EXHIBIT 99.1
Exection Copy
CWMBS, INC.,
Depositor
INDYMAC, INC.,
Seller and Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 1998
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RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST 1998-A8
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1998-H
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I
DEFINITIONS
Article II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.......................................................II-1
Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans....................................II-4
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller and the Master Servicer....II-6
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans...........II-8
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions and Repurchases....II-8
Section 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.............................................II-9
Section 2.07. REMIC Matters......................................................................II-9
Article III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.........................................III-1
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicers.........................III-2
Section 3.03. Successor Servicers...............................................................III-3
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer..................................................III-3
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Servicers and the Trustee.....................III-3
Section 3.06. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer.........III-4
Section 3.07. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.................................................III-4
Section 3.08. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Servicing Accounts; Collection Account;
Certificate Account; Distribution Account.........................................III-5
Section 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts...............III-8
Section 3.10. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans......III-9
Section 3.11. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and the Distribution Account..III-10
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance Policies.......III-11
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements........................III-13
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans..III-14
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..................................III-18
Section 3.16. Documents, Records and Funds
in Possession of the Master Servicer
to be Held for the Trustee.......................................................III-19
Section 3.17. Servicing Compensation...........................................................III-19
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance................................................III-20
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement; Financial
Statements.......................................................................III-20
Section 3.20. Errors and Omissions Insurance;
Fidelity Bonds...................................................................III-21
Article IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances...........................................................................IV-1
Section 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.........................................................IV-1
Section 4.03. [Reserved].........................................................................IV-7
Section 4.04. [Reserved].........................................................................IV-7
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses......................................................IV-7
Section 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders...........................................IV-9
Section 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI Certificates.........................IV-11
Section 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates........................IV-13
Article V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates....................................................................V-1
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.........V-1
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...................................V-6
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners...............................................................V-7
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses...........................V-7
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.....................................................V-7
Article VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer....................VI-1
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer....................VI-1
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and
Others.............................................................................VI-1
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer...................................VI-2
Article VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.................................................................VII-1
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..........................................VII-2
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders................................................VII-3
Article VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of the Trustee............................................................VIII-1
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee............................................VIII-2
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans............................VIII-3
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.....................................................VIII-3
Section 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses......................................................VIII-3
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.........................................VIII-4
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee...........................................VIII-4
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee................................................................VIII-5
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee...........................................VIII-6
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee.................................................................VIII-6
Section 8.11. Tax Matters......................................................................VIII-7
Section 8.12. Periodic Filings.................................................................VIII-9
Article IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans.....................IX-1
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.............................................IX-1
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements................................................IX-3
Article X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment...........................................................................X-1
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts..............................................X-2
Section 10.03. Governing Law.......................................................................X-3
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties................................................................X-3
Section 10.05. Notices.............................................................................X-3
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions..........................................................X-4
Section 10.07. Assignment..........................................................................X-4
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders..........................................X-5
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.........................................................X-5
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid...........................................X-6
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule S-I-1
Schedule II Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer S-II-1
Schedule III Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans S-III-1
Schedule IV Planned Balance Schedules S-IV-1
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1,
1998, among CWMBS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), INDYMAC, INC. ("IndyMac"), a Delaware corporation, as seller (in
such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation organized
under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby
conveyed to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for
federal income tax purposes will consist of a single REMIC. The Certificates
will represent the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund. The
Regular Certificates will represent the "regular interests" in the Trust Fund
and the Residual Certificates will represent the single "residual interest" in
the Trust Fund. The "latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax
purposes of all interests created hereby will be the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
The following table sets forth characteristics of the
Certificates, together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in
excess thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one
Certificate of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount
and, in addition, one Residual Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person
Certificate may be issued in a different amount):
Integral
Class Multiples
Certificate Pass-Through Minimum in Excess
Balance Rate Denomination of Minimum
Class A-1 $55,900,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-2 $262,373,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-3 $131,465,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-4 $30,272,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-5 $7,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-6 $21,438,000.00 (1) $25,000 $1,000
Class A-7 $5,558,000.00 (1) $25,000 $1,000
Class A-8 $140,075,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-9 $28,174,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-10 $144,332,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-11 $54,748,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-12 $4,825,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class A-13 $45,836,300.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class PO-1 $159,154.00 (2) $25,000 $1,000
CLass PO-2 $24,466.00 (2) $25,000 $1,000
Class X-1 (3) (4) $25,000 (6) $1,000(6)
Class X-2 (3) (5) $25,000 (6) $1,000(6)
Class A-R $100.00 6.75% $100 N/A
Class B-1a $21,402,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-1b $8,630,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-1c $4,833,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-1d $3,452,000.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-1e $2,071,000.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-1f $2,762,472.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-2a $5,676,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-2b $2,911,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-2c $1,600,000.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-2d $1,310,000.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-2e $728,000.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-2f $873,346.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
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(1) The Class A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates will bear interest during the
initial Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Initial Pass-Through
Rate set forth below, and will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period thereafter, subject to the applicable Maximum and
Minimum Pass-Through Rates, at the per annum rate determined as
described below:
Initial Pass- Maximum/Minimum Formula for Calculation
Class Through Rate Pass-Through Rate of Pass-Through Rate
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A-6 6.55600% 8.50%/0.90% LIBOR + 90 basis points
A-7 7.49828% 29.31428%/0.00% 29.31428% - ( 3.857143 x LIBOR)
(2) The Class PO-1 and Class PO-2 Certificates will be Principal Only
Certificates and will not bear interest.
(3) The Class X-1 and Class X-2 Certificates will be Notional Amount
Certificates, will have no principal balance and will bear interest on
their respective Notional Amounts (initially $682,286,866 and
$289,028,076, respectively).
(4) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-1 Certificates for any
Distribution Date will be equal to the excess of (a) the weighted
average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Non-Discount
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 over (b) 6.75% per annum. The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-1 Certificates for the first
Distribution Date is 0.876% per annum.
(5) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-2 Certificates for any
Distribution Date will be equal to the excess of (a) the weighted
average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Non-Discount
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 over (b) 6.75% per annum. The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-2 Certificates for the first
Distribution Date is 0.660% per annum.
(6) The minimum denomination is based on the Notional Amount.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates
to the categories used herein:
Accretion Directed
Certificates ............................... Class A-11 Certificates.
Accrual Certificates............................. Class A-12 Certificates.
Book-Entry Certificates.......................... All Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
Certificate Group 1
Certificates ............................... Certificate Group 1 Senior Certificates and Certificate
Group 1 Subordinated Certificates.
Certificate Group 1 Senior
Certificates ............................... Class A-1, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-4, Class A-5,
Class A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8, Class X-1, Class PO-1
and Class A-R Certificates.
Certificate Group 1
Subordinated Certificates................... Class B-1a, Class B-1b, Class B-1c, Class B-1d, Class
B-1e and Class B-1f Certificates.
Certificate Group 2
Certificates................................ Certificate Group 2 Senior Certificates and Certificate
Group 2 Subordinated Certificates.
Certificate Group 2 Senior
Certificates................................ Class A-9, Class A-10, Class A-11, Class A-12, Class
A-13, Class X-2 and Class PO-2 Certificates.
Certificate Group 2
Subordinated Certificates.................. Class B-2a, Class B-2b, Class B-2c, Class B-2d, Class
B-2e and Class B-2f Certificates.
COFI Certificates................................ None.
Component Certificates........................... None.
Components....................................... For purposes of calculating distributions of principal,
the Component Certificates, if any, will be comprised of
multiple payment components having the designations,
Initial Component Balances and Pass-Through Rates set
forth below:
Initial
Component
Designation Balance Pass-Through Rate
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N/A N/A N/A
Delay Certificates............................... All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than
the Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates................................ Class PO-1, Class PO-2, Class X-1, Class X-2
Certificates, Residual Certificates and Subordinated
Certificates.
Floating Rate Certificates....................... Class A-6 Certificates.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates................................ Class A-7 Certificates.
LIBOR Certificates............................... Class A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates........................... None.
Notional Amount Certificates..................... Class X-1 and Class X-2 Certificates.
Offered Certificates............................. All Classes of Certificates other than the Private
Certificates.
Physical Certificates............................ Class A-R Certificates and Private Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes........................ None.
Primary Planned Principal
Classes..................................... None.
Principal Only Certificates...................... Class PO-1 and Class PO-2 Certificates.
Private Certificates............................. Class B-1d, Class B-1e, Class B-1f, Class B-2d, Class
B-2e and Class B-2f Certificates.
Rating Agencies.................................. S&P and Duff & Xxxxxx.
Regular Certificates............................. All Classes of Certificates other than the Class A-R
Certificates.
Residual Certificates Class A-R Certificates.
Scheduled Principal Classes...................... None.
Secondary Planned
Principal Classes........................... None.
Senior Certificates.............................. Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5,
Class A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8, Class A-9, Class A-10,
Class A-11, Class A-12, Class A-13, Class PO-1, Class
PO-2, Class X-1, Class X-2 and Class A-R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates........................ Class B-1a, Class B-1b, Class B-1c, Class B-1d, Class
B-1e, Class B-1f, Class B-2a, Class B-2b, Class B-2c,
Class B-2d, Class B-2e and Class B-2f Certificates.
Targeted Principal Classes....................... None.
With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which
the corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions herein
relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any
calculations herein incorporating references to such designations shall be
interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms
and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not designated
above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
Accretion Directed Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Accrual Amount: With respect to any Class of Accrual
Certificates and any Distribution Date prior to the Accrual Termination Date,
the amount allocable to interest on each such Class of Accrual Certificates
with respect to such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(ii).
Accrual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual Termination Date: The Distribution Date following the
earlier of (i) the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date and (ii) the
Distribution Date on which the Class Certificate Balance of the Class A-11 has
been reduced to zero.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at any
time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of the Master
Servicing Fee Rate and the related Servicing Fee Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at
any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the related
Expense Rate. For purposes of determining whether any Substitute Mortgage Loan
is a Discount Mortgage Loan or a Non-Discount Mortgage Loan and for purposes of
calculating the applicable PO Percentage and applicable Non-PO Percentage and
the Master Servicing Fee, each Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have
an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate equal to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan for which it is substituted.
Advance: As to a Loan Group, the payment required to be made
by the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01, the amount of any such payment being equal to the aggregate of
payments of principal and interest (net of the Master Servicing Fee and the
applicable Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the case of any REO
Property) on the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group that were due on the related
Due Date and not received as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments
that the Master Servicer has determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance if advanced.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments or supplements hereto.
Allocable Share: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage
Loan in a Loan Group (i) with respect to the Notional Amount Certificates in
the related Certificate Group, (a) the ratio that (x) the excess, if any, of
the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan over the
Required Coupon bears to (y) such Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate or (b) if the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan does not exceed
the Required Coupon, zero, (ii) with respect to the Principal Only Certificates
in the related Certificate Group, zero and (iii) with respect to each other
Class of Certificates in the related Certificate Group, the product of (a) the
lesser of (I) the ratio that the Required Coupon bears to such Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate and (II) one, multiplied by (b) the ratio that the amount
calculated with respect to such Distribution Date for such Class pursuant to
clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
(without giving effect to any reduction of such amount pursuant to Section
4.02(d)) bears to the amount calculated with respect to such Distribution Date
for each Class of Certificates pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount (without giving effect to any
reduction of such amount pursuant to Section 4.02(d)).
Amount Available for Senior Principal: As to any Distribution
Date and Certificate Group, Available Funds for such Distribution Date and
Certificate Group reduced by the aggregate amount distributable (or allocable
to the Accrual Amount, if applicable) on such Distribution Date in respect of
interest on the Senior Certificates in such Certificate Group pursuant to
Section 4.02(a).
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution
Date and the Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group, the aggregate amount held in the
Certificate Account at the close of business on the related Determination Date
on account of (i) related Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds
received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all related Scheduled
Payments due after the related Due Date.
Applicable Credit Support Percentage: As defined in Section
4.02(e).
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to
a Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) the
value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of
the origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged
Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with
respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property
based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of such
Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Available Funds: With respect to a Certificate Group, as to
any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group, the sum
of (a) the aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of
business on the related Determination Date in respect of such Mortgage Loans
net of the related Amount Held for Future Distribution and net of amounts
permitted to be withdrawn from the Certificate Account pursuant to clauses (i)
- (viii), inclusive, of Section 3.11(a) in respect of such Mortgage Loans and
amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Distribution Account pursuant to
clauses (i) - (iii), inclusive, of Section 3.11(b) in respect of such Mortgage
Loans, (b) the amount of the related Advance, (c) in connection with Defective
Mortgage Loans, as applicable, the aggregate of the Purchase Prices and
Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited on the related Distribution Account
Deposit Date and (d) any amount deposited on the related Distribution Account
Deposit Date pursuant to Section 3.12.
Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, as amended.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date: As to each Certificate
Group, the point in time at which the applicable Bankruptcy Loss Coverage
Amount for such Certificate Group is reduced to zero.
Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a
Bankruptcy Loss shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the
Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master Servicer is
diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the related
Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in default with
regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and
interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow payments in
respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis by the
Master Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt Service
Reduction or Deficient Valuation.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any Determination Date
and Certificate Group, the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the
related Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate
amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated to the Certificates in such Certificate
Group since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any permissible reductions in the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as evidenced by a letter of each Rating Agency
to the Trustee to the effect that any such reduction will not result in a
downgrading of the then current ratings assigned to the Classes of Certificates
rated by it.
Blanket Mortgage: The mortgage or mortgages encumbering the
Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday,
or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York,
or the State of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the
Trustee in substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or
Accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.08(e) with a depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for
the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated
"IndyMac, Inc. in trust for the registered holders of CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates Series 1998-H".
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate at any
date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is
then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the Denomination thereof
(A) minus the sum of (i) all distributions of principal previously made with
respect thereto and (ii) all Realized Losses allocated thereto and, in the case
of any Subordinated Certificates, all other reductions in Certificate Balance
previously allocated thereto pursuant to Section 4.05 and (B) in the case of
any Class of Accrual Certificates, increased by the Accrual Amount added to the
Class Certificate Balance of such Class prior to such date.
Certificate Group: Either the Certificate Group 1
Certificates or the Certificate Group 2 Certificates.
Certificate Group 1 Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Group 1 Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Group 1 Subordinated Certificates: As specified
in the Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Group 2 Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Group 2 Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Group 2 Subordinated Certificates: As specified
in the Preliminary Statement.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for
the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate
registered in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall
be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby
shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of
Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained;
provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100%
of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular
Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is
entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any
affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered in
the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A-8 Principal Distribution Amount: As to any
Distribution Date, the amount equal to the sum of (i) the product of (A)
Scheduled Principal Distribution Amounts for Loan Group 1 (B) the Shift
Percentage and (C) the Class A-8 Percentage, each as of such Distribution Date
and (ii) the product of (A) Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amounts for Loan
Group 1, (B) the Prepayment Shift Percentage and (C) the Class A-8 Percentage,
each as of such Distribution Date.
Class A-13 Principal Distribution Amount: As to any
Distribution Date, the amount equal to the sum of (i) the product of (A)
Scheduled Principal Distribution Amounts for Loan Group 2 (B) the Shift
Percentage and (C) the Class A-13 Percentage, each as of such Distribution Date
and (ii) the product of (A) Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amounts for Loan
Group 2, (B) the Prepayment Shift Percentage and (C) the Class A-13 Percentage,
each as of such Distribution Date.
Class A-8 Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the lesser
of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the sum of (i) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates on such Distribution Date and
(ii) an amount equal to $82,000,000, and the denominator of which is equal to
the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of all of the Certificates of
Certificate Group 1 (other than the related Principal Only Certificates) on
such Distribution Date and 100 %.
Class A-13 Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the sum of (i) the
Class Certificate Balance of the Class A-13 Certificates on such Distribution
Date and (ii) an amount equal to $17,400,000, and the denominator of which is
equal to the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of all of the Certificates of
Certificate Group 2 (other than the related Principal Only Certificates) on
such Distribution Date and (y) 100%.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as
to any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date and
Class or any Transfer Balance, the amount by which the amount described in
clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class or Transfer Balance, as applicable, exceeds the amount of interest
actually distributed on such Class or Transfer Balance, as applicable, on such
Distribution Date pursuant to such clause (i).
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date and interest-bearing Class or any Transfer Balance, the
sum of (i) one month's interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class or Transfer Balance,
as applicable, on the related Class Certificate Balance, Transfer Balance or
Notional Amount, as applicable, subject to reduction pursuant to Section
4.02(d), and (ii) any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts for such Class or Transfer
Balance, as applicable.
Class PO Deferred Amount: As to any Distribution Date and any
Certificate Group, the aggregate of the applicable PO Percentage of each
Realized Loss, other than any Excess Loss, to be allocated to the Principal
Only Certificates of such Certificate Group on such Distribution Date on or
prior to the related Senior Credit Support Depletion Date or previously
allocated to such Principal Only Certificates and not yet paid to the Holders
of such Principal Only Certificates.
Class Subordination Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Class of Subordinated Certificates in a Certificate
Group, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the
sum of (i) the Class Certificate Balance of such Class of Subordinated
Certificates and (ii) any related Transfer Balance, immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate
of the Class Certificate Balances of all Classes of Certificates in such
Certificate Group and (ii) the related Transfer Balance in the same Certificate
Group immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date
and Class of interest-bearing Certificates or any Transfer Balance, the amount
by which the aggregate Class Interest Shortfalls for such Class or Transfer
Balance, as applicable, on prior Distribution Dates exceeds the amount
distributed on such Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to clause (ii)
of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount.
Closing Date: June 30, 1998.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any
successor or amendatory provisions.
COFI: The Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for
the Eleventh District Savings Institutions published by the Federal Home Loan
Bank of San Francisco.
COFI Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Collection Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts
established and maintained by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section
3.08(c).
Component: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Balance: With respect to any Component and any
Distribution Date, the Initial Component Balance thereof on the Closing Date,
less all amounts applied in reduction of the principal balance of such
Component and Realized Losses allocated thereto on previous Distribution Dates.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or
an acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative
Shares and a Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements
owned by the Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual
dwelling units to the holders of the Cooperative Shares of the Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling located in a
Cooperative Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee
in the State of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at
the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Attn: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWMBS,
Inc. Series 1998-H), facsimile no. (000) 000-0000 and which is the address to
which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding Classes of Certificates: Not applicable.
Cross-Collateralization Date: With respect to a Certificate
Group, the Distribution Date on which a Transfer Balance is created in favor of
such Certificate Group.
Current Transfer Payment: As to any Distribution Date and
Transferor Group, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of the
Special Hazard Loss (other than a Special Hazard Loss which is an Excess Loss)
allocated to the Lowest Class in such Transferor Group and (ii) the amount
otherwise distributable as principal of such Lowest Class on such Distribution
Date.
Cut-off Date: June 1, 1998.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: $981,435,839.__.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the
Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off
Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which became
final and non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient
Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Debt Service Reduction Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that
became the subject of a Debt Service Reduction.
Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which is required
to be repurchased pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an
amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or
any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any
Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which
valuation or reduction results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a
Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry
Certificate pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c).
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "Delinquent" if any regularly
scheduled monthly payment due thereon is not made by the close of business on
the day such monthly payment is due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days Delinquent" if
such monthly payment has not been received by the close of business on the
corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which such
monthly payment was due. The determination of whether a Mortgage Loan is "60
days Delinquent", "90 days Delinquent", etc. shall be made in like manner.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount
set forth on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate" or the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if
neither of the foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face
thereof.
Depositor: CWMBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successor in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository
Trust Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of
the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State of New York.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date, the 18th day
of each month or if such 18th day is not a Business Day the next succeeding
Business Day; provided, however, that if such next succeeding Business Day is
less than two Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date, then the
Determination Date shall be the next Business Day preceding the 18th day of
such month.
Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate that is less than the Required Coupon.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(f) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of
New York in trust for registered holders of CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1998-H". Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution
Date, 12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after
the initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in July 1998.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first
day of the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
Duff & Xxxxxx: Xxxx & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Company, or any
successor thereto. If Duff & Xxxxxx is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices
to Duff & Xxxxxx shall be Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Company, 00 X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring, or such
other address as Duff & Xxxxxx may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of
a depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company, but only if
Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency) have the highest short-term ratings of each
Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii) an
account or accounts in a depository institution or trust company in which such
accounts are insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the limits established by the
FDIC or the SAIF) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise
secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with
respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first priority security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust company in which
such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained
with the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository
institution or trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any
other account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear
interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition,
accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established
and maintained pursuant to Section 3.09(a).
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Loss: With respect to any Certificate Group, the
amount of any (i) Fraud Loss on a Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
realized after the Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date for such Certificate
Group, (ii) Special Hazard Loss on a Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
realized after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii) Bankruptcy
Loss on a Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group realized after the Bankruptcy
Coverage Termination Date for such Certificate Group.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan, the amount, if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds of such
Mortgage Loan received in the calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan became
a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts previously reimbursed to the
Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid principal balance of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in which such
Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued interest at
the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or
advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date
applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the calendar month
during which such liquidation occurred.
Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the
related Servicing Fee, the related Master Servicing Fee, and Trustee Fee.
Expense Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the
related Servicing Fee Rate, the related Master Servicing Fee Rate and Trustee
Fee Rate. FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a
corporate instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title
III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor
thereto.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989.
Fitch: Fitch IBCA, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch
is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch IBCA, Inc.,
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential
Mortgage Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally
chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud
Loss has occurred.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing Date,
$13,807,955 with respect to Loan Group 1 and $2,910,381 with respect to Loan
Group 2, subject in each case to reduction from time to time by the amount of
Fraud Losses allocated to the Certificates in the corresponding Certificate
Group. On each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount
for each Loan Group will be reduced as follows: (a) on the first anniversary of
the Cut-off Date, to an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 2% of the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group and (ii) the excess of the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount for the
Certificates in the corresponding Certificate Group as of the Cut-off Date over
the cumulative amount of Fraud Losses on the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group allocated to the Certificates in the corresponding Certificate Group
since the Cut-off Date; (b) on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of
the Cut-off Date, to an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group and (ii) the excess of the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount for the
Certificates in the corresponding Certificate Group as of the preceding
anniversary of the Cut-off Date (or, in the case of the first such anniversary,
as of the Cut-off Date) over the cumulative amount of Fraud Losses on the
Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group allocated to the Certificates in the
corresponding Certificate Group since such preceding anniversary or the Cut-off
Date, as the case may be, and (c) on the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date,
to zero.
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: As to each Certificate
Group, the point in time at which the applicable Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is
reduced to zero.
Fraud Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which a
loss is sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, including a
loss by reason of the denial of coverage under any related Primary Insurance
Policy because of such fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.
Index: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the
COFI Certificates, the then applicable index used by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.07 to determine the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Interest
Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a
custodial relationship with a Depository Participant.
Initial Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: With respect to
Certificate Group 1, $169,925, and with respect to Certificate Group 2,
$100,000.
Initial Component Balance: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Initial LIBOR Rate: Not applicable.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included
in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any
Insurance Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to
any Insurance Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such
Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or
any other insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month
of such Distribution Date. With respect to each Class of Non-Delay Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the one-month period commencing on the 25th day of
the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending
on the 24th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to (a) any Interest
Accrual Period for any LIBOR Certificates and (b) any Interest Accrual Period
for the COFI Certificates for which the applicable Index is LIBOR, the second
Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual Period.
Last Scheduled Distribution Date: With respect to each Class
of Certificates in each Certificate Group, the Distribution Date in the month
immediately following the month of the latest scheduled maturity date for any
of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date
following the third anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage
Loan having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month United
States dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section 4.08.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution
Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was
liquidated in the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Master Servicer has certified (in accordance with this
Agreement) that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in connection
with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final disposition of
an REO Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds,
received in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise
or amounts received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a
Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Servicing
Advances and Advances.
Loan Group: Either of Loan Group 1 or Loan Group 2, as
applicable.
Loan Group 1: All Mortgage Loans identified as Loan Group 1
Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
Loan Group 2: All Mortgage Loans identified as Loan Group 2
Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as
to any date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at
such date of determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property.
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which
was permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Lowest Class: The Class of Subordinated Certificates,
regardless of Certificate Group, then outstanding which has the lowest rating
assigned by Duff & Xxxxxx as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, the
Subordinated Certificates in each of the Certificate Groups had the following
ratings:
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Certificate Certificate
Group 1 Group 2
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B-1a= AA B-2a= AA
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B-1b= A B-2b= A
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B-1c= BBB B-2c= BBB
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B-1d= BB B-2d= BB
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B-1e= B B-2e= B
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B-1f=Not Rated (lowest rating) B-2f=Not Rated (lowest
rating)
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Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent
paid by the Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the
Proprietary Lease.
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular
Certificates, the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the
aggregate, at least 51% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all
Certificates of such Class.
Master Servicer: IndyMac, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date,
12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at the related
Master Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
or, in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in Full, interest at the Master Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment
of interest, subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.17.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, 0.125% per annum.
Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which the Master
Servicer has modified pursuant to Section 3.14(c).
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.06.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor
thereto. If Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's
shall be Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address as
Moody's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real
property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered
to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time
are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the mortgage
loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding
foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from
time to time amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of
Substitute Mortgage Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the
Trust Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Schedule I, setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan by Loan Group:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name and the street address of
the Mortgaged Property, including the zip code;
(iii) the maturity date;
(iv) the original principal balance;
(v) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vi) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(vii) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the
Cut-off Date;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling
at the time of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is
either (a) a detached single family dwelling, (b) a dwelling in a PUD,
(c) a condominium unit, (d) a two- to four-unit residential property,
or (e) a Cooperative Unit;
(xi) the Mortgage Rate;
(xii) the Servicing Fee Rate and the Master Servicing
Fee Rate;
(xiii) the purpose for the Mortgage Loan; and
(xiv) the type of documentation program pursuant to which
the Mortgage Loan was originated;
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described under (v)
above for all of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence
of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a
Mortgage Note from time to time.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related
Cooperative Shares and Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution
Date and Loan Group, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for such Loan Group during the related Prepayment Period exceeds an
amount equal to the Master Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date before
reduction of the Master Servicing Fee in respect of such Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate that is greater than or equal to the Required
Coupon.
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date
and Certificate Group, the sum of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of (a) the
principal portion of each Scheduled Payment (without giving effect, prior to
the applicable Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, to any reductions thereof
caused by any Debt Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group on the related Due Date, (b) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was
repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as
of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection
with any Deleted Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group received with respect to such
Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds allocable
to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group that are
not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in
a Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the amount of Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to principal received during the calendar month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and (f)
all Principal Prepayments for such Loan Group received during the related
Prepayment Period.
Non-PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan in a Loan
Group, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage Loan and the denominator
of which is the Required Coupon. As to any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 100%.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance or Servicer
Advance previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer or the
related Servicer, as the case may be, that, in the good faith judgment of the
Master Servicer or such Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the
Master Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided
pursuant to Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the
Certificates shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Notional Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class X-1 Certificates, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of
the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 as of the Due Date in the month
of such Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to any Scheduled Payments due
on such Mortgage Loans on such Due Date). With respect to any Distribution Date
and the Class X-2 Certificates, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances
of the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 as of the Due Date in the
month of such Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to any Scheduled
Payments due on such Mortgage Loans on such Due Date).
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a
Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice
President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii) if
provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may
be, and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee, as the case may be, as
required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including in-house counsel,
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to
the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must
(i) in fact be independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not
have any direct financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or
in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with the Depositor or
the Master Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the trust created
hereunder in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 9.01(a).
Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect
to each of the following Classes of Subordinated Certificates, the
corresponding percentage described below, as of the Closing Date:
Certificate Group 1 Certificate Group 2
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Class Percentage Class Percentage
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Class B-1a 6.25% Class B-2a 4.50%
Class B-1b 3.15% Class B-2b 2.55%
Class B-1c 1.90% Class B-2c 1.55%
Class B-1d 1.20% Class B-2d 1.00%
Class B-1e 0.70% Class B-2e 0.55%
Class B-1f 0.40% Class B-2f 0.30%
Original Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loan refinanced in
connection with the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Original Subordinated Principal Balance: As to the
Certificate Group 1 Subordinated Certificates, $43,150,472.__ and as to the
Certificate Group 2 Subordinated Certificates $13,098,346.__.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside Reference Date: As to any Interest Accrual Period for
the COFI Certificates, the close of business on the tenth day thereof.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date
of determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage
Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did
not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any
ownership interest in such Certificate including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether
direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest-bearing Class of
Certificates, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner
described in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage
interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related
Class, such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to
the percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the
following obligations and securities:
(iii) obligations of the United States or any agency
thereof, provided that such obligations are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States;
(iv) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving
the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower
rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(v) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of
each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
(vi) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper
and/or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company (or in the case of the principal
depository institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company,
but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency) are then rated one of the
two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each
Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned
to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(vii) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit
issued by any bank or trust company or savings institution to the
extent that such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;
(viii) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any
bank, insurance company or other corporation acceptable to the Rating
Agencies at the time of the issuance of such agreements, as evidenced
by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(ix) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into
with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
(x) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped
coupons or instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of
the face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount issued
by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or
any state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one of
the two highest ratings of each Rating Agency (except if the Rating
Agency is Moody's such rating shall be the highest commercial paper
rating of Moody's for any such securities), or such lower rating as
will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a
signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(xi) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the
highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency (except (i) if Fitch or
Duff & Xxxxxx is a Rating Agency and has not rated the portfolio, the
highest rating assigned by Moody's and (ii) if S&P is a Rating Agency,
"AAAm-G" by S&P) and restricted to obligations issued or guaranteed by
the United States of America or entities whose obligations are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States of America and
repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations; and
(xii) such other investments bearing interest or sold at
a discount acceptable to each Rating Agency as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
provided that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United
States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government,
International Organization or any agency or instrumentality of either of the
foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives
described in section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in
section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv)
rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of
the Code, (v) a Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United States,
a corporation, partnership, or other entity created or organized in or under
the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an
estate or trust whose income from sources without the United States is
includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form 4224, and (vi) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause the
REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates
are outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or
successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality
of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for these
purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of
directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date and
Certificate Group, the sum of the applicable PO Percentage of (a) the principal
portion of each Scheduled Payment (without giving effect, prior to the
applicable Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, to any reductions thereof
caused by any Debt Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group on the related Due Date, (b) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was
repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as
of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection
with any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group received with respect
to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the
amount of Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to
such Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (f) all partial and
full Principal Prepayments with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related
Loan Group received during the related Prepayment Period.
PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the excess of the
Required Coupon over the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage
Loan and the denominator of which is the Required Coupon. As to any
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 0%.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date,
the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans which were
Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date,
Mortgage Loan and Principal Prepayment, the amount, if any, by which one
month's interest at the related Mortgage Rate (net of the related Master
Servicing Fee) on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount of interest paid
in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Prepayment Shift Percentage: As to any Distribution Date
occurring during the five years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 0%.
Thereafter, the Prepayment Shift Percentage for any Distribution Date occurring
on or after the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution Date will be as
follows: for any Distribution Date in the first year thereafter, 30%; for any
Distribution Date in the second year thereafter, 40%; for any Distribution Date
in the third year thereafter, 60%; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year
thereafter, 80%; and for any Distribution Date thereafter, 100%.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any
Mortgage Loan.
Principal Only Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal on a Mortgage
Loan (including the Purchase Price of any Modified Mortgage Loan purchased
pursuant to Section 3.14(c)) that is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and is not accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master Servicer in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made
by a Mortgagor or made pursuant to Section 3.14(c) of the entire principal
balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a
lease or occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of
related Cooperative Shares.
Pro Rata Share: As to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Subordinated Certificates and related Transfer Balance, the portion of the
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount for the related Certificate Group
allocable to such Class and related Transfer Balance, equal to the product of
such Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the related Class
Certificate Balance of such Class and (ii) the outstanding balance of the
Transfer Balance related to such Class of Subordinated Certificates and the
denominator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate of the Class Certificate
Balances of the Subordinated Certificates of such Certificate Group and (ii)
the outstanding balance of the Transfer Balance relating to a Class of
Subordinated Certificates in such Certificate Group.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated June
26, 1998 relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Modified Mortgage Loan or
any Mortgage Loan required to be purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section
2.02 or 2.03 or purchased at the option of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.14(b), an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase, and (ii) accrued
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or at the applicable Adjusted
Mortgage Rate if (x) the purchaser is the Master Servicer or (y) if the
purchaser is the Seller and the Seller is the Master Servicer) from the date
through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due Date in the
month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to Certificateholders;
provided, however, that if such Mortgage Loan is a Modified Mortgage Loan, the
interest component of the Purchase Price shall be computed (i) on the basis of
the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate before giving effect to the related
modification and (ii) from the date to which interest was last paid to the date
on which such Modified Mortgage Loan is assigned to the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.14(c).
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of
business and each state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection
with the insurance policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed
in such states to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such
states and to write the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by
it, approved as a FNMA- or FHLMC-approved mortgage insurer or having a claims
paying ability rating of at least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization. Any replacement insurer with
respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a claims paying ability
rating as the insurer it replaces had on the Closing Date.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If either such organization or a successor is no longer
in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee.
References herein to a given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
an amount (not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated
Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such
liquidation, plus (ii) interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate from the Due
Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to
Certificateholders up to the Due Date in the month in which Liquidation
Proceeds are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the Liquidation
Proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such liquidation occurred,
to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, if the
principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has been reduced, the
difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding
immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Debt Service Reduction and any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the principal portion of the
related Scheduled Payment has been reduced.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan,
an agreement between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights of such originator in the
Cooperative Property.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close
of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which
such applicable Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.08.
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in
connection with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
Relief Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of
interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a
result of the application of the Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which (i)
interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar
month is less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month pursuant to the
Mortgage Note.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final
regulation, revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or
interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the
Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related
provisions, and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the
Master Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M and N,
as appropriate.
Required Coupon: 6.75% per annum.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
any insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under
this Agreement.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee,
any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Restricted Classes: As defined in Section 4.02(e).
SAIF: The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any
successor thereto.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.. If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to S&P
shall be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as S&P may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Scheduled Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a
Mortgage Loan due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on
such Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect
to any related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects
the amount of the monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Scheduled Principal Distribution Amounts: As to any
Distribution Date and Loan Group, an amount equal to the sum of all amounts
described in clauses (i)(a)-(i)(d) of the definition of Senior Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to the related Loan Group.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan, the
agreement between the owner of the related Cooperative Shares and the
originator of the related Mortgage Note, which defines the terms of the
security interest in such Cooperative Shares and the related Proprietary Lease.
Seller: IndyMac, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor.
Seller/Servicer Guide: The Seller/Servicer Guide for IndyMac,
Inc.'s mortgage loan purchase and conduit servicing program and all amendments
and supplements thereto.
Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date: As to either
Certificate Group, the date on which the Class Certificate Balance of each
Class of Subordinated Certificates in such Certificate Group has been reduced
to zero.
Senior Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and
Certificate Group prior to a Cross-Collateralization Date, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Class
Certificate Balances of the Classes of Senior Certificates (other than the
related Principal Only Certificates) of such Certificate Group as of such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances
of all Classes of Certificates (other than the related Principal Only
Certificates) in such Certificate Group as of such date. As to any Distribution
Date and Certificate Group for which a Cross-Collateralization Date has
occurred, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the
sum of (a) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of the Classes of
Senior Certificates of such Certificate Group (other than the related Principal
Only Certificates) and (b) any related Transfer Balance, in each case, as of
such date and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate of the
Class Certificate Balances of the Classes of such Certificate Group (other than
the related Principal Only Certificates) and (ii) any related Transfer Balance,
in each case as of such date.
Senior Prepayment Percentage: As to any Certificate Group and
for any Distribution Date occurring during the five years beginning on the
first Distribution Date, 100%. The Senior Prepayment Percentage for any
Distribution Date and Certificate Group occurring on or after the fifth
anniversary of the first Distribution Date will, except as provided herein, be
as follows: for any Distribution Date in the first year thereafter, the related
Senior Percentage plus 70% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the second year thereafter, the
related Senior Percentage plus 60% of the related Subordinated Percentage for
such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the third year thereafter,
the related Senior Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinated Percentage
for such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year
thereafter, the related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the related Subordinated
Percentage for such Distribution Date; and for any Distribution Date
thereafter, the related Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date (unless on
any of the foregoing Distribution Dates the related Senior Percentage exceeds
the initial Senior Percentage, in which case the Senior Prepayment Percentage
for such Distribution Date will once again equal 100%). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no decrease in the Senior Prepayment Percentage will occur if, as of
the first Distribution Date as to which any such decrease applies, (i) the
outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group
delinquent 60 days or more (averaged over the preceding six month period), as a
percentage of the aggregate principal balance of the Subordinate Certificates
of the related Certificate Group (averaged over the preceding six month
period), is equal to or greater than 50% or (ii) cumulative Realized Losses
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group exceed (a) with
respect to the Distribution Date on the fifth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 30% of the related Original Subordinated Principal Balance,
(b) with respect to the Distribution Date on the sixth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 35% of the related Original Subordinated Principal Balance,
(c) with respect to the Distribution Date on the seventh anniversary of the
first Distribution Date, 40% of the related Original Subordinated Principal
Balance, (d) with respect to the Distribution Date on the eighth anniversary of
the first Distribution Date, 45% of the related Original Subordinated Principal
Balance and (e) with respect to the Distribution Date on the ninth anniversary
of the first Distribution Date, 50% of the related Original Subordinated
Principal Balance.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution
Date and Certificate Group, the sum of (i) the related Senior Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clauses (a) through
(d) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such Certificate
Group for such Distribution Date, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in
the related Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the lesser of (x)
the related Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and (y) either (A) the related Senior
Prepayment Percentage or (B), if an Excess Loss was sustained with respect to
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan during such preceding calendar month, the related
Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amount of the
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan and (iii) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amounts described in clause (f) of the
definition "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such Certificate Group for
such Distribution Date.
Servicer: Any person with which the Master Servicer has
entered into a Servicing Agreement for the servicing of all or a portion of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.02.
Servicer Advance: The meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.08(d).
Servicing Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts
created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.08(b).
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary
"out of pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master
Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost
of (i) (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (b) expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.14 and any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c)
the management and liquidation of any REO Property and (d) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.12; and (ii) reasonable compensation to the Master
Servicer or its affiliates for acting as broker in connection with the sale of
foreclosed Mortgaged Properties and for performing certain default management
and other similar services (including, but not limited to, appraisal services)
in connection with the servicing of defaulted Mortgage Loans; provided,
however, that for purposes of this clause (ii), only costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of activities generally considered
to be outside the scope of customary servicing or master servicing duties shall
be treated as Servicing Advances.
Servicing Agreement: The Seller/Servicer Contract as
contemplated by the Seller/Servicer Guide between the Master Servicer and any
Servicer relating to servicing and/or administration of certain Mortgage Loans
as provided in Section 3.02.
Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at the applicable Servicing Fee
Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
per annum rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing
officers furnished to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date
pursuant to this Agreement, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Standard: That degree of skill and care exercised
by the Master Servicer with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the
Mortgage Loans serviced by the Master Servicer for itself or others.
Shift Percentage: As of any Distribution Date occurring
during the five years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 0% and for each
Distribution Date occurring on or after the fifth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 100%.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: As to both
Certificate Groups, the point in time at which the Special Hazard Loss Coverage
Amount is reduced to zero.
Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a
Mortgaged Property on account of direct physical loss, but not including (i)
any loss of a type covered by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance
policy required to be maintained with respect to such Mortgaged Property
pursuant to Section 3.10 to the extent of the amount of such loss covered
thereby, or (ii) any loss caused by or resulting from:
(a) normal wear and tear;
(b) fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees
(without regard to any portion of the loss not covered by any errors
and omissions policy);
(c) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty materials,
unless the collapse of the property or a part thereof ensues and then
only for the ensuing loss;
(d) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or
uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate
or remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special
Hazard Loss";
(e) hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending against an
actual, impending or expected attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de
facto, or by any authority maintaining or using military, naval
or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power, authority or
forces;
(f) any weapon of war employing nuclear fission, fusion or other
radioactive force, whether in time of peace or war; or
(g) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped power or
action taken by governmental authority in hindering, combating or
defending against such an occurrence, seizure or destruction under
quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by order of any government
or public authority, or risks of contraband or illegal transportation or
trade.
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount: With respect to the
first Distribution Date, $9,814,358. With respect to any Distribution Date
after the first Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the greatest of (i) 1% of
the aggregate of the principal balances of the Mortgage Loans in both Loan
Groups, (ii) twice the principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan in either
Loan Group and (iii) the aggregate of the principal balances of all Mortgage
Loans in both Loan Groups secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the single
California postal zip code area having the highest aggregate principal balance
of any such zip code area and (b) the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount as of
the Closing Date less the amount, if any, of Special Hazard Losses allocated to
the Certificates since the Closing Date. All principal balances for the purpose
of this definition will be calculated as of the first day of the calendar month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date after giving effect to Scheduled
Payments on the Mortgage Loans then due, whether or not paid.
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as
to which a Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due
Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date as
specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any
adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial Principal
Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other than with
respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of principal due on
such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related
Mortgagor.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subordinated Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and
Certificate Group, 100% minus the related Senior Percentage for such
Distribution Date.
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage: As to any Distribution
Date and Certificate Group, 100% minus the related Senior Prepayment Percentage
for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date and Certificate Group, an amount equal to (A) the sum of
(i) the related Subordinated Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of
all amounts described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of "Non-PO
Formula Principal Amount" for such Certificate Group for such Distribution
Date, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month
of such Distribution Date, the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amount of
the Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan after application of such amounts to the related Senior
Certificates pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of Senior Principal
Distribution Amount, up to the related Subordinated Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan and (iii) the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the applicable
Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clause (f) of the definition of
"Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such Certificate Group for such
Distribution Date reduced by (B) the amount of any payments in respect of Class
PO Deferred Amounts for such Certificate Group on the related Distribution
Date.
Subservicer: Any Person to which the Master Servicer has
contracted for the servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to Section 3.02.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the
Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form
of Exhibit M, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution,
not in excess of, and not more than 10% less than, the Stated Principal Balance
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) be accruing interest (net of the related
Servicing Fee) at a rate no lower than and not more than 1% per annum higher
than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no
higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a remaining term to
maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than that of) the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted
Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and (vi) comply with each representation
and warranty set forth in Section 2.03.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such
term pursuant to Section 2.03.
Targeted Balance: Not applicable.
Targeted Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax matters
person" in the manner provided under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d)
and temporary Treasury regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1T. Initially, the Tax
Matters Person shall be the Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate
with a Denomination of $0.05.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Balance: As to any Distribution Date and Transferor
Group, (i) the excess, if any, of the Special Hazard Loss (other than a Special
Hazard Loss which is an Excess Loss) allocated to the Lowest Class in such
Certificate Group, over the Current Transfer Payment in respect of such Special
Hazard Loss, minus (ii) the payments, if any, made in respect of such excess on
prior Distribution Dates, minus any other reductions in such excess as provided
herein.
Transferee Group: As to any Distribution Date, the
Certificate Group which is related to the Loan Group which incurred a Special
Hazard Loss (other than a Special hazard Loss which is an Excess Loss) all or a
portion of which is to be allocated to the Subordinated Certificates in the
other Certificate Group on such Distribution Date as provided in Section 4.03.
Transferor Group: As to any Distribution Date, the
Certificate Group which includes the Lowest Class to which a Special Hazard
Loss (other than a Special hazard Loss which is an Excess Loss) is allocated;
provided, however, that the Certificate Group which includes the Lowest Class
and is related to the Loan Group which incurred the Special Hazard Loss, is not
a Transferor Group.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder
consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on
or with respect thereto after the Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which
were due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date; (ii) the
Certificate Account and the Distribution Account and all amounts deposited
therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property
that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu
of foreclosure or otherwise; and (iv) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary
or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a
successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Stated Principal
Balance with respect to such Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per
annum rate agreed upon in writing on or prior to the Closing Date by the
Trustee and the Depositor.
Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amounts: As to any
Distribution Date and Loan Group, the sum of (i) with respect to each Mortgage
Loan in the related Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan and (ii) all partial and full principal prepayments by borrowers
received during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights (or 100%
of the Voting Rights if there is no Class of Notional Amount Certificates)
shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in
proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such
date.
Withdrawal Date: The 18th day of each month, or if such day
is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to
the Depositor, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal
received or receivable by the Seller on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans
after the Cut-off Date and all interest and principal payments on the Mortgage
Loans received prior to the Cut-off Date in respect of installments of interest
and principal due thereafter, but not including payments of principal and
interest due and payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Depositor or,
at the Depositor's direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the
Depositor, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. Such delivery of the Mortgage Files shall be made against payment by
the Depositor of the purchase price, previously agreed to by the Seller and
Depositor, for the Mortgage Loans. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that does
not have a first payment date on or before the Due Date in the month of the
first Distribution Date, the Seller shall deposit into the Distribution Account
on the first Distribution Account Deposit Date an amount equal to one month's
interest at the related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Cut-off Date
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan. If the Seller shall fail to deposit
such amount by the first Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Trustee shall
deposit such amount.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise
conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the
Trust Fund, together with the Depositor's right to require the Seller to cure
any breach of a representation or warranty made herein by the Seller or to
repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance herewith.
(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth
in clause (b) above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents
or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) (A) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by manual or
facsimile signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to
the order of without recourse", with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (each
such endorsement being sufficient to transfer all right,
title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder
or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note); or (B)
with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit
from the Seller stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of such Mortgage
Note;
(ii) except as provided below, the original recorded
Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by the Seller
(or, in the case of a Mortgage for which the related
Mortgaged Property is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, a copy of such Mortgage certified by the applicable
notary) as being a true and complete copy of the Mortgage;
(iii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which
may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments),
together with, except as provided below, all interim recorded
assignments of such mortgage (each such assignment, when duly
and validly completed, to be in recordable form and
sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the
assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment
relates); provided that, if the related Mortgage has not been
returned from the applicable public recording office, such
assignment of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be
provided by the recording office; provided, further that such
assignment of Mortgage need not be delivered in the case of a
Mortgage for which the related Mortgage Property is located
in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(iv) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any;
(v) except as provided below, the original or duplicate
original lender's title policy and all riders thereto; and
(vi) in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of
the following documents or instruments:
(a) The Cooperative Shares, together with a
stock power in blank;
(b) The executed Security Agreement;
(c) The executed Proprietary Lease;
(d) The executed Recognition Agreement;
(e) The executed assignment of Recognition
Agreement;
(f) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have
been filed in all places required to
perfect the Seller's interest in the
Cooperative Shares and the Proprietary
Lease; and
(g) Executed UCC-3 financing statements or
other appropriate UCC financing statements
required by state law, evidencing a
complete and unbroken line from the
mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of
recording thereon (or in a form suitable
for recordation).
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the
Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original recorded Mortgage, (b) all interim
recorded assignments or (c) the lender's title policy (together with all riders
thereto) satisfying the requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (v) above,
respectively, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof because such
document or documents have not been returned from the applicable public
recording office in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, or because the
title policy has not been delivered to either the Master Servicer or the
Depositor by the applicable title insurer in the case of clause (v) above, the
Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii) above, such original Mortgage or such interim assignment, as the case may
be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the
public recording office, or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the
relevant recording office, but in no event shall any such delivery of the
original Mortgage Loan and each such interim assignment or a copy thereof,
certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office, be made later than
one year following the Closing Date, or, in the case of clause (v) above, later
than 120 days following the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the event
the Depositor is unable to deliver by such date each Mortgage and each such
interim assignment by reason of the fact that any such documents have not been
returned by the appropriate recording office, or, in the case of each such
interim assignment, because the related Mortgage has not been returned by the
appropriate recording office, the Depositor shall deliver such documents to the
Trustee as promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within
720 days following the Closing Date. The Depositor shall forward or cause to be
forwarded to the Trustee (a) from time to time additional original documents
evidencing an assumption or modification of a Mortgage Loan and (b) any other
documents required to be delivered by the Depositor or the Master Servicer to
the Trustee. In the event that the original Mortgage is not delivered and in
connection with the payment in full of the related Mortgage Loan the public
recording office requires the presentation of a "lost instruments affidavit and
indemnity" or any equivalent document, because only a copy of the Mortgage can
be delivered with the instrument of satisfaction or reconveyance, the Master
Servicer shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such a
document to the public recording office. In the case where a public recording
office retains the original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage
is lost after recordation in a public recording office, the Seller shall
deliver to the Trustee a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage.
As promptly as practicable subsequent to such transfer and
assignment, and in any event, within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Trustee
shall (i) affix the Trustee's name to each assignment of Mortgage, as the
assignee thereof, (ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for recording
in the appropriate public office for real property records within thirty (30)
days after receipt thereof and (iii) cause to be delivered for recording in the
appropriate public office for real property records the assignments of the
Mortgages to the Trustee, except that, with respect to any assignment of a
Mortgage as to which the Trustee has not received the information required to
prepare such assignment in recordable form, the Trustee's obligation to do so
and to deliver the same for such recording shall be as soon as practicable
after receipt of such information and in any event within thirty (30) days
after the receipt thereof, and the Trustee need not cause to be recorded any
assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan (a) the Mortgaged Property and
Mortgage File relating to which are located in California or (b) in any other
jurisdiction (including Puerto Rico) under the laws of which, as evidenced by
an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Seller (at the Seller's expense) to the
Trustee, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the
Trustee's and the Certificateholders' interest in the related Mortgage Loan.
In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full
as of the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above
documents to the Trustee, will deposit in the Certificate Account the portion
of such payment that is required to be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.08.
(d) The Seller intends to treat the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans to the Depositor as a sale for all tax, accounting and regulatory
purposes.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage
Loans.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents identified
in the Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G and
declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents
delivered to it constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it holds or will hold
such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive
use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee
acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the Mortgage Notes in the
State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing Date
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller an Initial Certification
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G. Based on its review and examination,
and only as to the documents identified in such Initial Certification, the
Trustee acknowledges that such documents appear regular on their face and
relate to such Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation
to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or
other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate
for the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded in the
real estate records or that they are other than what they purport to be on
their face.
Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller a Final
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any
document constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in
the Final Certification; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not make any
determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The Seller shall
promptly correct or cure such defect within 90 days from the date it was so
notified of such defect and, if the Seller does not correct or cure such defect
within such period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the related
Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from
the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date, except
that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this
provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents by the
appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either the Master
Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of the
recorded document, then such substitution or purchase shall occur within 720
days from the Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver written notice to each
Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating each Mortgage
Loan (a) which has not been returned by the appropriate recording office or (b)
as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such Mortgage Loan.
Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until the related
Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any such substitution pursuant to (a)
above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected prior to the
delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05, if
any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be effected prior to
the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially
in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution is permitted to be made in any
calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. The Purchase Price
for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by the Seller in the Certificate
Account on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the
Distribution Date in the month following the month of repurchase and, upon
receipt of such deposit and certification with respect thereto in the form of
Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File to the
Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller's request such instruments
of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the
Trustee's interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each
Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon
the execution or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or
instruments constituting the Mortgage File as come into the possession of the
Master Servicer from time to time.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller
to substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan which does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.01 shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder
against the Seller.
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Seller and the Master Servicer.
(a) IndyMac, in its capacities as Seller and Master Servicer,
hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule II
hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off
Date.
(b) The Seller, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto, and by this
reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the
Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach
of a representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice
thereof to the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days
of the earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party
of a breach of any representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b)
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders
in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such breach in all material respects, and
if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90 day period expires prior
to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a
"Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a
Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Section 2.03; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage
Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner set forth below;
provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not
be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel
required by Section 2.05, if any, and a Request for Release substantially in
the form of Exhibit N, and the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage
Loan; and provided, further, that, anything to the contrary herein
notwithstanding, Seller shall have no obligation to cure any such breach or to
repurchase or substitute for such affected Mortgage Loan if the substance of
such breach constitutes fraud in the origination of such affected Mortgage Loan
and the Seller, at the time of such origination and on the Closing Date, did
not have actual knowledge of such fraud. The Seller shall promptly reimburse
the Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably incurred by the
Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such
breach.
With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
Seller shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and
such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the
Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01.
No substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be part of the
Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the monthly payment due on any Deleted Mortgage
Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all
amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule
for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans
shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller
shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties made
pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such
substitution and the deposit to the Certificate Account of the amount required
to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as described in
the following paragraph, the Trustee shall release the Mortgage File held for
the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to
the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller's direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its
designee, the Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for
pursuant to this Section 2.03.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is
less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage
Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly
payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such shortage (the
"Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to the aggregate of any
unreimbursed Advances and Servicer Advances with respect to such Deleted
Mortgage Loans shall be deposited into the Certificate Account by the Seller on
or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in
the month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan
became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a
Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08 on or before the Distribution
Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the month
during which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace
such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of
the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 and receipt of a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the related
Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person,
and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person's direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It
is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of any Person
to cure, repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against such
Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor
or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this
Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
as to the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee
with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other date set
forth herein that as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the
Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, defenses or
counterclaims.
The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the
Trustee all of its rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans including, without
limitation, the representations and warranties of the Seller made pursuant to
Section 2.03(b), together with all rights of the Depositor to require the
Seller to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or substitute for any
affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the
Mortgage Files to the Trustee.
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection
with Substitutions and Repurchases.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement,
no substitution pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 shall be made more than 90
days after the Closing Date unless the Seller delivers to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of
either the Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect
that such substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on
"prohibited transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup
Date, as defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively
or (ii) cause the REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer, or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a
"qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the
party discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five (5)
Business Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties.
In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require the Seller, at the Seller's
option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c) with
respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90
days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a
breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03. The Trustee
shall reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto
in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a
Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained
in Section 2.03.
Section 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of
the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has
executed and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates
in authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future
Holders of the Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this
Agreement to the best of its ability, to the end that the interests of the
Holders of the Certificates may be adequately and effectively protected.
Section 2.07. REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and
"latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all
interests created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with respect to
the REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax
Matters Person Certificate. The REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
Article III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Standard. In connection with such
servicing and administration, the Master Servicer shall have full power and
authority, acting alone and/or through Servicers as provided in Section 3.02,
to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or
desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but
not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof, (i) to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage
Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this
Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation
Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the
ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. The Master
Servicer shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any
term of any Mortgage Loan which would cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860F(a) or Section
860G(d) of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Master Servicer, in its own name or in the name of any Servicer or the
Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor
and the Trustee, when the Master Servicer or the Servicer, as the case may be,
believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them,
any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall prepare and
deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution
and delivery by either or both of them as are necessary or appropriate to
enable the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the
extent that the Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such
documents pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such documents,
the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them
to the Master Servicer.
In accordance with and to the extent of the Servicing
Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as
necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on
the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first
instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09,
and further as provided in Section 3.11. The costs incurred by the Master
Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on
the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the
purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be
added to the Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans,
notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of
any Mortgage Loan by a Servicer pursuant to a Servicing Agreement; provided,
however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related
subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in
a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder.
Each Servicer of a Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to receive and retain, as
provided in the related Servicing Agreement and in Section 3.17, the related
Servicing Fee from payments of interest received on such Mortgage Loan after
payment of all amounts required to be remitted to the Master Servicer in
respect of such Mortgage Loan. Unless the context otherwise requires,
references in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Master
Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans include actions taken or to be taken
by a Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer. Each Servicing Agreement will
be based upon such terms and conditions as are generally required or permitted
by the Seller/Servicer Guide and are not inconsistent with this Agreement and
as the Master Servicer and the Servicer have agreed. With the approval of the
Master Servicer, a Servicer may delegate its servicing obligations to
third-party servicers, but such Servicer will remain obligated under the
related Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and Servicer may enter into
amendments to the related Servicing Agreement or a different form of Servicing
Agreement; provided, however, that any such amendments or different forms shall
be consistent with and not violate the provisions of either this Agreement or
the Seller/Servicer Guide in a manner which would materially and adversely
affect the interests of the Certificateholders.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall
be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect
to the Mortgage Loans that are received by a Servicer regardless of whether
such payments are remitted by the Servicer to the Master Servicer.
(c) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall use
its best reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of each Servicer under
the related Servicing Agreement, to the extent that the non-performance of any
such obligation would have material and adverse effect on a Mortgage Loan. Such
enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate
remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such
time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require
were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay
the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, and shall be reimbursed
therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement to
the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of
the related Mortgage Loan or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses
or attorneys fees against the party against whom such enforcement is directed.
Section 3.03. Successor Servicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any
Servicing Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions
of such Servicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this
Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of termination of any Servicing
Agreement by the Master Servicer or the Servicer, the Master Servicer shall
either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loan or enter into a Servicing
Agreement with a successor Servicer which will be bound by the terms of the
related Servicing Agreement. If the Master Servicer or any affiliate of the
Master Servicer acts as servicer, it will not assume liability for the
representations and warranties of the Servicer which it replaces. If the Master
Servicer enters into a Servicing Agreement with a successor Servicer, the
Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the successor Servicer
assume liability for the representations and warranties made by the terminated
Servicer in respect of the related Mortgage Loans and, in the event of any such
assumption by the successor Servicer, the Master Servicer may, in the exercise
of its business judgment, release the terminated Servicer from liability for
such representations and warranties.
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Servicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Master Servicer or a Servicer or references to actions taken through a Servicer
or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the
Trustee and Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 without
diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Servicing
Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Servicer
and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master
Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master
Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Servicer or
Seller for indemnification of the Master Servicer and nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Servicers
and the Trustee.
Any Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a
Servicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be
between the Servicer and the Master Servicer alone and the Trustee and
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no
claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Servicer
in its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.07.
Section 3.06. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in
Respect of the Master Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to,
perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master
Servicer hereunder and in connection with any such defaulted obligation to
exercise the related rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the
Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by
virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the
Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any
action or failure to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the
Depositor be obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer
hereunder or otherwise.
Section 3.07. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason no
longer be the Master Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of
Default), the Trustee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the rights
and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except
that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.12 or any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master
Servicer hereunder), (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from
doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or
substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including but not limited to
repurchases or substitutions pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03, (iv) responsible
for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to
have made any representations and warranties of the Master Servicer hereunder.
Any such assumption shall be subject to Section 7.02. If the Master Servicer
shall for any reason no longer be the Master Servicer (including by reason of
any Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor shall succeed to any rights
and obligations of the Master Servicer under each Servicing Agreement. The
Trustee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have
assumed all of the Master Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the
Master Servicer as a party to any Servicing Agreement entered into by the
Master Servicer as contemplated by Section 3.02 to the same extent as if the
Servicing Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party except that the
Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any liability or obligations under any
such Servicing Agreement.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but
at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all
documents and records relating to each Servicing Agreement or substitute
servicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder and
an accounting of amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the substitute
Servicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.08. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Servicing
Accounts; Collection Account; Certificate Account; Distribution Account.
(a) In accordance with and to the extent of the Servicing
Standard, the Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers to
collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage
Loans to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and
the terms and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent
with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any
late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in connection
with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the due dates for
payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 125 days;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer cannot extend the maturity of any
such Mortgage Loan past the date on which the final payment is due on the
latest maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any such
arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the related Mortgage
Loan in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01 during the scheduled
period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan
without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. The Master
Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect
to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or
otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a
taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision
of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required
is prohibited by applicable law.
(b) In those cases where a Servicer is servicing Mortgage
Loans pursuant to a Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Servicer, pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, to establish and maintain one or
more Servicing Accounts, each of which shall be an Eligible Account. The
Servicer will be required under its Servicing Agreement to deposit into the
Servicing Account on a daily basis no later than the Business Day following
receipt, all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Servicer, less its
Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Servicer Advances and expenses, to the extent
permitted by the Servicing Agreement. The Servicer shall not be required to
deposit in the Servicing Account payments or collections in the nature of
prepayment charges or late charges.
(c) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a
Collection Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited on or before each Withdrawal Date payments, collections and Servicer
Advances remitted by Servicers in respect of the Mortgage Loans.
(d) On or before the Withdrawal Date in each calendar month,
the Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer, pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement, to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection
Account all funds held in the Servicing Account with respect to each Mortgage
Loan serviced by such Servicer that are required to be remitted to the Master
Servicer. The Servicer will also be required, pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement, to advance on or before each such Withdrawal Date amounts equal to
any Scheduled Payments (net of its Servicing Fees with respect thereto) not
received on any Mortgage Loans by the Servicer (such amount, a "Servicer
Advance"). The Servicer's obligation to advance with respect to each Mortgage
Loan will continue up to and including the first day of the month following the
date on which the related Mortgaged Property is sold at a foreclosure sale or
is acquired by the Trust Fund by deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise. All
such Servicer Advances received by the Master Servicer shall be deposited
promptly by it in the Collection Account or the Certificate Account, as
appropriate.
Within five Business Days after the receipt by a Servicer of
a Principal Prepayment in Full or any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds (not required to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
related Mortgaged Property), the Master Servicer shall cause such Servicer,
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, to remit such amounts to the
Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account.
(e) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a
Certificate Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited on a daily basis within one Business Day of receipt, except as
otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections
remitted by Servicers or received by it in respect of Mortgage Loans subsequent
to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on the
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts
required to be deposited hereunder:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the
Mortgage Loans, including Principal Prepayments and the
principal component of any Servicer Advance;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans, net of the sum of the related Master Servicing Fee and
related Servicing Fee, and the interest component of any
Servicer Advance;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
(net of any related expenses of the related Servicer), other
than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of
the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing
procedures;
(iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08(g) in connection with any
losses on Permitted Investments;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.12 and 3.14;
(vi) all Purchase Prices from the Master Servicer
or Seller and all Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
(vii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 4.01; and
(viii) any other amounts required to be deposited
hereunder.
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is
subject to a buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in
addition to the monthly payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer
shall cause funds to be deposited into the Certificate Account in an amount
required to cause an amount of interest to be paid with respect to such
Mortgage Loan equal to the amount of interest that has accrued on such Mortgage
Loan from the preceding Due Date at the Mortgage Rate net of the Master
Servicing Fee on such date.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master
Servicer shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of prepayment
penalties, late payment charges or assumption fees, if collected, need not be
remitted by the Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall
remit any amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or
direct the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to withdraw such
amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by delivering
written notice thereof to the Trustee or such other institution maintaining the
Certificate Account which describes the amounts deposited in error in the
Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain adequate records with
respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section 3.08. All funds
deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.11.
(f) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly
upon receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the
following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11(a);
(ii) any amount deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.08(g) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments; and
(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are
required to be deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw
such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering an Officer's
Certificate to the Trustee which describes the amounts deposited in error in
the Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall
be held by the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in
accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.11. In
no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the
Distribution Account at the direction of the Master Servicer.
(g) Each institution at which the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account is maintained shall invest the funds therein as directed
in writing by the Master Servicer in Permitted Investments, which shall mature
not later than (i) in the case of the Certificate Account, the second Business
Day next preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that
if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains
such account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the
Business Day next preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date) and (ii) in
the case of the Distribution Account, the Business Day next preceding the
Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of
the institution that maintains such account, then such Permitted Investment
shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and, in each case, shall
not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted
Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. All income and gain (net of any losses) realized from any
such investment of funds on deposit in the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as
servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as provided herein.
The amount of any realized losses in the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account incurred in any such account in respect of any such
investments shall promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the
Certificate Account or paid to the Trustee for deposit into the Distribution
Account, as applicable. The Trustee in its fiduciary capacity shall not be
liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any investment or lack
of investment of funds held in the Certificate Account or the Distribution
Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.08.
(h) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the
Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the
location of the Certificate Account not later than 30 days and not more than 45
days prior to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to the Master
Servicer, the Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed
change of the location of the Distribution Account not later than 30 days and
not more than 45 days prior to any change thereof.
Section 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Escrow Accounts.
(a) To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and
not violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall cause each Servicer to
establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and
deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by
the Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall
require the Master Servicer or any Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish
an Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow
Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments,
hazard insurance premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable
items, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the related Servicer out of related
collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.12 (with respect to
taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and 3.13 (with respect to hazard
insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to
pay interest, if required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or
Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and
terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance
with Section 9.01. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
(c) The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred
to in Section 3.09(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors or advanced by
the Servicers on the date when the tax, premium or other cost for which such
payment is intended is due, but the Master Servicer shall be required so to
advance only to the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of
the Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.10. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford, or shall cause the
Servicers to afford, the Depositor and the Trustee reasonable access to all
records and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans and all accounts,
insurance information and other matters relating to this Agreement, such access
being afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during
normal business hours at the office designated by the Master Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Master
Servicer will provide, or will cause the Servicers to provide, to each
Certificateholder which is a savings and loan association, bank or insurance
company certain reports and reasonable access to information and documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to
comply with applicable regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities
with respect to investment in the Certificates; provided that the Master
Servicer and any Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such
Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or such
Servicer in providing such reports and access.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and
to comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders of Subordinated
Certificates and the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and
such other authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage
Loans required by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access
shall be afforded only upon reasonable and prior written request and during
normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master Servicer. Unless
prohibited by applicable laws or regulations, the Master Servicer and any
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the related Certificateholders
for actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or such Servicer in
providing such access. Nothing in this Section 3.10 shall limit the obligation
of the Master Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of
information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer or
any Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.10 as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.10.
Section 3.11. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate
Account and the Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may from time to time make
withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following purposes but only
from funds related to the applicable Loan Group:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer or the related Servicer
(to the extent not previously retained), the servicing
compensation to which it is entitled pursuant to Section
3.17, and to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional master
servicing compensation, earnings on or investment income with
respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the related
Servicer for unreimbursed Advances or Servicer Advances made
by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause
(ii) being limited to amounts received on the Mortgage
Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance or Servicer
Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any
Nonrecoverable Advance previously made;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured
Expenses from the related Insurance Proceeds;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer's right to
reimbursement pursuant to this clause (a) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts received on such
Mortgage Loan(s) which represent late recoveries of the
payments for which such advances were made pursuant to
Section 3.01 or Section 3.09 and (b) for unpaid Master
Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.14;
(vi) to pay to the purchaser, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that
has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 3.14(a),
3.14(b) or 3.14(c), all amounts received thereon after the
date of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them and
reimbursable pursuant to Section 6.03;
(viii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the
Certificate Account and not required to be deposited therein;
(ix) on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit
Date, to withdraw an amount equal to each related Available
Funds and the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date, to the
extent on deposit, and remit such amount to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate
accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of
justifying any withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to such
subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi). Prior to making any withdrawal from
the Certificate Account pursuant to subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer
indicating the amount of any previous Advance determined by the Master Servicer
to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage Loan(s) and
their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution
Account for distributions to Certificateholders, in the manner specified in
this Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals
from the Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related
Distribution Date;
(ii) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation earnings on or investment income with
respect to funds in the Distribution Account;
(iii) to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any
amount deposited in the Distribution Account and not required
to be deposited therein; and
(iv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of
Primary Insurance Policies.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for
each Mortgage Loan, hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that
is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (y) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (z) an amount such that
the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or
the mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard hazard
insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a
standard mortgagee clause. To the extent it may do so without breaching the
related Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall replace any Servicer
that does not cause such insurance, to the extent it is available, to be
maintained. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any such
policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of
the related Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be
deposited in the Certificate Account or the related Servicing Account, as
applicable. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee
for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall
be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of late payments by the related
Mortgagor or out of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section
3.11. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired
in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and
regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard
area and such area is participating in the national flood insurance program,
the Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be maintained with respect
to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the
least of (i) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii)
the replacement value of the improvements which are part of such Mortgaged
Property, and (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the
related Mortgaged Property under the national flood insurance program.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage
Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set
forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.12, it being understood and
agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially
equivalent to those commercially available and maintained by comparable
servicers. If such policy contains a deductible clause, the Master Servicer
shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related
Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of this Section
3.12, and there shall have been a loss that would have been covered by such
policy, deposit in the Certificate Account the amount not otherwise payable
under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In connection with
its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer
agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Depositor, and the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any
Servicer to take, any action which would result in non-coverage under any
applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of
the Master Servicer or any Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The
Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance
Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the
Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the
replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy is
maintained with a Qualified Insurer. The Master Servicer shall not be required
to maintain any Primary Insurance Policy (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan
with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or equal to 80% as of any date of
determination or, based on a new appraisal, the principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan represents 80% or less of the new Appraised Value or (ii) if
maintaining such Primary Insurance Policy is prohibited by applicable law. The
Master Servicer agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to effect
the timely payment of the premiums on each Primary Insurance Policy, and such
costs not otherwise recoverable shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer
from the related liquidation proceeds.
In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, or cause the related
Servicer to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary Insurance Policies
and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action in accordance with the
Servicing Standard as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Any amounts collected
by a Servicer or the Master Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policies shall
be deposited in the Servicing Account, the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account, as applicable.
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.13, when
any property subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the
Master Servicer or the related Servicer shall, to the extent that it has
knowledge of such conveyance and in accordance with the Servicing Standard,
enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to
the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but
only to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the related Servicer is required to
exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the
related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed
satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage
related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or
Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a
condition to such transfer. In the event that (i) the Master Servicer or the
related Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale
clause, (ii) coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely
affected, (iii) the Mortgage Note does not include a due-on-sale clause or (iv)
nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer is
authorized, subject to Section 3.13(b), to take or enter into an assumption and
modification agreement from or with the person to whom such property has been
or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under
the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the Mortgagor
remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall continue to be
covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer enters such agreement) by the
applicable Required Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer, subject to Section
3.13(b), is also authorized with the prior approval of the insurers under any
Required Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution of liability agreement
with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from
liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under
the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not
be deemed to be in default under this Section 3.13 by reason of any transfer or
assumption which the Master Servicer reasonably believes it is restricted by
law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any
due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.13(a), in any case in
which a Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and
such Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement
or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of
the Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required
releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be prepared and delivered to the
Trustee for signature and shall direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute the
assumption agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be
conveyed and such modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the
terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any
applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property
to such Person. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the
Mortgage Note may be changed. In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the
Mortgaged Property must be acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with
its underwriting standards as then in effect. Together with each such
substitution, assumption or other agreement or instrument delivered to the
Trustee for execution by it, the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer's
Certificate signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the requirements of this
subsection have been met in connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall
notify, or cause the related Servicer to notify, the Trustee that any such
substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the
Trustee the original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which in the
case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for
all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as
all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. Any fee
collected by the Master Servicer or any Servicer for entering into an
assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the
Master Servicer as additional master servicing compensation.
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in
accordance with the Servicing Standard to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of Mortgaged Properties in respect of which
the related Mortgage Loans come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments. In
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer shall
follow the Servicing Standard and shall follow the requirements of the insurer
under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer may
enter into, and shall give the Rating Agencies notice of, a special servicing
agreement with an unaffiliated holder of 100% Percentage Interest of one or
more Classes of Subordinated Certificates or a holder of a class of securities
representing interests in one or more Classes of Subordinated Certificates and
provided, further, that entering into such special servicing agreement shall
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings when
assigned to the Certificates. Any such agreement may contain provisions whereby
such holder may instruct the Servicer to commence or delay foreclosure
proceedings with respect to delinquent Mortgage Loans and will contain
provisions for the deposit of cash by the holder that would be available for
distribution to Certificateholders if Liquidation Proceeds are less than they
otherwise may have been had the Servicer acted in accordance with its normal
procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not be
required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards
the restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such
restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the
Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such
expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting
which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Certificate
Account). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the liquidation proceeds with
respect to the related Mortgaged Property, as provided in the definition of
Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged
Property which the Master Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or
by deed in lieu of foreclosure is located within a 1 mile radius of any site
listed in the Expenditure Plan for the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of
1984 or other site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the
Master Servicer, the Master Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged
Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with its
established environmental review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of
sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The
Trustee's name shall be placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the
Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer shall
ensure that the title to such REO Property references the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Trustee's capacity hereunder. Pursuant to its efforts to sell
such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or through an agent
selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in
accordance with the Servicing Standard and may, incident to its conservation
and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or
any part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of
the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property.
The Master Servicer shall prepare for and deliver to the Trustee a statement
with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate
rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the
management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary
to enable the Trustee to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC
Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall
be deposited in the Certificate Account no later than the close of business on
each Determination Date. The Master Servicer shall perform the tax reporting
and withholding required by Sections 1445 and 6050J of the Code with respect to
foreclosures and abandonments, the tax reporting required by Section 6050H of
the Code with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest from individuals and,
if required by Section 6050P of the Code with respect to the cancellation of
indebtedness by certain financial entities, by preparing such tax and
information returns as may be required, in the form required, and delivering
the same to the Trustee for filing.
In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged
Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent
default on a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged
Property prior to three years after its acquisition by the Trust Fund unless
the Trustee shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to
such three-year period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" on the REMIC as defined in section 860F of the Code
or cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold
such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged
Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to
be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of
the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause
such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the REMIC to the
imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned
from such Mortgaged Property under Section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise,
unless the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust
Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a
defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master
Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and
expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management
of any REO Properties, net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for expenses
incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such
management and net of unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Servicing Fees,
Advances, Servicer Advances and Servicing Advances, shall be applied to the
payment of principal of and interest on the related defaulted Mortgage Loans
(with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current and
adjustments, if applicable, to the Mortgage Rate were being made in accordance
with the terms of the Mortgage Note) and all such income shall be deemed, for
all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and
interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the
Certificate Account. To the extent the net income received during any calendar
month is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and
accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for
such calendar month, such excess shall be considered to be a partial prepayment
of principal of the related Mortgage Loan.
The proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as well
as any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of
priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the related Servicer for
any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Master Servicing Fees and
Servicing Fees, as applicable; second, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the
related Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances or Servicer Advances, as
applicable, and to reimburse the Certificate Account for any Nonrecoverable
Advances (or portions thereof) that were previously withdrawn by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii) that related to such Mortgage Loan;
third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance or Servicer
Advance has been made for such amount or any such Advance or Servicer Advance
has been reimbursed) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such
amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal
of the Mortgage Loan. Excess Proceeds, if any, from the liquidation of a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation pursuant to Section 3.17.
(b) The Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have
the right to purchase for its own account from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan
which is 91 days or more delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price. The
Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of a certificate from the
Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit N hereto, shall release or cause to be
released to the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared
by the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan, in each case without recourse, as shall
be necessary to vest in the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto and the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall succeed
to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan and
all security and documents related thereto. Such assignment shall be an
assignment outright and not for security. The purchaser of such Mortgage Loan
shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents, free of
any further obligation to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect
thereto.
(c) The Master Servicer may agree to a modification of any
Mortgage Loan (the "Relevant Mortgage Loan") upon the request of the related
Mortgagor, provided that the modification is in lieu of a refinancing and the
Mortgage Rate on the Relevant Mortgage Loan, as modified, is approximately a
prevailing market rate for newly-originated mortgage loans having similar terms
and (ii) the Master Servicer purchases the Relevant Mortgage Loan from the
Trust Fund as described below. Effective immediately after such modification,
and, in any event, on the same Business Day on which the modification occurs,
all right, title and interest of the Trustee in and to the Modified Mortgage
Loan shall automatically be deemed transferred and assigned to the Master
Servicer and all benefits and burdens of ownership thereof, including without
limitation the right to accrued interest thereon from and including the date of
modification and the risk of default thereon, shall pass to the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee a
certification of a Servicing Officer to the effect that all requirements of the
first paragraph of this subsection (c) have been satisfied with respect to such
Modified Mortgage Loan.
The Master Servicer shall deposit the Purchase Price for any
Modified Mortgage Loan in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08(e)
within one Business Day after the purchase of such Modified Mortgage Loan. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notification of any such deposit signed by a
Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall release to the Master Servicer the related
Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the
Master Servicer any Modified Mortgage Loan previously transferred and assigned
pursuant hereto.
The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to indemnify the
REMIC against any and all liability for any "prohibited transaction" taxes and
any related interest, additions and penalties imposed on the REMIC established
hereunder as a result of any modification of a Mortgage Loan effected pursuant
to this subsection (c), any holding of a Modified Mortgage Loan by the REMIC or
any purchase of a Modified Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer (but such
obligation shall not prevent the Master Servicer or any other appropriate
Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not
prevent the Master Servicer from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted
by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Master Servicer shall
have no right of reimbursement for any amount paid pursuant to the foregoing
indemnification, except to the extent that the amount of any tax, interest and
penalties, together with interest thereon, is refunded to the REMIC or the
Master Servicer.
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt
by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed
in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately
notify the Trustee by delivering, or causing to be delivered, a "Request for
Release" substantially in the form of Exhibit N. Upon receipt of such request,
the Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Master
Servicer, and the Trustee shall at the Master Servicer's direction execute and
deliver to the Master Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed of
reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument
releasing the lien of the Mortgage in each case provided by the Master
Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation
thereon. Expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or
deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the related Mortgagor. From time to
time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose collection under any policy of flood
insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes
of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the
Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage
or any of the other documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee shall,
upon delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M
signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer
or, at the Master Servicer's direction, to the related Servicer. Subject to the
further limitations set forth below, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee when the
need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan
is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Certificate
Account, in which case the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N, signed by a Servicing Officer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a
foreclosure proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee, for signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or
any legal action brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce
any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or
otherwise available at law or in equity.
Section 3.16. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
the Master Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
The Master Servicer shall account fully to the Trustee for
any funds received by the Master Servicer or which otherwise are collected by
the Master Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of
any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under
the control of, the Master Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether
from the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation
Proceeds, including but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the Certificate
Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee
and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee, subject
to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer also agrees
that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that
are deposited in the Certificate Account, Distribution Account or any Escrow
Account or Servicing Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due
or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any
claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other
encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of
setoff against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection
with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are
properly due and payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 3.17. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled out of each payment of interest on a Mortgage Loan
(or portion thereof) included in the Trust Fund to retain or withdraw from the
Certificate Account an amount equal to the Master Servicing Fee for such
Distribution Date.
Additional master servicing compensation in the form of
Excess Proceeds, prepayment penalties, assumption fees, late payment charges
and all income and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments
shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent not required to be
deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08. The Master
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of any premiums for
hazard insurance and any Primary Insurance Policy and maintenance of the other
forms of insurance coverage required by this Agreement) and shall not be
entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in this
Agreement.
As compensation for its activities under its Servicing
Agreement, each Servicer shall be entitled to retain out of each payment of
interest on a Mortgage Loan (or portion thereof) included in the Trust Fund an
amount equal to interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such
interest payment.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment
penalties, assumption fees and late payment charges shall be retained by the
Servicers to the extent not required to be deposited in the Servicing Accounts
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall be required to
pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities
under its Servicing Agreement (including payment of any premium for hazard
insurance and any Primary Insurance Policy and maintenance of the other forms
of insurance coverage required by this Agreement and its Servicing Agreement)
and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically
provided in its Servicing Agreement and not inconsistent with this Agreement.
In the event of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall, the
aggregate Master Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date shall be reduced (but
not below zero) by an amount equal to such Prepayment Interest Shortfall.
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the
Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal
year, commencing with its 1998 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating,
as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision, (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officer and the nature and status thereof and (iii) to the best of such
officer's knowledge, each Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under its
Servicing Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in
the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to
such officer and the nature and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a
copy of each such statement to each Rating Agency.
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants'
Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.
On or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's
fiscal year, commencing with its 1998 fiscal year, the Master Servicer at its
expense shall cause a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer, the
Seller or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee and the
Depositor to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and
records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement or
of mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements substantially similar
to this Agreement (such statement to have attached thereto a schedule setting
forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered thereby) and that, on the
basis of such examination, conducted substantially in compliance with the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program
for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC, such servicing has been conducted in
compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements except for such
significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the opinion of such firm,
the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit
Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC requires it to report. In
rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters relating to direct
servicing of mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for
examinations conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages
serviced for FNMA and FHLMC (rendered within one year of such statement) of
independent public accountants with respect to the related Subservicer. Copies
of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder
upon request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that such statement is
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
Section 3.20. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
The Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain in force, and
shall cause each Servicer to obtain and maintain in force, (a) a policy or
policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its
obligations as Master Servicer hereunder or as Servicer under its Servicing
Agreement, as the case may be, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its
officers, employees and agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall,
together, comply with the requirements from time to time of FNMA or FHLMC for
persons performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by FNMA or FHLMC. In
the event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the Master
Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer
or issuer meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such
replacement.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances.
The Master Servicer shall determine on or before each Master
Servicer Advance Date whether it is required to make an Advance pursuant to the
definition thereof. If the Master Servicer determines it is required to make an
Advance, it shall, on or before the Master Servicer Advance Date, either (i)
deposit into the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance or (ii)
make an appropriate entry in its records relating to the Certificate Account
that any Amount Held for Future Distribution has been used by the Master
Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance. Any funds so
applied shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Certificate
Account no later than the close of business on the next Master Servicer Advance
Date. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the
Certificate Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this
Section 4.01 as provided in Section 3.11. The obligation to make Advances with
respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue if such Mortgage Loan has been
foreclosed or otherwise terminated and the related Mortgaged Property has not
been liquidated. The Master Servicer shall inform the Trustee of the amount of
the Advance to be made on each Master Servicer Advance Date no later than the
second Business Day before the related Distribution Date.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the
related Master Servicer Advance Date an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing
Officer indicating the amount of any proposed Advance determined by the Master
Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance.
Section 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.
(a) With respect to the Available Funds for each Certificate
Group, on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw such Available
Funds from the Distribution Account and apply such funds to distributions on
specified Classes of Certificates in such Certificate Group, in the following
order and priority and, in each case, to the extent of such Available Funds
remaining:
(i) to each interest-bearing Class of Senior Certificates
(other than the Accrual Certificates) in the related
Certificate Group, an amount allocable to interest equal to
the related Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount, any
shortfall being allocated pro rata among such Classes in
proportion to the amount of the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount that would have been distributed in the
absence of such shortfall;
(ii) the Accrual Amount shall be distributed as principal
pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(x)B(2), until the Distribution
Date on which the Class Certificate Balance of the Class A-11
Certificates has been reduced to zero; provided that on and
prior to the Accrual Termination Date, the amount otherwise
distributable as interest on the Class A-13 Certificates on
such Distribution Date shall be added to the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class A-13 Certificates.;
(iii) to each Class of Senior Certificates in such
Certificate Group concurrently as follows:
(w) to the related Principal Only
Certificates, an amount allocable to principal equal
to the applicable PO Formula Principal Amount, up to
the outstanding Class Certificate Balance of such
Certificates;
(x) on each Distribution Date prior to the
related Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, to the
other Classes of Senior Certificates in such
Certificate Group, the applicable Non-PO Formula
Principal Amount, up to the amount of the related
Senior Principal Distribution Amount for each
Certificate Group, to the related Senior
Certificates of such Certificate Group in the
following order of priority:
(A) with respect to Certificate Group 1, in the
following order of priority:
(1) to the Class A-8 Certificates, the
Class A-8 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero;
(2) 11.870% to the Class A-1 Certificates,
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(3) to the Class A-2 Certificate, until an
amount equal to $123,531,000 has been distributed
thereto pursuant to this clause (3);
(4) concurrently, 65.0004057454% to the
Class A-2 Certificates and 34.9995942546% to the
Class A-3 Certificates, until an amount equal to
$72,090,000 has been distributed to the Class A-2
Certificates pursuant to this clause (4);
(5) concurrently, 9.9998057158% to the
Class A-2 Certificates and 90.0000000000% to the
Class A-3 Certificates, until the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates has been
reduced to zero; and
(6) sequentially, to the Class A-2 and
Class A-4 Certificates, in that order, until the
respective Class Certificate Balances thereof have
been reduced to zero;
(7) concurrently, to the Class A-5, Class
A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates, pro rata, based on
their respective Class Certificate Balances, until
the respective Class Certificate Balances thereof
have been reduced to zero; and
(8) sequentially, to the Class A-R and
Class A-8 Certificates, in that order, until the
respective Class Certificate Balances thereof have
been reduced to zero;
(B) with respect to Certificate Group 2, in the
following order of priority:
(1) to the Class A-13 Certificates, the
Class A-13 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to
zero;
(2) concurrently, 61.9999119757% to the
Class A-9 Certificates and 38.0000880243% to the
Class A-11 Certificates, until the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class A-9 Certificates has been
reduced to zero;
(3) concurrently, 95.0000000000% to the
Class A-10 Certificates and 4.9991114154% to the
Class A-11 Certificates, until the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class A-10 Certificates has been
reduced to zero; and
(4) sequentially, to the Class A-11, Class
A-12 and Class A-13 Certificates, in that order,
until the respective Class Certificate Balances
thereof have been reduced to zero.
(iv) to each of the Principal Only Certificates, any
Class PO Deferred Amount for such Certificate Group, up to an
amount not to exceed the amount calculated pursuant to clause
(A) of the definition of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount for the related Certificate Group
actually received or advanced for such Distribution Date
(with such amount to be allocated first from amounts
calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and (ii) and then from (iii) of
the definition of Subordinated Principal Distribution
Amount);
(v) to each Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
respective Certificate Groups, subject to paragraphs (a)(v)
and (d) below, in the following order of priority:
(A) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "a", an
amount allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(B) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "a", an
amount allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for
such Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(C) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "b", an
amount allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(D) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "b", an
amount allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for
such Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(E) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "c", an
amount allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(F) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "c", an
amount allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for
such Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(G) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "d", an
amount allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(H) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "d", an
amount allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for
such Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(I) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "e", an
amount allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(J) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "e", an
amount allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for
such Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(K) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "f", an
amount allocable to interest equal to the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date; and
(L) to the Class of Subordinated Certificates in the
related Certificate Group with a designation of "f", an
amount allocable to principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for
such Distribution Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(vi) notwithstanding the foregoing:
(A) If such Certificate Group is a Transferor Group,
the Current Transfer Payment shall not be distributable to
the Lowest Class in such Transferor Group but shall instead
be distributed to the Lowest Class in the applicable
Transferee Group.
(B) If such Certificate Group is a Transferee Group,
the Current Transfer Payment from the Transferor Group shall
be distributed as principal of the last Class of Certificates
then outstanding; provided, however, that distributions in
respect of principal of any Class of Certificates shall not
exceed the Class Certificate Balance thereof immediately
prior to such Distribution Date.
(C) amounts of interest and/or principal otherwise
payable to the then outstanding Lowest Class in a Transferor
Group will be allocated on a pro rata basis between such
Lowest Class and the related Transfer Balance based upon the
related Class Certificate Balance of such Lowest Class and
the outstanding balance of the Transfer Balance immediately
prior to such Distribution Date; and
(D) amounts of interest and/or principal allocated
to a Transfer Balance for a Certificate Group pursuant to
(v)(A) above will be paid to the last Class or Classes in the
related Transferee Group as additional interest and/or
principal (with amounts distributed as interest to be paid to
the last Classes in a Transferee Group on a weighted average
basis); and
(vii) to the Class A-R Certificates, any remaining
Available Funds.
On any Distribution Date, amounts distributed in respect of
Class PO Deferred Amounts will not reduce the Class Certificate Balance of the
related Principal Only Certificates.
On any Distribution Date, to the extent the Amount Available
for Senior Principal for a Certificate Group is insufficient to make the full
distribution required to be made pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above, (A) the
amount distributable on the Principal Only Certificates in such Certificate
Group in respect of principal shall be equal to the product of (1) the Amount
Available for Senior Principal for such Certificate Group and (2) a fraction,
the numerator of which is the PO Formula Principal Amount for such Certificate
Group and the denominator of which is the sum of the PO Formula Principal
Amount and the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate Group
and (B) the amount distributable on the Senior Certificates in such Certificate
Group, other than the Principal Only Certificates, in respect of principal
shall be equal to the product of (1) the Amount Available for Senior Principal
for such Certificate Group and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Senior Principal Distribution Amount for such Certificate Group and the
denominator of which is the sum of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and
the PO Formula Principal Amount for such Certificate Group.
(b) On each Distribution Date on and prior to the Accrual
Termination Date, the Accrual Amount for such Distribution Date shall not
(except as otherwise provided in this paragraph) be distributed as interest
with respect to the Class A-12 Certificates but shall instead be added to the
Class Certificate Balance of such Class on the related Distribution Date. With
respect to any Distribution Date on and prior to the Accrual Termination Date
on which principal payments on the Class A-11 Certificates are distributed
pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii), the Accrual Amount shall be deemed to have
been added on such Distribution Date to the Class Certificate Balance (and
included in the amount distributable on the applicable Accretion Directed
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(ii) for such Distribution Date) and
the related distribution thereon shall be deemed to have been applied
concurrently towards the reduction of all or a portion of the amount so added
and, to the extent of any excess, towards the reduction of the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class A-11 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
(c) On each Distribution Date on or after the Senior Credit
Support Depletion Date for a Certificate Group, notwithstanding the allocation
and priority set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(x), the portion of Available
Funds available to be distributed to the Senior Certificates for such
Certificate Group specified in such Section will be distributed among such
Classes in such Certificate Group, pro rata, on the basis of their respective
Class Certificate Balances (prior to making any distributions on such
Distribution Date) and until the Class Certificate Balances thereof are reduced
to zero.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the amount referred to in
clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date for each applicable Class of Certificates and Transfer
Balance shall be reduced by (i) the related Class' and Transfer Balance's pro
rata share (based on the applicable Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
for each before reduction pursuant to this Section 4.02(d) of Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls for the related Loan Group, and (ii) the related Class'
Allocable Share of (A) after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that became a Special
Hazard Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the excess of one month's interest at the related Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the Due Date in such month over the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied as
interest on such Mortgage Loan with respect to such month, (B) after the
applicable Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, with respect to each
applicable Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that became subject to a
Bankruptcy Loss during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the interest portion of the related Debt Service Reduction
or Deficient Valuation, (C) each Relief Act Reduction for the related Loan
Group incurred during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and (D) after the applicable Fraud Loss Coverage Termination
Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that became
a Fraud Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date the excess of one month's interest at the related Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date
in such month over the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on
such Mortgage Loan with respect to such month.
(e) Notwithstanding the priority and allocation contained in
Section 4.02(a), if, with respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates, on
any Distribution Date the sum of the related Class Subordination Percentages of
such Class and of all Classes of Subordinated Certificates in the related
Certificate Group which have a later alphabetical Class designation than such
Class (the "Applicable Credit Support Percentage") is less than the Original
Applicable Credit Support Percentage for such Class, no distribution of
Principal Prepayments will be made to any such Classes and related Transfer
Balance, if any (the "Restricted Classes") and the amount of such Principal
Prepayments otherwise distributable to the Restricted Classes shall be
distributed to the Classes of Subordinated Certificates in the related
Certificate Group having earlier alphabetical Class designations than such
Class, pro rata, based on their respective Class Certificate Balances
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and shall be distributed in the
sequential order set forth in Section 4.02(a)(v).
Section 4.03. [Reserved]
Section 4.04. [Reserved]
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Trustee shall
determine the total amount of Realized Losses, including Excess Losses, with
respect to the related Distribution Date.
Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group with
respect to any Distribution Date shall be allocated as follows:
(i) the applicable PO Percentage of any Realized Loss,
including any Excess Loss, shall be allocated to the
Principal Only Certificates of the related Certificate Group
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to
zero; and
(ii) (A) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Realized
Loss (other than a Special Hazard Loss or an Excess Loss)
shall be allocated first, to Subordinated Certificates of
such Certificate Group in reverse order of their alphabetical
Class designations (beginning with "f"), until the respective
Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to
zero, and second, to the Senior Certificates of such
Certificate Group (other than the Principal Only Certificates
and the Notional Amount Certificates), pro rata, on the basis
of their respective Class Certificate Balances or, in the
case of any Accrual Certificates, on the basis of the lesser
of their Class Certificate Balance and their initial Class
Certificate Balance, in each case immediately prior to the
related Distribution Date until the respective Class
Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero;
(B) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Special
Hazard Loss (other than a Special Hazard Loss which is an
Excess Loss) shall be allocated first, to the Lowest Class
outstanding, regardless of Certificate Group (if there is
more than one Class which is the Lowest Class, such Special
Hazard Loss, other than an Excess Loss, will be allocated to
such Classes concurrently on a pro rata basis) in each case
until the Class Certificate Balances thereof are reduced to
zero, second, to the Senior Certificates of such Certificate
Group (other than the related Principal Only Certificates and
the Notional Amount Certificates), pro rata, on the basis of
their respective Class Certificate Balances in each case
immediately prior to the related Distribution Date until the
Class Certificate Balances thereof have been reduced to zero.
(C) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Excess
Losses shall be allocated to the Certificates and Transfer
Balance, if any, then outstanding in the related Certificate
Group, pro rata, on the basis of their respective Class
Certificate Balances (or, in the case of any Accrual
Certificates, on the basis of the lesser of the Class
Certificate Balance and the initial Class Certificate Balance
thereof) and related Transfer Balance, as applicable,
immediately prior to the related Distribution Date.
(b) Prior to the occurrence of a Special Hazard Loss in any
Loan Group, if the sum of (i) the amount of any payments on the Principal Only
Certificates in the related Certificate Group in respect of Class PO Deferred
Amounts and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Class
Certificate Balances of all outstanding Classes of Certificates in such
Certificate Group (after giving effect to the distribution of principal and the
allocation of Realized Losses and Class PO Deferred Amounts on such
Distribution Date) exceeds the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group for the following Distribution
Date, the Class Certificate Balance of the Class of Subordinated Certificates
then outstanding in the related Certificate Group with the latest alphabetical
Class designation will be reduced by the amount of such excess. On and after
the occurrence of a Special Hazard Loss in a Loan Group, if the sum of (i) the
aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of all outstanding Classes of
Certificates in both Certificate Groups and (ii) the aggregate of all Transfer
Balances outstanding (in each case after giving effect to the distribution of
principal and the allocation of Realized Losses on such Distribution Date)
exceeds the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in
both Loan Groups for the following Distribution Date, the Class Certificate
Balance of the Lowest Class outstanding (and any related Transfer Balance),
regardless of Certificate Group will be reduced by the amount of such excess
(if there is more than one Class which is the Lowest Class, such excess will be
allocated to such Classes concurrently on a pro rata basis).
(c) Any Realized Loss allocated to a Class of Certificates or
any reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.05(b) shall be allocated among the Certificates of such
Class and any related Transfer Balance in proportion to their respective
Certificate Balances and Transfer Balance.
(d) Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Certificate, to
any Component or to any Transfer Balance or any reduction in the Certificate
Balance of a Certificate or of a Transfer Balance pursuant to Section 4.05(b)
shall be accomplished by reducing the Certificate Balance, Component Balance or
Transfer Balance thereof, as applicable, immediately following the
distributions made on the related Distribution Date in accordance with the
definition of "Certificate Balance," "Component Balance" or "Transfer Balance,"
as the case may be.
Section 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
prepare and cause to be forwarded by first class mail to each
Certificateholder, the Master Servicer and the Depositor a statement setting
forth with respect to the related distribution for each Certificate Group:
(i) the amount thereof allocable to principal, separately
identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments
and Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest, any Class
Unpaid Interest Shortfall included in such distribution and
any remaining Class Unpaid Interest Shortfall after giving
effect to such distribution;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be
distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient funds
available therefor, the amount of the shortfall and the
allocation thereof as between principal and interest;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates and any Transfer Balance after giving effect to
the distribution of principal on such Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the following
Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 and the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans in Loan Group 2;
(vi) the Senior Percentage and Subordinated Percentage
for each Certificate Group for the following Distribution
Date;
(vii) the amount of the Master Servicing Fees and
Servicing Fees paid to or retained by the Master Servicer and
the Servicers (with respect to the Servicers, in the
aggregate) with respect to such Distribution Date and related
Loan Group;
(viii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount of Advances included in the distribution
on such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of
Advances outstanding as of the close of business on such
Distribution Date;
(x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of
Mortgage Loans by Loan Group (A) delinquent (exclusive of
Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 1 to 30 days (2) 31 to 60
days (3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more days and (B) in
foreclosure and delinquent (1) 1 to 30 days (2) 31 to 60 days
(3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more days, as of the close of
business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date;
(xi) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all
calendar months since the Cut-off Date, whichever is less,
the aggregate dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due
on all Outstanding Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in
each such month and (B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of
the Due Dates in each such month;
(xii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an
REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan
number and Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as
of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding
such Distribution Date and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xiii) the total number and principal balance of any REO
Properties (and market value, if available) as of the close
of business on the Determination Date preceding such
Distribution Date;
(xiv) the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each
Certificate Group for the following Distribution Date;
(xv) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses for each
Certificate Group incurred during the preceding calendar
month and aggregate Realized Losses through such Distribution
Date; and
(xvi) the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount, the
related Fraud Loss Coverage Amount and the related Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount, in each case as of the related
Determination Date.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above
information to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability,
timeliness and accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer.
The Trustee will send a copy of each statement provided pursuant to this
Section 4.06 to each Rating Agency.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at
any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii) of
this Section 4.06 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion
thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of
the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that
substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant
to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
Section 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI
Certificates.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of COFI Certificates for
each Interest Accrual Period after the initial Interest Accrual Period shall be
determined by the Trustee as provided below on the basis of the Index and the
applicable formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding to the COFI
Certificates in (1) to the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement.
Except as provided below, with respect to each Interest
Accrual Period following the initial Interest Accrual Period, the Trustee shall
not later than two Business Days following the publication of the applicable
Index determine the Pass-Through Rate at which interest shall accrue in respect
of the COFI Certificates during the related Interest Accrual Period.
Except as provided below, the Index to be used in determining
the respective Pass-Through Rates for the COFI Certificates for a particular
Interest Accrual Period shall be COFI for the second calendar month preceding
such Interest Accrual Period. If at the Outside Reference Date for any Interest
Accrual Period, COFI for the second calendar month preceding such Interest
Accrual Period has not been published, the Trustee shall use COFI for the third
calendar month preceding such Interest Accrual Period. If COFI for neither the
second nor third calendar months preceding any Interest Accrual Period has been
published on or before the related Outside Reference Date, the Index for such
Interest Accrual Period and for all subsequent Interest Accrual Periods shall
be the National Cost of Funds Index for the third calendar month preceding such
Interest Accrual Period (or the fourth preceding calendar month if such
National Cost of Funds Index for the third preceding calendar month has not
been published by such Outside Reference Date). In the event that the National
Cost of Funds Index for neither the third nor fourth calendar months preceding
an Interest Accrual Period has been published on or before the related Outside
Reference Date, then for such Interest Accrual Period and for each succeeding
Interest Accrual Period, the Index shall be LIBOR, determined in the manner set
forth below.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the COFI
Certificates are outstanding and the applicable Index therefor is LIBOR, the
Trustee shall either (i) request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of
the quotation offered by its principal London office for making one-month
United States dollar deposits in leading banks in the London interbank market,
as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in
lieu of making any such request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that
appear at such time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the
International Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording,
Assumptions and Provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available.
With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for which the
applicable Index is LIBOR, LIBOR for such Interest Accrual Period will be
established by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date as
follows:
(a) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Interest
Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations
(rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/32%).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of
the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as
determined on the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii) the Reserve
Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per annum which
the Trustee determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United
States dollar lending rates that New York City banks selected by the Trustee
are quoting, on the relevant Interest Determination Date, to the principal
London offices of at least two of the Reference Banks to which such quotations
are, in the opinion of the Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that
the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United
States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee
are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
From such time as the applicable Index becomes LIBOR until
all of the COFI Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will at all times
retain at least four Reference Banks for the purposes of determining LIBOR with
respect to each Interest Determination Date. The Master Servicer initially
shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank" shall be a leading
bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be under common
control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of business in
London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable to act as such
or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as Reference Bank,
the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed another Reference
Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for
(i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or
(ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
In determining LIBOR and any Pass-Through Rate for the COFI
Certificates or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely
and shall be protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether written,
oral or on the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New York City
banks as to LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in effect from
time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility to any
Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City banks for purposes of
determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its inability, following a
good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations from the Reference
Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as
provided for in this Section 4.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the
COFI Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be
final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the
Trustee.
Section 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR
Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee shall either (i) request each
Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the quotation offered by its principal
London office for making one-month United States dollar deposits to leading
banks in the London interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu of making any such request, rely on
such Reference Bank quotations that appear at such time on the Reuters Screen
LIBO Page (as defined in the International Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code
of Standard Wording, Assumptions and provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to
the extent available.
LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period will be
established by the Trustee on each Interest Determination Date as follows:
(a) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Interest
Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations
(rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/32%).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of
the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as
determined on the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii) the Reserve
Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per annum which
the Trustee determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United
States dollar lending rates that New York City banks selected by the Trustee
are quoting, on the relevant Interest Determination Date, to the principal
London offices of at least two of the Reference Banks to which such quotations
are, in the opinion of the Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that
the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United
States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee
are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
(c) If on any Interest Determination Date the trustee is
required but is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the manner
provided in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR as determined on the
preceding Interest Determination Date, or, in the case of the first Interest
Determination Date, the Initial LIBOR Rate.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the
Trustee will at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose
of determining LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The
Master Servicer initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference
Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in
the international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or
be under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place
of business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable
to act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as
Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed
another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of
determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference Banks
which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates
for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each
Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding
on the basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes
corresponding to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the
Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely
and shall be protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether written,
oral or on the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New York City
banks as to LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in effect from
time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility to any
Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City banks for purposes of
determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its inability, following a
good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations from the Reference
Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as
provided for in this Section 4.08.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the
LIBOR Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be
final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the
Trustee.
Article V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached
hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in
the minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that
one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be
in excess of the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations
per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on
the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make
distributions to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date
either (x) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
such holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor,
if (i) such Holder has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) a Notional
Amount Certificate, (B) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance of any Class of
Certificates or (C) Certificates of any Class with aggregate principal
Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by first class
mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the
Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time
such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall
bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of any
such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate.
No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be
valid for any purpose, unless countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature,
and such countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and
delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their
countersignature. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the
Certificates to be issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate
thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to
facilitate transfers.
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate Register for the
Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below
and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall
provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless
such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. In the
event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the
Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities
Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and
such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the
Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the form
set forth in Exhibit J (the "Transferor Certificate") and (i) deliver a letter
in substantially the form of either Exhibit K (the "Investment Letter") or
Exhibit L (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall be delivered to the
Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such
transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act. The
Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof
under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by
Rule 144A. The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the
Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding
sentence, including providing to the Depositor such information regarding the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as
the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation under the
preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect
such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the
Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer against any liability that may
result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such
federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made
unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private
Certificate or a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by
the Trustee's receipt of a representation letter from the transferee
substantially in the form of Exhibit K or Exhibit L), to the effect that such
transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section
406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting
on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan
or arrangement to effect such transfer, or (ii) if the purchaser is an
insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company
which is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance
company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificates are covered under PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case
of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name
of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or a plan or arrangement subject
to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf
of any such plan or arrangement or using such plan's or arrangement's assets,
an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of either the Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to
the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund
being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction
provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any
obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to
any liability. For purposes of the preceding sentence, with respect to an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is not a Private Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, in the event the representation letter referred to in the
preceding sentence is not furnished, such representation shall be deemed to
have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial
acquiror's) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA or to the Code without the delivery to the Trustee of an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void
and of no effect.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but
not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect
to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer
was registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following
provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted
Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change or impending change in its status as a Permitted
Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may
be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred,
and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any
Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates
required to be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph
(b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an
affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or
the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain
a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee
or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual
Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other
Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null
and void and shall vest no rights in the purported
Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder
of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such
Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability
to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b)
and this Section 5.02(c) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other
action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after
receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment
Letter. The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to
recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in
fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a
Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a
Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Residual
Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments
so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of
such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee,
all information necessary to compute any tax imposed under
Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder
who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set
forth in this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions
of the legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to
Transfers occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Seller or the Master Servicer, to the effect that the elimination
of such restrictions will not cause the REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the
imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on
an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not
a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of
a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and
opinions referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer
shall be at the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates
shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its
nominee and at all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be
transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository
shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and
with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii)
ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the
books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by
the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating
firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this
Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect
to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants
with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of
such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry
Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the
Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner.
Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the
Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly
discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the
Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (y) the Depositor at its
option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Depository or (z) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the
Certificate Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee
and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the
best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the
"Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for
registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the
Master Servicer, the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. The Master Servicer shall provide
the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the
issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to
be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed
by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive
Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall
not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations become liable to any party
for any act or failure to act of the Depository.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the
Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the
Master Servicer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required
by them to hold each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Trustee shall execute, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of
like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of
any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen
or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the Master
Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is
registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such
information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders
desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their
rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy
of the communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if
the Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such information in writing from
the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt
of such request, provide the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate,
agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders
hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its
expense an office or offices or agency or agencies in New York City where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The
Trustee will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change
in such location of any such office or agency.
Article VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and
respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer will each keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of
the United States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will each
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the
Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer
may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party,
or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as
the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving
Person to the Master Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and
to service mortgage loans on behalf of, FNMA or FHLMC.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any
of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Seller or
the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer
or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties made by
it herein or protect the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any such
Person from any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties
or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer may rely in good
faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted
by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust
Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in
connection with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a
governmental taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or
the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense related to any
specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or
expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. None of the Depositor,
the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective
duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that any of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action that it may
deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and
duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Certificate
Account.
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master
Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except (a) upon appointment of a successor servicer
and receipt by the Trustee of a letter from each Rating Agency that such a
resignation and appointment will not result in a downgrading of the rating of
any of the Certificates, or (b) upon determination that its duties hereunder
are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination under
clause (b) permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such
resignation shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor master
servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties,
liabilities and obligations hereunder.
Article VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of
the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the
Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which
failure shall continue unremedied for five days after the
date upon which written notice of such failure shall have
been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the
Depositor or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the
Holders of Certificates having not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or
agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in
this Agreement that materially affects the rights of
Certificateholders, which failure shall continue unremedied
for a period of 60 days after the date on which written
notice of such failure shall have been given to the Master
Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Master
Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced
by the Certificates; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against
the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment
of a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or all or
substantially all of the property of the Master Servicer; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file
a petition to take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case
under, any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute,
make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) to (v) of
this Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long
as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at
the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3%
of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates, the Trustee shall by notice
in writing to the Master Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than
its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On and after the receipt by the
Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Master
Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise,
shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. The Trustee shall make any Advance
which the Master Servicer failed to make subject to Section 3.04, whether or
not the obligations of the Master Servicer have been terminated pursuant to
this Section. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise,
any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other
acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice
of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment
of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless expressly
provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any
obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII.
The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the
termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder,
including, without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts
which shall at the time be credited to the Certificate Account, or thereafter
be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the
Master Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive,
out of any late collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was
due prior to the notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and
obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that
portion thereof to which such Master Servicer would have been entitled pursuant
to Sections 3.11(a)(i) through (viii), and any other amounts payable to such
Master Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice
of termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to and to
the extent provided in Section 3.07, be the successor to the Master Servicer in
its capacity as master servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set
forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the
terms and provisions hereof and applicable law including the obligation to make
Advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall
be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Master
Servicer would have been entitled to charge to the Certificate Account or
Distribution Account if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor to the
Master Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01, the Trustee may, if it shall
be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from
making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or if it is otherwise unable to so
act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any
established mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of which does
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating
Agency, as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of
all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master
Servicer hereunder. Any successor to the Master Servicer shall be an
institution which is a FNMA and FHLMC approved seller/servicer in good
standing, which has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, which is willing to
service the Mortgage Loans and which executes and delivers to the Depositor and
the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, containing
an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer (other than liabilities of
the Master Servicer under Section 6.03 incurred prior to termination of the
Master Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if originally named as
a party to this Agreement; provided that each Rating Agency acknowledges that
its rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment
and delegation will not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment
and delegation. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting,
shall, subject to Section 3.07, act in such capacity as hereinabove provided.
In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such
compensation shall be in excess of the Master Servicing Fee permitted the
Master Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such
action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any
such succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor master servicer
shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or
any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any
failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities
hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of the Master Servicer to
deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash,
information, documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer shall
give notice to the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the
term of its service as master servicer, maintain in force the policy or
policies that the Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to Section
6.05.
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to
the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of
each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived.
Article VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of the Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains
uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution,
certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee shall
have occurred and be continuing, the duties and obligations
of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement
against the Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Agreement which it believed in good faith to be
genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be
finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee under this Agreement.
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties
and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain or
confirm the genuineness of any signature of any such party or
parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial
advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel,
financial advisers or accountants and any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion
of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed
by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do
by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of
the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or
by or through agents, accountants or attorneys;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend
its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of
any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any
investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as
issuer of the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of an Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have received written notice thereof; and
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this
Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation
hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or
direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or
thereby.
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall
be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or
of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document other than with
respect to the Trustee's execution and countersignature of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the
Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn
from the Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would
have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee, as compensation for its activities hereunder,
shall be entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Account on each
Distribution Date an amount equal to the Trustee Fee for such Distribution
Date. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee
shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees) (i) incurred in
connection with any claim or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement, (b)
the Certificates, or (c) the performance of any of the Trustee's duties
hereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the
Trustee's duties hereunder or incurred by reason of any action of the Trustee
taken at the direction of the Certificateholders and (ii) resulting from any
error in any tax or information return prepared by the Master Servicer. Such
indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or
removal of the Trustee hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the Master
Servicer covenants and agrees, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by
the Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may arise from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct, to pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Agreement with respect to (A) the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel not associated
with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates, (B) the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of any accountant, engineer or
appraiser that is not regularly employed by the Trustee, to the extent that the
Trustee must engage such persons to perform acts or services hereunder and (C)
printing and engraving expenses in connection with preparing any Definitive
Certificates. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall not be
entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred
by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, Tax
Matters Person or Paying Agent hereunder or for any other expenses.
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the
United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a
credit rating which would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce
their respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided
such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The entity serving as
Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and
its affiliates or the Master Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however,
that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Seller, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master
Servicer.
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days before the
date specified in such notice, when, subject to Section 8.08, such resignation
is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in accordance with
Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.06. If no
successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a
tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee
or the Trust Fund is located and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by
the appointment of a different trustee, then the Depositor or the Master
Servicer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee,
one copy to the Master Servicer and one copy to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such
Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which
shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master Servicer, one
complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so
appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each Rating
Agency by the successor trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if
originally named as trustee herein. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such
other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting
and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and
obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and its appointment
shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the
Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 without the execution or filing
of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at
any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction
in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may
at the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly
shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint
one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees
jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust
Fund or any part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. If the Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment
within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall
have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee
hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under Section 8.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of
this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee, except for the
obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement to advance
funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall be conferred or
imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and
such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be
performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to
the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the applicable Trust Fund
or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or
co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable
by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee
hereunder and such appointment shall not, and shall not be
deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or co-trustee
as agent of the Trustee;
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation
of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(iv) The Master Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall be
liable for the payment of reasonable compensation,
reimbursement and indemnification to any such separate
trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and
co-trustees, when and as effectively as if given to each of them. Every
instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this
Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with
the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either
jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to
all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of
this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with
the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or
in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be
removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest
in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 8.11. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which the
REMIC election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made, as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the conduct of matters
relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such assets as, a "real
estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the
REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and
agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act
as agent) on behalf of the REMIC and that in such capacity it shall: (a)
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S.
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any
successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or
cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable
state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each
taxable year with respect to such REMIC, containing such information and at the
times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax
laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service,
on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title,
address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make
or cause to be made an election that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and
when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions,
including without limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount
using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information necessary for the
computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through
entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest
(the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such information may be
charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are
under its control, conduct matters relating to such assets at all times that
any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status as a REMIC under
the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or
omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.11,
the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes
as described below, imposed on the REMIC prior to its termination when and as
the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the
Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in
appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or information
returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may be required
to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules;
(j) maintain records relating to the REMIC, including but not limited to the
income, expenses, assets and liabilities thereof and the fair market value and
adjusted basis of the assets determined at such intervals as may be required by
the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules,
statements or information; and (k) as and when necessary and appropriate,
represent the REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to
an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of the REMIC, enter into
settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute
of limitations relating to any tax item of the REMIC, and otherwise act on
behalf of the REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all information or data
that the Trustee requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax
purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including,
without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash
flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor
shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor any such
additional information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time,
reasonably request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors
or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor
to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the
Trustee on a timely basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of the REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the
"net income from foreclosure property" of the REMIC as defined in Section
860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the REMIC after the Startup Day
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed,
including, without limitation, any minimum tax imposed upon the REMIC pursuant
to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not
paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the
Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by the
Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Master
Servicer or the Seller, in the case of any such minimum tax, if such tax arises
out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer or Seller of any of
their obligations under this Agreement or (iii) the Seller, if any such tax
arises out of or results from the Seller's obligation to repurchase a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or (iv) in all other cases, or in the
event that the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Seller fails to honor its
obligations under the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), any such tax will
be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders, as
provided in Section 3.11(b).
Section 8.12. Periodic Filings.
Pursuant to written instructions from the Depositor, the
Trustee shall prepare, execute and file all periodic reports required under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in conformity with the terms of the relief
granted to the Depositor in CWMBS, Inc. (February 3, 1994), a copy of which has
been supplied to the Trustee by the Issuer. In connection with the preparation
and filing of such periodic reports, the Depositor and the Master Servicer
shall timely provide to the Trustee all material information available to them
which is required to be included in such reports and not known to them to be in
the possession of the Trustee and such other information as the Trustee
reasonably may request from either of them and otherwise reasonably shall
cooperate with the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability with respect to
any failure to properly prepare or file such periodic reports resulting from or
relating to the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain any information not
resulting from its own negligence or willful misconduct.
Article IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the
Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities
of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with
respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the purchase
by the Master Servicer of all Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) remaining in
the related Loan Group at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group (other than in
respect of REO Property) plus one month's accrued interest thereon at the
applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate and (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised
value of any REO Property in such Loan Group as determined by the higher of two
appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the Master
Servicer at the expense of the Master Servicer and (y) the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group related to any REO Property,
in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable
Adjusted Mortgage Rate and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii)
the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In no event shall the trusts
created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years
from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the
late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the
date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date. The right to repurchase
all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in a Loan Group pursuant to clause (a)
above shall be conditioned upon the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, at the time of any such repurchase,
aggregating less then ten percent of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group.
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines
that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in
the Trust Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master
Servicer shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a final distribution notice
to each Certificateholder. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the Trust
Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days prior to the date
notice is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders the Master Servicer
shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Master Servicer
intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase price of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly
by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 15th
day and not later than the 10th day of the month next preceding the month of
such final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution
Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated,
(b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or
agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Master Servicer will give
such notice to each Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders.
In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall
cause all funds in the Certificate Account to be remitted to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of
the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and
the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the Trustee shall
promptly release to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage
Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the
Trustee shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class,
in each case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in
Section 4.02, in the case of the Certificateholders, in proportion to their
respective Percentage Interests, with respect to Certificateholders of the same
Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates, the
Certificate Balance thereof plus (a) accrued interest thereon (or on their
Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an interest-bearing Certificate,
and (b) any Class PO Deferred Amounts in the case of the Principal Only
Certificates allocated to such Certificate, (ii) as to each Class of
Certificates, any related Transfer Balance and accrued interest thereon and
(iii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on
deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained to meet
claims) after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not
surrender Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class A-R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase
option with respect to the Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group as provided in
Section 9.01 at such time as the Mortgage Loans in the other Loan Group are no
longer part of the Trust Fund, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance
with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been
supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Master Servicer, to
the effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section
9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" either the REMIC as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii)
cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates
are outstanding:
(1) Within 90 days prior to the final
Distribution Date set forth in the notice given by
the Master Servicer under Section 9.02, the Master
Servicer shall prepare and the Trustee, at the
expense of the "tax matters person", shall adopt a
plan of complete liquidation within the meaning of
Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code which, as evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee, the Tax Matters Person or
the Trust Fund), meets the requirements of a
qualified liquidation; and
(2) Within 90 days after the time of
adoption of such a plan of complete liquidation, the
Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust
Fund to the Master Servicer for cash in accordance
with Section 9.01.
(b) The Trustee as agent for the REMIC hereby agrees to adopt
and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of the
Master Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in
Section 9.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as may
be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders
thereof hereby authorize the Master Servicer to prepare and the Trustee to
adopt and sign a plan of complete liquidation.
Article X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of
the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct
any defective provision herein or to supplement any provision herein which may
be inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer, (iv) to add any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v) to
modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions
contained in this Agreement; provided that any action pursuant to clauses (iv)
or (v) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder;
provided, however, that no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required if the
Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency
stating that the amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates; it being understood
and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a
determination as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a
determination only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating. The
Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer also may at any time and from
time to time amend this Agreement without the consent of the Certificateholders
to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be
necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification of the REMIC as a REMIC
under the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on
the REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the
final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other
requirements of the Code, provided that the Trustee has been provided an
Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting
such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to, as
applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of
the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of the
Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of a Majority in Interest of each Class of Certificates affected thereby for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in a
manner other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests
aggregating 66%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the
Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment
will not cause the imposition of any tax on the REMIC or the Certificateholders
or cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this
Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to
each Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of
any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of
evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders
shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter
into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall
not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the
Trustee that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this
Agreement and that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been
complied with; and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the
conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to
be reached pursuant to this Section 10.01.
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other
comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the
Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or
elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense, but only upon direction by the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects
the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this
Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and (ii) of
the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an
absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that
such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Seller or Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other
reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in either
such assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement
within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and
(ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an
assignment and a grant (i) by the Seller to the Depositor or (ii) by the
Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, of a
security interest in all of the assets transferred, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired.
The Seller and the Depositor for the benefit of the
Certificateholders shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the Trust Fund, such security interest would
be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under
applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly
provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of
which it has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or
the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant
to Section 2.03; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each
Rating Agency copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section
4.06;
2. Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.16;
3. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.17; and
4. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in
the case of the Depositor, CWMBS, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, (b) in the case of the Master
Servicer, IndyMac, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or such other address as may be hereafter furnished
to the Depositor and the Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing, (c) in the
case of the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 1998-H, or
such other address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or
Master Servicer, and (d) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies, the
address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such
Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed,
first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable
from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other
provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the
Holders thereof.
Section 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
except as provided in Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Master Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and Depositor.
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle
such Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting
or to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or
winding up of the trust created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates
be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under
any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties
to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by
availing itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit,
action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein
provided, and unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25%
of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written
request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and
intended, and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every
other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by
availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of the
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the
manner herein provided and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 10.08,
each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice,
it will permit and will cause each Subservicer to permit any representative of
the Depositor or the Trustee during the Master Servicer's normal business
hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers
of the Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified
public accountants selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its
officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision
the Master Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to discuss with such
representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense
incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under
this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection; all
other such expenses shall be borne by the Master Servicer or the related
Subservicer.
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificate-holders
shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the
interests in the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be
nonassessable for any reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due
authentication thereof by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall
be deemed fully paid.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Seller
and the Master Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
CWMBS, INC.
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
INDYMAC, INC.
as Seller and Master Servicer
By:
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Delivered at Closing to Trustee]
SCHEDULE II
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1998-H
Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer
IndyMac, Inc. ("IndyMac") hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the Depositor and the Trustee,
as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule II shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among IndyMac, as seller and master servicer, CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and
The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) IndyMac is duly organized as a Delaware
corporation and is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to be conducted by IndyMac in any state in which a
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in
compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to the
extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan,
to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to perform any of its other
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof.
(2) IndyMac has the full corporate power and
authority to sell and service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of IndyMac
the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties
thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of IndyMac,
enforceable against IndyMac in accordance with its terms, except that
(a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by IndyMac, the sale and servicing of the Mortgage
Loans by IndyMac under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance
with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course of business of
IndyMac and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or
provision of the charter or by-laws of IndyMac or (B) materially
conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration
of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which IndyMac is a party or by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any
statute, order or regulation applicable to IndyMac of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over IndyMac; and IndyMac is not in breach or violation
of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument,
or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair
IndyMac's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) No litigation is pending or, to the best of
IndyMac's knowledge, threatened against IndyMac that would prohibit
the execution or delivery of, or performance under, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by IndyMac.
SCHEDULE III
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1998-H
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans
IndyMac, Inc. ("IndyMac") hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in this Schedule III to the Depositor and the Trustee,
as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date or
date of origination of the Mortgage Loan. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Schedule III shall have the meanings ascribed thereto
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series, among IndyMac, as seller and master
servicer, CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) The information set forth on Schedule I to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan is
true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
(2) As of the Closing Date, all regularly scheduled
monthly payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan up to and
including the Due Date immediately prior to the Cut-off Date have been
made; and as of the Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan had a regularly
scheduled monthly payment that was 60 or more days Delinquent during
the twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date.
(3) With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a
Cooperative Loan, each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien
on the Mortgaged Property subject only to (a) the lien of
nondelinquent current real property taxes and assessments and liens or
interests arising under or as a result of any federal, state or local
law, regulation or ordinance relating to hazardous wastes or hazardous
substances and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a unit in a
condominium project or planned unit development, any lien for common
charges permitted by statute or homeowner association fees, (b)
covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and
other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such
Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record being generally
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located or specifically reflected in the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related
Mortgage Loan, and (c) other matters to which like properties are
commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits
of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage.
(4) Immediately prior to the assignment of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller had good title to, and was
the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge,
lien, encumbrance or security interest and had full right and
authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign the same pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(5) As of the date of origination of each Mortgage
Loan, there was no delinquent tax or assessment lien against the
related Mortgaged Property.
(6) There is no valid offset, defense or
counterclaim to any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the
obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest
on such Mortgage Note.
(7) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for
work, labor or material affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or
may be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage,
except those which are insured against by the title insurance policy
referred to in item (11) below.
(8) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no
Mortgaged Property has been materially damaged by water, fire,
earthquake, windstorm, flood, tornado or similar casualty (excluding
casualty from the presence of hazardous wastes or hazardous
substances, as to which the Seller makes no representation) so as to
affect adversely the value of the related Mortgaged Property as
security for such Mortgage Loan.
(9) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in
all material respects with applicable state and federal laws,
including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real
estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws or
any noncompliance does not have a material adverse effect on the value
of the related Mortgage Loan.
(10) As of the Closing Date, the Seller has not
modified the Mortgage in any material respect (except that a Mortgage
Loan may have been modified by a written instrument which has been
recorded or submitted for recordation, if necessary, to protect the
interests of the Certificateholders and which has been delivered to
the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated such Mortgage in
whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property in whole or
in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any instrument of
release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction with respect
thereto.
(11) A lender's policy of title insurance together
with a condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if
applicable, in an amount at least equal to the Cut-off Date Stated
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment (binder)
to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of each
Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full force and
effect.
(12) Each Mortgage Loan was originated (within the
meaning of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) by an entity that satisfied at the time of origination the
requirements of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(13) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all of
the improvements which were included for the purpose of determining
the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of such property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property, unless such failure to be wholly within such boundaries and
restriction lines or such encroachment, as the case may be, does not
have a material effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property.
(14) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, as of the
date of origination of each Mortgage Loan, no improvement located on
or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any
applicable zoning law or regulation unless such violation would not
have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged
Property. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all inspections,
licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect
to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect
to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to
certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have
been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities, unless the
lack thereof would not have a material adverse effect on the value of
such Mortgaged Property.
(15) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and under
applicable law.
(16) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances
thereunder.
(17) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case
of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
(18) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve
as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is
named in such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become
payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee under the deed of
trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after default by the
Mortgagor.
(19) At the Cut-off Date, the improvements upon each
Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard
insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for
fire and extended coverage and coverage for such other hazards as are
customarily required by institutional single family mortgage lenders
in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and the Seller
has received no notice that any premiums due and payable thereon have
not been paid; the Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to
maintain all such insurance including flood insurance at the
Mortgagor's cost and expense. Anything to the contrary in this item
(19) notwithstanding, no breach of this item (19) shall be deemed to
give rise to any obligation of the Seller to repurchase or substitute
for such affected Mortgage Loan or Loans so long as the Master
Servicer maintains a blanket policy pursuant to the second paragraph
of Section 3.12(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(20) If at the time of origination of each Mortgage
Loan, related the Mortgaged Property was in an area then identified in
the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form
meeting the then-current requirements of the Flood Insurance
Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged Property
with a generally acceptable carrier.
(21) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is
no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of any Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding
currently occurring.
(22) To best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no
material event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the
expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material
non-monetary default, breach, violation or event of acceleration under
the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and the Seller has not
waived any material non-monetary default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration.
(23) Each Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property in a form acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC.
(24) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan
has a stated term at least as long as the term of the related Mortgage
Loan.
(25) Each Mortgage Loan was selected from among the
outstanding fixed-rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in the
Seller's portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the representations
and warranties made with respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth in
this Schedule III can be made. No such selection was made in a manner
intended to adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders.
(26) No more than 0.32% of the Mortgage Loans in Loan
Group 1 (by aggregate Stated Principal Balance) are Cooperative Loans.
No more than 0.18% of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 (by aggregate
Stated Principal Balance) are Cooperative Loans.
(27) Each Cooperative Loan is secured by a valid,
subsisting and enforceable perfected first lien and security interest
in the related Mortgaged Property, subject only to (i) the rights of
the Cooperative Corporation to collect Maintenance and assessments
from the Mortgagor, (ii) the lien of the Blanket Mortgage, if any, on
the Cooperative Property and of real property taxes, water and sewer
charges, rents and assessments on the Cooperative Property not yet due
and payable, and (iii) other matters to which like Cooperative Units
are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Security
Agreement or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the
Cooperative Unit. Each original UCC financing statement, continuation
statement or other governmental filing or recordation necessary to
create or preserve the perfection and priority of the first priority
lien and security interest in the Cooperative Shares and Proprietary
Lease has been timely and properly made. Any security agreement,
chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to the Cooperative
Loan and delivered to the Sponsor or its designee establishes in the
Seller a valid and subsisting perfected first lien on and security
interest in the property described therein, and the Seller has full
right to sell and assign the same.
(28) Each Cooperative Corporation qualifies as a
"cooperative housing corporation" as defined in Section 216 of the
Code.
SCHEDULE IV
Planned Balance Schedules
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SENIOR CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199_-_
Class [________]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage
loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to
four-family residential properties.
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
(obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate
Initial Certificate Balances of all Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among
the Depositor, IndyMac, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and
as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES
AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE
TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS , 199 . THE INITIAL
PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS _____ %. ASSUMING THAT THE
MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF _____ % PER ANNUM
(THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH $
____________ OF OID PER $1,000 OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS
CERTIFICATE; THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF
COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF OID IS APPROXIMATELY % (COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE
AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS $ PER $1,000 OF
THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE COMPUTED USING THE MONTHLY
YIELD AND DAILY COMPOUNDING DURING THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD. NO REPRESENTATION
IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY MAY DIFFER FROM
THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID WILL BE ADJUSTED, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS WHICH HAVE
OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS INTENDED TO
BE THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE
CODE.]
[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY ONLY BE MADE IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPTED
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IF
SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A REPRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, OR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND
BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS
CLASS.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CWMBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 199_-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199_-_
Class [___]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage
loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to
four-family residential properties.
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ___________________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
(obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate
Initial Certificate Balances of the denominations of all Certificates of the
Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with
respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited
by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above
(the "Agreement") among the Depositor, IndyMac, Inc., as seller (in such
capacity, the "Seller"), and as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to
the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
[No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such laws. In the event that a
transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such
laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee
in writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the event that such a
transfer is to be made within three years from the date of the initial
issuance of Certificates pursuant hereto, there shall also be delivered
(except in the case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act)
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant
to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be obtained at the expense of the Trustee, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to
effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee
and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not
so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.]
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation [letter] from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation
letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, (ii) if
the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is
an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined
in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered
under PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on
behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be
"plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA
and the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer. [Such representation shall be
deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the Transferee's acceptance of a
Certificate of this Class and by a beneficial owner's acceptance of its
interest in a Certificate of this Class.] Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate of this Class to or
on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without
the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be
void and of no effect.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE "TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST" ISSUED
UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION BY THE
TRANSFEREE OF THE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER SUCH AGREEMENT.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IF
SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A REPRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, OR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND
BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS
CLASS.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 199_-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199_-_
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first
liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances
of the denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among
the Depositor, IndyMac, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and
as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained
by the Trustee in New York, New York.
No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation [letter] from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation
letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, (ii) if
the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is
an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificate with funds contained
in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section
V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that
the purchase and holding of such Certificate are covered under PTCE 95-60 or
(iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration in the
name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
(or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any
such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that
the purchase or holding of such Class A-R Certificate will not result in the
assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the
prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject
the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or
the Master Servicer. [Such representation shall be deemed to have been made to
the Trustee by the Transferee's acceptance of this Class A-R Certificate and
by a beneficial owner's acceptance of its interest in such Certificate.]
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject
to ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not
limited to the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted
Transferee, (ii) no Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be
transferred without delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the
proposed transferee and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of
such documents to be in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must
agree to require a transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to
the Trustee as required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or
acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not
to transfer an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has
actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee
and (v) any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this
Class A-R Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely
null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF NOTIONAL AMOUNT CERTIFICATE]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY
DISTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE
TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS __________, 199_.
THE INITIAL PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS ____%. ASSUMING
THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF ____% PER
ANNUM (THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH
$__________ OF OID ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE; THE ANNUAL
YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF
OID IS APPROXIMATELY ____% (COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE
TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS $__________ ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED
PRINCIPAL BALANCE; AND THE METHOD USED TO CALCULATE THE ANNUAL YIELD TO
MATURITY AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS
THE EXACT METHOD AS DEFINED IN PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS. NO
REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON
THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY
MAY DIFFER FROM THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID WILL BE ADJUSTED,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS
WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS
INTENDED TO BE THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION
1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE CODE.]
Certificate No.:
Cut-off Date:
First Distribution Date:
Initial Notional
Amount of this
Certificate
("Denomination"):
Initial Notional Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class:
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 199_-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199_-_
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class X Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first
liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither
this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate specified above in certain monthly
distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, IndyMac, Inc., as
seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT E
[Form of Reverse of Certificates]
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the "Certificates"),
and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by
the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the
Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any
liability under the Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations
of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the
applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be
distributed to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date
applicable to each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month
next preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any
time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent
by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate
issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof
whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The
Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency
maintained by the Trustee in New York, New York, accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates
are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee and
any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance
is less than 10% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance, the Master
Servicer will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all
remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage
Loans at a purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. In the
event that no such optional termination occurs, the obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate upon the later of the
maturity or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the
last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all
property in respect thereof and the distribution to Certificateholders of all
amounts required to be distributed pursuant to the Agreement. In no event,
however, will the trust created by the Agreement continue beyond the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants
living at the date of the Agreement of a certain person named in the
Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
___________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
.
Dated:
___________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ,
,
for the account of ,
account number , or, if mailed by check, to
. Applicable statements should be mailed
to ,
.
This information is provided by ,
the assignee named above, or ,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT F
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
_____________________
____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor,
IndyMac, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 199 -
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan listed in the attached
schedule), it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the following
form: "Pay to the order of ________, without recourse"; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in
a blanket assignment or assignments); provided, however, that it has received
no assignment with respect to any Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged
Property is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
=====================
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor,
IndyMac, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199 -
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on
the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the form provided in
Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to
the Seller.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage.
(iii) A duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in the form provided in
Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however,
that it has received no assignment with respect to any Mortgage for which the
related Mortgaged Property is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or,
if the Depositor has certified or the Trustee otherwise knows that the related
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable recording office, a copy of
the assignment of the Mortgage (excluding information to be provided by the
recording office).
(iv) The original or duplicate original recorded assignment or assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator to
the Seller.
(v) The original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all
riders thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy thereof
certified by the title company.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv), (vi) and (xi) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in
Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee has made no
determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any endorsement
is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the
assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which the assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By :
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT I
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 199_-_
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of _____________________ , the
proposed Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (the
"Agreement"), relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among CWMBS,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), IndyMac, Inc., as seller and master
servicer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used, but not
defined herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to
make this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate either (i) for its own account or (ii)
as nominee, trustee or agent for another Person and has attached hereto an
affidavit from such Person in substantially the same form as this affidavit.
The Transferee has no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit
that such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the
pass-through entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is
false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated
investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust fund, a
partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives and, except as may be
provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding interests in pass-through
entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of
the Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by
reference) and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by
and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in
the Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to
the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to
which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect
to the Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _____________ .
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with
respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose
of the transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and the
Transferee is not acting on behalf of such a plan.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed,
duly attested, this _______ day of ___________________ , 19 .
Print Name of Transferee
By:
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________ , known
or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument
and to be the ______________________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that
he executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this day of , 19 .
----- --------- --
______________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the ___ day
of __________ , 19__.
EXHIBIT 1
to EXHIBIT I
Certain Definitions
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest
in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Code Section
521) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the
tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to any
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Code Section 1381(a)(2)(c), (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust whose income from sources
without the United States is includible in gross income for federal income tax
purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States, and (vi) any other Person so designated by the
Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to such Person may cause the Trust Fund to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certain Certificates are
Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section 7701 or
successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality
of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof if all
of its activities are subject to tax, and, with the exception of the FHLMC, a
majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
bank, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
EXHIBIT 2
to EXHIBIT I
Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate are expressly subject to the following
provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Class A-R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee
and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class A-R Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its
Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate, (B) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Class
A-R Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any other Person if it has
actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class A-R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Class A-R Certificate that is
in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or
for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof
or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Class A-R Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Class A-R Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee,
all information necessary to compute any tax imposed under
Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any Holder
who is not a Permitted Transferee.
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________, 199__
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 199 -
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199 - ,
Class
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being
disposed by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to,
or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, in a manner
that would be deemed, or taken any other action which would result in, a
violation of Section 5 of the Act and (c) to the extent we are disposing of a
Class A-R Certificate, we have no knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted
Transferee.
Very truly yours,
___________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
__________, 199__
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 199 -
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 199 - , Class
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
are an "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement nor are we using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii)if we are an insurance company,
a representation that we are an insurnace company which is purchaseing such
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under PTCE 95-60, (e) if an insurance company, we are
purchasing the Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and our purchase and holding of the
Certificates are covered under XXXX 00-00, (x) we are acquiring the
Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in accordance with
clause (h) below), (g) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or
solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any
other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and
(h) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless
(1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Act or is exempt from such registration
requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that such sale,
transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from the
Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed and
delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with
any conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:_____________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT L
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
____________, 199__
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 199 -
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 199 - , Class
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) we are not an employee benefit plan
that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement
to effect such acquisition, (e) if an insurance company, we are purchasing the
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60
("PTCE 95-60")) and our purchase and holding of the Certificates are covered
under XXXX 00-00, (x) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf
offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Act or that
would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of
the Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has
authorized or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to
the Certificates, (g) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act ("Rule 144A") and have completed either of
the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex
2, (h) we are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, and (i) we are acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that such Certificates
may be resold, pledged or transferred only (A) to a person reasonably believed
to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or
for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given
that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or
(B) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
Very truly yours,
________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:_____________________
Authorized Officer
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $ ____________ 1 in securities
(except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance
with Rule 144A and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category
marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank,
savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts
or similar business trust, partnership, or charitable organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District of
Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to banking
and is supervised by the State or territorial banking commission or
similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and
(b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised and
examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision over any
such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association or
equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
___ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance
or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies and
which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a
similar official or agency of a State, territory or the District of
Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered
under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
___ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration
under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958.
___ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors
Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned
but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used
the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the
securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer
reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of
their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost
of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in
determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities
owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are
consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of
another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made
herein because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of
this certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer
is a bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after
they become available.
_______________________
Print Name of Buyer
By:____________________
Name:
Title:
Date:__________________
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned
by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such
securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial
statements on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information
with respect to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause
(ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at
market.
___ The Buyer owned $ _____________ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's
most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance
with Rule 144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned
in the aggregate $ in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal
year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means two
or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii)
currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned
will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to
which this certification relates of any changes in the information and
conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the
undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
______________________
Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By:___________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
______________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:________________
EXHIBIT M
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 199_-_
Loan Information
Name of Mortgagor:
Servicer
Loan No.:
Trustee
Name:
Address:
Trustee
Mortgage File No.:
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has
received from The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, of the above-referenced Series, the documents
referred to below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise
defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series among the Trustee, IndyMac, Inc., as
Seller and Master Servicer and CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor.
( ) Mortgage Note dated , 19 , in the original principal sum of $ , made
by ------------ -- ---------- . payable to, or endorsed to the order
of, the Trustee. ------------------
( ) Mortgage recorded on as instrument no. in the County Recorder's
----------------- --------------------- Office of the County of ,
State of in book/reel/docket ------------------- --------------- of
official records at page/image .
( ) Deed of Trust recorded on as instrument no. in the County
------------------ ----------------- Recorder's Office of the County
of , State of in book/reel/docket ---------------- --------------- of
official records at page/image .
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee, recorded on
as instrument no. ----------------- in the County Recorder's Office
of the County of , State of in ------------ ----------
---------------- book/reel/docket of official records at page/image .
( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or other
assumptions of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( )
( )
( )
( )
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees as
follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain
possession of the Documents in trust for the benefit of the
Trustee, solely for the purposes provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or knowingly
permit the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by,
any claim, liens, security interest, charges, writs of
attachment or other impositions nor shall the Servicer
assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of setoff to
or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every
Document previously requested from the Mortgage File to the
Trustee when the need therefor no longer exists, unless the
Mortgage Loan relating to the Documents has been liquidated
and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the
Certificate Account and except as expressly provided in the
Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including
any proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or
control of the Master Servicer shall at all times be
earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the Master
Servicer shall keep the Documents and any proceeds separate
and distinct from all other property in the Master
Servicer's possession, custody or control.
INDYMAC, INC.
By
Its
Date: , 19
EXHIBIT N
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: The Bank of New York Attn: Mortgage Custody
Services
Re: The Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated _______ among IndyMac, Inc. as
Master Servicer, Inc, CWMBS, Inc. and The Bank of New York as Trustee
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as
Trustee for CWMBS, Inc., we request the release of the Mortgage Loan File for
the Mortgage Loan(s) described below, for the reason indicated.
FT Account#: Pool #:
Mortgagor's Name, Address and Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
_______1. Mortgage Loan paid in full (IndyMac hereby certifies that all
amounts have been received.)
_______2. Mortgage Loan Liquidated (IndyMac hereby certifies that all
proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, or other liquidation have
been finally received.)
_______3. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
_______4. Other (explain): ____________________________________
If item 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on file
with you, as well as an additional documents in your possession relating to
the above-specified Mortgage Loan. If item 3 or 4 is checked, upon return of
all of the above documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt
by signing in the space indicated below, and returning this form.
INDYMAC, INC. 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
By:________________________
Name:______________________
Title:____________________
Date:______________________
TRUSTEE CONSENT TO RELEASE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
By:________________________
Name:______________________
Title:____________________
Date:______________________
