
state regulatory body. If Purchaser requests any data that requires the
creation of a "non-standard" or "special" report (other than reports
specifically described in the Servicing Transfer Protocol), Purchaser shall
reimburse Seller for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Seller in
creating such report. The Parties agree that Purchaser's examination and
determination hereunder shall not evidence that Seller has complied with any of
its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement.
Section 5.14 Covenant Against Solicitation.
Since July 18, 1995, neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates
has directly or indirectly solicited, nor will Seller or any of its Affiliates
directly or indirectly solicit after the date hereof, by means of direct mail
or telephonic or personal solicitation, the Mortgagors or any of the Mortgage
Loans for the purposes of prepayment or refinancing or modification of such
Mortgage Loans or for the sale of any insurance policies, securities or other
financial products to such Mortgagors. For purposes of this Section,
advertising directed to the general public, solicitations by Seller's
Affiliates directed to their own customer base (and not based upon Seller's
customer or prospect lists) and refinances initiated by the applicable
Mortgagor, shall not be deemed a solicitation prohibited by this Section.
Seller acknowledges the reasonableness of the limitations
contained in this Section 5.14 and agrees that Purchaser has legally
protectable interests in the Mortgage Loans. Further, Seller agree that
Purchaser and its successors and assigns would be irreparably injured in a
manner not adequately compensated by money damages by a breach or violation (or
threatened breach or violation) of this Section 5.14 by Seller and that,
therefore, in the event of any such breach or violation (or threatened breach
or violation), in addition to all other rights and remedies which Purchaser may
have, whether at law or in equity, Purchaser and its successors and assigns
shall be entitled to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief against Seller
without the need to post bond or other security in connection therewith.
Section 5.15 Confidentiality.
Each Party understands that all information which has been
furnished and shall be furnished in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby is confidential and proprietary, and each
Party agrees that, except to the extent any information is required to be
disclosed by law, it will maintain the confidentiality of such information and
will not disclose it to any other Person or use it except in connection with
the proposed acquisition contemplated by this Agreement, without the consent of
the Party furnishing such information. Information which is generally known in
the industry concerning a Party or among such Party's creditors generally or
which has been disclosed to the other Party by third parties who have a right
to do so shall not be deemed confidential or proprietary information for these
purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either Party is required to
disclose confidential information concerning Seller or Purchaser, as the case
may be, to any court, tribunal or regulatory authority,
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or under any securities law or other applicable law, Purchaser or Seller, as
the case may be, may disclose such information to such court, tribunal or
regulatory authority, or under any such securities or other applicable law,
without liability hereunder. No press releases or other announcements of the
terms of this Agreement that specifically identifies both of the Parties shall
be made by Purchaser or Seller without the prior consent of the other as to its
form, substance and timing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
If the proposed acquisition is not consummated, each Party agrees to return
promptly to the other all materials, and all copies thereof, which have been
furnished to it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5.16 Third-Party Proposals.
Neither Seller nor any Affiliate of Seller shall solicit or
encourage inquiries or proposals with respect to, or, except as required by
law, furnish any information relating to or participate in any negotiations or
discussions concerning, any acquisition or purchase of all or a substantial
portion of the Servicing Rights other than as contemplated by this Agreement.
Seller shall notify Purchaser immediately if any such inquiries or proposals
are received by, any such information is requested from, or any such
negotiations or discussions are sought to be initiated with, Seller. Seller
shall instruct its officers, directors, agents, advisors and Affiliates to
comply with the provisions of this Section.
Section 5.17 Refinancing.
Purchaser may solicit Mortgagors to refinance their Mortgage
Loans after the Sale Date, and Seller agrees to promptly provide Purchaser with
the names, addresses and telephone numbers of Mortgagors, or such other
information that Purchaser may reasonably request to effect such solicitation;
provided, that Purchaser shall obtain the prior written approval of Seller,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, of any written or verbal
communications with the Mortgagors before Seller sends the notices required to
be provided to the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 5.4.
Section 5.18 Pre-Foreclosure Purchases.
At Purchaser's request from the Sale Date to each applicable
GNMA Transfer Date, Seller shall cooperate with and assist Purchaser in
repurchasing any Delinquent Mortgage Loans specified by Purchaser out of the
related Pools. The purchase price to be paid by Purchaser to Seller with
respect to any such Loan shall be calculated in accordance with Section 2.2(b)
as if such Mortgage Loan were a "Buyout Loan" and shall be paid to Seller on
the date that the Mortgage Loan is purchased by Seller out of the applicable
Pool. For purposes of this Agreement, such date of repurchase shall be deemed
the "Servicing Transfer Date" and the "Purchase Price Remittance Date" with
respect to any such repurchased Mortgage Loan. Seller shall deliver to
Purchaser a xxxx of sale or other appropriate instrument of conveyance with
respect to each such Mortgage Loan on the date of repurchase. Prior to each
such repurchase Seller shall deliver the complete Custodian File and Servicing
File to the related Mortgage Loan to Purchaser or Purchaser's Document
Custodian, together with either (i) a duly completed and executed assignment of
mortgage and the applicable recording fee for each related Mortgage (in which
case Purchaser shall be responsible for recording such assignments of mortgage)
or (ii) a
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certified true copy of each assignment sent for recording, which certification
shall be stamped on the face of each assignment and be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser. Purchaser shall service each Mortgage
Loan repurchased from and after the date of such repurchase and may transfer,
sell, pledge or convey such Mortgage Loan free of any interest of Seller
therein. Except as specifically requested by Purchaser, from and after the
Sale Date, Seller shall not repurchase any Delinquent Mortgage Loan from any
Pool prior to foreclosure.
Seller, at Seller's sole cost and expense and for its own
account, shall cause all Ineligible Mortgage Loans to be bought out of Pools
prior to the related Servicing Transfer Date.
Section 5.19 Advice of Changes.
Through the applicable GNMA Transfer Date, Seller will
promptly but in no event later than two (2) Business Days following notice or
discovery thereof, advise Purchaser of any fact or occurrence or any pending or
threatened occurrence of which it has or obtains knowledge which (if existing
and known on the Sale Date) would have been required to be set forth or
disclosed in or pursuant to this Agreement or a Schedule hereto.
Section 5.20 Supplemental Information.
Seller shall use its reasonable efforts promptly, at any time
and from time to time after the Sale Date, upon the request of Purchaser, to do
or cause to be done such acts as may be reasonably required by Purchaser (i) to
locate and provide Purchaser with any documents, information, data or other
items relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights, the Advances, the
Custodian Files, the Servicing Files (including without limitation such
information as is reasonably required by Purchaser to defend Purchaser's
interest against any lawsuit or governmental investigation relating to the
Mortgage Loans, Servicing Rights and Advances), or (ii) to provide Purchaser
with computer generated tapes and disks containing such data with respect to
the Mortgage Loans as Purchaser may reasonably request. If Purchaser requests
any data that requires the creation of a "non-standard" or "special" report
(other than reports specifically described in the Servicing Transfer Protocol),
Purchaser shall reimburse Seller for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred by Seller in creating such report.
Section 5.21 Best Efforts; Further Assurances.
Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of
the Parties shall use its best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper
or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of Seller and
Purchaser will use their respective best efforts to obtain consents of all
Governmental Authorities (including the GNMA Consents) and third parties
necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Each Party hereby covenants and agrees that it will, whenever
and as often as reasonably requested so to do by the other Party, its
successors and assigns, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such
other and further acts, assignments, limited powers of
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attorney, acknowledgments, acceptances and any instruments of further
assurance, approvals and consents as such other Party, its successors and
assigns, may hereinafter reasonably deem necessary or proper in order to
complete and perfect the conveyances to Purchaser contemplated hereby
Seller shall furnish to Purchaser (or shall cause any Prior
Servicer to furnish to Purchaser) such powers of attorney and other documents
as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Purchaser to prosecute any
collection or foreclosure proceedings with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
Seller's or any applicable Prior Servicer's name; provided, that Purchaser
shall take title to any REO property relating to the Buyout Loans in
Purchaser's, or Purchaser's designee's, name.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER
Section 6.1 Conditions to the Sale Date.
The obligations of Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to occur on the Sale Date shall be subject to
the fulfillment prior to or on the Sale Date of each of the following
conditions:
(a) No Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction shall have (i) enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered
any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or other order
which is in effect; or (ii) commenced or threatened any action or proceeding,
which in either case would prohibit consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) All representations and warranties made by
Seller in this Agreement and the Schedules delivered by Seller to Purchaser
pursuant hereto shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on
the date hereof and as of the Sale Date as though such representations and
warranties were made on the Sale Date, and Seller shall have duly performed or
complied with all of the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed
or complied with by it under the terms of this Agreement on or prior to the
Sale Date.
(c) All authorizations, consents, waivers,
approvals or other actions legally required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents by
Seller and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect;
Seller shall have obtained any authorizations, consents, waivers, approvals or
other actions required to prevent a material breach or default by Seller under
any contract to which Seller is party.
(d) Prior to or on the Sale Date, Seller shall
have duly executed and delivered to Purchaser this Agreement, the Interim
Servicing Agreement, the Subservicing Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and such
other documents as shall be requested by Purchaser in form and substance
acceptable to Purchaser's counsel, including the following:
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(i) a certificate of the President or a Vice
President of Seller, dated the Sale Date, to the effect that (1) the person
signing such certificate is familiar with this Agreement and (2) the conditions
specified in Section 6.1(a), (b) and (c) have been satisfied;
(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of Seller, dated the Sale Date, as to the incumbency of any
officer of Seller executing this Agreement, any other Operative Document or any
document related thereto and covering such other matters as Purchaser may
reasonably request;
(iii) a certified copy of (1) the
Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of Seller and all amendments thereto
and (2) the resolutions of Seller's Board of Directors authorizing the
execution, delivery and consummation of this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(iv) an opinion of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
Esq., counsel to Seller, dated the Sale Date, and substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit E; and
(v) such other documents or instruments as
Purchaser reasonably requests to effect the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Purchaser shall have received (at Purchaser's
expense) (i) a certificate, dated a recent date, from the Secretary of State of
the State of Seller's formation, incorporation or organization, certifying that
Seller is in good standing in such jurisdiction, and (ii) UCC, tax lien and
judgment searches of the records of the Secretary of State of the State(s) of
Seller's principal place of business and chief executive offices indicating no
Liens are outstanding on the Servicing Rights or Advances to be transferred
hereunder.
(f) On or prior to the Sale Date, Seller shall
have provided to Purchaser information reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser to
evidence that the financial condition of Seller is adequate to support the
performance by Seller on a timely basis of Seller's indemnification obligations
hereunder.
(g) Seller shall have provided an estimated
Purchase Price Schedule to Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.2(c).
(h) As of the Sale Date, there shall have been no
material adverse change in the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans, Servicing
Rights and Advances since February 28, 1995.
Section 6.2 Conditions to each Servicing Transfer Date.
The obligations of Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to occur on each Servicing Transfer Date shall
be subject to the fulfillment prior to or on the applicable Servicing Transfer
Date of each of the following conditions:
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(a) All representations and warranties made by
Seller in this Agreement and the Schedules delivered by Seller to Purchaser
pursuant hereto that are made or deemed to be made as of the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date shall be true, correct and complete in all material
respects on the applicable Servicing Transfer Date as though such
representations and warranties were made as of the applicable Servicing
Transfer Date, and Seller shall have duly performed or complied with all of the
covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed or complied with by it
under the terms of this Agreement on or prior to or at the applicable Servicing
Transfer Date.
(b) All authorizations, consents, waivers,
approvals or other actions (other than the applicable GNMA Consent) necessary
to permit Purchaser to service (or subservice) the Mortgage Loans in compliance
with all applicable Mortgage Loan Requirements immediately after the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and
effect.
(c) Prior to or on the applicable Servicing
Transfer Date, Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser all instruments of
assignment, transfer and conveyance as shall be requested by Purchaser in form
and substance acceptable to Purchaser's counsel, including the following:
(i) such instruments of sale, transfer,
assignment, conveyance and delivery, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to counsel for Purchaser, as are required in order to transfer to
Purchaser good and merchantable title to the Servicing Rights and the Advances
to be transferred on such Servicing Transfer Date, free and clear of all Liens;
(ii) on the Buyout Loan Transfer Date only,
such instruments of sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance and delivery, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for Purchaser (including
without limitation the Xxxx of Sale and Assignment Agreement set forth as
Exhibit H), as are required in order to transfer to Purchaser good and
merchantable title to the Buyout Loans to be transferred on such Buyout Loan
Transfer Date, free and clear of all Liens;
(iii) on the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer
Date only, the certificate referred to in Section 2.8(b); and
(iv) such other documents or instruments as
Purchaser reasonably requests to effect the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.3 Conditions to each GNMA Transfer Date.
The obligations of Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to occur on each GNMA Transfer Date shall be
subject to the fulfillment prior to or at the applicable GNMA Transfer Date of
each of the following conditions:
(a) The applicable GNMA Consent and all other
authorizations, consents, waivers, approvals or other actions necessary to
permit Purchaser to service the
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Mortgage Loans in compliance with all applicable laws immediately after the
applicable GNMA Transfer Date shall have been obtained and shall be in full
force and effect.
(b) Prior to or on the applicable GNMA Transfer
Date, Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser all instruments of sale,
transfer, assignment, conveyance and delivery, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to counsel for Purchaser (including without limitation the Xxxx of
Sale and Assignment Agreement set forth as Exhibit G), as are required in order
to transfer to Purchaser good and merchantable title to the Servicing Rights
and the Advances to be transferred on such GNMA Transfer Date, free and clear
of all Liens.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER
Section 7.1 Conditions to the Sale Date.
The obligations of Seller to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to occur on the Sale Date shall be subject to
the fulfillment prior to or on the Sale Date of each of the following
conditions:
(a) No Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction shall have (i) enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered
any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or other order
which is in effect; or (ii) commenced or threatened any action or proceeding,
which in either case would prohibit consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) All representations and warranties made by
Purchaser in this Agreement shall be true, correct and complete in all material
respects on the date hereof and as of the Sale Date as though such
representations and warranties were made as of the Sale Date, and Purchaser
shall have duly performed or complied with all of the covenants, obligations
and conditions to be performed or complied with by it under the terms of this
Agreement on or prior to the Sale Date.
(c) All authorizations, consents, waivers,
approvals or other actions legally required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents by
Purchaser and the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and
effect; Purchaser shall have obtained any authorizations, consents, waivers,
approvals or other actions required to prevent a material breach or default by
Purchaser under any contract to which Purchaser is party.
(d) Prior to or on the Sale Date, Purchaser shall
have duly executed and delivered to Seller this Agreement, the Interim
Servicing Agreement, the Subservicing Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and such
other documents as shall be requested by Seller in form and substance
acceptable to Seller's counsel, including the following:
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(i) a certificate of the President or a Vice
President of the general partner of Purchaser, dated the Sale Date, to the
effect that (1) the person signing such certificate is familiar with this
Agreement and (2) the conditions specified in Section 7.1(a), (b) and (c) have
been satisfied;
(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the general partner of Purchaser, dated the Sale Date,
as to the incumbency of any officer of the general partner of Purchaser
executing this Agreement, any other Operative Document or any document related
thereto on behalf of Purchaser and covering such other matters as Seller may
reasonably request;
(iii) a certified copy of (1) the
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Purchaser and all amendments thereto and
(2) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the general partner of
Purchaser authorizing the execution, delivery and consummation of this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby;
(iv) an opinion of Xxxxxxxxxx, Sandler,
Kohl, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.A., counsel to Purchaser, dated the Sale Date, and
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F; and
(v) such other documents or instruments as
Seller reasonably requests to effect the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Seller shall have received from Purchaser the
portion of the Purchase Price due on the Sale Date.
(f) Seller shall have received (at Seller's
expense) a certificate, dated a recent date, from the Secretary of State of the
State of Purchaser's formation, incorporation or organization, certifying that
Purchaser is in good standing in such jurisdiction.
(g) On or prior to the Sale Date, Purchaser shall
have provided to Seller information reasonably satisfactory to Seller to
evidence that the financial condition of Purchaser is adequate to support the
performance by Purchaser on a timely basis of Purchaser's indemnification
obligations hereunder.
Section 7.2 Conditions to each GNMA Transfer Date.
The obligations of Seller to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to occur on each GNMA Transfer Date shall be
subject to the fulfillment prior to or at the applicable GNMA Transfer Date of
each of the following conditions:
(a) The applicable GNMA Consent and all other
authorizations, consents, waivers, approvals or other actions necessary to
permit Seller to service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with all applicable
laws immediately after the applicable GNMA Transfer Date shall have been
obtained and shall be in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE VIII
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
INDEMNIFICATION; REPURCHASE
Section 8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties provided for in this
Agreement shall survive for five (5) years from the Sale Date for the benefit
of the Parties and their successors and assigns. No investigation by Purchaser
heretofore or hereafter made shall modify or otherwise affect any
representations and warranties of Seller or any of its indemnification
obligations contained herein.
Section 8.2 Indemnification by Seller.
Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, its
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives, and any
Person claiming by or through any of them, against and in respect of any and
all Losses arising out of, resulting from or incurred in connection with any of
the following events (collectively, the "Indemnified Events"; individually, an
"Indemnified Event"):
(a) the material inaccuracy of any representation
or the material breach of any warranty made by Seller in this Agreement or any
other Operative Document, in any agreement entered into by the Parties in
connection with this Agreement, or in any Schedule, Exhibit, written statement
or certificate furnished by Seller pursuant to this Agreement, in each case
determined without regard to any limitations contained therein as to Seller's
knowledge;
(b) the breach by Seller of any covenant or
agreement to be performed by Seller under this Agreement or any other Operative
Document;
(c) any litigation pending, threatened or arising
out of events occurring prior to the applicable Servicing Transfer Date in
connection with the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Rights, the Mortgage Escrow
Accounts or the Advances, including any litigation, proceedings or
investigations disclosed on any Schedule to this Agreement;
(d) any VA No-Bid Mortgage Loan or VA Buy-down
for which the VA notifies the Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan within two
(2) years after the Sale Date that a buy-down or compromise sale is required to
avoid a "no-bid" by the VA (or with respect to which the VA has adjusted the
amount of the guaranteed indebtedness in order to avoid a no-bid pursuant to 38
C.F.R. 36.4321 and Section 4.04 of the VA Servicing Guide); provided, that the
Losses resulting from the indemnification provided by this subsection shall
include Losses incurred on a foreclosure of a VA No-Bid Mortgage Loan, the
amount required to be paid to effect a VA Buy-down, and any and all other
foreclosure losses incurred in connection with any such VA No-Bid Mortgage Loan
or VA Buy-down;
(e) errors and omissions in the processing,
originating or servicing any of the Mortgage Loans, as applicable, on the part
of Seller or any Prior Servicer prior to the
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applicable Servicing Transfer Date, including but not limited to errors and
omissions in the filing of FHA or VA foreclosure claims by Seller or any Prior
Servicer, and the failure of any Mortgage Loan to have in force a fully paid
flood insurance policy, to the extent such policy is required by applicable
Mortgage Loan Requirements;
(f) fraud in connection with the processing,
origination or servicing of the Mortgage Loans prior to the applicable
Servicing Transfer Date;
(g) the failure of any of the Pools transferred
to Purchaser hereunder to be initially certified and/or recertified prior to
the imposition of any administrative sanction, such as the requirement to post
a letter of credit, except to the extent such failure is caused by Purchaser or
Purchaser's Document Custodian;
(h) the failure of all intervening assignments of
each of the Mortgage Loans to be timely and properly recorded in the applicable
recording office, including any Losses resulting from (i) the failure to
receive proper notices of any other liens or claims affecting the related
Mortgaged Property, (ii) curtailment of amounts payable by the applicable
Agency in respect of any insurance or guaranty claim, or (iii) increased
foreclosure losses; or
(i) any matters listed as exceptions to Seller's
representations and warranties on the Schedules referred to in this Agreement.
If Seller is obligated to indemnify Purchaser under Section
8.2(g) with respect to the Pools transferred to Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement and GNMA demands that Purchaser post a letter of credit or provide
other credit support in respect of such Pools, then Seller, subject to approval
by GNMA, shall be obligated to timely provide such letter of credit or other
credit support acceptable to GNMA (utilizing Seller's, not Purchaser's credit
and banking relationships) at Seller's expense. Seller shall have the right to
participate in the negotiation of the amount and structure of such letter of
credit or other credit support. In no event shall Seller be obligated to post
a letter of credit or other credit support in respect of pools not transferred
to Purchaser by Seller.
Section 8.3 Indemnification by Purchaser.
Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller, its
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives, and any
Person claiming by or through any of them, against and in respect of any and
all Losses arising out of, resulting from or incurred in connection with any of
the following events (collectively, the "Indemnified Events"; individually, an
"Indemnified Event"):
(a) the material inaccuracy of any representation
or the material breach of any warranty made by Purchaser in this Agreement or
any other Operative Document, in any agreement entered into by the Parties in
connection with this Agreement, or in any Schedule, Exhibit, written statement
or certificate furnished by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, in each case
determined without regard to any limitations contained therein as to
Purchaser's knowledge;
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(b) the breach by Purchaser of any covenant or
agreement to be performed by Purchaser under this Agreement or any other
Operative Document; or
(c) any failure by Purchaser to service the
Mortgage Loans after the applicable Servicing Transfer Date in accordance with
applicable Mortgage Loan Requirements, provided that whenever such failure
arises out of or relates to Seller's indemnification obligations hereunder, no
indemnification is required unless such failure materially and adversely
affects Seller's ability to cure a breach, defend a claim or otherwise result
in a material loss to Seller.
Section 8.4 Indemnification Procedures.
In the case of any claim for indemnification arising
hereunder, an Indemnified Party shall give prompt written notice to the
Indemnifying Party as and when the same becomes known to the Indemnified Party
(provided, that the failure of the Indemnified party to give such notice shall
not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder unless, and
only to the extent, such failure deprives the Indemnifying Party of the right
to contest any claim, increases the amount of such claim, or decreases the
amount of the claim that could have been avoided had proper notice been given).
If the Indemnified Claim is based on a claim or demand brought by a third
party, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend and to direct the
defense against any such claim or demand, in its name or in the name of the
Indemnified Party, as the case may be, at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party, and with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and acceptable to
the Indemnified Party unless (i) such claim or demand seeks an order,
injunction or other equitable relief against the Indemnified Party, or (ii) the
Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that (x) there is a conflict
of interest between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party in the
conduct of the defense of such claim or demand or (y) the Indemnified Party has
one or more defenses not available to the Indemnifying Party. If the
Indemnified Party concludes that (x) or (y) above apply, the Indemnified Party
shall provide prompt written notice to the Indemnifying Party stating the
reasons for such conclusions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, the Indemnified Party shall, at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party, cooperate with the Indemnifying Party, and keep the Indemnifying Party
fully informed, in the defense of such claim or demand. The Indemnified Party
shall have the right to participate in the defense of any claim or demand with
counsel employed at its own expense; provided, however, that, in the case of
any claim or demand described in clause (i) or (ii) of the second preceding
sentence or as to which the Indemnifying Party shall not in fact have employed
counsel to assume the defense of such claim or demand, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have no indemnification obligations with
respect to any such claim or demand which shall be settled by the Indemnified
Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, Purchaser shall have the exclusive right, absent fraud or
bad faith, to settle any claim for less than $5,000 from Purchaser's own funds
without in any manner affecting its rights to indemnification therefor under
this Article VIII.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Indemnified Party, without in any manner affecting the indemnity to be provided
under this Article VIII, shall have
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the right to assume the defense of any claim and shall have the right to settle
any claim on a reasonable basis without the consent or involvement of the
Indemnifying Party, if the Indemnified Party reasonably believes that such
assumption or settlement is necessary to discharge its responsibilities as
servicer of the Mortgage Loans or to preserve its authority and approvals to
service the Mortgage Loans or to maintain the manner in which it conducts its
business, if the failure to assume the defense of or settle the claim could
materially and adversely impact upon its relationship with GNMA, HUD, the FHA
or the VA, or if the Indemnifying Party does not, in the Indemnified Party's
reasonable judgment, diligently defend and/or cure any Indemnified Event
If an Indemnified Party incurs out-of-pocket costs and
expenses in connection with any Loss hereunder, the indemnification obligation
of the Indemnifying Party shall include interest on such Loss, calculated at
the Fed Funds Rate from the date such Loss is incurred by the Indemnified Party
to the date the Indemnifying Party pays its indemnity obligation hereunder,
Section 8.5 Repurchase.
If Seller is obligated to indemnify Purchaser with respect to
an Indemnified Event under Section 8.2 relating to a Mortgage Loan, and as a
result Purchaser is required by applicable Mortgage Loan Requirements to
repurchase such Mortgage Loans out of the related Pool (or Purchaser would be
required to repurchase such Mortgage Loan if it was still in a Pool), and
Seller is unable to cure any defect in the related Mortgage Loan within the
lesser of any applicable cure period permitted by GNMA or 90 days from the date
it receives notice of such defect, in addition to the obligations of Seller to
indemnify Purchaser for any Losses arising out of, resulting from or relating
to the Indemnified Event under Section 8.2, Purchaser may require Seller to
repurchase the Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing Rights and Advances from
the Investor (provided repurchase is permitted by the Investor) and Purchaser,
as the case may be. The purchase price under this Section 8.5 for any Mortgage
Loan and the related Servicing Rights repurchased hereunder shall equal the
Repurchase Price, and shall be paid within fifteen (15) days following receipt
from Purchaser of written demand therefor. In addition, Seller shall reimburse
Purchaser for all Advances related to the applicable Mortgage Loan repurchased
hereunder. Immediately upon completion of the purchase or repurchase of a
Mortgage Loan or Servicing Rights by Seller, Purchaser shall assign to Seller
all of its rights, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan and the
related Servicing Rights and Advances, and shall forward to Seller all Mortgage
Escrow Accounts, Servicing Files, servicing records and other documents
relating to such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Servicing Rights.
If, as of the Final GNMA Transfer Date, Purchaser has not
received a GNMA Consent with respect to any Pool, at Purchaser's election to be
exercised by written notice to Seller within 30 days after the Final GNMA
Transfer Date, Seller shall repurchase, and Purchaser shall reconvey, the
Servicing Rights and Advances related to all Mortgage Loans in such Pool or, if
permitted by GNMA, the Servicing Rights and Advances related only to the
Mortgage Loans that are preventing the initial final certification or
recertification of the affected Pools. The purchase price for any Servicing
Rights repurchased from Purchaser hereunder shall equal the Repurchase Price,
and shall be paid within fifteen (15) days following receipt from
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Purchaser of written demand therefor. Immediately upon completion of the
repurchase of such Servicing Rights by Seller, Purchaser shall assign to Seller
all of its rights, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and
Servicing Rights and shall forward to Seller all Mortgage Escrow Accounts,
Custodian Files, Servicing Files and other documents relating to such
repurchased Servicing Rights.
Section 8.6 Special Indemnification for Seller's Escrow
Practices.
Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser against,
and shall reimburse it for any Losses to the extent arising out of, relating to
or resulting from any of Seller's escrow practices in effect with respect to
the Mortgage Loans prior to the applicable Servicing Transfer Date and any
escrow practices of Seller which Purchaser continues until the earlier of (i)
the date set forth (on a state-by-state basis) on Schedule 8.6 for completion
of Purchaser's annual escrow analysis of the Servicing Rights relating to such
applicable Servicing Transfer Date, or (ii) the date that Purchaser actually
completes its escrow analysis in each state.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 Termination by Purchaser or Seller Prior to
Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date as follows:
(a) by mutual consent of Seller and Purchaser;
(b) by either Seller or Purchaser, if the other
party hereto shall breach in any material respect any of its representations,
warranties or obligations contained in this Agreement;
(c) by Purchaser, if the conditions to its
obligations set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 have not been satisfied or waived
on or before the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date; and
(d) by Seller, if the conditions to its
obligations set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 have not been satisfied or waived
on or before the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date.
Section 9.2 Termination by Purchaser or Seller Prior to
Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date.
This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Portfolio
B Mortgage Loans and the related Servicing Rights to be transferred on the
Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date at any time on or after the Portfolio A
Servicing Transfer Date and prior to the Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date as
follows:
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(a) by mutual consent of Seller and Purchaser;
(b) by either Seller or Purchaser, if the other
party hereto shall breach in any material respect any of its representations,
warranties or obligations contained in this Agreement;
(c) by Purchaser, if the conditions to its
obligations set forth in Section 6.2 to be performed on or before the Portfolio
B Servicing Transfer Date have not been satisfied or waived on or before such
date; and
(d) by Seller, if the conditions to its
obligations set forth in Section 7.2 have not been satisfied or waived on or
before such date.
Section 9.3 Effect of Termination.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, all
rights and obligations of Seller and Purchaser hereunder shall terminate and no
Party shall have any liability to the other Party, except for obligations of
the Parties in Sections 5.12 and 5.15 and except as provided in the last
sentence of this paragraph, each of which shall survive the termination of this
Agreement, and except nothing herein will relieve any Party from liability for
any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained
herein prior to such termination. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 9.1, any portion of the Purchase Price or other amounts delivered by
Purchaser to Seller (other than in respect of the Buyout Loan Purchase Price)
shall be promptly returned to Purchaser together with interest at the Fed Funds
Rate and any servicing income received by Purchaser under the Interim Servicing
Agreement shall be promptly returned to Seller together with interest at the
Fed Funds Rate. If the Buyout Loan Transfer Date shall have occurred prior to
any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1, such termination
shall have no effect on the agreements and obligations of the Parties with
respect to the Buyout Loans.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.2, all
rights and obligations of Seller and Purchaser relating to the Portfolio B
Mortgage Loans and the transactions contemplated to occur hereunder with
respect to such Mortgage Loans and the related Servicing Rights shall terminate
and no Party shall have any liability to the other party with respect to such
Portfolio B Mortgage Loans and the related Servicing Rights, except for
obligations of the Parties hereto in Sections 5.12 and 5.15, which shall
survive the termination of this Agreement, and except nothing herein will
relieve any party from liability for any breach of any representation,
warranty, agreement or covenant contained herein prior to such termination.
Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2, any portion of the
Purchase Price or other amounts delivered by Purchaser to Seller in respect of
the Portfolio B Mortgage Loans shall be promptly returned to Purchaser together
with interest at the Fed Funds Rate and any servicing income received by
Purchaser under the Interim Servicing Agreement and the Subservicing Agreement
(reduced by a subservicing fee of $6.00 per loan per month) shall be promptly
returned to Seller together with interest at the Fed Funds Rate. Any
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2 shall have no effect on
the agreements and obligations of the Parties with respect to the Portfolio A
Mortgage Loans and the related Servicing Rights.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Notices.
All notices, consents, requests, and other communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective: (a) upon
delivery by hand; (b) one day after being deposited with a recognized overnight
delivery service; (c) three days after being deposited in the United States
mail, first-class, postage prepaid, registered or certified, return receipt
requested; or (d) if sent by facsimile, upon receipt of a clear transmission
report--in each case addressed to such party as follows (or to such other
address as hereafter may be designated in writing by such Party to the other
Party):
If to Purchaser
Harbourton Mortgage Co., L.P.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to Seller:
Norwest Mortgage, Inc.
000 XX 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Section 10.2 Assignment; Successors and Assigns; No Third
Party Rights.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This
Agreement (including the right to indemnification hereunder) may not be
assigned by either Party to any Person other than an Affiliate of such Party or
a transferee of all or substantially all of the servicing rights of such Party
without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed. This Agreement shall be for the sole
benefit of the Parties and their respective successors, assigns and legal
representatives and is not intended, nor shall be construed, to give any
Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors, assigns and
legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder.
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Section 10.3 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement and the other Operative Documents, including
the Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto and thereto, constitute the entire
agreement among the Parties with respect to the matters covered hereby and
supersede all previous written, oral or implied understandings among the
Parties with respect to such matters.
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions in
the body of this Agreement relating to the procedures to be utilized in
connection with the transfer of the Servicing Rights and the provisions of the
Servicing Transfer Protocol, the terms of the Servicing Transfer Protocol shall
govern.
Section 10.4 Amendment, Modification and Waivers.
This Agreement may only be amended or modified in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment or modification
is sought. Any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be waived at
any time by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof, but only by a
writing signed by the party or parties waiving such terms or conditions.
Section 10.5 Severability.
The invalidity of any portion hereof shall not affect the
validity, force or effect of the remaining portions hereof. If it is ever held
that any restriction hereunder is too broad to permit enforcement of such
restriction to its fullest extent, such restriction shall be enforced to the
maximum extent permitted by law.
Section 10.6 Expedited Arbitration.
Whenever this Agreements calls for the resolution of a
controversy or claim by arbitration, such controversy or claim shall be
resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of
the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator selected to hear the
controversy or claim shall be experienced in the secondary mortgage market and
the purchase and sale of mortgage servicing rights. The arbitration shall take
place in Denver, Colorado and shall be conducted using the Expedited Procedures
of the Commercial Arbitration Rules, regardless of the amount in dispute. The
Parties shall bear their own attorney fees and costs in connection with the
arbitration, and shall share equally the arbitrators' compensation charges and
the administrative fees of the American Arbitration Association. The
arbitrator may not award attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party or
otherwise reapportion attorney fees and costs as part of the award. The award
rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the Parties, and
judgment upon the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Section 10.7 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, regardless of the conflict
of laws principles thereof.
Section 10.8 No Waiver.
Unless expressly provided to the contrary, the failure of any
Party to insist upon strict performance of any covenant or obligation in this
Agreement shall not be a waiver of such Party's right to demand strict
compliance in the future or to pursue or enforce whatever remedies may be
available to such Party for any breach or default of or in such covenant or
obligation (subject to applicable statutes of limitation). No consent or
waiver, express or implied, to or of any breach or default in the performance
of any covenant or obligation in this Agreement shall constitute a consent or
waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance of the same or
any other covenant or obligation hereunder.
Section 10.9 Payments by Wire Transfer.
All payments required to be made by wire transfer hereunder
shall be made to the Parties as follows, or to such other location or account
as may be designated in writing by the Party entitled to payment:
If payment is to be made to Seller:
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.
ABA # 000000000
Minneapolis, MN
Account # 58-595
Account Name: Norwest Mortgage, Inc.
If payment is to be made to Purchaser:
For Custodial Funds
Chemical Bank
New York, New York
ABA # 000000000
Credit: Harbourton Mortgage Co., L.P.
#144041442
Reference: GNMA Custodial Account Balances Transfer
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For All Other Transactions
Chemical Bank
New York, New York
ABA #000000000
Credit: Harbourton Mortgage Co., L.P.
#144041661
Reference: (Description of Activity)
Section 10.10 Rules of Construction.
In this Agreement, unless specified otherwise:
(a) "Any" means "any one or more"; "including"
means "including without limitation"; "day" means "calendar day," unless
"Business Day" is specified.
(b) Singular words include plural, and vice
versa. For example, the words "Party" and "Parties" each means "Party or
Parties as the case may be."
(c) Headings are for convenience only, and do not
affect the meaning of any provision.
(d) Reference to an agreement includes reference
to its permitted supplements, amendments and other modifications.
(e) Reference to a law includes reference to any
amendment or modification of the law and to any rules or regulations issued
thereunder
(f) Reference to a Person includes reference to
its permitted successors and assigns in the applicable capacity.
(g) Reference to an Article, Section, Exhibit, or
Schedule signifies reference to an Article, Section, Exhibit, or Schedule of
this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(h) "Hereunder," "hereto," "hereof," "herein,"
and like words, refer to the whole of this Agreement rather than to a
particular part hereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Section 10.11 Reproduction of Documents.
This Agreement, each of the other Operative Documents, and
each other document or instrument executed and delivered in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, may be reproduced by any
photographic, photostatic, facsimile, or other similar process. Any such
reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any
judicial, administrative or arbitral proceeding, whether or not the original is
in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a Party in the
regular course of business.
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Section 10.12 No Strict Construction.
The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents have been prepared jointly, and shall not be strictly
construed against either Party.
Section 10.13 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which,
when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereby duly execute and
deliver this Agreement:
HARBOURTON MORTGAGE CO., L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: Harbourton Funding Corporation,
a Delaware corporation,
its general partner
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
NORWEST MORTGAGE, INC.,
a California corporation,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Schedule I
DEFINED TERMS
"Advance" means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, an advance
by the servicer of such Mortgage Loan of its own funds to make payments of
principal, interest, taxes, insurance premiums, ground rents, assessments,
foreclosure related costs, amounts transferred for NSF checks, and similar
charges advanced with respect to a Mortgage Loan as required or permitted by
the applicable Mortgage Loan Requirements.
"Affiliate" means, in respect of any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with, such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise. "Control" as used herein means the power
to direct the management and policies of such Person.
"Agencies" or "Agency" means GNMA, FHA, VA and/or a State
Agency, as applicable.
"Agreement" means this Mortgage Servicing Purchase and Sale
Agreement, together with its Exhibits and Schedules.
"Ancillary Income" means all income from or relating to the
Mortgage Loans to which the servicer is entitled other than servicing fees,
including but not limited to late charges, insufficient funds fees, assumption
fees, optional insurance amounts and all other incidental fees and charges.
"Applicable Rate" as of any date of determination, means the
Fed Funds Rate plus 2.25%.
"Business Day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or any
other day on which commercial banks in Denver, Colorado, Minneapolis, Minnesota
or New York, New York are authorized or required, by law or executive order, to
close.
"Buyout Loan Cut-Off Date" means October 15, 1995.
"Buyout Loan Purchase Price Remittance Date" has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3.
"Buyout Loan Purchase Price" means that portion of the
Purchase Price that is attributable to Buyout Loans as set forth in the
Purchase Price Schedule annexed as Schedule 2.2.
"Buyout Loan Schedule" means Schedule 3.1(l)(2) hereto.
"Buyout Loan Transfer Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
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"Buyout Loans" means all FHA-insured single (one-to-four)
family residential mortgage loans that (i) were purchased by Seller between
February 28, 1995 and the Sale Date out of Pools to be transferred to Purchaser
hereunder, (ii) were Delinquent Loans at the time of such purchase by Seller,
(iii) as of the Buyout Loan Cut-Off Date, the Mortgages and Mortgage Notes
related to such Mortgage Loans have not been extinguished by a judgment of
foreclosure, foreclosure sale or otherwise, and (iv) are listed on the Buyout
Loan Schedule.
"Certified Pool" means, as of any date, a Pool that has
received (i) original final certification in compliance with the GNMA Guide,
and (ii) if issuer responsibility with respect to such Pool has been
transferred subsequent to issuance of such Pool but prior to the transfer
contemplated by this Agreement, recertification in compliance with the GNMA
Guide with respect to each such transfer.
"Certified Portfolio A Mortgage Loans" means, as of any date
of determination, all Mortgage Loans in Portfolio A Pools that are Certified
Pools and for which a GNMA Consent has been obtained.
"Certified Portfolio B Mortgage Loans" means, as of any date
of determination, all Mortgage Loans in Portfolio B Pools that are Certified
Pools and for which a GNMA Consent has been obtained.
"Custodian File" means, for any Mortgage Loan, the file,
maintained by the applicable GNMA custodian, containing each of the original
documents referred to in Exhibit J, and such other documents as may be required
by GNMA to be maintained by a document custodian under the GNMA Guide.
"Cut-Off Date" means August 31, 1995.
"Delinquent Loan" means a Mortgage Loan that, as of the
Cut-Off Date, is either (i) three (3) or more payments past due, or (ii) In
Litigation (other than class action litigation disclosed on Schedule 3.1(j)),
In Bankruptcy or In Foreclosure. A Mortgage Loan is considered to be three (3)
payments past due when the payment due for a given month has not been received
by Seller in full on or before the close of business on the last Business Day
of the month that is two months after the month when such payment was due,
crediting all payments received in order to the oldest unpaid installment. For
example, a Mortgage Loan is three (3) payments past due on June 30, 1994 if the
payment due on April 1, 1994, has not been received by Seller in full on or
before the close of business on the last Business Day in June 1994, crediting
all payments received in order to the oldest unpaid installment.
"Escrow Agent" means Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.
"Escrow Agreement" means the escrow agreement to be entered
into between Purchaser, Seller and Escrow Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
"Fed Funds Rate" means, as of any date, the rate of interest
published in the Money Rates column of The Wall Street Journal, Western
Edition, as the "Fed Funds Rate."
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"FHA" means the Federal Housing Administration, or any
successor thereof.
"Final GNMA Transfer Date" means March 1, 1996, or such other
date as may be agreed to by the Parties in writing.
"GNMA" means the Government National Mortgage Association, or
any successor thereof.
"GNMA Consent" means, with respect to any Pool or Mortgage
Loan, the affirmative written consent and approval of GNMA to the transfer from
Seller to Purchaser of the Servicing Rights and issuer responsibility with
respect to such Pool or Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of the
GNMA Guide, without material adverse modification to the rights of the servicer
thereunder.
"GNMA Guide" means, collectively, the "GNMA I Mortgage-Backed
Securities Guide" and the "GNMA II Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide" published
by HUD, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and all
contracts and agreements entered into pursuant thereto and all rules,
regulations, policies, interpretive letters and guidelines issued by HUD or
GNMA thereunder.
"GNMA Subservicing Consent" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3.
"GNMA Transfer Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
"Governmental Authority" means any federal, state, municipal,
local, territorial, or other governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency, court, authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.
"Hold-Back Reserve Fund" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.5.
"Hold-Back Reserve Payment" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(d).
"In Bankruptcy" means a Mortgage Loan with respect to which
the Mortgagor has (i) made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
petitioned or applied to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian,
receiver or trustee for him or for a substantial part of his assets, (ii) has
commenced any proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment of
debt, dissolution, or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether
now or hereafter in effect; or (iii) has pending any such petition, application
or proceeding.
"In Foreclosure" or "Foreclosed" means a Mortgage Loan with
respect to which foreclosure proceedings have been, or, under Seller's standard
procedures or FHA/VA guidelines, should have been, referred to an attorney or
have been instituted and are pending or have been completed, or a deed in lieu
of foreclosure has been accepted or is pending. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Mortgage Loan will be deemed to be In Foreclosure when the first
action required by state law to be taken to commence proceedings in
foreclosure, or a sale under power of sale, or other acquisition of title to
the Mortgaged Property based upon a default by the Mortgagor
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under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage, under the law of the State wherein the
Mortgage Loan is to be enforced, has been taken or should have been taken.
"In Litigation" means a Mortgage Loan that has been referred
to an attorney for collection, or with respect to which any action, suit or
proceeding before a court, governmental agency or arbitrator has been
instituted and is pending, or has been settled or otherwise finalized in a
manner which may materially and adversely affect (1) the Mortgagor's
obligations or ability to make all payments to be made under the Mortgage Loan
in accordance with the terms thereof, or (2) the enforceability or priority of
the Mortgage granted in the residential real property and any other property
serving as collateral for the Mortgage Loan.
"Indemnified Events" has the meaning set forth in Article
VIII.
"Indemnified Party" means a Party that benefits from
indemnification or seeks indemnification from another Party pursuant to Article
VIII.
"Indemnifying Party" means a Party providing indemnification
to another Party pursuant to Article VIII.
"Ineligible Buyout Loan" means a Buyout Loan that, as of the
last Business day of the month immediately preceding the Buyout Loan Transfer
Date, is eleven (11) or more payments past due. A Buyout Loan is considered to
be eleven (11) payments past due when the payment due for a given month has not
been received by Seller in full on or before the close of business on the last
Business Day of the month that is ten months after the month when such payment
was due, crediting all payments received in order to the oldest unpaid
installment. For example, a Buyout Loan is eleven (11) payments past due on
August 31, 1995 if the payment due on October 1, 1994, has not been received by
Seller in full on or before the close of business on the last Business Day in
August 1995, crediting all payments received in order to the oldest unpaid
installment.
"Ineligible Loan" means either an Ineligible Buyout Loan or an
Ineligible Mortgage Loan.
"Ineligible Mortgage Loan" means a Mortgage Loan (other than a
Buyout Loan) that, as of the Cut-Off Date, (i) is eleven (11) or more payments
past due, or (ii) the Mortgage and Mortgage Note related to such Mortgage Loan
have been extinguished by a judgment of foreclosure, foreclosure sale or
otherwise. A Mortgage Loan is considered to be eleven (11) payments past due
when the payment due for a given month has not been received by Seller in full
on or before the close of business on the last Business Day of the month that
is ten months after the month when such payment was due, crediting all payments
received in order to the oldest unpaid installment. For example, a Mortgage
Loan is eleven (11) payments past due on August 31, 1995 if the payment due on
October 1, 1994, has not been received by Seller in full on or before the close
of business on the last Business Day in August 1995, crediting all payments
received in order to the oldest unpaid installment.
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"Insurer" means FHA or VA, or any insurer that provides
policies of life, hazard, disability, title or other insurance with respect to
any of the Mortgage Loans or the collateral securing a Mortgage Loan.
"Interim Servicing Agreement" means the Interim Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the Sale Date, between the Parties substantially in the
form of Exhibit B.
"Investor" means GNMA.
"Law" means any applicable statute, law, ordinance,
regulation, order, writ, injunction, or decree of any Governmental Authority.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), or preference,
priority, or other security agreement, or preferential arrangement of any kind
or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any
jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing).
"Losses" means any claims, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses, damages, liabilities, losses or deficiencies (including, without
limitation, reasonable counsel's fees and other reasonable costs and expenses
incident to any suit, action or proceeding) of any kind or nature whatsoever
actually incurred, including the cost of obtaining a letter of credit required
to be posted by GNMA with respect to Pools that are not timely recertified
pursuant to the GNMA Guide, and, for repurchased Mortgage Loans, the Repurchase
Price.
"Mortgage" means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the
instrument securing the related Mortgage Note which creates a first lien on the
related Mortgaged Property.
"Mortgage Escrow Accounts" means all escrow, impound and
custodial accounts maintained under the GNMA Guide or otherwise relating to the
Mortgage Loans including, without limitation, all accounts established for
purposes of receiving funds for the payment of principal and interest or real
or personal property taxes, insurance premiums, ground rents, assessments,
funds due the Investor, unearned fees, hazard insurance loss drafts, Advances,
funds held in connection with buy-down loans, and similar charges relating to
the Mortgage Loans and interest accrued on such funds for the benefit of the
Mortgagors under applicable Mortgage Loan Requirements or otherwise.
"Mortgage Loan Requirements" means the (i) terms of the
Mortgage and Mortgage Note related to each Mortgage Loan, (ii) Laws pertaining
to the processing, origination insuring, purchase, sale, servicing or
subservicing of the Mortgage Loans, (iii) responsibilities and obligations set
forth in any agreement between Seller and an Agency or Insurer (including
without limitation the GNMA Guide), (iv) requirements of an Agency or Insurer
with respect to the processing, origination, insuring, purchase, sale,
servicing, subservicing or filing of claims in connection with the Mortgage
Loans, and (v) to the extent not covered by the foregoing, the
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reasonable and customary mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage
lending institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type as the
Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related Mortgaged Properties
are located.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" means Schedule 3.1(l)(1) hereto.
"Mortgage Loans" means all Buyout Loans and all single-family,
FHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgage loans secured by the related Mortgages,
the Servicing Rights to which mortgage loans are to be sold to Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Mortgage Note" means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the
promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness of the related Mortgagor.
"Mortgaged Property" means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, a
fee simple interest in residential real property, together with improvements
thereon, subject to the lien of the related Mortgage.
"Mortgagor" means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the
obligor on the related Mortgage Note.
"NSF Check" means a check tendered by a Mortgagor as a payment
on a Mortgage Loan that is returned by the drawee bank because of insufficient
funds, including without limitation insufficient funds due to funds being
denominated as uncollected.
"Operative Documents" means this Agreement, the Interim
Servicing Agreement, the Subservicing Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, each
GNMA assignment agreement, each xxxx of sale and assignment and assumption
agreement, and all other documents or instruments executed and delivered in
connection with this Agreement or any of such other agreements or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
"Parties" means Purchaser and Seller.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated association, joint
venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature, and in each
case includes permitted successors and assigns..
"Pool" means an aggregation of one (1) or more Mortgage Loans
that have been pledged to secure mortgage-backed securities or participation
certificates guaranteed by GNMA.
"Pool Schedule" means Schedule 3.1(l)(3) hereto.
"Portfolio" means either the Portfolio A Mortgage Loans, the
Portfolio B Mortgage Loans or the Buyout Loans, as the context may require.
"Portfolio A Mortgage Loans" means the Mortgage Loans which
are indicated to be included in "Portfolio A" on Schedule 3.1(l)(1).
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"Portfolio A Pools" means all Pools consisting of Portfolio A
Mortgage Loans as indicated on Schedule 3.1(l)(3).
"Portfolio A Purchase Price" means that portion of the
Purchase Price that is attributable to the Portfolio A Mortgage Loans as set
forth in the Purchase Price Schedule.
"Portfolio A Purchase Price Remittance Date" has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3.
"Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date" has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1.
"Portfolio B Mortgage Loans" means the Mortgage Loans which
are indicated to be included in "Portfolio B" on Schedule 3.1(l)(1).
"Portfolio B Pools" means all Pools consisting of Portfolio B
Mortgage Loans as indicated on Schedule 3.1(l)(3).
"Portfolio B Purchase Price" means that portion of the
Purchase Price that is attributable to the Portfolio B Mortgage Loans as set
forth in the Purchase Price Schedule.
"Portfolio B Purchase Price Remittance Date" has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3.
"Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date" has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1.
"Portfolio Characteristics Schedule" means Schedule 3.1(l)(4)
hereto.
"Prior Servicer" means any originator or servicer of a Mortgage
Loan, other than Seller.
"Purchase Price" means the amount payable by Purchaser to
Seller for the Servicing Rights as set forth in Section 2.2 and subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 2.8.
"Purchase Price Percentage" means 1.40% (140 basis points).
"Purchase Price Remittance Date" means either the Portfolio A
Purchase Price Remittance Date, the Portfolio B Purchase Price Remittance Date
or the Buyout Loan Purchase Price Remittance Date.
"Purchase Price Schedule" has the meaning set forth in section
2.2.
"Purchaser's Document Custodian" means one or more document
custodian(s) designated by Purchaser from time to time that is party to a
Custodial Agreement (HUD Form 11715, or any successor form) between GNMA,
Purchaser and such custodian.
"Repurchase Balance" means the unpaid principal balance as of
the date of repurchase of a Mortgage Loan to be repurchased in accordance with
Section 8.5.
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"Repurchase Price" means the sum of (a) the Repurchase
Balance, plus all interest accrued thereon through the end of the month of
repurchase, (b) the product of the Repurchase Balance and the Purchase Price
Percentage (if paid) and (c) all reasonable unreimbursed expenses incurred by
Purchaser relating to the subject Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to
reasonable unreimbursed Advances.
"Sale Date" means as of September 15, 1995.
"Servicing Agreement" means the Servicing Agreement entered
into between Seller and GNMA with respect to the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the GNMA Guide.
"Servicing File" means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the
file containing all documents in Seller's possession or control, whether on
hard copy, computer record, microfiche or any other format, evidencing and
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and relating to the processing,
origination, servicing, collection, payment and foreclosure of such Mortgage
Loan, including (i) copies of certain documents executed or delivered in
connection with the closing of such Mortgage Loan, including without limitation
copies of the Mortgage Note, Mortgage and any assignments of such Mortgage, and
(ii) any servicing documentation which relates to such Mortgage Loan of the
type customarily included by mortgage loan servicers in their servicing files.
The Servicing File for each Mortgage Loan shall include all documents required
to be maintained under, or that are necessary to comply with, applicable
Mortgage Loan Requirements.
"Servicing File Reserve" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(b).
"Servicing File Reserve Payment" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(b).
"Servicing Rights" means the rights and responsibilities of
Seller with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under the GNMA Guide
and the Servicing Agreement and the right to receive servicing fees thereunder,
and the associated right, title and interest of Seller in the related Mortgage
Loans, Pools, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Escrow Accounts, Custodian File, and
Servicing File.
"Servicing Transfer Date" means, with respect to a Mortgage
Loan or a Buyout Loan, the date on which physical servicing (or in the case of
Mortgage Loans included in Uncertified Pools, subservicing) of such Mortgage
Loan transfers from Seller to Purchaser. The Servicing Transfer Date for all
Portfolio A Mortgage Loans shall be the Portfolio A Servicing Transfer Date,
the Servicing Transfer Date for all Portfolio B Mortgage Loans shall be the
Portfolio B Servicing Transfer Date, and the Servicing Transfer Date for all
Buyout Loans shall be the Buyout Loan Transfer Date.
"Servicing Transfer Protocol" means the actions to be taken
and procedures to be followed in connection with the transfer of the Servicing
Rights to Purchaser as set forth on Exhibit D.
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"State Agency" means any state agency with authority to (i)
regulate the businesses of Purchaser or Seller, including without limitation
any state agency with authority to determine the investment or servicing
requirements with regard to mortgage loans originated, purchased or serviced by
Purchaser or Seller or (ii) originate, purchase, or service mortgage loans, or
otherwise promote mortgage lending, including without limitation state and
local housing finance authorities.
"Subservicing Agreement" means the Mortgage Loan Subservicing
Agreement, dated as of the Sale Date, between the Parties substantially in the
form of Exhibit C.
"Uncertified Pool" as of any date, means a Pool that is not a
Certified Pool.
"VA" means the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or
any successor thereof.
"VA Buy-down" means with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is
guaranteed by the VA, the waiver by Purchaser of a portion of the indebtedness
of the Mortgage Loan, which can take the form of a reduction of the principal,
a credit to escrow or unapplied funds accounts, the forgiveness of accrued
interest or any combination of the foregoing, and which causes the VA to pay
off the remaining amount of the indebtedness owed and acquire the collateral
securing the Mortgage Loan. A VA Buy-down shall also include any Mortgage Loan
for which the VA would have issued "no-bid" instructions but for the VA's
adjustment of the amount of the guaranteed indebtedness in order to avoid a
no-bid pursuant to 38 C.F.R. 36.4321 and Section 4.04 of the VA Servicing Guide
"VA No-Bid-Mortgage Loan" means A Mortgage Loan guaranteed by
the VA and for which the VA provides written notice that it will not accept
conveyance of the property securing said Mortgage Loan after such Mortgage Loan
has been placed in foreclosure.
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