CWALT, INC., Depositor COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., Seller PARK GRANADA LLC, Seller PARK MONACO INC., Seller PARK SIENNA LLC, Seller COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, Master Servicer and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, Trustee POOLING AND SERVICING...
Exhibit
99.1
EXECUTION
COPY
_________________________
CWALT,
INC.,
Depositor
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller
PARK
GRANADA LLC,
Seller
PARK
MONACO INC.,
Seller
PARK
SIENNA LLC,
Seller
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS SERVICING LP,
Master
Servicer
and
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
___________________________________
Dated
as
of July 1, 2007
___________________________________
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-23CB
_________________________
Table
of Contents
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
|
||
SECTION
1.01.
|
Defined
Terms
|
I-1
|
SECTION
1.02.
|
Certain
Interpretive Provisions
|
I-30
|
ARTICLE
II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
|
||
SECTION
2.01.
|
Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans.
|
II-1
|
SECTION
2.02.
|
Acceptance
by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
|
II-7
|
SECTION
2.03.
|
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Sellers and Master
Servicer.
|
II-10
|
SECTION
2.04.
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans.
|
II-13
|
SECTION
2.05.
|
Delivery
of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions.
|
II-13
|
SECTION
2.06.
|
Execution
and Delivery of Certificates.
|
II-13
|
SECTION
2.07.
|
REMIC
Matters.
|
II-14
|
SECTION
2.08.
|
Covenants
of the Master Servicer.
|
II-14
|
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 Subservicers.
|
III-2
|
SECTION
3.03.
|
Rights
of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master
Servicer.
|
III-2
|
SECTION
3.04.
|
Trustee
to Act as Master Servicer.
|
III-2
|
SECTION
3.05.
|
Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments; the Certificate Account; the Distribution
Account; the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest
Account.
|
III-3
|
SECTION
3.06.
|
Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.
|
III-6
|
SECTION
3.07.
|
Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
|
III-7
|
SECTION
3.08.
|
Permitted
Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and the Distribution
Account.
|
III-7
|
SECTION
3.09.
|
Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance
Policies.
|
III-9
|
SECTION
3.10.
|
Enforcement
of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
|
III-10
|
SECTION
3.11.
|
Realization
Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage
Loans.
|
III-11
|
SECTION
3.12.
|
Trustee
to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
|
III-14
|
SECTION
3.13.
|
Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer to be Held for
the
Trustee.
|
III-15
|
SECTION
3.14.
|
Servicing
Compensation.
|
III-15
|
SECTION
3.15.
|
Access
to Certain Documentation.
|
III-15
|
SECTION
3.16.
|
Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
|
III-16
|
SECTION
3.17.
|
Errors
and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
|
III-16
|
i
ARTICLE
IV DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
|
||
SECTION
4.01.
|
Advances.
|
IV-1
|
SECTION
4.02.
|
Priorities
of Distribution.
|
IV-2
|
SECTION
4.03.
|
[Reserved].
|
IV-5
|
SECTION
4.04.
|
Allocation
of Realized Losses.
|
IV-5
|
SECTION
4.05.
|
[Reserved]
|
IV-6
|
SECTION
4.06.
|
Monthly
Statements to Certificateholders.
|
IV-6
|
SECTION
4.07.
|
Determination
of Pass-Through Rates for COFI Certificates.
|
IV-6
|
SECTION
4.08.
|
Determination
of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates.
|
IV-7
|
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-5
|
SECTION
5.04.
|
Persons
Deemed Owners.
|
V-5
|
SECTION
5.05.
|
Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
|
V-6
|
SECTION
5.06.
|
Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
|
V-6
|
SECTION
5.07.
|
Depositable
and Exchangeable Certificates.
|
V-6
|
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 Sellers, the Master Servicer and
Others.
|
VI-1
|
SECTION
6.04.
|
Limitation
on Resignation of 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-3
|
SECTION
7.03.
|
Notification
to Certificateholders.
|
VII-4
|
ARTICLE
VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
|
||
SECTION
8.01.
|
Duties
of 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 Trustee.
|
VIII-3
|
SECTION
8.07.
|
Resignation
and Removal of Trustee.
|
VIII-4
|
SECTION
8.08.
|
Successor
Trustee.
|
VIII-5
|
SECTION
8.09.
|
Merger
or Consolidation of Trustee.
|
VIII-5
|
SECTION
8.10.
|
Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
|
VIII-5
|
SECTION
8.11.
|
Tax
Matters.
|
VIII-7
|
SECTION
8.12.
|
Monitoring
of Significance Percentage.
|
VIII-8
|
ii
ARTICLE
IX TERMINATION
|
||
SECTION
9.01.
|
Termination
upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage Loans.
|
IX-1
|
SECTION
9.02.
|
Final
Distribution on the Certificates.
|
IX-1
|
SECTION
9.03.
|
Additional
Termination Requirements.
|
IX-2
|
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-2
|
SECTION
10.04.
|
Intention
of Parties.
|
X-2
|
SECTION
10.05.
|
Notices.
|
X-4
|
SECTION
10.06.
|
Severability
of Provisions.
|
X-5
|
SECTION
10.07.
|
Assignment.
|
X-5
|
SECTION
10.08.
|
Limitation
on Rights of Certificateholders.
|
X-5
|
SECTION
10.09.
|
Inspection
and Audit Rights.
|
X-6
|
SECTION
10.10.
|
Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
|
X-6
|
SECTION
10.11.
|
[Reserved]
|
X-6
|
SECTION
10.12.
|
Protection
of Assets.
|
X-6
|
ARTICLE
XI EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
|
||
SECTION
11.01.
|
Filing
Obligations.
|
XI-1
|
SECTION
11.02.
|
Form
10-D Filings.
|
XI-1
|
SECTION
11.03.
|
Form
8-K Filings.
|
XI-2
|
SECTION
11.04.
|
Form
10-K Filings.
|
XI-2
|
SECTION
11.05.
|
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification.
|
XI-2
|
SECTION
11.06.
|
Form
15 Filing.
|
XI-3
|
SECTION
11.07.
|
Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
|
XI-3
|
SECTION
11.08.
|
Use
of Subservicers and Subcontractors.
|
XI-4
|
SECTION
11.09.
|
Amendments.
|
XI-5
|
SECTION
11.10.
|
Reconciliation
of Accounts.
|
XI-5
|
Available
Exchanges of Depositable Certificates for Exchangeable Certificates(1)(2)
|
1
|
|
SCHEDULES
|
||
Schedule
I
|
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
|
S-I-1
|
Schedule
II-A
|
Representations
and Warranties of Countrywide
|
S-II-A-1
|
Schedule
II-B
|
Representations
and Warranties of Park Granada
|
S-II-B-1
|
Schedule
II-C
|
Representations
and Warranties of Park Monaco Inc.
|
S-II-C-1
|
Schedule
II-D
|
Representations
and Warranties of Park Sienna LLC
|
S-II-D-1
|
Schedule
III-A
|
Representations
and Warranties of Countrywide as to the Mortgage Loans
|
S-III-A-1
|
Schedule
III-B
|
Representations
and Warranties of Countrywide as to the Countrywide Mortgage
Loans
|
S-III-B-1
|
Schedule
III-C
|
Representations
and Warranties of Park Granada as to the Park Granada Mortgage
Loans
|
S-III-C-1
|
iii
Schedule
III-D
|
Representations
and Warranties of Park Monaco Inc. as to the Park Monaco Inc. Mortgage
Loans
|
S-III-D-1
|
Schedule
III-E
|
Representations
and Warranties of Park Sienna LLC as to the Park Sienna LLC Mortgage
Loans
|
S-III-E-1
|
Schedule
IV
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer
|
S-IV-1
|
Schedule
V
|
Principal
Balance Schedules (if applicable)
|
S-V-1
|
Schedule
VI
|
Form
of Monthly Master Servicer Report
|
S-VI-I
|
Schedule
VII:
|
Schedule
of Available Exchanges of Depositable Certificates for Exchangeable
Certificates
|
S-VII-I
|
iv
|
EXHIBITS
|
Exhibit
A:
|
Form
of Senior or Exchangeable Certificate (excluding Notional Amount
Certificates)
|
A-1
|
Exhibit
B:
|
Form
of Subordinated Certificate
|
B-1
|
Exhibit
C-1:
|
Form
of Class A-R Certificate
|
C-1-1
|
Exhibit
C-2:
|
[Reserved]
|
C-2-1
|
Exhibit
C-3
|
[Reserved]
|
C-3-1
|
Exhibit
C-4
|
[Reserved]
|
C-4-1
|
Exhibit
D:
|
Form
of Notional Amount Certificate
|
D-1
|
Exhibit
E:
|
Form
of Reverse of Certificates
|
E-1
|
Exhibit
F-1:
|
Form
of Initial Certification of Trustee (Initial Mortgage
Loans)
|
F-1-1
|
Exhibit
F-2:
|
Form
of Initial Certification of Trustee (Supplemental Mortgage
Loans)
|
F-2-1
|
Exhibit
G-1:
|
Form
of Delay Delivery Certification of Trustee (Initial Mortgage
Loans)
|
G-1-1
|
Exhibit
G-2:
|
Form
of Delay Delivery Certification of Trustee (Supplemental Mortgage
Loans)
|
G-2-1
|
Exhibit
H-1:
|
Form
of Final Certification of Trustee (Initial Mortgage Loans)
|
X-0-0
|
Xxxxxxx
X-0:
|
Form
of Final Certification of Trustee (Supplemental Mortgage
Loans)
|
H-2-1
|
Exhibit
I:
|
Form
of Transfer Affidavit
|
I-1
|
Exhibit
J-1:
|
Form
of Transferor Certificate (Residual)
|
X-0-0
|
Xxxxxxx
X-0:
|
Form
of Transferor Certificate (Private)
|
J-2-1
|
Exhibit
K:
|
Form
of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
|
K-1
|
Exhibit
L-1:
|
Form
of Rule 000X Xxxxxx
|
X-0-0
|
Xxxxxxx
X-0:
|
Form
of ERISA Letter (Covered Certificates)
|
L-2-1
|
Exhibit
M:
|
Form
of Request for Release (for Trustee)
|
M-1
|
Exhibit
N:
|
Form
of Request for Release of Documents (Mortgage Loan - Paid in Full,
Repurchased and Replaced)
|
N-1
|
Exhibit
O:
|
[Reserved]
|
O-1
|
Exhibit
P:
|
Form
of Supplemental Transfer Agreement
|
P-1
|
Exhibit
Q:
|
Standard
& Poor’s LEVELS® Version 6.0 Glossary Revised, Appendix
E
|
Q-1
|
Exhibit
R:
|
[Reserved]
|
R-1
|
Exhibit
S-1:
|
[Reserved]
|
S-1-1
|
Exhibit
S-2:
|
[Reserved]
|
S-2-1
|
Exhibit
T:
|
[Reserved]
|
T-1
|
Exhibit
U:
|
Monthly
Report
|
U-1
|
Exhibit
V-1:
|
Form
of Performance Certification (Subservicer)
|
V-1-1
|
Exhibit
V-2:
|
Form
of Performance Certification (Trustee)
|
V-2-1
|
Exhibit
W:
|
Form
of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Statement
|
W-1
|
Exhibit
X:
|
List
of Item 1119 Parties
|
X-1
|
Exhibit
Y:
|
Form
of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (Replacement of Master
Servicer)
|
Y-1
|
v
THIS
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of July 1, 2007, among CWALT, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS,
INC. (“Countrywide”), a New York corporation, as a seller (a “Seller”), PARK
GRANADA LLC (“Park Granada”), a Delaware limited liability company, as a seller
(a “Seller”), PARK MONACO INC. (“Park Monaco”), a Delaware corporation, as a
seller (a “Seller”), PARK SIENNA LLC (“Park Sienna”), a Delaware limited
liability company, as a seller (a “Seller”), COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING
LP, a Texas limited partnership, as master servicer (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. For federal income tax purposes, the
Trustee shall treat the Trust Fund as consisting of a trust (the “ES
Trust”) beneath which is a two real estate mortgage investment conduits (or in
the alternative, the “”Strip (STR) REMIC” and the “Master REMIC”) and shall make
all elections as necessary for such treatment. The Strip REMIC will
hold all the assets of the Trust Fund and will issue several classes of
uncertificated Strip REMIC Interests. The Class STR-A-R Interest is
hereby designated as the residual interest in the Strip REMIC and each other
Strip REMIC Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Strip
REMIC. The Master REMIC will hold all the interests in the Strip
REMIC (except the STR-A-R Interest) and will issue several classes of
uncertificated Master REMIC Interests. The Class MR-A-R Interest is
hereby designated as the residual interest in the Master REMIC and each other
Master REMIC Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Master
REMIC. The “latest possible maturity date,” for federal income tax
purposes, of all REMIC regular interests created hereby will be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.
The
ES
Trust shall hold the STR-A-R Interest, the MR-A-R Interest and all Master REMIC
regular interests and shall issue the Certificates. Each Certificate,
other than the Class A-R Certificate, will represent ownership of one or more
of
the Master REMIC regular interests held by the ES Trust. The Class
A-R Certificate will represent ownership of the STR-A-R Interest and the MR-A-R
Interest which are the sole Classes of REMIC residual interest in the Strip
REMIC and Master REMIC, respectively.
For
federal income tax purposes the Trustee shall treat the ES Trust as a Grantor
Trust and shall treat each Holder of an ES Trust Certificate as the owner of
the
individual, underlying assets represented by such ES Trust
Certificate. In addition, to the fullest extent possible, ownership
of an ES Trust Certificate shall be treated as direct ownership of the
individual, underlying assets represented by such ES Trust Certificate for
federal income tax reporting purposes.
The
following table sets forth characteristics of the ES Trust Certificates,
together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess thereof
in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one Residual Certificate
representing the Tax Matters Person Certificate may be issued in a different
amount):
Class
Designation
|
Initial
Maximum Class Certificate Balance
|
Pass-Through
Rate
(per
annum)
|
Minimum
Denomination
|
Integral
Multiples in Excess of Minimum
|
Classes
of Master REMIC Interests Represented
(7)
|
Class
A-1
|
$288,618,000
|
6.00%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
XX-X-0-X-X,
XX-X-0-X-X,
XX-X-0-X-X,
XX-X-0-X-X,
MR-A-1-C-F,
MR-A-1-C-I
|
Class
A-2
|
$11,382,000
|
6.00%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-2
|
Class
A-3
|
$286,450,000
|
(1)
|
$1,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-3
|
Class
A-4
|
$300,000,000(2)
|
(3)
|
$25,000
|
$1(4)
|
MR-A-4
|
Class
A-5
|
$362,661,000
|
6.50%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-5
|
Class
A-6
|
$25,600,000
|
6.50%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-6
|
Class
A-7
|
$230,894,400
|
(5)
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-1-A-F,
MR-A-1-B-F,
MR-A-1-C-F
|
Class
A-8
|
$57,723,600
|
(6)
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-1-A-I,
MR-A-1-B-I,
MR-A-1-C-I
|
Class
A-9
|
$38,516,039
|
6.00%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-1-A-F,
MR-A-1-A-I
|
Class
A-10
|
$221,240,161
|
6.00%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-1-B-F,
MR-A-1-B-I
|
Class
A-11
|
$28,861,800
|
6.00%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-1-C-F,
MR-A-1-C-I
|
Class
A-12
|
$13,550,000
|
(1)
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-A-12
|
Class
X
|
$462,633,476(2)
|
(7)
|
$25,000
|
$1(4)
|
MR-X
|
Class PO
|
$11,851,230
|
(8)
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-PO
|
Class A-R
|
$ 100
|
6.50%
|
(9)
|
$1
|
MR-A-R
STR-A-R
|
Class M
|
$21,279,000
|
6.50%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-M
|
Class B-1
|
$6,228,000
|
6.50%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-B-1
|
Class B-2
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
$25,000
|
$1
|
MR-B-2
|
Class
B-3
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
$100,000
|
$1
|
MR-B-3
|
Class
B-4
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
$100,000
|
$1
|
MR-B-4
|
Class
B-5
|
$2,595,670
|
6.50%
|
$100,000
|
$1
|
MR-B-5
|
__________________________________________
2
(1)
|
The
Pass-Through Rate on this Class of Certificates for the Interest
Accrual
Period for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to
LIBOR
plus 0.50%, subject to a maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rate of
7.00%
and 0.50% per annum, respectively. The Pass-Through Rate for
this Class of Certificates for the Interest Accrual for the first
Distribution Date is 5.82% per
annum.
|
(2)
|
This
Class will be a Class of Notional Amount Certificates, will have
no Class
Certificate Balance and will bear interest on its Notional
Amount.
|
(3)
|
The
Pass-Through Rate on the Class A-4 Certificates for the Interest
Accrual
Period for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to
6.50%
minus LIBOR, subject to a maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rate of
6.50%
and 0.00% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate for this Class of
Certificates for the Interest Accrual for the first Distribution
Date is
1.18% per annum.
|
(4)
|
Minimum
denomination is based on the Notional Amount of such
Class.
|
(5)
|
The
Pass-Through Rate on the Class A-7 Certificates for the Interest
Accrual
Period for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to
LIBOR
plus 0.40%, subject to a maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rate of
7.50%
and 0.40% per annum, respectively. The Pass-Through Rate for
this Class of Certificates for the Interest Accrual for the first
Distribution Date is 5.72% per
annum.
|
(6)
|
The
Pass-Through Rate on the Class A-8 Certificates for the Interest
Accrual
Period for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to
28.40%
minus the product of (a) 4 and (b) LIBOR, subject to a maximum
and minimum Pass-Through Rate of 28.40 and 0.00% per annum. The
Pass-Through Rate for this Class of Certificates for the Interest
Accrual
for the first Distribution Date is 7.12% per
annum.
|
(7)
|
The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X Certificates for the Interest Accrual
Period 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, weighted on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance
thereof as of the Due Date in the preceding calendar month (after
giving
effect to Principal Prepayments received in the Prepayment Period
related
to such prior Due Date), over (b) 6.50%. The Pass-Through Rate
for the Class X Certificates for the Interest Accrual period for
the first
Distribution Date is 0.316%.
|
(8)
|
This
Class is a Class of Principal Only Certificates and will not receive
any
distributions of interest.
|
(9)
|
The
Class A-R Certificates represent the sole Class of residual interest
in
the Master REMIC and in Lower Tier REMIC. The Class A-R
Certificate shall be issued by the ES Trust as two separate certificates,
one with an initial Certificate Balance of $99.99 and the Tax Matters
Person Certificate with an initial Certificate Balance of
$0.01.
|
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The
following table specifies the class designation, interest rate, and principal
amount for each class of Master REMIC Interest:
Master
REMIC Interest
|
Initial
Principal Balance
|
Interest
Rate
|
Possible
Corresponding ES Trust Certificates
|
MR-A-1-A-F
|
$ 30,812,831
|
(1)
|
Class
A-1, Class A-7, Class A-9
|
MR-A-1-A-I
|
$7,703,208
|
(2)
|
Class
A-1, Class A-8, Class A-9
|
MR-A-1-B-F
|
$176,992,129
|
(1)
|
Class
A-1, Class A-7, Class A-10
|
MR-A-1-B-I
|
$44,248,032
|
(2)
|
Class
A-1, Class A-8, Class A-10
|
MR-A-1-C-F
|
$23,089,440
|
(1)
|
Class
A-1, Class A-7, Class A-11
|
MR-A-1-C-I
|
$5,772,360
|
(2)
|
Class
A-1, Class A-8, Class X-00
|
XX-X-0
|
$11,382,000
|
6.00%
|
Class
X-0
|
XX-X-0
|
$286,450,000
|
(3)
|
Class
X-0
|
XX-X-0
|
$300,000,000(4)
|
(5)
|
Class
X-0
|
XX-X-0
|
$362,661,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
X-0
|
XX-X-0
|
$25,600,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
X-0
|
XX-X-00
|
$13,550,000
|
(3)
|
Class
A-12
|
MR-X
|
$462,633,476(4)
|
(6)
|
Class
X
|
MR-PO
|
$11,851,230
|
(7)
|
Class
PO
|
MR-M
|
$21,279,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
M
|
MR-B-1
|
$6,228,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
B-1
|
MR-B-2
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
B-2
|
MR-B-3
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
B-3
|
MR-B-4
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
Class
B-4
|
MR-B-5
|
$2,595,670
|
6.50%
|
Class
B-5
|
MR-A-R
(8)
|
$ 100
|
6.50%
|
A-R
|
(1)
|
This
class of Master REMIC Interests will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 0.40%, subject to
a
maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rate of 7.50% and 0.40% per annum,
respectively.
|
(2)
|
This
class of Master REMIC Interests will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate of 28.40% minus the product
of (a) 4 and (b) LIBOR, subject to a maximum and minimum Pass-Through
Rate
of 28.40 and 0.00% per annum.
|
(3)
|
This
class of Master REMIC Interests will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 0.50%, subject to
a
maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rate of 7.00% and 0.50% per annum,
respectively.
|
(4)
|
This
Class will be a Class of Notional Amount Master REMIC Interests,
will have
no Class Certificate Balance and will bear interest on its Notional
Amount.
|
(5)
|
This
class of Master REMIC Interests will bear interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at a per annum rate of 6.50% minus LIBOR, subject
to a
maximum and minimum Pass-Through Rate of 6.50% and 0.00% per
annum.
|
(6)
|
The
MR-X Master REMIC Interest is entitled to receive on each Distribution
Date all amounts payable with respect to the STR-X Strip REMIC
Interest
|
(7)
|
This
class of Master REMIC Interest pays no
interest.
|
(8)
|
The
Class MR-A-R Master REMIC Interest represents the sole Class of residual
interest in the Master REMIC.
|
The
following table specifies the class designation, interest rate, and principal
amount for each class of Strip REMIC Interests:
Strip
REMIC Interest
|
Initial
Principal Balance
|
Interest
Rate
|
Corresponding
Master REMIC Interest
|
STR-A-1-A-F
|
$30,812,831
|
6.00%
|
XX-X-0-X-X,
XX-X-0-X-X,
|
XXX-X-0-X-X
|
$7,703,208
|
6.00%
|
XX-X-0-X-X,
XX-X-0-X-X,
|
XXX-X-0-X-X
|
$176,992,129
|
6.00%
|
MR-A-1-B-F,
MR-A-1-B-I,
|
STR-A-1-B-I
|
$44,248,032
|
6.00%
|
MR-A-1-B-F,
MR-A-1-BC-I,
|
STR-A-1-C-F
|
$23,089,440
|
6.00%
|
MR-A-1-C-F,
MR-A-1-C-I,
|
STR-A-1-C-I
|
$5,772,360
|
6.00%
|
MR-A-1-C-F,
MR-A-1-C-I,
|
STR-A-2
|
$11,382,000
|
6.00%
|
XX-X-0
|
XXX-X-0
|
$286,450,000
|
7.00%
|
XX-X-0,
XX-X-0 (1)
|
STR-A-5
|
$362,661,000
|
6.50%
|
XX-X-0
|
XXX-X-0
|
$25,600,000
|
6.50%
|
XX-X-0
|
XXX-X-00
|
$13,550,000
|
7.00%
|
XX-X-00,
XX-X-0 (1)
|
STR-X
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
MR-X
|
STR-$100
|
$100
|
6.50%
|
MR-A-R
|
STR-PO
|
$ 11,851,230
|
(4)
|
MR-PO
|
STR-M
|
$21,279,000
|
6.50%
|
MR-M
|
STR-B-1
|
$6,228,000
|
6.50%
|
MR-B-1
|
STR-B-2
|
$2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
XX-X-0
|
XXX-X-0
|
$ 2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
XX-X-0
|
0
XXX-X-0
|
$ 2,595,000
|
6.50%
|
XX-X-0
|
XXX-X-0
|
$ 2,595,670
|
6.50%
|
MR-B-5
|
STR-A-R
|
(5)
|
(5)
|
N/A
|
(1)
|
For
each Distribution Date, the Class MR-A-4 Master REMIC Interests are
entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on this class
of
Strip REMIC Interest. Specifically, for each such Distribution
Date, the Class MR-A-4 Master REMIC Interests are entitled to interest
payable on this class of Strip REMIC Interest at a per annum
rate equal to 6.50% minus LIBOR, but no less than
0.00%.
|
(2)
|
This
Strip REMIC Interest is not entitled to any payments of
principal.
|
(3)
|
For
each Distribution Date, the Class STR-X Strip REMIC Interest is entitled
to the interest payable on each Non-Discount Mortgage in excess of
an
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of 6.50% per
annum.
|
(4)
|
This
Strip REMIC Interest is not entitled to any payments of
interest.
|
(5)
|
The
STR-A-R is the sole class of residual interest in the Strip
REMIC. It pays no interest or
principal.
|
On
each Distribution Date, interest
shall be payable on the Strip REMIC Interests according the formulas described
above, and principal, Realized Losses and Subsequent Recoveries shall be
allocated among the Strip REMIC Interests in the same manner that such items
are
allocated among their corresponding Master REMIC Interest Classes.
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Set
forth below are designations of
Classes or Components of Certificates and other defined terms to the categories
used herein:
Accretion
Directed Certificates
None.
Accretion
Directed Components
None.
Accrual
Certificates
None.
Accrual
Components.
None.
Book-Entry
Certificates.
All
Classes of Certificates other than the Physical Certificates.
COFI
Certificates.
None.
Combined
Certificates
None.
Component
Certificates.
None.
Components.
For
purposes of calculating distributions of principal and/or interest, the
Component Certificates, if any, will be comprised of multiple payment components
having the designations, Initial Component Balances or Notional Amounts,
as
applicable, and Pass-Through Rates set forth below:
Designation
|
Initial
Component
Balance
|
Pass-Through
Rate
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Delay
Certificates
All
interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the Non-Delay Certificates,
if any.
Depositable
Certificates
Class
A-1
Certificates.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates.
The
Residual Certificates and Private
Certificates; until an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting has occurred with respect
to such Class, the Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class PO and Class X
Certificates; and any Certificate of a Class that does not have or no
longer has a rating of at least BBB- or its equivalent from at least one
Rating
Agency.
Exchangeable
Certificates
Class
A-7, Class A-8, Class A-9, Class A-10 and Class A-11 Certificates.
Floating
Rate Certificates.
Class
A-3, Class A-7 and Class A-12 Certificates.
Inverse
Floating Rate Certificates.
Class
A-4
and Class A-8 Certificates.
LIBOR
Certificates.
Floating
Rate Certificates and Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates.
Non-Delay
Certificates.
LIBOR
Certificates.
Notional
Amount Certificates.
Class
X
Certificates.
Notional
Amount Components
None.
Offered
Certificates.
All
Classes of Certificates other than the Private Certificates.
Physical
Certificates.
Private
Certificates and the Residual Certificates.
Planned
Principal Classes.
None.
Principal
Only Certificates.
Class
PO
Certificates.
Private
Certificates.
Class B-3,
Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates.
Rating
Agencies.
S&P
and Xxxxx’x.
Regular
Certificates.
All
Classes of Certificates, other than the Residual Certificates.
Residual
Certificates.
Class A-R
Certificates.
Senior
Certificates.
Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-12, Class
X,
Class PO and Class A-R Certificates.
Subordinated
Certificates .
Class M,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and
Class B-5 Certificates.
Targeted
Principal Classes.
None.
Underwriter(s)
Bear,
Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
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.
If
the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans on the Closing
Date is equal to or greater than the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of
the
Certificates as of such date, all references herein to “Aggregate Supplemental
Purchase Amount”, “Aggregate Supplemental Transfer Amount”, “Capitalized
Interest Account”, “Capitalized Interest Requirement”, “Funding Period”,
“Funding Period Distribution Date”, “Pre-Funded Amount”, “Remaining
Pre-Funded Amount”, “Supplemental Cut-off Date”, “Pre-Funding Account”,
“Supplemental Mortgage Loan”, “Supplemental Transfer Agreement” and
“Supplemental Transfer Date” shall be of no force or effect and all provisions
herein related thereto shall similarly be of no force or effect.
2
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01.
|
Defined
Terms
|
Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Account: Any
Escrow Account, the Certificate Account, the Distribution Account, the
Exchangeable Certificates Distribution Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the
Capitalized Interest Account or any other account related to the Trust Fund
or
the Mortgage Loans.
Accretion
Directed Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accretion
Direction Rule: Not applicable.
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 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
Components: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual
Termination Date: Not applicable.
Additional
Designated Information: As defined in Section 11.02.
Adjusted
Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Master 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 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 the applicable Non-PO Percentage, 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: 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) on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due Date
and
not received by the Master Servicer as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, together with an amount equivalent to interest on each
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property is an REO Property
(net
of any net income from such REO Property), less the aggregate amount of any
such
delinquent payments that the Master Servicer has determined would constitute
a
Nonrecoverable Advance, if advanced.
Aggregate
Planned Balance: With respect to any group of Planned Principal
Classes or Components and any Distribution Date, the amount set forth for such
group for such Distribution Date in Schedule V hereto.
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Aggregate
Scheduled Balance: With respect to any group of Scheduled
Principal Classes or Components and any Distribution Date, the amount set forth
for such group for such Distribution Date in Schedule V hereto.
Aggregate
Supplemental Purchase Amount: With respect to any Supplemental
Transfer Date, the “Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount” identified in the
related Supplemental Transfer Agreement, which shall be an estimate of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans
identified in such Supplemental Transfer Agreement.
Aggregate
Supplemental Transfer Amount: With respect to any Supplemental
Transfer Date, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the related
Supplemental Cut-off Date of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such
Supplemental Transfer Date, as listed on the revised Mortgage Loan Schedule
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(f); provided, however, that such amount
shall
not exceed the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
Aggregate
Targeted Balance: With respect to any group of Targeted Principal
Classes or Components and any Distribution Date, the amount set forth for such
group for such Distribution Date in Schedule V hereto.
Agreement: This
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments or supplements
hereto.
Allocable
Share: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (i) with
respect to the Class PO Certificates, zero, (ii) with respect to the Class
X
Certificates, (a) the ratio that the excess, if any, of the Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan, over the Required Coupon
bears
to such Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan or (b)
if
the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan does not
exceed the Required Coupon, zero and (iii) with respect to each other Class
of
Certificates the product of (a) the lesser of (I) the ratio that the Required
Coupon bears to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan 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,
Available Funds for such Distribution Date, 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 pursuant
to
Section 4.02(a)(ii).
Amount
Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business on
the
related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal Prepayments received
after the related Prepayment Period and Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all
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
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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 sale price of the Mortgaged Property at the time
of
the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with respect to a Refinancing
Mortgage Loan other than a Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, the value
of
the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made-at the time of the
origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan; and (iii) with respect to
a
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a) if the loan-to-value ratio with
respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of the origination thereof
was
80% or less and the loan amount of the new mortgage loan is $650,000 or less,
the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the
time of
the origination of the Original Mortgage Loan and (b) if the loan-to-value
ratio
with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of the origination
thereof was greater than 80% or the loan amount of the new loan being originated
is greater than $650,000, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the
appraisal (which may be a drive-by appraisal) made at the time of the
origination of such Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.
Available
Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business on the related
Determination Date, including any Subsequent Recoveries, net of the 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
3.08(a) and amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Distribution Account
pursuant to clauses (i)–(v) inclusive of Section 3.08(b), (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, (d) on each Funding
Period Distribution Date, the amount, if any, transferred from the Capitalized
Interest Account in respect of the applicable Capitalized Interest Requirement,
and (e) on the last Funding Period Distribution Date, the amount, if any,
transferred from the Pre-Funding Account representing the Remaining Non-PO
Pre-Funded Amount and the Remaining PO Pre-Funded Amount.
Bankruptcy
Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended.
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 States
of California or Texas 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.
Capitalized
Interest Account: The separate Eligible Account designated as such and
created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(h)
hereof. The Capitalized Interest Account shall be treated as an
“outside reserve fund” under applicable Treasury regulations and shall not be
part of any REMIC. Except as provided in Section 3.05(h) hereof, any
investment earnings on the amounts on deposit in the Capitalized Interest
Account shall be treated as owned by the Depositor and will be taxable to the
Depositor.
Capitalized
Interest Release Amount: With respect to any Supplemental
Transfer Date, the amount specified as the “Capitalized Interest Release Amount”
in the related Supplemental Transfer Agreement.
Capitalized
Interest Requirement: With respect to each Funding Period Distribution Date,
the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (1) the amount calculated pursuant to
clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
for
each Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, plus (2) the Trustee
Fee,
over (b) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, (1) 1/12 of the product of the
related
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Adjusted
Mortgage Rate and the related Stated Principal Balance as of the related Due
Date (prior to giving effect to any Scheduled Payment due on such Mortgage
Loan
on such Due Date).
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 3.05 with a depository
institution, initially Countrywide Bank, FSB, in the name of the Master Servicer
for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated
“Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, in trust for the registered holders of
Alternative Loan Trust 2007-23CB, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-23CB.”
Certificate
Balance: With respect to any Certificate (other than a Notional
Amount 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) plus any increase in the Certificate Balance of such
Certificate pursuant to Section 4.02 due to the receipt of Subsequent
Recoveries, (B) 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 4.04 and (C) 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. The Notional Amount Certificates have no Certificate
Balances.
Certificate
Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who
is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate. For the
purposes of this Agreement, in order for a Certificate Owner to enforce any
of
its rights hereunder, it shall first have to provide evidence of its beneficial
ownership interest in a Certificate that is reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, the Depositor, and/or the Master Servicer, as applicable.
Certificate
Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02
hereof.
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 (other than the second
sentence of Section 10.01 hereof) that requires the consent of the Holders
of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any
action hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a
certification of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining
which Certificates are registered in the name of an affiliate of the
Depositor.
Certification
Party: As defined in Section 11.05.
Certifying
Person: As defined in Section 11.05.
Class: All
Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement.
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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, the amount by
which the amount described in clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class exceeds the amount of interest
actually distributed on such Class 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, with respect to any interest bearing
Component, the sum of (i) interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the related
Class Certificate Balance, Component Balance, Notional Amount or Component
Notional Amount, as applicable, immediately prior to such Distribution Date
subject to reduction as provided in Section 4.02(d) and (ii) any
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts for such Class or
Component. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Class PO
Deferred Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of
the applicable PO Percentage of each Realized Loss to be allocated to the
Class PO Certificates on such Distribution Date on or prior to the Senior
Credit Support Depletion Date or previously allocated to the Class PO
Certificates and not yet paid to the Holders of the Class PO
Certificates.
Class Subordination
Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date and each
Class of Subordinated Certificates, the quotient (expressed as a
percentage) of (a) the Class Certificate Balance of such Class of
Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided
by
(b) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of all Classes of Senior and
Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class Unpaid
Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date and Class of
interest bearing Certificates, the amount by which the aggregate
Class Interest Shortfalls for such Class 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: July 30, 2007.
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.
Combined
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Combined
Certificates Payment Rule: Not applicable.
Commission: The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating
Interest: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
product of one-twelfth of 0.125% and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of
the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the prior calendar month.
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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, (A) plus any increase
in the Component Balance of such Component pursuant to Section 4.02 due to
the
receipt of Subsequent Recoveries, (B) minus the sum of 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.
Component
Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Coop
Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
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 Coop 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 Coop Shares of the 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, 0X, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx
Xxxx 00000 (Attn: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWALT, Inc.
Series 2007-23CB), facsimile no. (000) 000-0000, and which is the address
to which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be
directed.
Countrywide: Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors and assigns, in
its
capacity as the seller of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor.
Countrywide
Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Countrywide is the applicable
Seller.
Cut-off
Date: In the case of any Initial Mortgage Loan, the Initial
Cut-off Date, and in the case of any Supplemental Mortgage Loan, the related
Supplemental Cut-off Date.
Cut-off
Date Pool Principal Balance: An amount equal to the sum of (x) the Initial
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance plus (y) the amount, if any, deposited
in
the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date.
Cut-off
Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off
Date.
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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.
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.
Delay
Delivery Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a)
hereof.
Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which all or a
portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to the Trustee on the
Closing Date or Supplemental Transfer Date, as applicable. The number
of Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate number
of
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and 90% of the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans conveyed on a Supplemental Transfer Date. To the
extent that Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP shall be in possession of any
Mortgage Files with respect to any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, until delivery
of such Mortgage File to the Trustee as provided in Section 2.01, Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP shall hold such files as Master Servicer hereunder,
as
agent and in trust for the Trustee.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c) hereof.
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.
Depositable
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Depositor: CWALT,
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(a)(5) 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.
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Determination
Date: As to any Distribution Date, the 22nd day of each month or
if such 22nd day is not a Business Day the next preceding Business Day;
provided, however, that if such 22nd day or such Business Day, whichever is
applicable, is less than two Business Days prior to the related Distribution
Date, the Determination Date shall be the first Business Day which is two
Business Days preceding such Distribution Date.
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 3.05 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 Alternative Loan Trust 2007-23CB, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-23CB.” 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 August 2007.
Due
Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first day of the
month in which that Distribution Date occurs.
XXXXX: The
Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system.
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 does not have the requisite ratings and is
the
principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt obligations of such holding
company) have (a) the highest short-term ratings of Xxxxx’x or Fitch and (b) (1)
if such Eligible Account is not the Pre-Funding Account or the Capitalized
Interest Account, one of the two highest short-term ratings of S&P (or, if
such entity does not have a short-term rating from S&P, the long-term
unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of such entity have a rating
from
S&P of at least “BBB+”) and (2) if such Eligible Account is the Pre-Funding
Account or the Capitalized Interest Account, the highest short-term ratings
of
S&P (or, if such entity does not have a short-term rating from S&P, the
long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of such entity have
a
rating from S&P of at least “A+”), (ii) a segregated trust account or
accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution subject to regulations regarding fiduciary
funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter
I, Part 9, Section 9.10(b), which has corporate trust powers, acting in its
fiduciary capacity or (iii) any other account acceptable to each Rating
Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if
otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with the
Trustee. In the event that the federal or state chartered depository
institution or trust company maintaining an Eligible Account described in clause
(i) above no longer satisfies the credit rating of S&P set forth in clause
(i)(b)(1) above then the Person responsible for establishing such Eligible
Account shall cause any amounts on deposit therein to be moved to another
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company satisfying
such credit rating of S&P within 30 calendar days. In the event
that the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company
maintaining an Eligible Account described in clause (i) above no longer
satisfies the credit rating of S&P set forth in clause (i)(b)(2) above then
the Person responsible for establishing such Eligible Account shall cause any
amounts on deposit
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therein
to be moved to another federal or state chartered depository institution or
trust company satisfying such credit rating of S&P within 60 calendar
days.
Eligible
Repurchase Month: As defined in Section 3.11 hereof.
ERISA: The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment underwriting or
private placement that meets the requirements of an Underwriter’s
Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
ES
Trust: The separate trust created under this Agreement pursuant
to Section 5.07.
ES
Trust Certificate: Any Class of Certificates issued by the ES
Trust and representing beneficial ownership of one or more uncertificated Master
REMIC Interests held by such ES Trust.
Escrow
Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(a) hereof.
Event
of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
Excess
Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
amount, if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds received with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during the calendar month in which such Mortgage
Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus any Subsequent Recoveries received
with respect to such 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 3.08(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.
Exchange
Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange
Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K
required to be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust Fund under
the
Exchange Act.
Exchange
Fee: As defined in Section 5.07(e).
Exchangeable
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Exchangeable
Certificates Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account
created and maintained by the Trustee on behalf of the ES Trust pursuant to
Section 5.07(a) in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of
the
Exchangeable Certificates and designated “The Bank of New York in trust for
registered Holders of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-23CB, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-23CB.” Funds in the Exchangeable
Certificates Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
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Expense
Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Master Servicing
Fee Rate and the 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.
Final
Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a) hereof.
FIRREA: The
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
1989.
Fitch: Fitch,
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, 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.
Form
10-D Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, any material
litigation or governmental proceedings pending (a) against such Person, or
(b)
against any of the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trustee, the co-trustee,
the
Master Servicer or any Subservicer if such Person has actual knowledge
thereof.
Form
10-K Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, (a) any Form
10-D Disclosure Item and (b) any affiliations or relationships between such
Person and any Item 1119 Party.
Funding
Period: The period from the Closing Date until the earliest of
(i) the date on which the amount on deposit in the Pre-funding Account is less
than $150,000, (ii) an Event of Default occurs and (iii) August 31,
2007.
Funding
Period Distribution Date: Each Distribution Date during the
Funding Period and, if the Funding Period ends after the Distribution Date
in a
month, the immediately succeeding Distribution Date.
Grantor
Trust: A trust described in Section 671 of the Code, the items of
income, deductions and credits of which must be included in computing the
taxable income and credits of the person treated as the owner of such trust
(either the grantor or other person designated under the Code).
Index: With
respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates, if any, 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
Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a) hereof.
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Initial
Component Balance: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Initial
Cut-off Date: With respect to any Initial Mortgage Loan, the
later of (i) the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan and (ii) July 1,
2007.
Initial
Cut-off Date Pool Principal
Balance: $993,589,354.57.
Initial
LIBOR Rate: 5.32% per annum.
Initial
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund on the
Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement as identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date.
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,
its corresponding Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interest and any Distribution Date,
the calendar month prior to the month of such Distribution Date. With
respect to any Class of Non-Delay Certificates, its corresponding Subsidiary
REMIC Regular Interest 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.
Interest
Distribution Amount: Not applicable.
Item
1119 Party: The Depositor, any Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, any Subservicer, any originator identified in the Prospectus Supplement
and any other material transaction party, as identified in Exhibit X hereto,
as
updated pursuant to Section 11.04.
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.
Lender
PMI Mortgage Loan: Certain Mortgage Loans as to which the lender
(rather than the borrower) acquires the Primary Insurance Policy and charges
the
related borrower an interest premium.
LIBOR: The
London interbank offered rate for one-month United States dollar deposits
calculated in the manner described in Section 4.08.
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LIBOR
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Limited
Exchange Act Reporting Obligations: The obligations of the Master
Servicer under Section 3.16(b), Section 6.02 and Section 6.04 with respect
to
notice and information to be provided to the Depositor and Article XI (except
Section 11.07(a)(1) and (2)).
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 determined (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-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.
Lower
Tier REMIC: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Lower
Tier REMIC Interest: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Lower
Tier REMIC Regular Interest: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
LTR-A-R
Interest: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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
REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Master
Servicer: Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, a Texas limited
partnership, 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 payable out of each full payment of interest received on such
Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth of
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the
Master Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, subject to reduction as provided in Section
3.14.
Master
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.250%
per annum.
MERS: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
MERS
Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS
®
System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The
Mortgage Identification Number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.
MOM
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors
and assigns.
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 hereof
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 as from time to time are
transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof and
any Supplemental Transfer Agreement and that 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, the addition of any Supplemental Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and any Supplemental Transfer Agreement 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:
(i)
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the
loan number;
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(ii)
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the
Mortgagor’s name and the street address of the Mortgaged Property,
including the zip code;
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(iii)
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the
maturity date;
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(iv)
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the
original principal balance;
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(v)
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the
Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
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(vi)
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the
first payment date of the Mortgage
Loan;
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(vii)
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the
Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off
Date;
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(viii)
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the
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
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(ix)
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a
code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time of
origination was represented to be
owner-occupied;
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(x)
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a
code indicating whether the residential dwelling is either (a) a
detached
single family dwelling (b) a dwelling in a de minimis PUD, (c) a
condominium unit or PUD (other than a de minimis PUD), (d) a two-
to
four-unit residential property or (e) a Cooperative
Unit;
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(xi)
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the
Mortgage Rate;
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(xii)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Countrywide Mortgage
Loan,
a Park Granada Mortgage Loan, a Park Monaco Mortgage Loan or a Park
Sienna
Mortgage Loan;
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(xiii)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Lender PMI Mortgage
Loan
and, in the case of any Lender PMI Mortgage Loan, a percentage
representing the amount of the related interest premium charged to
the
borrower;
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(xiv)
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the
purpose for the Mortgage Loan;
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(xv)
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the
type of documentation program pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan
was
originated; and
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(xvi)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage
Loan.
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Such
schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described under (iv)
and
(v) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. Countrywide shall update the
Mortgage Loan Schedule in connection with each Supplemental Transfer Agreement
within a reasonable period of time after delivery to it of the Schedule of
Supplemental Mortgage Loans attached to the related Supplemental Transfer
Agreement as Schedule A thereto.
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, net of any interest premium charged by the mortgagee to obtain
or
maintain any Primary Insurance Policy.
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Mortgaged
Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan,
which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop Shares and
Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The
obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
National
Cost of Funds Index: The National Monthly Median Cost of Funds
Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions published by the Office of Thrift
Supervision.
Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution Date, the
amount by which the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such
Distribution Date exceeds the Compensating Interest for that Distribution
Date.
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, the sum of
(i) the sum of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of (a) the principal portion
of
each Scheduled Payment (without giving effect to any reductions thereof caused
by any Debt Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage
Loan on the related Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage
Loan that was repurchased by a Seller or purchased by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution
Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan received with
respect to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans 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 that became
a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the amount of the 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 received
during the related Prepayment Period, (ii) (A) any Subsequent Recoveries
received during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date, or (B) with respect to Subsequent Recoveries attributable to a Discount
Mortgage Loan which incurred a Realized Loss after the Senior Credit Support
Depletion Date, the Non-PO Percentage of any such Subsequent Recoveries received
during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and
(iii) on the last Funding Period Distribution Date, the Remaining Non-PO
Pre-Funded Amount.
Non-PO
Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, 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 previously made or proposed to
be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of the Master
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.
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Notional
Amount: With respect to the Interest Accrual Period for any
Distribution Date and (i) the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution
Date; and (ii) the Class X Certificates, an amount equal to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in
the
preceding calendar month (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments received
in the Prepayment Period related to such prior 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) in the case of the Depositor,
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, (ii) in the case of the
Master Servicer, signed by the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice
President, an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, or one of the Assistant
Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of Countrywide GP, Inc., its general
partner, (iii) 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 or (iv) in the case of any other Person,
signed by an authorized officer of such Person.
Opinion
of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
a Seller, 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 a Seller, the Depositor and the Master Servicer,
(ii)
not have any direct financial interest in a Seller, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer or in any affiliate thereof, and (iii) not be connected with a Seller,
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)
hereof.
Original
Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect to each of the
following Classes of Certificates, the corresponding percentage described below,
as of the Closing Date:
Class
M 3.65%
Class B-1 1.60%
Class B-2 1.00%
Class B-3 0.75%
Class B-4 0.50%
Class B-5 0.25%
Original
Mortgage Loan: The mortgage loan refinanced in connection with
the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Original
Subordinate Principal Balance: The aggregate of the
Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated Certificates as of the
Closing Date.
OTS: The
Office of Thrift Supervision.
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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)
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Certificates
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; and
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(ii)
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Certificates
in exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates have
been
executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
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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 or during the Prepayment Period
related 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.
Park
Granada: Park Granada LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Park
Granada Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Park
Granada Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Park Granada is the applicable
Seller.
Park
Monaco: Park Monaco Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Park
Monaco Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Park Monaco is the applicable
Seller.
Park
Sienna: Park Sienna LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Park Sienna
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Park
Sienna Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Park Sienna is the applicable
Seller.
Pass-Through
Rate: For any interest bearing Class of Certificates or
Component, 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.
Performance
Certification: As defined in Section 11.05.
Permitted
Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities, each of which shall mature no later than 60 days
after acquisition:
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(i)
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obligations
of the United States or any agency thereof, provided such obligations
are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
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(ii)
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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 each such Rating Agency;
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(iii)
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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 each such Rating
Agency;
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(iv)
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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 rating then assigned to the Certificates
by either Rating Agency;
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(v)
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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;
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(vi)
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units
of a taxable money-market portfolio having the highest rating assigned
by
each Rating Agency (except if Fitch is a Rating Agency and has not
rated
the portfolio, the highest rating assigned by Moody’s) 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
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(vii)
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such
other relatively risk free investments bearing interest or sold at
a
discount acceptable to each Rating Agency as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates
by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered
by
each Rating Agency;
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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
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unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions
(as defined in section 860E(c)(l) 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) an “electing large partnership” as
defined in Section 775 of the Code, (vi) 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, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate or trust whose income from
sources without the United States is includible in gross income for United
States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the
conduct
of a trade or business within the United States or a trust if a court within
the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration
of
the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control
all substantial decisions of the trust unless such Person has furnished the
transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service
Form
W-8ECI or any applicable successor form, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause
any
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, association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or
government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical
Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Plan: An
“employee benefit plan” as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to
Title I of ERISA, a “plan” as defined in section 4975 of the Code that is
subject to section 4975 of the Code, or any Person investing on behalf of or
with plan assets (as defined in 29 CFR §2510.3-101 or otherwise under ERISA) of
such an employee benefit plan or plan.
Planned
Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
PO
Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the
sum of the applicable PO Percentage of (a) the principal portion of each
Scheduled Payment (without giving effect to any reductions thereof caused by
any
Debt Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage Loan
on
the related Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan
that was repurchased by the applicable Seller or purchased by the Master
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c) the
Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan
received with respect to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds
or
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans
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 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 month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and (f) all Principal
Prepayments received during the related Prepayment Period, (ii) with respect
to
Subsequent Recoveries attributable to a Discount Mortgage Loan which incurred
a
Realized Loss after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, the PO Percentage
of any such Subsequent Recoveries received during the calendar month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date and (iii) on the last Funding Period
Distribution Date, the Remaining PO Pre-Funded Amount.
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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 such Required Coupon. As to any
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 0%.
PO
Sublimit: $626,950.
Pool
Characteristics: With respect to the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date, the characteristics set forth in the sixth bullet point under
“The
Mortgage Pool—Conveyance of Supplemental Mortgage Loans” set forth on page S-31
of the Prospectus Supplement.
Pool
Stated Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Outstanding Mortgage Loans
plus the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, exclusive of any
investment income included therein.
Pre-Funded
Amount: The amount deposited in the Pre-Funding Account on the
Closing Date, which shall equal $15,676,763.
Pre-Funding
Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 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 Alternative Loan Trust 2007-23CB, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-23CB.” Funds in the Pre-Funding Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes
set
forth in this Agreement and shall not be a part of any REMIC created hereunder;
provided, however, that any investment income earned from Permitted Investments
made with funds in the Pre-Funding Account shall be for the account of the
Depositor.
Prepayment
Charge: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the charges or
premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or partial Principal Prepayment
of such Mortgage Loan within the related Prepayment Charge Period in accordance
with the terms thereof.
Prepayment
Charge Amount: Not applicable.
Prepayment
Charge Period: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the period of
time during which a Prepayment Charge may be imposed.
Prepayment
Interest Excess: As to any Principal Prepayment received by the
Master Servicer from the first day through the fifteenth day of any calendar
month (other than the calendar month in which the Cut-off Date occurs), all
amounts paid by the related Mortgagor in respect of interest on such Principal
Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess shall be paid to the
Master Servicer as additional master servicing compensation.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, Mortgage Loan
and Principal Prepayment received on or after the sixteenth day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, on or after July 1, 2007) and on or before the last day
of
the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the amount, if any,
by
which one month’s interest at the related Mortgage Rate, net of the Master
Servicing Fee Rate, on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount of interest
paid in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment
Period: As to any Distribution Date and the related Due Date, the
period from the 16th day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month
of such Distribution Date (or,
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in the case of the first Distribution Date, from July
1, 2007)
through the 15th day of the calendar month of such Distribution
Date.
Prepayment
Shift Percentage: Not applicable.
Primary
Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage guaranty
insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any Mortgage
Loan.
Prime
Rate: The prime commercial lending rate of The Bank of New York,
as publicly announced to be in effect from time to time. The Prime
Rate shall be adjusted automatically, without notice, on the effective date
of
any change in such prime commercial lending rate. The Prime Rate is
not necessarily The Bank of New York’s lowest rate of interest.
Principal
Only Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Principal
Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage
Loan 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
of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Priority
Amount: Not applicable.
Priority
Percentage: Not applicable.
Private
Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pro
Rata Share: As to any Distribution Date, the Subordinated
Principal Distribution Amount and any Class of Subordinated Certificates,
the portion of the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount allocable to
such
Class, equal to the product of the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount
on
such Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Class Certificate Balance of such Class and the denominator of which is the
aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated
Certificates.
Proprietary
Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a lease or occupancy agreement
between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related Coop
Shares.
Prospectus: The
Prospectus dated July 27, 2007 generally relating to mortgage pass-through
certificates to be sold by the Depositor.
Prospectus
Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated July 28, 2007,
relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned
Unit Development.
Purchase
Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be purchased
by a Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof or purchased at the option
of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11, an amount equal to the sum
of
(i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
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Loan
on the date of such purchase, (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
Countrywide and Countrywide is an affiliate of 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
and (iii) costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with a
repurchase pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof that arises out of a violation of
any
predatory or abusive lending law with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan.
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-approved mortgage insurer and 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 any such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, “Rating Agency” shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, identified as a rating agency
under the Underwriter’s Exemption, as is designated by the Depositor, notice of
which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References herein to
a given 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.
To
the
extent the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to that
Mortgage Loan will be reduced by such Subsequent Recoveries.
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.
Recombination
Group: The Class or Classes of Depositable Certificates and the
related Class or Classes of Exchangeable Certificates included within any
particular “Recombination” specified in Schedule VII.
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Record
Date: As to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the
last Business Day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date.
Reference
Bank: As defined in Section 4.08(b).
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.
Regulation
AB: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and
subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the
Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act
Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff
of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from
time to time.
Relief
Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
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 or any similar state laws, 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.
Remaining
Non-PO Pre-Funded Amount: With respect to the last Funding Period
Distribution Date, the excess of the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account on such date over the Remaining PO Pre-Funded Amount.
Remaining
PO Pre-Funded Amount: With respect to the last Funding Period
Distribution Date, the excess of the PO Sublimit over the product of the
applicable PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Supplemental
Mortgage Loan as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date.
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.
Reportable
Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any
event, the following:
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(a) entry
into a definitive agreement related to the Trust Fund, the Certificates or
the
Mortgage Loans, or an amendment to a Transaction Document, even if the Depositor
is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer
contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(b) termination
of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration of the agreement on its
stated termination date or as a result of all parties completing their
obligations under such agreement), even if the Depositor is not a party to
such
agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item
1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c) with
respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer becomes aware of
any
bankruptcy or receivership with respect to Countrywide, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee, any enhancement or support
provider contemplated by Items 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or any other
material party contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB;
(d) with
respect to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor only, the
occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other event,
including an Event of Default under this Agreement;
(e) the
resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the Master Servicer, any
Subservicer or the Trustee;
(f) with
respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer becomes aware that
(i) any material enhancement or support specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through
(3)
of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB that was previously applicable
regarding one or more Classes of the Certificates has terminated other than
by
expiration of the contract on its stated termination date or as a result of
all
parties completing their obligations under such agreement; (ii) any material
enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item
1115 of Regulation AB has been added with respect to one or more Classes of
the
Certificates; or (iii) any existing material enhancement or support specified
in
Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB
with
respect to one or more Classes of the Certificates has been materially amended
or modified; and
(g) with
respect to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor only, a required
distribution to Holders of the Certificates is not made as of the required
Distribution Date under this Agreement.
Reporting
Subcontractor: With respect to the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, any Subcontractor determined by such Person pursuant to Section
11.08(b) to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB. References to a Reporting Subcontractor
shall refer only to the Subcontractor of such Person and shall not refer to
Subcontractors generally.
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: 6.50% 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.
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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).
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification: As defined in Section 11.05.
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 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 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.
Schedule: The
Schedule set forth in Schedule V hereto.
Scheduled
Balances: With respect to any Scheduled Principal Class or
Component and any Distribution Date appearing in Schedule V hereto, the
applicable amount appearing opposite such Distribution Date for such Class
or
Component.
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 Amount: As to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of the Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in
subclauses (a) through (d) of clause (i) of the definition of Non-PO Formula
Principal Amount for such Distribution Date.
Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller: Countrywide,
Park Granada, Park Monaco or Park Sienna, as applicable.
Senior
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Senior
Credit Support Depletion Date: The date on which the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates
has been reduced to zero.
Senior
Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, not in excess of 100%, the numerator of which is
the
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates (other than
the
Class PO Certificates) immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of all Classes
of Senior and Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class PO Certificates)
immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Senior
Prepayment Percentage: For any Distribution Date during the five
years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 100%. The Senior
Prepayment Percentage for any Distribution Date occurring on or after the fifth
anniversary of the first Distribution Date will, except as provided
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herein,
be as follows: for any Distribution Date in the
first year thereafter, the Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Subordinated
Percentage for such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the second
year thereafter, the Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Subordinated Percentage
for such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the third year
thereafter, the Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Subordinated Percentage for
such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year thereafter,
the Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and for any Distribution Date thereafter, the Senior
Percentage for such Distribution Date (unless on any Distribution Date the
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 unless both of the Senior Step Down Conditions
are satisfied.
Senior
Principal Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the
sum, not less than zero, of (i) the Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO
Percentage of all amounts described in subclauses (a) through (d) of clause
(i)
of the definition of “Non-PO Formula Principal Amount” for such Distribution
Date, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date,
the lesser of (x) the Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage
of
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and (y) the Senior Prepayment
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 sum of (x) the Senior Prepayment Percentage of the applicable Non-PO
Percentage of the amounts described in subclause (f) of clause (i) of the
definition of “Non-PO Formula Principal Amount” for such Distribution Date plus
(y) the Senior Prepayment Percentage of any Subsequent Recoveries described
in
clause (ii) of the definition of “Non-PO Formula Principal Amount” for such
Distribution Date, plus on the final Distribution Date the Remaining Non-PO
Pre-funded Amount.
Senior
Step Down Conditions: As of the first Distribution Date as to
which any decrease in the Senior Prepayment Percentage applies, (i) the
outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, REO Property and Mortgage Loans the
mortgagors of which are in bankruptcy) (averaged over the preceding six month
period), as a percentage of the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
Subordinated Certificates on such Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed
50% and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans
do
not exceed (a) commencing with the Distribution Date on the fifth anniversary
of
the first Distribution Date, 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance,
(b) commencing with the Distribution Date on the sixth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 35% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, (c)
commencing with the Distribution Date on the seventh anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, (d)
commencing with the Distribution Date on the eighth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 45% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, and (e)
commencing with the Distribution Date on the ninth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 50% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance.
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) the
preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any
expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.09.
Servicing
Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
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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.
Shift
Percentage: As to any Distribution Date occurring during the five
years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 0%. For any
Distribution Date occurring on or after the fifth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 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%.
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) minus the sum of: (i) any previous partial Principal
Prepayments and the payment of principal due on such Due Date, irrespective
of
any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor, (ii) Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to principal (other than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan)
received in the prior calendar month and Principal Prepayments received through
the last day of the related Prepayment Period, in each case with respect to
that
Mortgage Loan and (iii) any Realized Loss previously incurred in connection
with
a Deficient Valuation. The Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage
Loan that becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan will be zero on each date following
the Due Period in which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan.
Streamlined
Documentation Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated
pursuant to Countrywide’s Streamlined Loan Documentation Program then in
effect. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Mortgagor is eligible
for a mortgage pursuant to Countrywide’s Streamlined Loan Documentation Program
if that Mortgagor is refinancing an existing mortgage loan that was originated
or acquired by Countrywide where, among other things, the mortgage loan has
not
been more than 30 days delinquent in payment during the previous twelve-month
period.
Subcontractor: Any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall
servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more
discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect
to
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer or a
Subservicer or the Trustee, as the case may be.
Subordinated
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subordinated
Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Senior
Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated
Prepayment Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the excess of (A) the sum, not less than zero, of
(i)
the Subordinated Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts
described in subclauses (a) through (d) of clause (i) of the definition of
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount for such Distribution Date, (ii) with respect
to
each
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Mortgage
Loan 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 allocated to principal received with respect
thereto remaining after application thereof pursuant to clause (ii) of the
definition of Senior Principal Distribution Amount, up to the Subordinated
Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance
of such Mortgage Loan, (iii) the Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in subclause (f) of clause
(i) of the definition of Non-PO Formula Principal Amount for such Distribution
Date, and (iv) the Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of any Subsequent
Recoveries described in clause (ii) of the definition of Non-PO Formula
Principal Amount for such Distribution Date, over (B) the amount of any payments
in respect of Class PO Deferred Amounts on the related Distribution
Date.
Subsequent
Recoveries: As to any Distribution Date, with respect to a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan that resulted in a Realized Loss in a prior calendar
month, unexpected amounts received by the Master Servicer (net of any related
expenses permitted to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.08) specifically
related to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Subservicer: Any
person to whom the Master Servicer has contracted for the servicing of all
or a
portion of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof.
Substitute
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by a 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 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 hereof.
Substitution
Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant to
Section 2.03.
Supplemental
Cut-off Date: With respect to any Supplemental Mortgage Loan, the
later of (i) the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the first
day of the month in which the related Supplemental Transfer Date
occurs.
Supplemental
Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan other than an Initial Mortgage
Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof and to a
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, which Mortgage Loan shall be listed on the
revised Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered pursuant to this Agreement and on
Schedule A to such Supplemental Transfer Agreement. When used with
respect to a single Supplemental Transfer Date, Supplemental Mortgage Loan
shall
mean a Supplemental Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund on that
Supplemental Transfer Date.
Supplemental
Transfer Agreement: A Supplemental Transfer Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit P hereto, executed and delivered by the
related Seller or Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee
as
provided in Section 2.01 hereof.
Supplemental
Transfer Date: For any Supplemental Transfer Agreement, the date
the related Supplemental Mortgage Loans are transferred to the Trust Fund
pursuant to that Supplemental Transfer Agreement.
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Targeted
Balance: With respect to any group of Targeted Principal Classes
or Components in the aggregate and any Distribution Date appearing in Schedule
V
hereto, the Aggregate Targeted Balance for such group and Distribution
Date. With respect to any other Targeted Principal Class or Component
and any Distribution Date appearing in Schedule V hereto, the applicable amount
appearing opposite such Distribution Date for such Class or
Component.
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 § 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulation § 301.6231(a)(7)-1. Initially, the Tax Matters Person
shall be the Trustee.
Tax
Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate with a
Denomination of $0.01.
Transaction
Documents: This Agreement and any other document or agreement
entered into in connection with the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage
Loans.
Transfer: Any
direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate.
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 to the extent not applied in computing the
Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof; (ii) the Certificate Account, the
Distribution Account, the Exchangeable Certificates Distribution
Account, the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master REMIC and the Lower
Tier REMIC and the assets held or deemed held thereby shall constitute a part
of
the Trust Fund.
Trustee: The
Bank of New York and its successors and, if a successor trustee is appointed
hereunder, such successor.
Trustee
Advance Rate: With respect to any Advance made by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.01(b), a per annum rate of interest determined as of
the
date of such Advance equal to the Prime Rate in effect on such date plus
5.00%.
Trustee
Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to one-twelfth
of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the sum of (i) Pool Stated Principal
Balance and (ii) any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account (excluding
any
investment earnings thereon) with respect to such Distribution
Date.
Trustee
Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.009% per
annum.
Underwriter’s
Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2007-5, 72 Fed. Reg.
13130 (2009), as amended (or any successor thereto), or any substantially
similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of
Labor.
Underwriter: As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Unscheduled
Principal Distribution Amount: Not applicable.
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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
Senior Certificates that are 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 such Class of
Notional Amount Certificates) shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining
Classes of Senior and Subordinated Certificates in proportion to the Certificate
Balances of their respective Certificates on such date. Each Class of
Exchangeable Certificates will be allocated a proportionate share of the Voting
Rights allocated to the related Class or Classes of Depositable Certificates
that have been surrendered as provided in Section 5.07(e).
SECTION
1.02.
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Certain
Interpretive Provisions
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All
terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate, agreement or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless
otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all such
certificates and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a)
accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting
principles; (b) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import refer to this Agreement (or the certificate, agreement or other
document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any particular provision
of this Agreement (or such certificate, agreement or document); (c) references
to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections, Schedules and
Exhibits in or to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph, subsection,
clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such
paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or
definition; (d) the term “including” means “including without limitation”; (e)
references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended
from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (f) references
to
any agreement refer to that agreement as amended from time to time; (g)
references to any Person include that Person’s permitted successors and assigns;
and (h) a Mortgage Loan is “30 days delinquent” if any Scheduled Payment has not
been received by the close of business on the day immediately preceding the
Due
Date on which the next Scheduled Payment is due. Similarly for “60
days delinquent,” “90 days delinquent” and so on. Unless otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the determination as to whether a Mortgage Loan
falls into a delinquency category shall be made as of the close of business
on
the last day of each month prior to the date of determining the
delinquency.
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ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
2.01.
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans.
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(a) Each
Seller concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells,
transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Depositor, without
recourse, all its respective right, title and interest in and to the related
Initial Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal received or
receivable by such Seller, on or with respect to the applicable Initial Mortgage
Loans after the Initial Cut-off Date and all interest and principal payments
on
the related Initial Mortgage Loans received prior to the Initial 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 such Initial
Mortgage Loans, on or before the Initial Cut-off Date. On or prior to
the Closing Date, Countrywide 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
(except that, in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans (which may
include Countrywide Mortgage Loans, Park Granada Mortgage Loans, Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans and Park Sienna Mortgage Loans), such delivery may take place
within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date or twenty (20) days following
the applicable Supplemental Transfer Date, as applicable). Such
delivery of the Mortgage Files shall be made against payment by the Depositor
of
the purchase price, previously agreed to by the Sellers and Depositor, for
the
Mortgage Loans. With respect to any Initial Mortgage Loan that does
not have a first payment date on or before the Due Date in the month of the
first Distribution Date or any Supplemental Mortgage Loan that does not have
a
first payment date on or before the Due Date in the month after the related
Supplemental Transfer Date, Countrywide shall deposit into the Distribution
Account on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date relating to the
first
applicable Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month’s interest at the
related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan.
(b) Immediately
upon the conveyance of the Initial Mortgage Loans referred to in clause (a),
the
Depositor 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 each Seller to cure any breach of a
representation or warranty made herein by such 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 (or, in the
case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans that are Initial Mortgage Loans,
will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee within thirty (30) days
following the Closing Date and in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans
that are Supplemental Mortgage Loans, will deliver or cause to be delivered
to
the Trustee within twenty (20) days following the applicable Supplemental
Transfer Date) 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
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(B) with
respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from Countrywide
stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with
a
copy of such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except
as
provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan,
the
original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage, with recording
information, certified by Countrywide as being a true and complete copy of
the
Mortgage (or, in the case of a Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged Property
is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a true copy of the Mortgage
certified as such by the applicable notary) and in the case of each MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, or a copy of such mortgage, with recording
information, noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loans and either
language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan
is
a MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the
original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of recording
indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording
office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;
(iii) in
the
case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed
assignment of the Mortgage, or a copy of such assignment, with recording
information, (which may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments),
together with, except as provided below, all interim recorded assignments of
such mortgage or a copy of such assignment, with recording information, (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
Mortgaged 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 or a
printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders thereto; and
(vi) in
the
case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of the following documents or
instruments:
(A) The
Coop
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 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 Coop
Shares and the Proprietary Lease; and
(F) The
executed UCC-3 financing statements or other appropriate UCC financing
statements required by state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line
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from
the
mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in a form
suitable for recordation).
In
addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage Loan, each
Seller agrees that it will cause, at the Trustee’s expense, the MERS® System to
indicate that the Mortgage Loans sold by such Seller to the Depositor have
been
assigned by that Seller to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement (and
any Supplemental Transfer Agreement, as applicable) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans
which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files
the information required by the MERS® System to identify the series of the
Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. Each
Seller further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer
to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the information
referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan sold by such
Seller to the Depositor during the term of this Agreement unless and until
such
Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
In
the
event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan
the Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original recorded Mortgage, or a copy
of such mortgage, with recording information, (b) all interim recorded
assignments, or a copy of such assignments, with recording information or
(c) the lender’s title policy or a copy of 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 of this Agreement 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 a copy of such mortgage, with recording information, or
such interim assignment or a copy of such assignment, with recording
information, 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 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, no later than 120 days following the Closing
Date; provided, however, 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 and 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,
Countrywide 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 one-hundred and twenty (120) days after such transfer and
assignment, the Trustee shall (A) as the
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assignee
thereof, affix the following language to each assignment of
Mortgage: “CWALT Series 2007-23CB, The Bank of New York, as trustee”,
(B) cause such assignment to be in proper form for recording in the
appropriate public office for real property records and (C) 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, (i) with
respect to any assignments of 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 receipt thereof and (ii) the Trustee need not
cause to be recorded any assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgaged Property and Mortgage File relating to which are located in any
jurisdiction (including Puerto Rico) under the laws of which the recordation
of
such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s and the
Certificateholders’ interest in the related Mortgage Loan as evidenced by an
opinion of counsel delivered by Countrywide to the Trustee within 90 days of
the
Closing Date (which opinion may be in the form of a “survey” opinion and is not
required to be delivered by counsel admitted to practice law in the jurisdiction
as to which such legal opinion applies).
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 3.05
hereof.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within thirty (30) days after the
Closing Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans, Countrywide (on its
own
behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall either
(i) deliver to the Depositor, or at the Depositor’s direction, to the Trustee or
other designee of the Depositor the Mortgage File as required pursuant to this
Section 2.01 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii) either (A) substitute
a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B)
repurchase the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, which substitution or repurchase
shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth
in
Section 2.03 (treating each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage
Loan for purposes of such Section 2.03); provided, however, that if Countrywide
fails to deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within
the
thirty (30) day period provided in the prior sentence, Countrywide (on its
own
behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall use
its
best reasonable efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase
of,
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period provided
for in Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial delivery
of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) shall have five (5) Business Days to cure such failure to
deliver. At the end of such thirty (30) day period the Trustee shall
send a Delay Delivery Certification for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans
delivered during such thirty (30) day period in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.02.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within twenty (20) days after a
Supplemental Transfer Date with respect to all of the Supplemental Mortgage
Loans sold to the Depositor on such Supplemental Transfer Date, Countrywide
(on
its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna)
shall
either (i) deliver to the Depositor, or at the Depositor’s direction, to the
Trustee or other designee of the Depositor the Mortgage File as required
pursuant to this Section 2.01 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii)
(A)
substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan
or
(B) repurchase the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, which substitution or
repurchase shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions
set
forth in Section 2.03 (treating each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted
Mortgage Loan for purposes of such Section 2.03); provided, however, that if
Countrywide fails to deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage
Loan within the twenty (20) day period provided in the prior sentence,
Countrywide
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(on
its
own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall
use
its best reasonable efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase
of, such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period
provided for in Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial
delivery of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) shall have five (5) Business Days to cure such failure to
deliver. At the end of such twenty (20) day period the Trustee shall
send a Delay Delivery Certification for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans
delivered during such twenty (20) day period in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.02.
(d) Subject
to the execution and delivery of the related Supplemental Transfer Agreement
as
provided in Section 2.01(e) hereof and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each Seller sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise
conveys to the Depositor, without recourse, on each Supplemental Transfer Date,
with respect to each Supplemental Mortgage Loan sold by such Seller to the
Depositor, all the right, title and interest of that Seller in and to the
Supplemental Mortgage Loans sold by it identified in such Supplemental Transfer
Agreement, including all interest and principal received and receivable by
such
Seller on or with respect to the related Supplemental Mortgage Loans on and
after the related Supplemental Cut-off Date (to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof) or deposited into the
Certificate Account by the related Seller, other than principal and interest
due
on such Supplemental Mortgage Loans prior to the related Supplemental Cut-off
Date.
Immediately
upon the conveyance of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans referred to in the
preceding paragraph, the Depositor sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and
otherwise conveys to the Trustee for benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse, all right title and interest in all of the Supplemental Mortgage
Loans.
Each
Seller has entered into this Agreement in consideration for the purchase of
the
Mortgage Loans sold by such Seller to the Depositor and has agreed to take
the
actions specified herein. The Depositor, concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby sells, transfers, assigns
and
otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the use and benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all right title and interest in the
portion of the Trust Fund not otherwise conveyed to the Trust Fund pursuant
to
Sections 2.01(a) or (b).
(e) Upon
five
(5) Business Days written notice to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer (if the Master Servicer is not a Seller) and the Rating Agencies,
on
any other Business Day during the Funding Period designated by Countrywide,
Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna, if applicable, the Depositor and the
Trustee shall complete, execute and deliver a Supplemental Transfer Agreement
so
long as no Rating Agency has provided notice that the execution and delivery
of
such Supplemental Transfer Agreement will result in a reduction or withdrawal
of
any ratings assigned to the Certificates. After the execution and
delivery of such Supplemental Transfer Agreement, on the Supplemental Transfer
Date, the Trustee shall set aside in the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal
to
the Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount.
The
transfer of Supplemental Mortgage Loans and the other property and rights
relating to them on a Supplemental Transfer Date is subject to the satisfaction
of each of the following conditions:
(i) each
Supplemental Mortgage Loan conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer Date satisfies
the representations and warranties applicable to it under this Agreement;
provided, however, that with respect to a breach of a representation and
warranty with respect to a Supplemental Mortgage Loan, the obligation under
Section 2.03(c) of this Agreement of Countrywide, Park Granada, Park Monaco
and
Park Sienna, if applicable, to cure, repurchase or
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replace
such Supplemental Mortgage Loan shall constitute the sole remedy against such
Seller respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor
or
the Trustee;
(ii) the
Trustee, the Underwriter and the Rating Agencies are provided with an Opinion
of
Counsel or Opinions of Counsel with respect to the tax treatment of the Trust
Fund, to be delivered as provided pursuant to Section 2.01(f);
(iii) the
Rating Agencies and the Underwriter are provided with an Opinion of Counsel
or
Opinions of Counsel with respect to the validity of the conveyance of the
Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer Date, to
be
delivered as provided pursuant to Section 2.01(f);
(iv) the
execution and delivery of such Supplemental Transfer Agreement or conveyance
of
the related Supplemental Mortgage Loans does not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of any ratings assigned to the Certificates by the Rating
Agencies;
(v) the
Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer Date were
selected in a manner reasonably believed not to be adverse to the interests
of
the Certificateholders;
(vi) no
Supplemental Mortgage Loan conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer date was
30 or
more days delinquent;
(vii) the
aggregate of the PO Percentages of the Stated Principal Balance of all
Supplemental Mortgage Loans shall not exceed the PO Sublimit;
(viii) following
the conveyance of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans on such Supplemental Transfer
Date to the Trust Fund, the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans will comply
with the Pool Characteristics (including the permitted variances listed
therein); provided, that for the purpose of making these calculations, the
characteristics for any Initial Mortgage Loan made will be taken as of the
Initial Cut-off Date and the characteristics for any Supplemental Mortgage
Loan
will be taken as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date;
(ix) none
of the Sellers or the Depositor shall be insolvent or shall be rendered
insolvent as a result of such transfer; and
(x) the
Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
confirming the satisfaction of each of these conditions precedent.
The
Trustee shall not be required to investigate or otherwise verify compliance
with
these conditions, except for its own receipt of documents specified above,
and
shall be entitled to rely on the required Officer’s Certificate.
(f) Within
seven Business Days after each Supplemental Transfer Date, upon (1) delivery
to
the Trustee by the Depositor or Countrywide of the Opinions of Counsel referred
to in Sections 2.01(e)(ii) and (iii), (2) delivery to the Trustee by Countrywide
of a revised Mortgage Loan Schedule reflecting the Supplemental Mortgage Loans
conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer Date and (3) delivery to the Trustee
by
the Depositor of an Officer’s Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of
the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 2.01(f), the Trustee shall
pay to each Seller the portion of the Aggregate Supplemental Transfer Amount
used to purchase Supplemental Mortgage Loans from such Seller from those funds
that were set aside in the Pre-Funding Account pursuant to Section
2.01(e).
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The
positive difference, if any, between the Aggregate Supplemental Transfer Amount
and the Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount shall be reinvested by the
Trustee in the Pre-Funding Account.
(g) The
Trustee shall not be required to investigate or otherwise verify compliance
with
the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph, except for its own receipt
of documents specified above, and shall be entitled to rely on the required
Officer’s Certificate.
Within
thirty days after the final Supplemental Transfer Date, the Depositor shall
deliver to the Trustee a letter of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants stating whether or not the Supplemental Mortgage Loans
conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer Date conform to the characteristics
in
Section 2.01(e)(vi), (vii) and (viii).
(h) Neither
the Depositor nor the Trust will acquire or hold any Mortgage Loan that would
violate the representations made by Countrywide set forth in clause (49) of
Schedule III-A hereto.
SECTION
2.02.
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Acceptance
by Trustee of the Mortgage
Loans.
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(a) The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
documents identified in the Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto
as
Exhibit F-1 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) an Initial Certification in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit F-1. 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 Initial 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.
On
or
about the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Delay Delivery
Certification with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit G-1, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
Not
later
than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Final Certification with respect to
the
Initial Mortgage Loans in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H-1, 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. Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall promptly correct or cure such defect
within 90 days from the date it was so notified of such defect and, if
Countrywide does not
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correct
or cure such defect within such period, Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada,
Park
Monaco and Park Sienna) 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park
Monaco and Park Sienna) 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 hereof, 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf
and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) 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
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) and shall execute and deliver at Countrywide’s (on its own behalf
and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) request such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by Countrywide, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in Countrywide (on its own
behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna), or its
designee, the Trustee’s interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
If pursuant to the foregoing provisions Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) repurchases an Initial
Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall either
(i)
cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable
form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) or its designee and shall
cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on the MERS® System in
accordance with MERS’ rules and regulations or (ii) cause MERS to designate on
the MERS® System Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada,
Park Monaco and Park Sienna) or its designee as the beneficial holder of such
Mortgage Loan.
(b) Upon
delivery of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans pursuant to a Supplemental Transfer
Agreement, the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt of the documents identified
in
any Supplemental Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-2 and
declare that it will hold such documents and the other documents delivered
to it
constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it 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 Supplemental Transfer Date to
the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf
of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Supplemental Certification
in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-2. Based
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on
its
review and examination, and only as to the documents identified in such
Supplemental Certification, the Trustee shall acknowledge that such documents
appear regular on their face and relate to such Supplemental 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.
On
or
about the twentieth (20th) day after the Supplemental Transfer Date, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its
own
behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Delay
Delivery Certification with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit G-2, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
Not
later
than 90 days after the final Supplemental Transfer Date, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its own behalf
and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Final
Certification with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit H-2, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
(c) If,
in
the course of such review of the Mortgage Files relating to the Supplemental
Mortgage Loans, 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. Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall promptly correct or cure such defect
within 90 days from the date it was so notified of such defect and, if
Countrywide does not correct or cure such defect within such period, Countrywide
(on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna)
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 Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf
of
Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) 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 hereof, 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf
and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) 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
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certification
with respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release
the related Mortgage File to Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of
Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) and shall execute and deliver at
Countrywide’s (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) request such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by
Countrywide, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna), or a designee, the Trustee’s interest in any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the foregoing provisions Countrywide
(on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna)
repurchases a Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer shall either (i) cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment
of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration
on
the MERS® System in accordance with MERS’ rules and regulations or (ii) cause
MERS to designate on the MERS® System Countrywide (on its own behalf and on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) or its designee as the
beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
(d) 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.
(e) It
is
understood and agreed that the respective obligations of each Seller to
substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan sold to the Depositor by it
which does not meet the requirements of Section 2.01 above shall constitute
the
sole remedy respecting such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor
and
any Certificateholder against that Seller.
(f) [Reserved].
SECTION
2.03.
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Sellers and Master
Servicer.
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(a) Countrywide
hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in (i) Schedule II-A,
Schedule II-B, Schedule II-C and Schedule II-D hereto, and by this reference
incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee,
as
of the Closing Date, (ii) Schedule III-A hereto, and by this reference
incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee,
as
of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Initial Cut-off
Date
with respect to all of the Initial Mortgage Loans and as of the related
Supplemental Cut-off Date with respect to all of the Supplemental Mortgage
Loans, and (iii) Schedule III-B hereto, and by this reference incorporated
herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Initial Cut-off Date with respect
to
the Initial Mortgage Loans that are Countrywide Mortgage Loans and as of the
related Supplemental Cut-off Date with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage
Loans that are Countrywide Mortgage Loans. Park Granada hereby makes
the representations and warranties set forth in (i) Schedule II-B hereto, and
by
this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, as of the Closing Date and (ii) Schedule III-C hereto, and by
this
reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Initial
Cut-off Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans that are Park Granada
Mortgage Loans and as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date with respect
to
the Supplemental Mortgage Loans that are Park Granada Mortgage
Loans. Park Monaco hereby makes the representations and warranties
set forth in (i) Schedule II-C hereto, and by this reference incorporated
herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date and (ii) Schedule III-D hereto, and
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by
this
reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Initial
Cut-off Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans that are Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans and as of the related Supplemental Cut-off Date with respect
to
the Supplemental Mortgage Loans that are Park Monaco Mortgage
Loans. Park Sienna hereby makes the representations and warranties
set forth in (i) Schedule II-D hereto, and by this reference incorporated
herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date and (ii) Schedule III-E hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein,
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date,
or if so specified therein, as of the Initial Cut-off Date with respect to
the
Initial Mortgage Loans that are Park Sienna Mortgage Loans and as of the related
Supplemental Cut-off Date with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans that
are Park Sienna Mortgage Loans.
(b) The
Master Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in
Schedule IV hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor
and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date.
(c) Upon
discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a representation or
warranty with respect to a Mortgage Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) or
a
breach of a representation or warranty with respect to a Supplemental Mortgage
Loan under Section 2.01(e)(i) that materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Certificateholders in that Mortgage Loan, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other
parties. Each 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 with respect to a Mortgage Loan sold
by
it pursuant to Section 2.03(a) and with respect to a breach of a representation
and warranty with respect to a Supplemental Mortgage Loan sold by it under
Section 2.01(e)(i) which materially and adversely affects the interests of
the
Certificateholders in that 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; 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 hereof, if any, and any such substitution
pursuant to (i) 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
and
the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller
repurchasing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) 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 the representations and
warranties described in this Section which are made to the best of a Seller’s
knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Depositor, a Seller or the Trustee
that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such
inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage
Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding that
Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation
or warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable
representation or warranty.
With
respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, sold to the Depositor by
a
Seller, Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park
Monaco and Park Sienna) 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
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be
part
of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the related 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 that 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
related 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(a) 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 related Seller and shall execute and deliver
at such Seller’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared
by Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco
and
Park Sienna), in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest
title
in that 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 a 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 Substitute
Mortgage Loans sold to the Depositor by that Seller as of the date of
substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Deleted
Mortgage Loans repurchased by that Seller (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 with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in
the
Certificate Account by Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) 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 a Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price
therefor shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
3.05
on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date
in
the month following the month during which that 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.
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SECTION
2.04.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Mortgage
Loans.
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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
each 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 each Seller made pursuant to Section
2.03(a)(ii) hereof, together with all rights of the Depositor to require each
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. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach
of any of the foregoing representations and warranties set forth in this Section
2.04 (referred to herein as a “breach”), which breach materially and adversely
affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the others and to each Rating
Agency.
SECTION
2.05.
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Delivery
of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions.
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(a) Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, no substitution pursuant to Section
2.02 or Section 2.03 shall be made more than 90 days after the Closing Date
unless Countrywide 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 each REMIC created
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding.
(b) Upon
discovery by the Depositor, a 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 Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna), at its 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
Countrywide 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.
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Execution
and Delivery of Certificates.
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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
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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 end that the interests
of
the Holders of the Certificates may be adequately and effectively
protected.
SECTION
2.07.
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REMIC
Matters.
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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 each
REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters
Person Certificate. Each REMIC’s fiscal year shall be the calendar
year.
SECTION
2.08.
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Covenants
of the Master Servicer.
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The
Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor and the Trustee as
follows:
(a) the
Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of the insurer under each
Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no
written information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing
or written report delivered to the Depositor, any affiliate of the Depositor
or
the Trustee and prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement
will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make such information, certificate, statement or report not
misleading.
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ARTICLE
III
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING
OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION
3.01.
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Master
Servicer to Service Mortgage
Loans.
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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
customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage loan
servicers. In connection with such servicing and administration, the
Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through
Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, 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 (which,
for the purpose of this Section, includes any Subsequent Recoveries), and (iv)
to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged
Property securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall
not
take any action that is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the
Trust Fund or the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and
interests of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall represent and protect the
interests of the Trust Fund in the same manner as it protects its own interests
in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation
regarding a Mortgage Loan, and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver
or amendment of any Mortgage Loan which would cause any REMIC created hereunder
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 the Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Depositor and the Trustee, when the Master Servicer 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. The Master Servicer further is authorized and
empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
in its own name or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer
or
the Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best
judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal
from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them,
any
and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect
to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely
as
nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns.
In
accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, 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 3.06, and further as
provided in Section 3.08. 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
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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.
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Subservicing;
Enforcement of the Obligations of
Subservicers.
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(a) The
Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan by a
Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing 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. 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 Subservicer on behalf of the Master
Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any subservicing
agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or
arrangements between the Master Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to
actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall
remain obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer
alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. All
actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing
agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Master Servicer with the same
force and effect as if performed directly by the Master Servicer.
(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 Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted
by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer.
SECTION
3.03.
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Rights
of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master
Servicer.
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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
3.04.
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Trustee
to Act as Master Servicer.
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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 or termination
by
the Depositor), 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 3.09 hereof 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 of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (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
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hereof. If
the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Master Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default or termination by the Depositor),
the Trustee or its successor shall succeed to any rights and obligations of
the
Master Servicer under each subservicing 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 subservicing agreement or substitute subservicing 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 subservicing agreement to the assuming
party.
SECTION
3.05.
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Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments; the Certificate Account; the Distribution
Account; the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest
Account.
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(a) 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 180 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) The
Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Certificate Account into which
the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited no later than two
Business Days after receipt (or, if (i) the current short-term credit rating
of
Countrywide from S&P is reduced below “A-2” or, if
Countrywide does not have a short-term credit rating from S&P, the current
long-term credit rating of Countrywide from S&P is reduced below “BBB+”,
(ii) the current long-term credit rating of Countrywide from Xxxxx’x is reduced
below “A3” or (iii) the current long-term credit rating of Countrywide from
Fitch is reduced below “A-”, 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 in this Agreement, the following payments and
collections remitted by Subservicers 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 under this Agreement:
(i) all
payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including Principal
Prepayments;
(ii) all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans, net of the Master
Servicing Fee, Prepayment Interest Excess and any lender-paid mortgage insurance
premiums;
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(iii) all
Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Liquidation Proceeds, 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 or the Depositor pursuant
to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments for
which it is responsible;
(v) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.09(c) and in respect of net monthly rental income from REO Property pursuant
to Section 3.11 hereof;
(vi) 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.
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 Charges, 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. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with Section
3.08.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) 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 3.08(a)(ix);
(ii) any
amount deposited by the Master Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to Section
3.05(e) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments for which it
is
responsible; and
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(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 3.08. In no event shall the
Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Distribution Account at the
direction of the Master Servicer.
(e) Each
institution at which the Certificate Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the
Capitalized Interest 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 Pre-Funding Account or the Capitalized Interest 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 fund or 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 amount of any losses in the Pre-Funding
Account or the Capitalized Interest Account incurred in respect of any such
investments shall promptly be deposited by the Depositor in the Pre-Funding
Account or the Capitalized Interest Account, as applicable. All
income or gain (net of any losses) realized from any such investment of funds
on
deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account shall be credited to the Capitalized
Interest Account. 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,
the
Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account or the Distribution
Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.05.
(f) The
Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, each Seller, each Rating
Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the
Certificate Account prior to any change thereof. The Trustee shall
give notice to the Master Servicer, each Seller, each Rating Agency and the
Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the Distribution Account,
the Pre-Funding Account or the Capitalized Interest Account, prior to any change
thereof.
(g) The
Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the Certificateholders,
the
Pre-Funding Account. On the Closing Date Countrywide shall remit the
Pre-Funded Amount to the Trustee for deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account. On each Supplemental Transfer Date, upon satisfaction of the
conditions for such Supplemental Transfer Date set forth in Section 2.01(e),
with respect to the related Supplemental Transfer Agreement, the Trustee shall
pay to each Seller selling Supplemental Mortgage Loans to the Depositor on
such
Supplemental Transfer Date the portion of the Aggregate
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Supplemental
Transfer Amount held in escrow pursuant to Section 2.01(e) as payment of the
purchase price for the Supplemental Mortgage Loans sold by such
Seller. If at any time the Depositor becomes aware that the Cut-off
Date Stated Principal Balance of Supplemental Mortgage Loans reflected on any
Supplemental Transfer Agreement exceeds the actual Cut-off Date Stated Principal
Balance of the relevant Supplemental Mortgage Loans, the Depositor may so notify
the Trustee and the Trustee shall redeposit into the Pre-Funding Account the
excess reported to it by the Depositor.
If
any
funds remain in the Pre-Funding Account at the end of the Funding Period, to
the
extent that they represent earnings on the amounts originally deposited into
the
Pre-Funding Account, the Trustee shall distribute them to the order of the
Depositor. The remaining funds shall be transferred to the
Distribution Account to be included as part of principal distributions to the
Class PO Certificates, to the extent of the Remaining PO Pre-Funded Amount
and
to the other Classes of Senior Certificates, to the extent of the Remaining
Non-PO Pre-Funded Amount, as applicable.
(h) The
Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the Certificateholders,
the
Capitalized Interest Account. On the Closing Date, Countrywide shall
remit the Capitalized Interest Deposit to the Trustee for deposit in the
Capitalized Interest Account. On each Distribution Account Deposit
Date related to a Funding Period Distribution Date, the Trustee shall transfer
from the Capitalized Interest Account to the Distribution Account an amount
equal to the Capitalized Interest Requirement (which, to the extent required,
may include investment earnings on amounts on deposit therein) for the related
Distribution Date.
On
each
Supplemental Transfer Date, upon satisfaction of the conditions for such
Supplemental Transfer Date set forth in Section 2.l0(e), the Trustee shall
withdraw from the Capitalized Interest Account the Capitalized Interest Release
Amount for such Supplemental Transfer Date and distribute the amount to the
order of Countrywide. If any funds remain in the Capitalized Interest Account
at
the end of the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the last Funding Period
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute any such remaining funds to
the
order of Countrywide on the last Funding Period Distribution Date.
SECTION
3.06.
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Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts.
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(a) To
the
extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not violative of current law,
the Master Servicer shall 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 Master 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 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
out
of related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.01 hereof
(with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and 3.09 hereof
(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 hereof. The Escrow Accounts
shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
(c) The
Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in Section 3.06(a) that
are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date when the tax, premium or
other
cost for which such
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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
3.07.
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Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
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The
Master Servicer shall afford each Seller, 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 to each
Certificateholder and/or Certificate Owner 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 and/or Certificate Owner to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided that the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder and/or Certificate
Owner for actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in providing such
reports and access.
SECTION
3.08.
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Permitted
Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and the Distribution
Account.
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(a) The
Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the Certificate
Account for the following purposes:
(i) to
pay to
the Master Servicer (to the extent not previously retained by the Master
Servicer) the servicing compensation to which it is entitled pursuant to Section
3.14, and to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation,
earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the
Certificate Account;
(ii) to
reimburse each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee for unreimbursed 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 was made;
(iii) to
reimburse each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee for any Nonrecoverable
Advance previously made by it;
(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 3.06 and (b) for unpaid Master
Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.11 hereof;
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(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 or 3.11,
all amounts received thereon after the date of such purchase;
(vii) to
reimburse the Sellers, the Master Servicer or the Depositor for expenses
incurred by any of them and reimbursable pursuant to Section 6.03
hereof;
(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
the related Available Funds and the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date
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 hereof.
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 Loans(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 third 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;
(iv) to
reimburse the Trustee for any unreimbursed Advances made by it pursuant to
Section 4.01(b) hereof, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause
(iv) being limited to (x) amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan(s)
in
respect of which any such Advance was made and (y) amounts not otherwise
reimbursed to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) hereof;
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(v) to
reimburse the Trustee for any Nonrecoverable Advance previously made by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(b) hereof, such right of reimbursement pursuant
to this subclause (v) being limited to amounts not otherwise reimbursed to
the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(iii) hereof; and
(vi) to
clear
and terminate the Distribution Account upon termination of the Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
SECTION
3.09.
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Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance
Policies.
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(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. 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. Any cost incurred by the Master
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 the proceeds of liquidation
of
the Mortgage Loan or Subsequent Recoveries to the extent permitted by Section
3.08 hereof. 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 outstanding
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.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall not 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, 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.
Except
with respect to any Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, 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. With respect to the Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall maintain the Primary Insurance Policy for the life of such
Mortgage Loans, unless otherwise provided for in the related Mortgage Note
or
prohibited by law.
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The
Master Servicer agrees 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 proceeds of liquidation
and
Subsequent Recoveries.
(c) In
connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of itself, the Trustee and
Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary Insurance Policies
and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be necessary to
permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies respecting defaulted
Mortgage Loans. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under
any Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Certificate
Account.
SECTION
3.10.
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Enforcement
of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
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(a) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Section, when any property subject to a Mortgage
has
been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall to the extent that
it
has knowledge of such conveyance, 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, the Master Servicer is not
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 the
Master Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause,
or if coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected,
or if nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer
is
authorized, subject to Section 3.10(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 3.10(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 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 3.10(a) hereof, 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
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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 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
for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will
be
retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation.
SECTION
3.11.
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Realization
Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage
Loans.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage
Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments. In
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer shall
follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable
and
as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and
meet the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy;
provided, however, that 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 the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan
and
Subsequent Recoveries (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 proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan and Subsequent
Recoveries 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 thereunder. The Master
Servicer shall allow any REO Property that was subject to a lease at the time
of
acquisition through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure to continue
to be
rented pursuant to such lease, but upon the expiration of such lease, the Master
Servicer shall not take any action to rent the related REO
Property. 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 the same manner and to such
extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is
located. 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 maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is
necessary to enable the Trustee
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to
comply
with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. Any net
monthly income 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
any tax reporting 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 as soon as
practicable in a manner that maximizes the Liquidation Proceeds thereof, but
in
no event later than three years after its acquisition by the Trust
Fund. In the event that 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 a three-year period, if applicable, will not
result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions” of any REMIC
hereunder as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any REMIC hereunder
to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding,
then the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to
any
conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel) after the expiration of such
three-year period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be 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 any REMIC
hereunder 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.
In
the
event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose obligor is not a
United States Person, as that term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code, in connection with any foreclosure or acquisition of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure (together, “foreclosure”) in respect of such Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer will cause compliance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor thereto) necessary to assure that
no
withholding tax obligation arises with respect to the proceeds of such
foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that proceeds of such foreclosure
are
required to be remitted to the obligors on such Mortgage Loan.
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 rental 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, 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 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.
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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 for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances
and Master Servicing Fees; second, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the
Trustee for any unreimbursed Advances; third, to reimburse the Certificate
Account for any Nonrecoverable Advances (or portions thereof) that were
previously withdrawn by the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section
3.08(a)(iii) that related to such Mortgage Loan; fourth, to accrued and unpaid
interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount or any such
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 fifth, 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
3.14.
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 151 days or
more
delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price; provided, however, that
the
Master Servicer may only exercise this right on or before the next to the last
day of the calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan became 151 days delinquent
(such month, the “Eligible Repurchase Month”); provided further, that any such
Mortgage Loan which becomes current but thereafter becomes delinquent may be
purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section in any ensuing
Eligible Repurchase Month. 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.
(b) Countrywide
is permitted to solicit Mortgagors for reductions to the Mortgage Rates of
their
respective Mortgage Loans so long as the Mortgagors are not selected for
solicitation based on the inclusion of the related Mortgage Loans in the Trust
Fund. If a Mortgagor requests a reduction to the Mortgage Rate for
the related Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall agree to a reduction in
the
Mortgage Rate of that Mortgage Loan (the “Modified Mortgage Loan”) if (i) no
monetary default exists with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) Countrywide,
in its corporate capacity, agrees to purchase the Modified Mortgage Loan from
the Trust Fund immediately following the modification as described
below. Effective immediately after the modification, and, in any
event, on the same Business Day on which the modification occurs, all interest
of the Trustee in the Modified Mortgage Loan shall automatically be deemed
transferred and assigned to Countrywide and all benefits and burdens of
ownership thereof, including the right to accrued interest thereon from the
date
of modification and the risk of default thereon, shall pass to
Countrywide. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the
Trustee a certification of a Servicing Officer to the effect that all
requirements of this paragraph have been satisfied with respect to the Modified
Mortgage Loan. For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall
account for such purchase as a prepayment in full of the Modified Mortgage
Loan.
Countrywide
shall remit the Purchase Price for any Modified Mortgage Loan to the Master
Servicer for deposit into the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05
within one Business Day after the purchase of the 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 Countrywide
the related
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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 Countrywide
any
Modified Mortgage Loan previously transferred and assigned pursuant
hereto. Countrywide covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund
against any liability for any “prohibited transaction” taxes and any related
interest, additions, and penalties imposed on the Trust Fund established
hereunder as a result of any modification of a Mortgage Loan effected pursuant
to this subsection (b), any holding of a Modified Mortgage Loan by the Trust
Fund or any purchase of a Modified Mortgage Loan by Countrywide (but such
obligation shall not prevent Countrywide or any other appropriate Person from
in
good faith contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not
prevent Countrywide from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law,
pending the outcome of such proceedings). Countrywide 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 Trust Fund or
Countrywide. Nothing in this Section 3.11(b) restricts the ability of
the Master Servicer to modify a Mortgage Loan in a manner that is consistent
with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01; provided, however, that
Countrywide shall have no obligation to purchase any such modified Mortgage
Loan.
SECTION
3.12.
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Trustee
to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
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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. The Master Servicer is
authorized to cause the removal from the registration on the MERS System of
such
Mortgage and to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction
or
cancellation or of partial or full release. 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. 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.
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SECTION
3.13.
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Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer to be Held for
the
Trustee.
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Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall transmit
to
the Trustee as required by this Agreement all documents and instruments in
respect of a Mortgage Loan coming into the possession of the Master Servicer
from time to time and 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, Insurance Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries 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 and any Subsequent Recoveries, 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 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
3.14.
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Servicing
Compensation.
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As
compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled
to retain or withdraw from the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Master
Servicing Fee; provided, that the aggregate Master Servicing Fee with respect
to
any Distribution Date shall be reduced (i) by an amount equal to the aggregate
of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on all of the Mortgage Loans, if any,
with
respect to such Distribution Date, but not to exceed the Compensating Interest
for such Distribution Date, and (ii) with respect to the first Distribution
Date, an amount equal to any amount to be deposited into the Distribution
Account by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and not so
deposited.
Additional
servicing compensation in the form of Excess Proceeds, Prepayment Interest
Excess, Prepayment Charges, assumption fees, late payment charges and all income
and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments on funds in
the
Certificate Account and Distribution Account shall be retained by the Master
Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof. The Master Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its master
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.
SECTION
3.15.
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Access
to Certain Documentation.
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The
Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to comparable
regulatory authorities supervising Holders and/or Certificate Owners 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 without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request
and during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the
Master Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of
information regarding the Mortgagors
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and
the
failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section
as
a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section.
The
Master Servicer acknowledges that as part of its servicing activities, the
Master Servicer shall fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete
information (i.e., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files
related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the nationally recognized credit bureaus) on
a
monthly basis.
SECTION
3.16.
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee on or before
March 15 of each year, commencing with its 2008 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 (or
applicable portion thereof) and of the performance of the Master Servicer under
this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the
best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has
fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects
throughout such year (or applicable portion thereof), or, if there has been
a
failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying
each
such failure known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer to deliver to the Depositor and
the
Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, commencing with its 2008 fiscal
year, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a
review of the activities of such Subservicer during the preceding calendar
year
(or applicable portion thereof) and of the performance of the Subservicer under
the applicable Subservicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, has been
made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s
knowledge, based on such review, such Subservicer has fulfilled all its
obligations under the applicable Subservicing Agreement or primary servicing
agreement, in all material respects throughout such year (or applicable portion
thereof), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in
any
material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the
nature and status thereof.
(c) The
Trustee shall forward a copy of each such statement to each Rating
Agency.
SECTION
3.17.
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Errors
and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity
Bonds.
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The
Master Servicer shall for so long as it acts as master servicer under this
Agreement, 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 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.
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ARTICLE
IV
DISTRIBUTIONS
AND
ADVANCES
BY THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION
4.01.
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Advances.
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(a) 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 as provided in Section 3.08. 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.
(b) If
the
Master Servicer determines that it will be unable to comply with its obligation
to make the Advances as and when described in the second sentence of Section
4.01(a), it shall use its best efforts to give written notice thereof to the
Trustee (each such notice a “Trustee Advance Notice”; and such notice may be
given by telecopy), not later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the Business
Day
immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Advance Date, specifying
the
amount that it will be unable to deposit (each such amount an “Advance
Deficiency”) and certifying that such Advance Deficiency constitutes an Advance
hereunder and is not a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Trustee
receives a Trustee Advance Notice on or before 3:30 P.M., New York time on
a
Master Servicer Advance Date, the Trustee shall, not later than 3:00 P.M.,
New
York time, on the related Distribution Date, deposit in the Distribution Account
an amount equal to the Advance Deficiency identified in such Trustee Advance
Notice unless it is prohibited from so doing by applicable
law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required
to make such deposit if the Trustee shall have received written notification
from the Master Servicer that the Master Servicer has deposited or caused to
be
deposited in the Certificate Account an amount equal to such Advance
Deficiency. All Advances made by the Trustee pursuant to this Section
4.01(b) shall accrue interest on behalf of the Trustee at the Trustee Advance
Rate from and including the date such Advances are made to but excluding the
date of repayment, with such interest being an obligation of the Master Servicer
and not the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer shall reimburse the
Trustee for the amount of any Advance made by the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 4.01(b) together with accrued interest, not later than the fifth day
following the related Master Servicer Advance Date. In the event that
the Master Servicer does not reimburse the Trustee in accordance with the
requirements of the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall have the right, but
not the obligation, to immediately (a) terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement in accordance with
Section 7.01 and (b) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.04,
assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
hereunder.
(c) The
Master Servicer shall, not later than the close of business on the second
Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date, deliver to the
Trustee a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee)
that indicates (i) the Mortgage Loans with respect to which the Master Servicer
has determined that the related Scheduled Payments should be advanced and (ii)
the amount of the related Scheduled Payments. The Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee on
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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.
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Priorities
of Distribution.
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(a) On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw the Available Funds from the
Distribution Account and apply such funds to distributions on the Certificates
in the following order, in each case, to the extent of Available Funds
remaining:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) concurrently,
to each interest-bearing Class of Senior Certificates, an amount allocable
to interest equal to the related Class Optimal Interest Distribution
Amount, any shortfall being allocated 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, provided that prior to an
Accrual Termination Date, the related Accrual Amount shall be distributed as
provided in Section 4.02(a)(iii);
(iii) [Reserved];
(iv) to
each
Class of Senior Certificates, concurrently, as follows:
(x) to
the Class PO Certificates, the PO Formula Principal Amount until its
Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero; and
(y) on
each Distribution Date, the Non-PO Formula Principal Amount up to the amount
of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date will be
distributed in the following order:
(1)
to
the Class A-R Certificates, until its Class Certificate Balance is reduced
to
zero; and
(2)
concurrently, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-5, Class A-6
and
Class A-12 Certificates, pro rata, until their respective Class Certificate
Balances are reduced to zero;
(v) to
the
Class PO Certificates, any Class PO Deferred Amount, up to an amount
not to exceed the amount calculated pursuant to clause (A) of the definition
of
the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount actually received or advanced
for
such Distribution Date (with such amount to be allocated first from amounts
calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and (ii) then (iii) of the definition of
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount);
(vi) to
each
Class of Subordinated Certificates, subject to subparagraph (e) below, in
the following order of priority:
(A) to
the
Class M Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(B) to
the
Class M Certificates, 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;
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(C) to
the
Class B-1 Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(D) to
the
Class B-1 Certificates, 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 B-2 Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(F) to
the
Class B-2 Certificates, 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 B-3 Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the amount
of the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for
such Distribution Date;
(H) to
the
Class B-3 Certificates, 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 B-4 Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the amount
of the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for
such Distribution Date;
(J) to
the
Class B-4 Certificates, 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 B-5 Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(L) [Reserved];
and
(M) to
the
Class B-5 Certificates, 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;
(vii) [Reserved];
and
(viii) to
the
Class A-R Certificates, any remaining funds in the Trust Fund.
If
any
Class of Depositable Certificates has been surrendered to the Trustee for
Exchangeable Certificates, the Trustee, as Holder of such surrendered
Depositable Certificates, shall deposit any amounts distributable to such Class
of Depositable Certificates in this Section 4.02(a) in the Exchangeable
Certificates Distribution Account and shall distribute such amounts to the
Holders of the related Class or Classes of Exchangeable Certificates pursuant
to
Section 5.07(b).
On
any
Distribution Date, amounts distributed in respect of Class PO Deferred
Amounts will not reduce the Class Certificate Balance of the Class PO
Certificates.
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On
any
Distribution Date, to the extent the Amount Available for Senior Principal
is
insufficient to make the full distribution required to be made pursuant to
subclause (iv)(x) above, (A) the amount distributable on the Class PO
Certificates in respect of principal pursuant to such subclause (iv)(x) shall
be
equal to the product of (1) the Amount Available for Senior Principal and (2)
a
fraction, the numerator of which is the PO Formula Principal Amount and the
denominator of which is the sum of the PO Formula Principal Amount and the
Senior Principal Distribution Amount and (B) the amount distributable on the
Senior Certificates, other than the Class PO Certificates, in respect of
principal pursuant to clause (iv)(y) shall be equal to the product of
(1) the Amount Available for Senior Principal and (2) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the denominator of
which is the sum of the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the PO Formula
Principal Amount.
(b) On
each
Distribution Date prior to and including the applicable Accrual Termination
Date
with respect to each Class or Component of Accrual Certificates, the
Accrual Amount for such Class or Component for such Distribution Date shall
not
(except as provided in the second to last sentence in this paragraph) be
distributed as interest with respect to such Class or Component of Accrual
Certificates, but shall instead be added to the related Class Certificate
Balance or Component Balance of such Class or Component, as applicable, on
the related Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date
prior to and including the applicable Accrual Termination Date on which
principal payments on any Class or Component of Accrual Certificates are
distributed pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iv)(y), the related Accrual Amount
shall
be deemed to have been added on such Distribution Date to the related
Class Certificate Balance or Component Balance (and included in the amount
distributable on the related Class or Classes or Component of Accretion
Directed Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii) 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 or Component Balance of such Class or
Component of Accrual Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding any such distribution, each such Class or Component shall
continue to be a Class of Accrual Certificates on each subsequent
Distribution Date until the applicable Accrual Termination Date.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) On
each
Distribution Date, the amount referred to in clause (i) of the definition of
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced by (i) the related
Class’ pro rata share of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls based on
such Class’ Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date, without taking into account such Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls and (ii) the related Class’ Allocable Share of the interest portion
of a Debt Service Reduction, and each Relief Act Reduction incurred during
the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
(e) Notwithstanding
the priority and allocation contained in Section 4.02(a)(vi), if, on any
Distribution Date, with respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates
(other than the Class of Subordinated Certificates then outstanding with the
highest priority of distribution), the sum of the related
Class Subordination Percentages of such Class and of all Classes of
Subordinated Certificates which have a higher numerical 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 (the
“Restricted Classes”) and the amount of such Principal Prepayments otherwise
distributable to the Restricted Classes shall be distributed to any Classes
of
Subordinated Certificates having lower numerical 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 provided in Section 4.02(a)(vi).
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(f) [Reserved].
(g) If
the
amount of a Realized Loss on a Mortgage Loan has been reduced by application
of
Subsequent Recoveries with respect to such Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to
the
amount of such Subsequent Recoveries will be applied sequentially, in the order
of payment priority, to increase the Class Certificate Balance of each Class
of
Certificates to which Realized Losses have been allocated, but in each case
by
not more than the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class
of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04. Holders of such
Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of the Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount on the amount of such increases for any Interest
Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase
occurs. Any such increases shall be applied pro rata to the
Certificate Balance of each Certificate of such Class.
SECTION
4.03.
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[Reserved].
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SECTION
4.04.
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Allocation
of Realized Losses.
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(a) On
or
prior to each Determination Date, the Trustee shall determine the total amount
of Realized Losses with respect to the related Distribution Date. For
purposes of allocating losses to the Subordinated Certificates, the Class M
Certificates will be deemed to have a lower numerical Class designation,
and to be of a higher relative payment priority, than each other Class of
Subordinated Certificates.
Realized
Losses with respect to any Distribution Date shall be allocated as
follows:
(i) the
applicable PO Percentage of any Realized Loss shall be allocated to the
Class PO Certificates until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is
reduced to zero; and
(ii) the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Realized Loss shall be allocated first
to
the Subordinated Certificates in reverse order of their respective numerical
Class designations (beginning with the Class of Subordinated
Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical Class designation)
until the respective Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is
reduced to zero, and second, to the Classes of Senior Certificates (other than
any Notional Amount Certificates and the Class PO Certificates), pro rata
on the basis of their respective Class Certificate Balances immediately prior
to
such Distribution Date, or, in the case of any Class of Accrual Certificates
or
Accrual Component, on the basis of the lesser of their respective Class
Certificate Balances or Component Balance, as applicable immediately prior
to
such Distribution Date, and their respective initial Class Certificate Balances
or Component Balance, as applicable, until the respective Class Certificate
Balance or Component Balance of each such Class or Component, is reduced to
zero; provided, however, that the Non-PO Percentage of Realized Losses that
would otherwise be allocated to the Class A-1, Class A-3 and Class A-5
Certificates will instead be allocated the Class A-2, Class A-12 and Class
A-6
Certificates, respectively, until their respective Class Certificate Balances
are reduced to zero.
(b) The
Class Certificate Balance of Subordinated Certificates then outstanding
with the highest numerical Class designation shall be reduced on each
Distribution Date by the sum of (i) the amount of any payments on the
Class PO Certificates 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 (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 Pool
Stated Principal Balance for the following Distribution Date.
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(c) Any
Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Certificates or any reduction in
the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04(a) above shall be allocated among the Certificates of such
Class in proportion to their respective Certificate Balances.
(d) Any
allocation of Realized Losses to a Certificate or to any Component or any
reduction in the Certificate Balance or Component Balance of a Certificate
or
Component, pursuant to Section 4.04(a) above shall be accomplished by reducing
the Certificate Balance or Component Balance thereof, as applicable, immediately
following the distributions made on the related Distribution Date in accordance
with the definition of “Certificate Balance” or “Component Balance,” as the case
may be. All Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Component
Certificates will be allocated, pro rata, to the related
Components.
(e) [Reserved]
SECTION
4.05.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION
4.06.
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Monthly
Statements to
Certificateholders.
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(a) Concurrently
with each distribution on a Distribution Date, the Trustee will forward by
electronic delivery to each Rating Agency and make available to
Certificateholders on the Trustee’s website
(xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) a statement generally setting forth the
information contained in Exhibit U hereto. Such statement shall also
indicate whether any exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates or Depositable
Certificates have occurred since the immediately preceding Distribution Date
and, if applicable, the Class designation, Class Certificate Balance or Notional
Amount and Pass-Through Rate of any Classes of Certificates that were received
by a Certificateholder as a result of such exchange as well as any Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Realized Losses allocated to such
Certificates as a result of such exchange.
(b) The
Trustee’s responsibility for disbursing the above information to the
Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy
of
the information provided by the Master Servicer.
(c) On
or
before the fifth Business Day following the end of each Prepayment Period (but
in no event later than the third Business Day prior to the related Distribution
Date), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee (which delivery may
be
by electronic data transmission) a report in substantially the form set forth
as
Schedule VI hereto.
(d) 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
items (1), (2) and (7) of Exhibit U hereto, 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.
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Determination
of Pass-Through Rates for COFI
Certificates.
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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 the
table relating to the Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
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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 prior to such Interest Accrual Period but 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 the Outside Reference Date
for
such Interest Accrual Period. If at the Outside Reference Date for
any Interest Accrual Period, COFI for the second calendar month preceding such
Outside Reference Date has not been published, the Trustee shall use COFI for
the third calendar month preceding such Outside Reference Date. If
COFI for neither the second nor third calendar months preceding any Outside
Reference Date 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.
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 provided in Section 4.08.
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.
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Determination
of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
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(a) On
each
Interest Determination Date so long as any LIBOR Certificates are Outstanding
or
any Exchangeable Certificates with a Floating Pass-Through Rate have a Class
Certificate Balance greater than zero, the Trustee will determine LIBOR on
the
basis of the British Bankers’ Association (“BBA”) “Interest Settlement Rate” for
one-month deposits in U.S. dollars as quoted on the Bloomberg Terminal as of
each LIBOR Determination Date.
(b) If
on any
Interest Determination Date, LIBOR cannot be determined as provided in paragraph
(A) of this Section 4.08, 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
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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:
(i) If
on any
Interest Determination Date two or more Reference Banks provide such offered
quotations, LIBOR for the next applicable 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%).
(ii) 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.
(iii) 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
for the related Classes of Certificates shall be LIBOR as determined on the
preceding applicable Interest Determination Date. If on the initial
LIBOR Determination Date the Trustee is required but unable to determine LIBOR
in the manner provided above, LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period will
be
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.
(c) The
Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates, which has a Pass-Through
Rate
that is calculated by reference to LIBOR, for each Interest Accrual Period
shall
be determined by the Trustee on each Interest Determination Date so long as
any
such Certificate is 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, any
Interest Settlement Rate, 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 Dow Xxxxx Markets) from the BBA
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designated
banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to LIBOR, the Interest
Settlement Rate 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 BBA designated banks, 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.
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ARTICLE
V
THE
CERTIFICATES
SECTION
5.01.
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The
Certificates.
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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 hereof 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 when 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 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.
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Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
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(a) The
Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.06 hereof, 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
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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 forms set forth
in Exhibit J-2 (the “Transferor Certificate”) and (i) deliver a letter in
substantially the form of either Exhibit K (the “Investment Letter”) or Exhibit
L-1 (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 Sellers 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, 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-1, or in the
event such Certificate is a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied
only by the Trustee’s receipt of a representation letter from the transferee
substantially in the form of Exhibit I), to the effect that (x) such transferee
is not a Plan or (y) in the case of a Certificate that is an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate and that has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting,
a
representation that the transferee 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 satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief under Sections
I
and III of PTCE 95-60 or (ii) in the case of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate
presented for registration in the name of a Plan, an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of
either the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, addressed to
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the
Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase and holding
of
such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will
not
subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to
those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate that is not a Residual Certificate, in the event the representation
letter or Opinion of Counsel referred to in the preceding sentence is not so
furnished, one of the representations in clause (i), as appropriate, shall
be
deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee’s (including an
initial acquiror’s) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted
Certificate. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein,
any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of
a
Plan 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 or
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) Except
in
connection with (i) the registration of the Tax Matters Person Certificate
in
the name of the Trustee or (ii) any registration in the name of, or transfer
of
a Residual Certificate to, an affiliate of the Depositor (either directly or
through a nominee) in connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates,
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 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 and to provide to the Trustee a certificate
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1 stating that it has
no
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
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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,
if required. 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 Master Servicer or any
Seller, to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause
any 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.
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All
transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in
accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or
brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository
Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners
it
represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with
the Depository’s normal procedures.
If
(x)
(i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable
to locate a qualified successor, or (y) 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.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
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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 save 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.
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Persons
Deemed Owners.
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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.
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SECTION
5.05.
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Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and
Addresses.
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If
three
or more Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners (a) request such
information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders
and/or Certificate Owners desire to communicate with other Certificateholders
and/or Certificate Owners with respect to their rights under this Agreement
or
under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication which such
Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners 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, (x) provide the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners at such recipients’ expense the
most recent list of the Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the
Trustee, if any, and (y) assist the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners at such recipients’ expense with
obtaining from the Depository a list of the related Depository Participants
acting on behalf of Certificate Owners of Book Entry
Certificates. The Depositor and every Certificateholder and
Certificate Owner, by receiving and holding a Certificate or beneficial interest
therein, 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
and/or Depository Participants hereunder, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived.
SECTION
5.06.
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
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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.
SECTION
5.07.
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Depositable
and Exchangeable Certificates.
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(a) On
the
Closing Date, there is hereby established a separate trust (the “ES Trust”),
which shall be a Grantor Trust for federal income tax purposes. The
ES Trust shall be maintained by the Trustee in its name, for the benefit of
the
Holders of the Certificates. The assets of the ES Trust shall consist
of the LTR-A-R Interest and the uncertificated Master REMIC Interests, which
have been placed in the ES Trust through the efforts of the
Underwriter. The LTR-A-R Interest and the uncertificated Master REMIC
Interests in the ES Trust shall be held by the Trustee. On the
Closing Date, the ES Trust shall issue the several Classes of Certificates.
Each
Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall be issued on the Closing Date with
a
Class Certificate Balance of zero. Upon the sale of the Certificates
on the Closing Date, the Exchangeable Certificates shall be placed with the
Trustee through the efforts of the Underwriter to be held to facilitate the
exchange of Depositable and Exchangeable Certificates on and after the Closing
Date. Among the Depositable and Exchangeable Certificates, the
beneficial interest of the uncertificated Master REMIC Interests shall be
represented by the related Depositable Certificates until such Depositable
Certificates have been exchanged for Exchangeable Certificates, at which time,
such Exchangeable Certificates shall represent those uncertificated Master
REMIC
Interests.
The
Trustee, as trustee of the ES Trust, shall establish and maintain, on behalf
of
the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, the Exchangeable Certificates
Distribution Account. All funds on deposit in the Exchangeable
Certificates Distribution Account shall be held separate and apart from, and
shall not be commingled with, any other moneys, including without limitation,
other moneys held by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee, as holder of any surrendered Depositable
Certificates, shall deposit in the Exchangeable Certificates Distribution
Account any amounts
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distributable
to the surrendered Depositable Certificates pursuant to Section
4.02. For the avoidance of doubt, if on any Distribution Date no
Classes of Depositable Certificates have been surrendered or if all Classes
of
Exchangeable Certificates have been exchanged for Depositable Certificates
according to Section 5.07(e), then no amounts will be deposited in the
Exchangeable Certificates Deposit Account on such Distribution
Date.
On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Exchangeable
Certificates Distribution Account to make distributions to the Classes of
Exchangeable Certificates then entitled to distributions pursuant to Section
5.07(b).
Funds
in
the Exchangeable Certificates Distribution Account shall remain
uninvested.
(b) On
each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw funds on deposit in the
Exchangeable Certificates Distribution Account and distribute such amount to
the
Holders of each related Class of Exchangeable Certificates. Amounts
related to interest distributed to the surrendered Depositable Certificates
shall be distributed as interest to the related Class or Classes of Exchangeable
Certificates. All distributions of principal to the Exchangeable
Certificates shall be made pro rata among the Classes of Exchangeable
Certificates within each Recombination Group unless specifically provided for
otherwise in Schedule VII. All distributions that are made with
respect to a particular Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall be made pro
rata among all Certificates of such Class in proportion to their respective
Class Certificate Balances.
In
addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals from the
Exchangeable Certificates Distribution Account for the following
purposes:
(i) to
withdraw any amount deposited in the Exchangeable Certificates Distribution
Account and not required to be deposited therein; and
(ii) to
clear and terminate the Exchangeable Certificates Distribution Account upon
the
termination of this Agreement.
(c) On
each Distribution Date on which a Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall
be
entitled to receive distributions pursuant to Section 5.07(b), such Class shall
be allocated a proportionate share of the Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls,
the interest portion of Debt Service Reductions and Relief Act Reductions
allocable to the Classes of Depositable Certificates in the related
Recombination Group.
(d) On
each Distribution Date on which a Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall
be
entitled to receive distributions pursuant to Section 5.07(b), such Class shall
be allocated a proportionate share of the Realized Losses allocable to the
Classes of Depositable Certificates in the related Recombination
Group.
(e) Upon
the presentation and surrender of the Depositable Certificates, the Holder
thereof transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee
of
the ES Trust, all of such Holder’s right, title and interest in and to such
Depositable Certificates, including all payments of interest thereon received
after the month of the exchange. The Trustee on behalf of the ES
Trust shall furnish written acknowledgement to the Holder of such surrendered
Certificate of the transfer and assignment to it of such Depositable
Certificates.
At
the
request of the Holder of a Class or Classes of Depositable Certificates, and
upon the surrender of such Depositable Certificates, the Trustee shall deliver
such Exchangeable Certificates as set forth in such Recombination Group in
the
respective Denominations determined based on the
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proportion
that the initial Class Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amounts of such
Exchangeable Certificates bear to the initial Class Certificate Balances of
the
Depositable Certificates, as set forth in Schedule VII, which shall represent
in
the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership of the Master REMIC Interests
related to such surrendered Certificates. In addition, at the request
of the Holder of a Class or Classes of Exchangeable Certificates, and upon
the
surrender of such Exchangeable Certificates, the Trustee shall exchange such
Exchangeable Certificates for another Class or Classes of Exchangeable
Certificates or the related surrendered Depositable Certificates, as set forth
in Schedule VII. There shall be no limitation on the number of
exchanges authorized pursuant to this Section 5.07.
Holders
may exchange their Certificates according to this Section 5.07(e) by (i)
providing notice to the Trustee no later than three (3) Business Days prior
to
the date on which the Holder wishes to make such exchange (the “Exchange Date”),
which Exchange Date is subject to the Trustee’s approval and shall not be the
first or last Business Day of the month, (ii) remitting the Exchange Fee, as
determined in the next paragraph, to the Trustee and (iii) remitting the
beneficial interest in the Depositable Certificates or the Exchangeable
Certificates, as applicable, to the Trustee. Any such notice to the
Trustee (A) may be provided to the Trustee by email at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
or
by telephone at (000) 000-0000, (B) must include (i) the Certificateholder’s
letterhead, (ii) a medallion stamp guarantee or be signed by an authorized
signatory and be presented with an incumbency certificate and (iii) set forth
the following information: (a) the CUSIP number of both the Certificates to
be
exchanged and the Certificates to be received, (b) the outstanding Class
Certificate Balance and the initial Class Certificate Balance of the
Certificates to be exchanged, (c) the Certificateholder’s DTC participant number
and (d) the proposed Exchange Date, and (C) is irrevocable beginning on the
second Business Day prior to the Exchange Date. Such exchange will be
completed by the Trustee upon the receipt by the Trustee of the Exchange Fee
and
the beneficial interest in the Depositable Certificates or the Exchangeable
Certificates, as applicable.
The
preparation of all Certificates referred to in this Section 5.07(e) in
connection with an exchange shall be at the expense of the parties to such
exchanges. For each exchange, the Certificateholder must pay the
Trustee a fee (the “Exchange Fee”) equal to 1/32 of 1% of the current Class
Certificate Balance of the Certificates to be Exchanged but in no event shall
the fee be less than $2,000 or greater than $25,000.
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ARTICLE
VI
THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION
6.01.
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Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
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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.
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Merger
or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
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The
Depositor will 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 obtain and preserve its qualification to do business
as
a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement,
or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this
Agreement. The Master Servicer will keep in effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a limited partnership under the laws of the United
States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will obtain and
preserve its qualification or registration to do business as a foreign
partnership in each jurisdiction in which such qualification or registration
is
or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this
Agreement.
Any
Person into which the 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 service mortgage loans on behalf of FNMA or FHLMC.
As
a
condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at least 15
calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or consolidation of
the
Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall provide (x) written notice to the
Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting
obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Master
Servicer.
SECTION
6.03.
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Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer and
Others.
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None
of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any Seller or any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any
Seller 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 Master Servicer, any Seller
or
any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties made by
it
herein or protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Seller 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 Master Servicer, each Seller and any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or each Seller may rely in good
faith on
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any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master
Servicer, each Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer or any Seller 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 Master Servicer or any Seller 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 Master
Servicer or any Seller 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 Master Servicer
and each Seller shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the
Certificate Account.
SECTION
6.04.
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Limitation
on Resignation of Master
Servicer.
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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 downgrade or withdrawal 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
resignation of the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee
or a
successor master servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer’s
responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than those liabilities arising
prior to the appointment of such successor) and obligations hereunder and the
Depositor shall have received the information described in the following
sentence. As a condition to the effectiveness of any such
resignation, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such
resignation, the Master Servicer shall provide (x) written notice to the
Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting
obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to the resignation of the
Master Servicer.
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ARTICLE
VII
DEFAULT
SECTION
7.01.
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Events
of Default.
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“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 (except with respect to a failure related to a
Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligation), which failure materially affects
the
rights of Certificateholders, that failure continues 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; provided, however,
that
the sixty-day cure period shall not apply to the initial delivery of the
Mortgage File for Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the failure to substitute
or
repurchase in lieu of delivery; 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; or
(vi) the
Master Servicer shall fail to reimburse in full the Trustee within five days
of
the Master Servicer Advance Date for any Advance made by the Trustee pursuant
to
Section 4.01(b) together with accrued and unpaid interest.
If
an
Event of Default described in clauses (i) to (vi) of this Section 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, if an Event of Default described
in
clauses (i) to (v) of this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every
such
case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, at the
direction of the
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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 and the Depositor), 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.
In
addition, if during the period that the Depositor is required to file Exchange
Act Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall fail
to
observe or perform any of the obligations that constitute a Limited Exchange
Act
Reporting Obligation or the obligations set forth in Section 3.16(a) or Section
11.07(a)(1) and (2), and such failure continues for the lesser of 10 calendar
days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed
timely (without taking into account any extensions), so long as such failure
shall not have been remedied, the Trustee shall, but only at the direction
of
the Depositor, 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. The
Depositor shall not be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of
the
Master Servicer if a failure of the Master Servicer to identify a Subcontractor
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB was attributable solely to the role or functions of such
Subcontractor with respect to mortgage loans other than the Mortgage
Loans.
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 thereupon make any Advance which the Master Servicer failed to
make subject to Section 4.01 hereof 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 3.08(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.
If
the
Master Servicer is terminated, the Trustee shall provide the Depositor in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor,
all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a successor
master servicer in the event the Trustee should succeed to the duties of the
Master Servicer as set forth herein.
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SECTION
7.02.
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Trustee
to Act; Appointment of
Successor.
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On
and
after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant
to
Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, subject to and to the extent provided
in
Section 3.04, 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 hereof, 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 hereof 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, and which is willing to service
the Mortgage Loans and (i) executes and delivers to the Depositor and the
Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, which contains
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 hereof 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; and provided further 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 and (ii) provides to the Depositor in writing
fifteen days prior to the effective date of such appointment and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably
requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement master
servicer. The Trustee shall provide written notice to the Depositor
of such successor pursuant to this Section. 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 3.04 hereof, 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 to be paid to 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 3.09.
In
connection with the termination or resignation of the Master Servicer hereunder,
either (i) the successor Master Servicer, including the Trustee if the Trustee
is acting as successor Master Servicer, shall represent and warrant that it
is a
member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to
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comply
in
all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with
the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, or (ii)
the
predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Master Servicer
either (x) in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage
in
recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Trustee and to execute
and deliver such other notices, documents and other instruments as may be
necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loan or servicing
of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System to the successor Master Servicer or
(y) in causing MERS to designate on the MERS® System the successor Master
Servicer as the servicer of such Mortgage Loan. The predecessor
Master Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such assignment in the
appropriate recording office. The successor Master Servicer shall
cause such assignment to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon receipt
of
the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified by the
public recording office in which such assignment was recorded.
SECTION
7.03.
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Notification
to Certificateholders.
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(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.
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ARTICLE
VIII
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION
8.01.
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Duties
of Trustee.
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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;
(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; and
(iv) without
in any way limiting the provisions of this Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the information delivered
to it by the Master Servicer in a Trustee Advance Notice in determining whether
it is required to make an Advance under Section 4.01(b), shall have no
responsibility to ascertain or confirm any information contained in any Trustee
Advance Notice, and shall have no obligation to make any Advance under Section
4.01(b) in the absence of a Trustee Advance Notice or actual knowledge
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of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that (A) such Advance was not made
by
the Master Servicer and (B) such Advance is not a Nonrecoverable
Advance.
SECTION
8.02.
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Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee.
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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.
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SECTION
8.03.
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Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans.
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The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor or a 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 or of MERS or the
MERS
System other than with respect to the Trustee’s execution and counter-signature
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.
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Trustee
May Own Certificates.
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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.
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Trustee’s
Fees and Expenses.
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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)
in
connection with 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.
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Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee.
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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 or withdraw 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
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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 hereof. 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 Master Servicer other than the Trustee
in its role as successor to the Master Servicer.
SECTION
8.07.
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Resignation
and Removal of Trustee.
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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.
As
a
condition to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least 15 calendar
days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Trustee shall provide
(x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section
and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect
to
the resignation of the Trustee.
If
at any
time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request
thereto by the Depositor, (ii) 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, (iii) 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 or (iv) during the period that the Depositor is required
to
file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee fails
to
comply with its obligations under the last sentence of Section 7.01, the
preceding paragraph, Section 8.09 or Article XI and such failure is not remedied
within the lesser of 10 calendar days or such period in which the applicable
Exchange Act Report can be filed timely (without taking into account any
extensions), then, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii), the Depositor
or
the Master Servicer, or in the case of clause (iv), the Depositor, may remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee,
one
copy of which shall be delivered to the Master Servicer and one copy of which
shall be delivered 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 instruments shall be delivered by
the
successor Trustee to the Master Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so
removed, one complete set to the successor so appointed and one complete set
to
the Depositor, together with a written description of the basis of such
removal. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each
Rating Agency by the successor trustee.
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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 hereof.
SECTION
8.08.
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Successor
Trustee.
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Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 hereof 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 hereof, its appointment shall not adversely
affect the then current rating of the Certificates and such successor trustee
has provided to the Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the
Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02
of
Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Trustee.
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.
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Merger
or Consolidation of Trustee.
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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 hereof 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.
As
a
condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at least 15
calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or consolidation of
the
Trustee, the Trustee shall provide (x) written notice to the Depositor of any
successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested
by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item
6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Trustee.
SECTION
8.10.
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Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.
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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
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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
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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.
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Tax
Matters.
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It
is
intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC election 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 any such 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 any
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 elections 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 tax status of any REMIC;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the third paragraph of this Section
8.11,
the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes
as described below, imposed on any such 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 any such 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 any such REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating
to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any such REMIC, enter into
settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any
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statute
of limitations relating to any tax item of any such REMIC, and otherwise act
on
behalf of any such 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 any REMIC
hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the “net income from
foreclosure property” of such REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code,
on any contribution to any REMIC hereunder 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 any REMIC hereunder 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, in the case of any such minimum tax, or if such tax arises out of
or
results from a breach by the Master Servicer or a Seller of any of their
obligations under this Agreement, (iii) any Seller, if any such tax arises
out
of or results from that 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 any 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 3.08(b).
For
federal income tax purposes the Trustee shall treat the ES Trust as a Grantor
Trust and shall treat each Holder of an ES Trust Certificate as the owner of
the
individual, underlying assets represented by such ES Trust
Certificate. In addition, to the fullest extent possible, ownership
of an ES Trust Certificate shall be treated as direct ownership of the
individual, underlying assets represented by such ES Trust Certificate for
federal income tax reporting purposes.
SECTION
8.12.
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Monitoring
of Significance Percentage.
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With
respect to each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall calculate the “significance
percentage” (as defined in Item 1115 of Regulation AB) of each derivative
instrument, if any, based on the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
related Classes of Covered Certificates for such derivative instrument and
Distribution Date (after all distributions to be made thereon on such
Distribution Date) and based on the methodology provided in writing by or on
behalf of Countrywide no later than the fifth Business Day preceding such
Distribution Date. On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
provide to Countrywide a written report (which written report may include
similar information with respect to other derivative instruments relating to
securitization transactions sponsored by Countrywide) specifying the
“significance percentage” of each derivative instrument, if any, for that
Distribution Date. If the “significance percentage” of any derivative
instrument exceeds 7.0% with respect to any Distribution Date, the Trustee
shall
make a separate notation thereof in the written report described in the
preceding sentence. Such written report may contain such assumptions
and disclaimers as are deemed necessary and appropriate by the
Trustee.
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ARTICLE
IX
TERMINATION
SECTION
9.01.
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Termination
upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage
Loans.
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Subject
to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the
Sellers, 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 Trust
Fund
at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of
each Mortgage Loan plus one month’s accrued interest thereon at the applicable
Adjusted Mortgage Rate, (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any REO
Property 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
related to any REO Property and (iii) any remaining unpaid costs and damages
incurred by the Trust Fund that arises out of a violation of any predatory
or
abusive lending law that also constitutes a breach of clause (49) on Schedule
III-A, in all cases 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
Master Servicer shall have the right to purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) in the preceding
paragraph of this Section 9.01 only on or after the date on which the Pool
Stated Principal Balance, at the time of any such repurchase, is less than
or
equal to ten percent (10%) of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal
Balance.
The
ES
Trust shall terminate automatically upon termination of the Trust
Fund.
SECTION
9.02.
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Final
Distribution on the
Certificates.
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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 10th day and no later than
the
15th 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
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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 or before 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, and 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 Class PO Certificates,
and
(ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on
deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained to meet
claims) after application pursuant to clause (i)
above. Notwithstanding the reduction of the Class Certificate Balance
of any Class of Certificates to zero, such Class will be outstanding hereunder
(solely for the purpose of receiving distributions and not for any other
purpose) until the termination of the respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, each Seller, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee hereunder in accordance with Article IX.
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.
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Additional
Termination Requirements.
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(a) In
the
event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase option as provided in Section
9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following
additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion
of
Counsel, at the expense of the 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” on any REMIC as defined in
section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC
at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(i) 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 or the Tax Matters Person), meets the requirements of a qualified
liquidation; and
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(ii) 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 any REMIC created hereunder, 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.
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ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION
10.01.
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Amendment.
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This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, each Seller, 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 conform this Agreement
to
the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement provided to investors in connection
with the initial offering of the Certificates, (iv) to add to the duties of
the
Depositor, any Seller or the Master Servicer, (v) to modify, alter, amend,
add
to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement to
comply with any rules or regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission from time to time, (vi) to add any other provisions with respect
to
matters or questions arising hereunder or (vii) 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 (vi) or (vii) 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 the amendment shall
be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
the
Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter
from
each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the
Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of
itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
amendment that significantly changes the permitted activities of the trust
created by this Agreement may be made without the consent of a Majority in
Interest of each Class of Certificates affected by such
amendment. Each party to this Agreement hereby agrees that it will
cooperate with each other party in amending this Agreement pursuant to clause
(v) above. The Trustee, each Seller, 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 any REMIC as a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize
the
risk of the imposition of any tax on any 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, each Seller,
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
66-2/3%,
or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of which
are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
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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
any REMIC or the Certificateholders or cause any 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 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.
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Recordation
of Agreement; Counterparts.
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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.
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Governing
Law.
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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.
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Intention
of Parties.
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(a) It
is the
express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the (i) Mortgage
Loans by the Sellers to the Depositor and (ii) Trust Fund by the Depositor
to
the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to the
Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the
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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 any Seller or the Depositor, as the case may be, or if for
any other reason this Agreement or any Supplemental Transfer Agreement is held
or deemed to create a security interest in either such assets, then
(i) this Agreement or any Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be deemed
to be a security agreement (within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code
of
the State of New York) with respect to all such assets and security interests
and (ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement or any Supplemental
Transfer Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement (i) by each 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 that constitute the Trust Fund, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired.
Each
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.
(b) The
Depositor hereby represents that:
(i) This
Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of New York (the “NY UCC”)) in
the Mortgage Notes in favor of the Trustee, which security interest is prior
to
all other liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and
purchasers from the Depositor.
(ii) The
Mortgage Notes constitutes “instruments” within the meaning of the NY
UCC.
(iii) Immediately
prior to the assignment of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, the Depositor
owns
and has good and marketable title to such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any
lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(iv) The
Depositor has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of
the
Mortgage Loans to the sale of the Mortgage Loans hereunder to the
Trustee.
(v) All
original executed copies of each Mortgage Note that are required to be delivered
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 have been delivered to the
Trustee.
(vi) Other
than the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement,
the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest
in,
or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage Loans. The Depositor has
not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements
against the Depositor that include a description of collateral covering the
Mortgage Loans other than any financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien
filings against the Depositor.
The
parties to this Agreement shall not waive any of the representations set forth
in this Section 10.04(b) without obtaining a confirmation of the then-current
ratings of the Certificates.
(c) The
Master Servicer shall take such action as is reasonably necessary to maintain
the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Trustee in the
Mortgage Loans; provided,
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however,
that the obligation to deliver the Mortgage File to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 shall be solely the Depositor’s obligation and the Master Servicer
shall not be responsible for the safekeeping of the Mortgage Files by the
Trustee.
(d) It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
subsection (b) above shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the
Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach
of any of the foregoing representations and warranties set forth in subsection
(b) above, which breach materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the others and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION
10.05.
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Notices.
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(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;
5. The
final payment to Certificateholders; and
6. Any
rating action involving the long-term credit rating of Countrywide, which notice
shall be made by first-class mail within two Business Days after the
Trustee gains actual knowledge thereof.
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
11.07; 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 by first class mail, by
courier or by facsimile transmission to (1) in the case of the Depositor, CWALT,
Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile
number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, (2) in the
case of Countrywide, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000,
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such other address as may be hereafter
furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by Countrywide in writing, (3) in
the
case of Park Granada LLC, c/o Countrywide Financial Corporation, 0000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile number: (000)
000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by Park Granada in writing,
(4) in the case of Park Monaco Inc., c/o
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Countrywide
Financial Corporation, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile
number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such
other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee
by
Park Monaco in writing, (5) in the case of Park Sienna LLC, c/o Countrywide
Financial Corporation, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile
number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such
other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee
by
Park Sienna in writing, (6) in the case of the Master Servicer, Countrywide
Home
Loans Servicing LP, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
facsimile number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxx, or such other
address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by the
Master Servicer in writing, (7) in the case of the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, facsimile
number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group,
CWALT, Inc. Series 2007-23CB, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor or Master Servicer and (8) in the case 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.
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Severability
of Provisions.
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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.
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Assignment.
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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.
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Limitation
on Rights of
Certificateholders.
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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
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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.
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Inspection
and Audit Rights.
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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.
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Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
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It
is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully
paid.
SECTION
10.11.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION
10.12.
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Protection
of Assets.
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(a) Except
for transactions and activities entered into in connection with the
securitization that is the subject of this Agreement, the Trust Fund created
by
this Agreement is not authorized and has no power to:
(i) borrow
money or issue debt;
(ii) merge
with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or sell assets; or
(iii) engage
in
any business or activities.
(b) Each
party to this Agreement agrees that it will not file an involuntary bankruptcy
petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund or initiate any other form of
insolvency proceeding until the date that is one year and one day after the
Certificates have been paid.
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ARTICLE
XI
EXCHANGE
ACT REPORTING
SECTION
11.01.
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Filing
Obligations.
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The
Master Servicer, the Trustee and each Seller shall reasonably cooperate with
the
Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the Depositor’s reporting
requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to the Trust
Fund. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested
by the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under
the Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and each Seller shall (and
the Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer to) provide the Depositor
with
(a) such information which is available to such Person without unreasonable
effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested
by
the Depositor to comply with the Depositor’s reporting obligations under the
Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a party (and the Depositor
is
not a party) to any agreement or amendment required to be filed, copies of
such
agreement or amendment in XXXXX-compatible form.
SECTION
11.02.
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Form
10-D Filings.
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(a) In
accordance with the Exchange Act, the Trustee shall prepare for filing and
file
within 15 days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions
under the Exchange Act) with the Commission with respect to the Trust Fund,
a
Form 10-D with copies of the Monthly Report and, to the extent delivered to
the
Trustee, no later than 10 days following the Distribution Date, such other
information identified by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, in writing,
to
be filed with the Commission (such other information, the “Additional Designated
Information”). If the Depositor or Master Servicer directs that any
Additional Designated Information is to be filed with any Form 10-D, the
Depositor or Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall specify the Item on
Form
10-D to which such information is responsive and, with respect to any Exhibit
to
be filed on Form 10-D, the Exhibit number. Any information to be
filed on Form 10-D shall be delivered to the Trustee in XXXXX-compatible form
or
as otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be, at the Depositor’s expense, and any necessary
conversion to XXXXX-compatible format will be at the Depositor’s
expense. At the reasonable request of, and in accordance with the
reasonable directions of, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, subject to
the
two preceding sentences, the Trustee shall prepare for filing and file an
amendment to any Form 10-D previously filed with the Commission with respect
to
the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer shall sign the Form 10-D filed on
behalf of the Trust Fund.
(b) No
later
than each Distribution Date, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall
notify (and the Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer to notify) the
Depositor and the Master Servicer of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, together
with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Depositor. In addition to such
information as the Master Servicer and the Trustee are obligated to provide
pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the
Depositor, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall provide such
information which is available to the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as
applicable, without unreasonable effort or expense regarding the performance
or
servicing of the Mortgage Loans (in the case of the Trustee, based on the
information provided by the Master Servicer) as is reasonably required to
facilitate preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121
of
Regulation AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently with
the delivery of the reports specified in Section 4.06(c) in the case of the
Master Servicer and the Monthly Statement in the case of the Trustee, commencing
with the first such report due not less than five Business Days following such
request.
(c) The
Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items (other than those
generated by it) that have not been received in a format suitable (or readily
convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing via the XXXXX system
and shall not have any responsibility to convert any
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such
items to such format (other than those items generated by it or that are readily
convertible to such format). The Trustee shall have no liability to
the Certificateholders, the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer or the Depositor
with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file any of Form 10-D to
the
extent that such failure is not the result of any negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct on its part.
SECTION
11.03.
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Form
8-K Filings.
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The
Master Servicer shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust Fund any Form
8-K
required by the Exchange Act. Each Form 8-K must be signed by the
Master Servicer. Each of the Master Servicer (and the Master Servicer
shall cause any Subservicer to promptly notify) and the Trustee shall promptly
notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer (if the notifying party is not
the
Master Servicer), but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after its
occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which it has actual
knowledge. Each Person shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of
any such event to the extent that it relates to such Person or any action or
failure to act by such Person. Concurrently with any transfer of
Supplemental Mortgage Loans, if any, Countrywide shall notify the Depositor
and
the Master Servicer, if any material pool characteristic of the actual asset
pool at the time of issuance of the Certificates differs by 5% or more (other
than as a result of the pool assets converting into cash in accordance with
their terms) from the description of the asset pool in the Prospectus
Supplement.
SECTION
11.04.
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Form
10-K Filings.
|
Prior
to
March 30th of each year, commencing in 2008 (or such earlier date as may be
required by the Exchange Act), the Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf
of
the Trust Fund a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange
Act. A senior officer in charge of the servicing function of the
Master Servicer shall sign each Form 10-K filed on behalf of the Trust
Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each (i) annual
compliance statement described under Section 3.16, (ii) annual report on
assessments of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.07
and (iii) accountant’s report described under Section 11.07. Each
Form 10-K shall also include any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification required to be
included therewith, as described in Section 11.05.
If
the
Item 1119 Parties listed on Exhibit X have changed since the Closing Date,
no
later than March 1 of each year, the Master Servicer shall provide each of
the
Master Servicer (and the Master Servicer shall provide any Subservicer) and
the
Trustee with an updated Exhibit X setting forth the Item 1119
Parties. No later than March 15 of each year, commencing in 2008, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee shall notify (and the Master Servicer shall
cause any Subservicer to notify) the Depositor and the Master Servicer of any
Form 10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K
Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Depositor. Additionally, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee
shall provide, and shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor retained by the
Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and in the case of the Master
Servicer shall cause each Subservicer, to provide, the following information
no
later than March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed
on
behalf of the Trust Fund: (i) if such Person’s report on assessment of
compliance with the servicing criteria described under Section 11.07 or related
registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section
11.07 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, notification of such
instance of noncompliance and (ii) if any such Person’s report on assessment of
compliance with servicing criteria or related registered public accounting
firm
attestation report is not provided to be filed as an exhibit to such Form 10-K,
information detailing the explanation why such report is not
included.
SECTION
11.05.
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification.
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Each
Form
10-K shall include a certification (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification”) required
by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to
Section 302 of the
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s
staff)). No later than March 15 of each year, beginning in 2008, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee shall (unless such person is the Certifying
Person), and the Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer and each Reporting
Subcontractor and the Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to,
provide to the Person who signs the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (the
“Certifying Person”) a certification (each, a “Performance Certification”), in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit V-1 (in the case of a Subservicer or any
Reporting Subcontractor of the Master Servicer or a Subservicer) and Exhibit
V-2
(in the case of the Trustee or any Reporting Subcontractor of the Trustee),
on
which the Certifying Person, the entity for which the Certifying Person acts
as
an officer, and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively
with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably
rely. The senior officer in charge of the servicing function of the
Master Servicer shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust
Fund. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Depositor will request
delivery of a certification under this clause unless the Depositor is required
under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to
the
Trust Fund. In the event that prior to the filing date of the Form
10-K in March of each year, the Trustee or the Depositor has actual knowledge
of
information material to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification, the Trustee or the
Depositor, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and
the
Depositor. The respective parties hereto agree to cooperate with all
reasonable requests made by any Certifying Person or Certification Party in
connection with such Person’s attempt to conduct any due diligence that such
Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in order to allow it to deliver
any
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification or portion thereof with respect to the Trust
Fund.
SECTION
11.06.
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Form
15 Filing.
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Prior
to
January 30 of the first year in which the Depositor is able to do so under
applicable law, the Depositor shall file a Form 15 relating to the automatic
suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust Fund under the Exchange
Act.
SECTION
11.07.
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Report
on Assessment of Compliance and
Attestation.
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(a) On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2008:
(1) Each
of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the
Depositor) regarding the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable,
assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately
preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the
Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be
signed by an authorized officer of such Person and shall address each of the
Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit W hereto delivered to the Depositor concurrently with the execution
of
this Agreement. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not
applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions
taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by the same asset
type backing the Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to
that effect. The Depositor and the Master Servicer, and each of their
respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely on upon each such
servicing criteria assessment.
(2) Each
of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably
acceptable to the Depositor that attests to, and reports on, the assessment
of
compliance made by Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. Such attestation shall be in
accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation that in
the
event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public
accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such
an
opinion. Such
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report
must be available for general use and not contain restricted use
language. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not
applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions
taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by the same asset
type backing the Certificates, such report shall include such a statement that
that effect.
(3) The
Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer and each Reporting Subcontractor
to
deliver to the Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountant’s
attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
11.07.
(4) The
Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the Depositor
and
the Master Servicer an assessment of compliance and accountant’s attestation as
and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
(5) The
Master Servicer and the Trustee shall execute (and the Master Servicer shall
cause each Subservicer to execute, and the Master Servicer and the Trustee
shall
cause each Reporting Subcontractor to execute) a reliance certificate to enable
the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement
provided pursuant to Section 3.16, (ii) annual report on assessments of
compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to this Section 11.07
and
(iii) accountant’s report provided pursuant to this Section 11.07 and shall
include a certification that each such annual compliance statement or report
discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public
accountants of such Person to enable such accountants to render the certificates
provided for in this Section 11.07. In the event the Master Servicer,
any Subservicer, the Trustee or Reporting Subcontractor is terminated or resigns
during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall provide a certification
to
the Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 11.07 with respect to the period
of time it was subject to this Agreement or provided services with respect
to
the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.
(b) In
the
event the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee or Reporting
Subcontractor is terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such
Person shall provide documents and information required by this Section 11.07
with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or provided
services with respect to the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage
Loans.
(c) Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section
11.07(a)(3) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit W hereto delivered to the
Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case
of a
Subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such
appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor
pursuant to Section 11.07(a)(3) or (4) need not address any elements of the
Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 11.07(a)(1).
SECTION
11.08.
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Use
of Subservicers and
Subcontractors.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Master Servicer (or
by
any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions
of Section 3.16 and this Article XI to the same extent as if such Subservicer
were the Master Servicer (except with respect to the Master Servicer’s duties
with respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the
Certifying Person). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Depositor any servicer
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
3.16, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered
by
such Subservicer under Section 11.07 and any certification required to be
delivered to the Certifying Person under Section 11.05 as and when required
to
be delivered. As a condition to the succession to any Subservicer as
subservicer under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which such Subservicer
may be
XI-4
merged
or
consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to any Subservicer,
the Master Servicer shall provide to the Depositor, at least 15 calendar days
prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written
notice to the Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing
and
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting
obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K.
(b) It
shall
not be necessary for the Master Servicer, any Subservicer or the Trustee to
seek
the consent of the Depositor or any other party hereto to the utilization of
any
Subcontractor. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable,
shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor (or any designee of the
Depositor, such as the Master Servicer or administrator) a written description
(in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role and function
of each Subcontractor utilized by such Person (or in the case of the Master
Servicer or any Subservicer), specifying (i) the identity of each such
Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are “participating in
the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and
(iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments
of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause
(ii)
of this paragraph.
As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a Reporting
Subcontractor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall cause
any such Subcontractor used by such Person (or in the case of the Master
Servicer or any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with
the
provisions of Sections 11.07 and 11.09 of this Agreement to the same extent
as
if such Subcontractor were the Master Servicer (except with respect
to the Master Servicer’s duties with respect to preparing and filing any
Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying Person) or the Trustee, as
applicable. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall
be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer, any assessment of compliance and attestation
required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 11.05 and Section
11.07, in each case as and when required to be delivered.
SECTION
11.09.
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Amendments.
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In
the
event the parties to this Agreement desire to further clarify or amend any
provision of this Article XI, this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the
new
agreement between the parties covering matters in this Article XI pursuant
to
Section 10.01, which amendment shall not require any Opinion of Counsel or
Rating Agency confirmations or the consent of any
Certificateholder. If, during the period that the Depositor is
required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the Master
Servicer is no longer an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Depositor shall assume
the obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer in this Article
XI
with respect to the preparation and filing of the Exchange Act Reports and/or
acting as the Certifying Person, if the Depositor has received indemnity from
such successor Master Servicer satisfactory to the Depositor, and such Master
Servicer has agreed to provide a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification to the Depositor
substantially in the form of Exhibit Y, and the certifications referred to
in
Section 11.07.
SECTION
11.10.
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Reconciliation
of Accounts.
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Any
reconciliation of Accounts performed by any party hereto, or any Subservicer
or
Subcontractor shall be prepared no later than 45 calendar days after the bank
statement cutoff date.
* * * * * *
XI-5
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Sellers 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.
CWALT,
INC.,
as
Depositor
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant
Treasurer
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS, INC.,
as
a Seller
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
PARK
GRANADA LLC,
as
a Seller
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
PARK
MONACO INC.,
as
a Seller
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
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PARK
SIENNA LLC,
as
a Seller
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS SERVICING LP,
as
Master Servicer
By: COUNTRYWIDE
GP, INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
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Acknowledged
solely with respect to the Trustee’s
obligations under Section 4.01(b)
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, in its individual capacity
By: /s/
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
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SCHEDULE
I
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
[Delivered
at Closing to Trustee]
S-I-1
SCHEDULE
II-A
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Countrywide
Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”) hereby makes the representations and warranties
set forth in this Schedule II-A to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Schedule II-A shall have the meanings ascribed thereto
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”)
relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as a seller, Park
Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as
a
seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc.,
as
depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Countrywide
is duly organized as a New York corporation and is validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of the State of New York and is duly authorized and
qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Countrywide 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 perform any of
its
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Supplemental
Transfer Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(2) Countrywide
has the full corporate power and authority to sell each Countrywide Mortgage
Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Countrywide the execution, delivery and
performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Supplemental
Transfer Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution
and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Countrywide, enforceable against Countrywide 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 and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement by Countrywide, the sale of the Countrywide
Mortgage Loans by Countrywide under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
each
Supplemental Transfer 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 Countrywide and will not (A) result in a material breach of
any
term or provision of the charter or by-laws of Countrywide 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 Countrywide is a party or by which it may be bound, or
(C)
constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable
to
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Countrywide
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over Countrywide; and Countrywide 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 Countrywide’s ability to perform or
meet any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(4) Countrywide
is an approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC and
is
a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.
(5) No
litigation is pending or, to the best of Countrywide’s knowledge, threatened,
against Countrywide that would materially and adversely affect the execution,
delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability
of Countrywide to sell the Countrywide Mortgage Loans or to perform any of
its
other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(6) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Countrywide
of,
or compliance by Countrywide with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such consent,
approval, authorization or order is required, Countrywide has obtained the
same.
(7) Countrywide
intends to treat the transfer of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans to the Depositor
as a sale of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans for all tax, accounting and
regulatory purposes.
(8) Countrywide
is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects
with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the
MERS Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund for as long as such Mortgage Loans are
registered with MERS.
S-II-A-2
SCHEDULE
II-B
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Park Granada
Park
Granada LLC (“Park Granada”) and
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”), each hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule II-B to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Schedule II-B shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc.,
as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide, as a seller, Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and
The
Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Park
Granada is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) Park
Granada has the full corporate power and authority to sell each Park Granada
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and each Supplemental Transfer Agreement and has duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Park Granada the execution, delivery
and performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Supplemental
Transfer Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution
and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Park Granada, enforceable against Park Granada 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 and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement by Park Granada, the sale of the Park Granada
Mortgage Loans by Park Granada under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
each Supplemental Transfer 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 Park Granada and will not (A) result in a material breach of
any
term or provision of the certificate of formation or the limited liability
company agreement of Park Granada 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 Park
Granada is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to Park Granada of
any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over Park Granada; and Park Granada 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
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may
materially impair Park Granada’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 Park Granada’s knowledge, threatened,
against Park Granada that would materially and adversely affect the execution,
delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability
of Park Granada to sell the Park Granada Mortgage Loans or to perform any of
its
other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(5) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Park Granada
of,
or compliance by Park Granada with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such consent,
approval, authorization or order is required, Park Granada has obtained the
same.
(6) Park
Granada intends to treat the transfer of the Park Granada Mortgage Loans to
the
Depositor as a sale of the Park Granada Mortgage Loans for all tax, accounting
and regulatory purposes.
S-II-B-2
SCHEDULE
II-C
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Park Monaco
Park
Monaco Inc. (“Park Monaco”) and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”),
each hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule
II-C to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Schedule II-C shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Park Monaco, as a seller, Countrywide, as a
seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and
The
Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Park
Monaco is a corporation duly formed and validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) Park
Monaco has the full corporate power and authority to sell each Park Monaco
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and each Supplemental Transfer Agreement and has duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Park Monaco the execution, delivery
and performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Supplemental
Transfer Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution
and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Park Monaco, enforceable against Park Monaco 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 and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement by Park Monaco, the sale of the Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans by Park Monaco under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
each
Supplemental Transfer 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 Park Monaco and will not (A) result in a material breach of
any
term or provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Park Monaco
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 Park Monaco is a party or by which
it
may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute, order
or
regulation applicable to Park Monaco of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over Park Monaco;
and Park Monaco 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
S-II-C-1
Park
Monaco’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 Park Monaco’s knowledge, threatened,
against Park Monaco that would materially and adversely affect the execution,
delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability
of Park Monaco to sell the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans or to perform any of
its
other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(5) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Park Monaco
of,
or compliance by Park Monaco with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such consent,
approval, authorization or order is required, Park Monaco has obtained the
same.
(6) Park
Monaco intends to treat the transfer of the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor as a sale of the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans for all tax, accounting
and regulatory purposes.
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SCHEDULE
II-D
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Park Sienna
Park
Sienna LLC (“Park Sienna”) and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”),
each hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule
II-D to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing
Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Schedule II-D shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Park Sienna, as a seller, Countrywide, as a
seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller,
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as
depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Park
Sienna is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) Park
Sienna has the full corporate power and authority to sell each Park Sienna
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and each Supplemental Transfer Agreement and has duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Park Sienna the execution, delivery
and performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Supplemental
Transfer Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution
and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Park Sienna, enforceable against Park Sienna 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 and each
Supplemental Transfer Agreement by Park Sienna, the sale of the Park Sienna
Mortgage Loans by Park Sienna under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
each
Supplemental Transfer 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 Park Sienna and will not (A) result in a material breach of
any
term or provision of the certificate of formation or the limited liability
company agreement of Park Sienna 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 Park
Sienna is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to Park Sienna of
any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over Park Sienna; and Park Sienna 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
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may
materially impair Park Sienna’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 Park Sienna’s knowledge, threatened,
against Park Sienna that would materially and adversely affect the execution,
delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability
of Park Sienna to sell the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans or to perform any of
its
other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(5) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Park Sienna
of,
or compliance by Park Sienna with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such consent,
approval, authorization or order is required, Park Sienna has obtained the
same.
(6) Park
Sienna intends to treat the transfer of the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor as a sale of the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans for all tax, accounting
and regulatory purposes.
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SCHEDULE
III-A
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Countrywide as to all of the Mortgage Loans
Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”) hereby makes the representations and warranties
set forth in this Schedule III-A to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the
Trustee, with respect to all of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Closing
Date, and with respect to all of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans as of the
related Supplemental Transfer Date or if so specified herein, as of the related
Supplemental Cut-off Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Schedule III-A shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in
the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating
to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as a seller, Park Granada
LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller,
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as 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 Initial Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing Date and with respect to each Supplemental Mortgage
Loan is true and correct in all material respects as of the related Supplemental
Transfer Date.
2) As
of the
Closing Date, all payments due with respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan prior
to the Initial Cut-off Date have been made. As of a Supplemental Transfer Date,
none of the Supplemental Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Supplemental Transfer
Date were 30 or more days delinquent.
3) No Initial
Mortgage Loan had a
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 100.000%.
4) Each
Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged Property subject
only to (a) the lien of non delinquent current real property taxes and
assessments, (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 acceptable to mortgage
lending institutions generally 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.
5) [Reserved].
6) There
is
no delinquent tax or assessment lien against any Mortgaged
Property.
7) 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.
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8) 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 (12) below.
9) As
of the
Closing Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans and as of the related
Supplemental Transfer Date with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans,
to
the best of Countrywide’s knowledge, each Mortgaged Property is free of material
damage and in good repair.
10) Each
Mortgage Loan at origination complied in all material respects with applicable
local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, usury, equal
credit opportunity, predatory and abusive lending laws, real estate
settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws, and consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any
such
laws.
11) As
of the
Closing Date, with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans and as of the related
Supplemental Transfer Date with respect to the Supplemental Mortgage Loans,
neither the Sellers nor any prior holder of any Mortgage has 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 the original or a copy of 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.
12) 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,
and each such policy was issued by a title insurer qualified to do business
in
the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located and acceptable to
FNMA
or FHLMC and is in a form acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, which policy insures
Countrywide and successor owners of indebtedness secured by the insured
Mortgage, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage subject to the
exceptions set forth in paragraph (4) above; to the best of Countrywide’s
knowledge, no claims have been made under such mortgage title insurance policy
and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including Countrywide, has done,
by
act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such mortgage
title
insurance policy.
13) 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.
14) To
the
best of Countrywide’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.
15) To
the
best of Countrywide’s knowledge, no improvement located on or being part of the
Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation. To the best of Countrywide’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
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adverse
effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property, and the Mortgaged Property
is
lawfully occupied under applicable law.
16) Each
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. To the best of Countrywide’s
knowledge, all parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity
to execute the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and
Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties.
17) The
proceeds of the Mortgage Loans have been fully disbursed, there is no
requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all requirements as
to
completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursements
of
any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees
and expenses incurred in making, or closing or recording the Mortgage Loans
were
paid.
18) 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.
19) 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.
20) Each
Mortgage Note and each Mortgage is in substantially one of the forms acceptable
to FNMA or FHLMC, with such riders as have been acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC,
as
the case may be.
21) There
exist no deficiencies with respect to escrow deposits and payments, if such
are
required, for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been
made, and no escrow deposits or payments of other charges or payments due
Countrywide have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage
Note.
22) The
origination, underwriting and collection practices used by Countrywide with
respect to each Mortgage Loan have been in all respects legal, prudent and
customary in the mortgage lending and servicing business.
23) There
is
no pledged account or other security other than real estate securing the
Mortgagor’s obligations.
24) No
Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, or other contingent interest
feature.
25) Each
Mortgage Loan contains a customary “due on sale” clause.
26) As
of the
Closing Date, 8.40% of the Initial Mortgage Loans by Cut-off Date Principal
Balance provide for a prepayment charge.
27) Each
Mortgage Loan which had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80.00%
is the subject of a Primary Insurance Policy that insures that portion of the
principal balance equal to a specified percentage times the sum of the remaining
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, the accrued interest thereon
and
the related foreclosure expenses. The specified coverage percentage
for mortgage loans with terms to maturity between 25 and 30 years is 12% for
Loan-to-Value Ratios between
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80.01%
and 85.00%, 25% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 85.01% and 90.00%, 30% for
Loan-to-Value Ratios between 90.01% and 95.00% and 35% for Loan-to-Value Ratios
between 95.01% and 100%. The specified coverage percentage for
mortgage loans with terms to maturity of up to 20 years ranges from 6% to 12%
for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 80.01% and 85.00%, from 12% to 20% for
Loan-to-Value Ratios between 85.01% and 90.00% and 20% to 25% for Loan-to-Value
Ratios between 90.01% and 95.00%. Each such Primary Insurance Policy
is issued by a Qualified Insurer. All provisions of any such Primary
Insurance Policy have been and are being complied with, any such policy is
in
full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been
paid. Any Mortgage subject to any such Primary Insurance Policy
obligates either the Mortgagor or the mortgagee thereunder to maintain such
insurance and to pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith, subject,
in each case, to the provisions of Section 3.09(b) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Mortgage Rate for each Mortgage Loan is net of any
such insurance premium.
28) As
of the
Closing Date or the related Supplemental Transfer 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 customary in the area where
the Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which 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 (a) the outstanding principal balance
of
the Mortgage Loan and (b) 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. If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it is
included under the coverage afforded by a blanket policy for the condominium
unit. All such individual insurance policies and all flood policies
referred to in item (29) below contain a standard mortgagee clause naming
Countrywide or the original mortgagee, and its successors in interest, as
mortgagee, and Countrywide 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, and upon the Mortgagor’s failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance
at
the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor.
29) If
the
Mortgaged Property is in an area 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 requirements of the current guidelines
of
the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged
Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage
not less than the least of (A) the original outstanding principal balance of
the
Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or
loss
on a replacement cost basis, or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended.
30) To
the
best of Countrywide’s knowledge, there is no proceeding occurring, pending or
threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged
Property.
31) There
is
no material monetary default existing under any Mortgage or the related Mortgage
Note and, to the best of Countrywide’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 default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and Countrywide
has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration.
32) Each
Mortgaged Property is improved by a one- to four-family residential dwelling
including condominium units and dwelling units in PUDs, which, to the best
of
Countrywide’s
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knowledge,
does not include cooperatives or mobile homes and does not constitute other
than
real property under state law.
33) Each
Mortgage Loan is being master serviced by the Master Servicer.
34) Any
future advances made prior to the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with
the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal
amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment
term
reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The consolidated principal
amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan. The Mortgage Note does not permit or obligate the Master
Servicer to make future advances to the Mortgagor at the option of the
Mortgagor.
35) All
taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal
charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and
owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount
sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been
assessed, but is not yet due and payable. Except for (A) payments in
the nature of escrow payments, and (B) interest accruing from the date of the
Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage proceeds, whichever is
later, to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first
installment of principal and interest, including without limitation, taxes
and
insurance payments, the Master Servicer has not advanced funds, or induced,
solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than
the
Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by
the
Mortgage.
36) Each
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in all material respects in accordance with
Countrywide’s underwriting guidelines as set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement.
37) Other
than with respect to any Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan as to which
the
loan-to-value ratio of the related Original Mortgage Loan was less than 90%
at
the time of the origination of such Original Mortgage Loan, prior to the
approval of the Mortgage Loan application, an appraisal of the related Mortgaged
Property was obtained from a qualified appraiser, duly appointed by the
originator, who had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property
or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not
affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan; such appraisal
is
in a form acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC.
38) None
of
the Mortgage Loans are graduated payment mortgage loans or a growing equity
mortgage loans, and none of the Initial Mortgage Loans are subject to a buydown
or similar arrangement.
39) Any
leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan has a term of not less than five
years
in excess of the term of the related Mortgage Loan.
40) The
Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding fixed-rate one- to
four-family mortgage loans in the portfolios of the Sellers at the Closing
Date
as to which the representations and warranties made as to the Mortgage Loans
set
forth in this Schedule III-A can be made. Such selection was not made
in a manner intended to adversely affect the interests of
Certificateholders.
41) Except
for 1,046 Initial Mortgage Loans, each Mortgage Loan has a payment date on
or
before the Due Date in the month of the first Distribution Date.
42) With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which an affidavit has been delivered to
the
Trustee certifying that the original Mortgage Note is a Lost Mortgage Note,
if
such Mortgage Loan is subsequently in default, the enforcement of such Mortgage
Loan or of the related Mortgage by or on
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behalf
of
the Trustee will not be materially adversely affected by the absence of the
original Mortgage Note. A “Lost Mortgage Note” is a Mortgage Note the
original of which was permanently lost or destroyed and has not been
replaced.
43) The
Mortgage Loans, individually and in the aggregate, conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus Supplement.
44) The
aggregate principal balance of the Discount Mortgage Loans will not exceed
$176,104,681.03.
45) With
respect to any mortgage loan that contains a provision permitting imposition
of
a penalty upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (a) the mortgage loan provides
some benefit to the borrower in exchange for accepting such prepayment penalty;
(b) the mortgage loan’s originator had a written policy of offering the
borrower, or requiring third-party brokers to offer the borrower, the option
of
obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment of such a penalty; (c)
the prepayment penalty was adequately disclosed to the borrower pursuant to
applicable state and federal law; (d) the mortgage loan does not provide for
prepayment penalty for a term in excess of five years; in each case unless
the
loan was modified to reduce the prepayment period to no more than three years
from the date of the note and the borrower was notified in writing of such
reduction in prepayment period; and (e) such prepayment penalty will not be
imposed in any instance where the mortgage loan is accelerated or paid off
in
connection with the workout of a delinquent mortgage or due to the borrower’s
default, notwithstanding that the terms of the mortgage loan or state or federal
law might permit the imposition of such penalty.
46) The
Master Servicer has fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete
information (i.e., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files
related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the nationally recognized credit bureaus) on
a
monthly basis.
47) The
original principal balance of each Mortgage Loan is within the dollar amount
limits of Xxxxxxx Mac and Xxxxxx Mae for conforming one- to four-family mortgage
loans.
48) No
Mortgage Loan originated between October 1, 2002 and March 7, 2003 is subject
to
the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended. No Mortgage Loan originated
between October 1, 2002 and March 7, 2003 is secured by a Mortgaged Property
located in the state of Georgia, and there is no Mortgage Loan originated on
or
after March 7, 2003 that is a “high cost home loan” as defined under the Georgia
Fair Lending Act.
49) None
of
the Mortgage Loans are “high cost” loans as defined by applicable predatory and
abusive lending laws.
50) None
of
the Mortgage Loans are covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection
Act
of 1994 (“HOEPA”).
51) No
Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home
Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et
seq.).
52) No
Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan
Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M. Stat. Xxx. §§ 58-21a-1 et
seq.).
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53) No
Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Mortgage Loan” as defined in the
Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004
(Mass. Gen. Law ch. 183C).
54) No
Mortgage Loan originated on or after January 1, 2005 is a “High-Cost Home Loan”
as defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act, effective January 1, 2005
(Ind. Code Xxx. Sections 24-9-1 through 24-9-9).
55) All
of
the Mortgage Loans were originated in compliance with all applicable laws,
including, but not limited to, all applicable anti-predatory and abusive lending
laws.
56) No
Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable, and with
respect to the foregoing, the terms “High Cost Loan” and “Covered Loan” have the
meaning assigned to them in the then current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS®
Version 6.0 Glossary Revised, Appendix E which is attached hereto as Exhibit
Q
(the “Glossary”) where (x) a “High Cost Loan” is each loan identified in the
column “Category under applicable anti-predatory lending law” of the table
entitled “Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Categorization” in the Glossary
as each such loan is defined in the applicable anti-predatory lending law of
the
State or jurisdiction specified in such table and (y) a “Covered Loan” is each
loan identified in the column “Category under applicable anti-predatory lending
law” of the table entitled “Standard & Poor’s Covered Loan Categorization”
in the Glossary as each such loan is defined in the applicable anti-predatory
lending law of the State or jurisdiction specified in such table.
57) No
Mortgage Loan originated between October 1, 2002 and March 7, 2003 is subject
to
the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended. No Mortgage Loan originated
between October 1, 2002 and March 7, 2003 is secured by a Mortgaged Property
located in the state of Georgia, and there is no Mortgage Loan originated on
or
after March 7, 2003 that is a “high cost home loan” as defined under the Georgia
Fair Lending Act.
58) No
Mortgagor related to a Mortgage Loan was required to purchase any single premium
credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, accident, unemployment, or
health insurance product) or debt cancellation agreement as a condition of
obtaining the extension of credit; no Mortgagor related to a Mortgage Loan
obtained a prepaid single-premium credit insurance policy (e.g., life,
disability, accident, unemployment, mortgage or health insurance) in connection
with the origination of such Mortgage Loan; no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan
were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies or debt
cancellation agreements as part of the origination or, or as a condition to
closing, such Mortgage Loan.
59) With
respect to all of the Mortgage Loans originated from August 1, 2004 through
April 30, 2005, if the related Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgage Note,
or
any document relating to the loan transaction, contains a mandatory arbitration
clause (that is, a clause that requires the borrower to submit to arbitration
to
resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the mortgage loan
transaction), Countrywide will (i) notify the related borrower in writing within
60 days after the Closing Date that none of the related seller, the related
servicer or any subsequent party that acquires an interest in the Mortgage
Loan
or services the Mortgage Loan will enforce the arbitration clause against the
borrower, but that the borrower will continue to have the right to submit a
dispute to arbitration and (ii) place a copy of that notice in the Mortgage
File; and with respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on or after May 1, 2005,
neither the related mortgage nor the related mortgage note requires the borrower
to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating
in
any way to the mortgage loan transaction.
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60) The
originator of each Mortgage Loan offered the related borrower mortgage loan
products offered by such Mortgage Loan’s originator, or any affiliate of such
Mortgage Loan’s originator, for which the borrower qualified.
61) The
methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for each Mortgage
Loan
employs objective mathematical principles which relate the borrower’s income,
assets and liabilities to the proposed payment and such underwriting methodology
does not rely on the extent of the borrower’s equity in the collateral as the
principal determining factor in approving such credit extension. Such
underwriting methodology confirmed that at the time of origination
(application/approval) the borrower had the reasonable ability to make timely
payments on the mortgage loan.
62) No
borrower under a Mortgage Loan was charged “points and fees” in an amount
greater than (a) $1,000 or (b) 5% of the principal amount of such Mortgage
Loan,
whichever is greater. For purposes of this representation, “points
and fees” (x) include origination, underwriting, broker and finder’s fees and
charges that the lender imposed as a condition of making the Mortgage Loan,
whether they are paid to the lender or a third party; and (y) exclude bona
fide
discount points, fees paid for actual services rendered in connection with
the
origination of the Mortgage Loan (such as attorneys’ fees, notaries fees and
fees paid for property appraisals, credit reports, surveys, title examinations
and extracts, flood and tax certifications, and home inspections); the cost
of
mortgage insurance or credit-risk price adjustments; the costs of title, hazard,
and flood insurance policies; state and local transfer taxes or fees; escrow
deposits for the future payment of taxes and insurance premiums; and other
miscellaneous fees and charges that, in total, do not exceed 0.25 percent of
the
loan amount.
63) All
points, fees and charges (including finance charges), whether or not financed,
assessed, collected or to be collected in connection with the origination and
servicing of each Mortgage Loan, have been disclosed in writing to the borrower
in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulation.
64) As
of the
Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, none of the Mortgaged
Properties is a mobile home or a manufactured housing unit that is not
considered or classified as part of the real estate under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is located.
S-III-A-8
SCHEDULE
III-B
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Countrywide as to the Countrywide Mortgage
Loans
Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”) hereby makes the representations and warranties
set forth in this Schedule III-B to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the
Trustee, with respect to the Countrywide Mortgage Loans that are Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Schedule III-B shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”) relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as a
seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park
Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master
servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
(1) Immediately
prior to the assignment of each Countrywide Mortgage Loan to the Depositor,
Countrywide had good title to, and was the sole owner of, such Countrywide
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.
S-III-B-1
SCHEDULE
III-C
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Park Granada as to the Park Granada Mortgage
Loans
Park
Granada LLC (“Park Granada”) hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule III-C to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, with respect to the Park Granada Mortgage Loans that are Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Schedule III-C shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”) relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc.,
as a
seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP,
as
master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
(1) Immediately
prior to the assignment of each Park Granada Mortgage Loan to the Depositor,
Park Granada had good title to, and was the sole owner of, such Park Granada
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.
S-III-C-1
SCHEDULE
III-D
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Park Monaco as to the Park Monaco Mortgage
Loans
Park
Monaco Inc. (“Park Monaco”) hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule III-D to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, with respect to the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans that are Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Schedule III-D shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”) relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Monaco, as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a
seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP,
as
master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
(1) Immediately
prior to the assignment of each Park Monaco Mortgage Loan to the Depositor,
Park
Monaco had good title to, and was the sole owner of, such Park Monaco 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.
S-III-D-1
SCHEDULE
III-E
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of Park Sienna as to the Park Sienna Mortgage
Loans
Park
Sienna LLC (“Park Sienna”) hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule III-E to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, with respect to the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans that are Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Schedule III-E shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”) relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as
a
seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP,
as
master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
(1) Immediately
prior to the assignment of each Park Sienna Mortgage Loan to the Depositor,
Park
Sienna had good title to, and was the sole owner of, such Park Sienna 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.
S-III-E-1
SCHEDULE
IV
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-23CB
Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer
Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP (“Countrywide Servicing”) hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule IV to the Depositor,
the Sellers and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule IV shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc.,
as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing
LP,
as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
(1) Countrywide
Servicing is duly organized as a limited partnership and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Countrywide Servicing 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 perform any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(2) Countrywide
Servicing has the full partnership power and authority to 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 partnership action on the part of Countrywide
Servicing 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 Countrywide Servicing,
enforceable against Countrywide Servicing 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 Countrywide
Servicing, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by Countrywide Servicing 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 Countrywide Servicing and will not (A) result in a material
breach of any term or provision of the certificate of limited partnership,
partnership agreement or other organizational document of Countrywide Servicing
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 Countrywide Servicing is a party
or by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute,
order or regulation
S-IV-1
applicable
to Countrywide Servicing of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or
governmental body having jurisdiction over Countrywide Servicing; and
Countrywide Servicing 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
the ability of Countrywide Servicing to perform or meet any of its obligations
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) Countrywide
Servicing is an approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans for FNMA or
FHLMC and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing
Act.
(5) No
litigation is pending or, to the best of Countrywide Servicing’s knowledge,
threatened, against Countrywide Servicing that would materially and adversely
affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or the ability of Countrywide Servicing to service the Mortgage Loans
or to perform any of its other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(6) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Countrywide
Servicing of, or compliance by Countrywide Servicing with, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required,
Countrywide Servicing has obtained the same.
(7) Countrywide
Servicing is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material
respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing
of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered
with MERS.
S-IV-2
SCHEDULE
V
Principal
Balance Schedules
[Attached
to Prospectus Supplement, if applicable]
S-V-1
SCHEDULE
VI
Form
of
Monthly Master Servicer Report
LOAN
LEVEL REPORTING SYSTEM
|
||||
DATABASE
STRUCTURE
|
||||
[MONTH,
YEAR]
|
||||
Field
Number
|
Field
Name
|
Field
Type
|
Field
Width
|
Dec
|
1
|
INVNUM
|
Numeric
|
4
|
|
2
|
INVBLK
|
Numeric
|
4
|
|
3
|
INACNU
|
Character
|
8
|
|
4
|
BEGSCH
|
Numeric
|
15
|
2
|
5
|
SCHPRN
|
Numeric
|
13
|
2
|
6
|
TADPRN
|
Numeric
|
11
|
2
|
7
|
LIQEPB
|
Numeric
|
11
|
2
|
8
|
ACTCOD
|
Numeric
|
11
|
|
9
|
ACTDAT
|
Numeric
|
4
|
|
10
|
INTPMT
|
Numeric
|
8
|
|
11
|
PRNPMT
|
Numeric
|
13
|
2
|
12
|
ENDSCH
|
Numeric
|
13
|
2
|
13
|
SCHNOT
|
Numeric
|
13
|
2
|
14
|
SCHPAS
|
Numeric
|
7
|
3
|
15
|
PRINPT
|
Numeric
|
7
|
3
|
16
|
PRIBAL
|
Numeric
|
11
|
2
|
17
|
LPIDTE
|
Numeric
|
13
|
2
|
18
|
DELPRN
|
Numeric
|
7
|
|
19
|
PPDPRN
|
Numeric
|
11
|
2
|
20
|
DELPRN
|
Numeric
|
11
|
2
|
21
|
NXTCHG
|
Numeric
|
8
|
|
22
|
ARMNOT
|
Numeric
|
7
|
3
|
23
|
ARMPAS
|
Numeric
|
7
|
3
|
24
|
ARMPMT
|
Numeric
|
11
|
2
|
25
|
ZZTYPE
|
Character
|
2
|
|
26
|
ISSUID
|
Character
|
1
|
|
27
|
KEYNAME
|
Character
|
8
|
|
TOTAL
|
240
|
|||
Suggested
Format:
|
DBASE
file
Modem
transmission
|
S-VI-1
SCHEDULE
VII
Available
Exchanges of Depositable Certificates for Exchangeable Certificates(1)(2)
Classes
of Depositable Certificates
|
Related
Classes of Exchangeable Certificates
|
|||
Classes
of Depositable Certificates
|
Original
Class Certificate Balance/
Original
Notional Amount
|
Classes
of Exchangeable Certificates
|
Maximum
Original
Class
Certificate Balance
|
Pass-Through
Rate
|
Recombination
1
|
||||
Class
A-1
|
$288,618,000
|
Class
A-7
|
$230,894,400
|
Floating
|
Class
A-8
|
$57,723,600
|
Floating
|
||
Recombination
2
|
||||
Class
A-1
|
$288,618,000
|
Class
A-9(3)
|
$38,516,039
|
6.00%
|
Class
A-10(3)
|
$221,240,161
|
6.00%
|
||
Class
A-11(3)
|
$28,861,800
|
6.00%
|
||
______________
(1)
|
Depositable
Certificates and Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged only
in the
proportions shown in this Schedule VII. In any exchange, the
relative proportions of the Depositable Certificates to be delivered
(or,
if applicable, received) in such exchange will equal the proportions
reflected by the outstanding Class Certificate Balances of the related
Depositable Certificates at the time of
exchange.
|
(2)
|
If,
as a result of a proposed exchange, a certificateholder would hold
a
Depositable Certificate or Exchangeable Certificate of a class in
an
amount less than the applicable minimum denomination for that class,
the
certificateholder will be unable to effect the proposed
exchange.
|
(3)
|
The
Class A-9, Class A-10 and Class A-11 Certificates are paid in the
following order:
|
|
(a)
|
to
the Class A-11 Certificates, the Priority Amount, until its Class
Certificate Balance is reduced to
zero;
|
|
(b)
|
sequentially,
to the Class A-9 and Class A-10 Certificates, in that order, until
their
respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
and
|
|
(c)
|
to
the Class A-11 Certificates, without regard to the Priority Amount,
until
its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to
zero.
|
|
The
“Priority Amount” for any Distribution Date will equal the sum of (i) the
product of (A) the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount, (B) the
Shift
Percentage and (C) the Priority Percentage and (ii) the product of
(A) the
Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount, (B) the Shift Percentage
and
(C) the Priority Percentage.
|
S-VII-1
|
The
“Priority Percentage” for any Distribution Date will equal the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class A-11 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Class
Certificate Balance of all classes of certificates (other than the
Class
PO Certificates) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
|
|
The
“Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount” for any Distribution Date and
loan group will equal the Non PO Percentage of all amounts described
in
subclauses (a) through (d) of clause (i) of the definition of Non
PO
Formula Principal Amount for such Distribution Date and loan
group.
|
|
The
“Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount” for any Distribution Date will
equal the sum of (i) with respect to each mortgage loan that became
a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the
month of
such Distribution Date, the applicable Non PO Percentage of the
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect
to such
mortgage loan and (ii) the applicable Non PO Percentage of the amount
described in subclause (f) of clause (i) of the definition of Non
PO
Formula Principal Amount for such Distribution Date and (iii) any
Subsequent Recoveries described in clause (ii) of the definition
of Non PO
Formula Principal Amount for such Distribution
Date.
|
|
The
“Shift Percentage” for any Distribution Date occurring during the five
years beginning on the first Distribution Date will equal 0%. Thereafter,
the 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%.
|
S-VII-2
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 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”).]
[UNTIL
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING,
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS
THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO
THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT, AND IS NOT INVESTING ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS
AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE,
OR (B) 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, UNTIL THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO, OR TO A PERSON INVESTING ASSETS
OF,
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT
TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.]
A-1
Certificate
No.
|
:
|
|
Cut-off
Date
|
:
|
|
First
Distribution Date
|
:
|
|
Initial
Certificate Balance
|
||
of
this Certificate
|
||
(“Denomination”)
|
:
|
$
|
Initial
Certificate Balance
|
||
of
all Certificates of
|
||
this
Class
|
:
|
$
|
CUSIP
|
:
|
|
Interest
Rate
|
:
|
|
Maturity
Date
|
:
|
CWALT,
INC.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
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
CWALT,
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 Sellers, 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 Balance 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
A-2
Loans
deposited by CWALT, 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, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as a seller (“CHL”), Park Granada LLC, as a seller (“Park
Granada”), Park Monaco, Inc., as a seller (“Park Monaco”), and Park Sienna LLC,
as a seller (“Park Sienna” and, together with CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco,
the “Sellers”), Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (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.
[Until
this certificate has been
the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, 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 a
plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting
on
behalf of or investing plan assets of any such benefit plan or arrangement,
which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master
Servicer or the Trust Fund, or (ii) in the case of any such 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), a trustee of any such
benefit plan or arrangement or any other person acting on behalf of any such
benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate will not
result
in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer
to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion
of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the
Trust
Fund. Unless the transferee delivers the Opinion of Counsel described
above, 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, until
such certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting,
any
purported transfer of a Certificate of this Class to, or to a person investing
assets of, an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of 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.
* * *
A-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________,
20__
THE
BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as
Trustee
By
______________________
Countersigned:
By __________________________________________
Authorized
Signatory of
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
A-4
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 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.
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 DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO
THE
EFFECT THAT (i) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO
THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF
OF
OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF SUCH A BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT TO EFFECT THE
TRANSFER, OR (ii) IF SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING AND THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY,
A
REPRESENTATION THAT THE TRANSFEREE 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 (“PTCE”)
95-60, AND THE
B-1
PURCHASE
AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN. 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 A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE
CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED
ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.]
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CWALT,
INC.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
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
CWALT,
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 Sellers, 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 Balance of all Certificates of the Class to
which
this Certificate
B-3
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, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller
(“CHL”), Park Granada LLC, as a seller (“Park Granada”), Park Monaco Inc., as a
seller (“Park Monaco”), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller (“Park Sienna” and,
together with CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the “Sellers”), Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (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 Sellers, 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 a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975
of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of
any
such benefit plan or arrangement, which representation letter shall not be
an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, (ii) if such
certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and
the
transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the transferee
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 satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief
under
Sections I and III of 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 a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions
B-4
of
any
subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such benefit plan or arrangement
or any
other person acting on behalf of any such benefit plan or arrangement, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase
and holding of such Certificate will not result in a prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject
the
Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund. 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
a
plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of 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.
* * *
B-5
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________,
20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
By
______________________
Countersigned:
By _____________________________________
Authorized
Signatory of
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
B-6
EXHIBIT
C-1
[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.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO
THE
EFFECT THAT (i) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO
THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF
OF
OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF SUCH A BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT TO EFFECT THE
TRANSFER, OR (ii) IF SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING AND THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY,
A
REPRESENTATION THAT THE TRANSFEREE 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 (“PTCE”)
95-60, AND THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (B) AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN. 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 A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF
THE
CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED
ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
[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.]
C-1-1
Certificate
No.
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Distribution Date
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Certificate Balance
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of
this Certificate
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(“Denomination”)
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$
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Initial
Certificate Balance
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of
all Certificates of
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this
Class
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CUSIP
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CWALT,
INC.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class
A-R
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
CWALT,
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 Sellers, 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 Balance
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 CWALT, Inc. (the
C-1-2
“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,
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller (“CHL”), Park Granada LLC, as a seller
(“Park Granada”), Park Monaco, Inc., as a seller (“Park Monaco”), and Park
Sienna LLC, as a seller (“Park Sienna” and, together with CHL, Park Granada and
Park Monaco, the “Sellers”), Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master
servicer (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 a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975
of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of
any
such benefit plan or arrangement, which representation letter shall not be
an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, (ii) if such
certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and
the
transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the transferee
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 satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief
under
Sections I and III of 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 a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such
benefit plan or arrangement or any other person acting on behalf of any such
benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate will not
result
in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the
Code, and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel
shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust
Fund. 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 a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975
of 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
C-1-3
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.
* * *
C-1-4
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________,
20__
THE
BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as
Trustee
By
______________________
Countersigned:
By
___________________________
Authorized
Signatory of
THE
BANK OF
NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
C-1-5
EXHIBIT
C-2
[Reserved]
C-2-1
EXHIBIT
C-3
[Reserved]
C-3-1
EXHIBIT
C-4
[Reserved]
C-4-1
EXHIBIT
D
[FORM
OF
NOTIONAL AMOUNT CERTIFICATE]
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTION
IN
RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.
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”).
[UNTIL
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING,
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS
THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO
THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT, AND IS NOT INVESTING ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS
AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE,
OR (B) 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, UNTIL THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO, OR A PERSON INVESTING ASSETS OF,
AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.]
D-1
Certificate
No.
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First
Distribution Date
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Initial
Certificate Balance
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of
this Certificate
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(“Denomination”)
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:
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$
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Initial
Certificate Balance
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of
all Certificates of
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this
Class
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:
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$
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CUSIP
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Interest
Rate
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Interest Only |
Maturity
Date
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CWALT,
INC.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
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
CWALT,
Inc., as Depositor
The
Notional Amount of this certificate at any time, may be less than the Notional
Amount as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor,
the
Sellers, 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 Notional Amount 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 CWALT, Inc.
(the
“Depositor”). The Trust Fund was created
D-2
pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified
above (the “Agreement”) among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a
seller (“CHL”), Park Granada LLC, as a seller (“Park Granada”), Park Monaco,
Inc., as a seller (“Park Monaco”), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller (“Park
Sienna” and, together with CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the “Sellers”),
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (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.
[Until
this certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting,
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 a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975
of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of
any
such benefit plan or arrangement, which representation letter shall not be
an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, or (ii) in
the
case of any such 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), a trustee of any such benefit plan or arrangement or any other
person acting on behalf of any such benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion
of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase and holding
of such Certificate will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the
Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund. When the transferee
delivers the Opinion of Counsel described above, 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, until such certificate has been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, any purported transfer of a Certificate of
this
Class to, or a person investing assets of, an employee benefit plan subject
to
ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of 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.
* * *
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________,
20__
THE
BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as
Trustee
By __________________________
Countersigned:
By ________________________________
Authorized
Signatory of
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
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EXHIBIT
E
[FORM
OF]
REVERSE OF CERTIFICATES
CWALT,
INC.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated
as
CWALT, 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 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
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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 Sellers 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
or
equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance,
the Master Servicer will have the option, subject to the limitations set
forth
in the Agreement, 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
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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.
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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: |
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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.
|
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STATE OF | ) | |
) ss: | ||
COUNTY OF | ) |
On
the
_____day of ___________________, 20__ before me, a notary public in and for
said
State, personally appeared ________________, known to me who, being by me
duly
sworn, did depose and say that he executed the foregoing
instrument.
Notary
Public
|
|
[Notarial
Seal]
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EXHIBIT
F-1
[FORM
OF]
INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(INITIAL
MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master
Servicer]
[Countrywide]
______________________
______________________
|
Re:
|
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home
Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”), as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller,
Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as
Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200_-_
|
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 Initial Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed
on
the attached schedule) it has received:
(i) (a)
the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form: “Pay to
the order of __________, without recourse” or (b) with respect to any Lost
Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from Countrywide stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed; and
(ii) a
duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in a blanket
assignment or assignments).
Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Mortgage
Loan.
The
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.
F-1-1
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 Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness
or suitability of any such Initial Mortgage Loan.
F-1-2
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:
F-1-3
EXHIBIT
F-2
[FORM
OF]
INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(SUPPLEMENTAL
MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master
Servicer]
[Countrywide]
______________________
______________________
|
Re:
|
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home
Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco,
Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home
Loans
Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 20__-__ and the Supplemental
Transfer Agreement dated as of [month] ____, 200_ among CWALT,
Inc., as
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada
LLC, as
a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a
Seller,
and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee
|
Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) and the Supplemental Transfer
Agreement, dated as of [month] ____, 200_, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby
certifies that, as to each Supplemental Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Supplemental Mortgage Loan paid in full or
listed
on the attached schedule) it has received:
(i) (a)
the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form: “Pay to
the order of __________, without recourse” 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; and
(ii) a
duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in a blanket
assignment or assignments).
F-2-1
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 Supplemental Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability
of any such Supplemental Mortgage Loan.
F-2-2
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:
F-2-3
EXHIBIT
G-1
[FORM
OF]
DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION
(INITIAL
MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master
Servicer]
[Countrywide]
_____________________
_____________________
|
Re:
|
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home
Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”), as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller,
Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as
Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200_-_
|
Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to the above-referenced
series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto (the “Schedule A”),
delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on the Closing Date in accordance
with
Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”). The undersigned hereby certifies
that, as to each Delay Delivery Initial Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule
A
attached hereto (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed
on
Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i)
|
the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed by Countrywide or the originator
of such
Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following form: “Pay to
the order of _______________ without recourse”, with all intervening
endorsements that show a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator
to Countrywide, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost
or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit from
Countrywide, stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or
destroyed, together with a copy of the related Mortgage
Note;
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(ii)
|
in
the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan,
the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of each Initial
Mortgage
Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting
thereon
the presence of
|
G-1-1
|
the
MIN of the Initial Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the
Initial
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Initial Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan,
with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the
Mortgage
certified by the public recording office in which such Mortgage
has been
recorded];
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(iii)
|
in
the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan, a
duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to “The Bank of New York, as
trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of [month]
1,
2004, without recourse”, or, in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan
with respect to property located in the State of California that
is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage
in blank
(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 such assignment
relates);
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(iv)
|
the
original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage together
with
all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage [(noting the
presence of
a MIN in the case of each MERS Mortgage
Loan)];
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(v)
|
the
original or copies of each assumption, modification, written assurance
or
substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of recording thereon
if
recordation thereof is permissible under applicable law;
and
|
(vi)
|
the
original or duplicate original lender’s title policy or a printout of the
electronic equivalent and all riders thereto or, in the event such
original title policy has not been received from the insurer, 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, with the original policy of title insurance to be delivered
within one year of the Closing
Date.
|
In
the
event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan
Countrywide cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or all interim
recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements of clause
(ii),
(iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in lieu thereof,
a true
and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment or assignments
of the
Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by Countrywide, the applicable title
company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of such Initial Mortgage
Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy of the original
Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording.
Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, (i) such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Initial Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv), (v), (vi),
(viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the “Mortgage Loan Schedule” in
Article I 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 above-referenced
Pooling and
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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 Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.
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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:
G-1-4
EXHIBIT
G-2
[FORM
OF]
DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION
(SUPPLEMENTAL
MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master
Servicer]
[Countrywide]
|
|
Re:
|
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home
Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco,
Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home
Loans
Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 20__-__ and the Supplemental
Transfer Agreement dated as of [month] ____, 200_ among CWALT,
Inc., as
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada
LLC, as
a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a
Seller,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
|
Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to the above-referenced
series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto (the “Schedule A”),
delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on [month] __, 200_ (such date
being
the related “Supplemental Transfer Date” in accordance with Section 2.02 of the
above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”). The undersigned hereby certifies that, as to each Delay
Delivery Supplemental Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule A attached hereto
(other
than any Supplemental Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on Schedule B
attached hereto) it has received:
|
(i)
|
the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the originator
of such
Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following form: “Pay to
the order of _______________ without recourse”, with all intervening
endorsements that
|
G-2-1
|
show
a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Seller,
or, if
the original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced,
an
original lost note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the
original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the
related
Mortgage Note;
|
|
(ii)
|
in
the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage
Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of each
Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original
Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of the MIN of the Supplemental
Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Supplemental Mortgage
Loan
is a MOM Loan if the Supplemental Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan,
with
evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage
certified by the public recording office in which such Mortgage
has been
recorded];
|
(iii) | in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to “The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 2004, without recourse”, or, in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan with respect to property located in the State of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (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 such assignment relates); |
(iv) | the original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage [(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan)]; |
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(v)
|
the
original or copies of each assumption, modification, written assurance
or
substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of recording thereon
if
recordation thereof is permissible under applicable law;
and
|
(vi) | the original or duplicate original lender’s title policy or a printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders thereto or, in the event such original title policy has not been received from the insurer, 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, with the original policy of title insurance to be delivered within one year of the Closing Date. |
In
the
event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan
the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or all interim recorded
assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements of clause (ii), (iii)
or
(iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in lieu thereof, a true and
complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by the Seller, the
G-2-2
applicable
title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of such Supplemental
Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy of the
original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for
recording.
Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, (i) such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Supplemental Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv), (v), (vi),
(viii), (xi) and (xiv) 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 above-referenced
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 Supplemental Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.
G-2-3
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:
G-2-4
EXHIBIT
H-1
[FORM
OF]
FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(INITIAL
MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
|
Re:
|
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home
Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”), as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller,
Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as
Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200_-_
|
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 Initial Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed
on
the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i)
|
the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed by Countrywide or the originator
of such
Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following form: “Pay to
the order of _______________ without recourse”, with all intervening
endorsements that show a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator
to Countrywide, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost
or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit from
Countrywide, stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or
destroyed, together with a copy of the related Mortgage
Note;
|
(ii)
|
in
the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan,
the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of each Initial
Mortgage
Loan that is
|
H-1-1
|
a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the presence
of
the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, with evidence
of
recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified
by the
public recording office in which such Mortgage has been
recorded];
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(iii)
|
in
the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan, a
duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to “The Bank of New York, as
trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of [month]
1,
2004, without recourse”, or, in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan
with respect to property located in the State of California that
is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage
in blank
(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 such assignment
relates);
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(iv)
|
the
original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage together
with
all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage [(noting the
presence of
a MIN in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS
Mortgage
Loan)];
|
(v)
|
the
original or copies of each assumption, modification, written assurance
or
substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of recording thereon
if
recordation thereof is permissible under applicable law;
and
|
(vi)
|
the
original or duplicate original lender’s title policy or a printout of the
electronic equivalent and all riders thereto or, in the event such
original title policy has not been received from the insurer, 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, with the original policy of title insurance to be delivered
within one year of the Closing
Date.
|
In
the
event that in connection with any Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan Countrywide cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all
interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of
clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in lieu
thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment
or
assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by Countrywide,
the
applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of
such
Initial Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy
of the
original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for
recording.
Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, (i) such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Initial Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv), (v), (vi),
(viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the
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“Mortgage
Loan Schedule” in Article I 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 above-referenced
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 Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Initial
Mortgage Loan.
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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:
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
[FORM
OF]
FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(SUPPLEMENTAL
MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master
Servicer]
[Countrywide]
______________________
______________________
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Re:
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Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home
Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco,
Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home
Loans
Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 20__-__ and the Supplemental
Transfer Agreement dated as of [month] ____, 200_ among CWALT,
Inc., as
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada
LLC, as
a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a
Seller,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
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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 Supplemental Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Supplemental Mortgage Loan paid in
full
or listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has
received:
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(i)
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the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the originator
of such
Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following form: “Pay to
the order of _______________ without recourse”, with all intervening
endorsements that show a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator
to the Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost
or
destroyed and not replaced, an
original
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lost
note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage
Note
was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related Mortgage
Note;
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(ii)
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in
the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage
Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of each
Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original
Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage
Loan and
language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the
Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan, with evidence of recording indicated thereon,
or a
copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording office in
which
such Mortgage has been recorded];
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(iii)
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in
the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage
Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to “The Bank of New York,
as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
[month]
1, 200__, without recourse”, or, in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage
Loan with respect to property located in the State of California
that is
not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage
in
blank (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 such assignment
relates);
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(iv)
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the
original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage together
with
all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage [(noting the
presence of
a MIN in the case of each Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is a
MERS
Mortgage Loan)];
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(v)
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the
original or copies of each assumption, modification, written assurance
or
substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of recording thereon
if
recordation thereof is permissible under applicable law;
and
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(vi)
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the
original or duplicate original lender’s title policy or a printout of the
electronic equivalent and all riders thereto or, in the event such
original title policy has not been received from the insurer, 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, with the original policy of title insurance to be delivered
within one year of the Closing Date.
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In
the
event that in connection with any Supplemental Mortgage Loan that is not
a MERS
Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all
interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of
clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in lieu
thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment
or
assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by the Seller,
the
applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of
such
Supplemental Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete
copy
of the original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for
recording.
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Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, (i) such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Supplemental Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv), (v), (vi),
(viii), (xi) and (xiv) 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 above-referenced
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 Supplemental Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Supplemental Mortgage Loan.
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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:
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EXHIBIT
I
[FORM
OF]
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
200_-_
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, dated as
of _________ __, 2___ (the “Agreement”), by and among CWALT, Inc., as depositor
(the “Depositor”), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (the “Company”), as a Seller,
Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna
LLC,
as a Seller (and together with the Company, Park Granada and Park Monaco,
the
“Sellers”), Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as 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 not an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of
ERISA
or to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, nor is it acting
on
behalf of or with plan assets of any such plan. The Transferee is, as of
the
date hereof, and will be, as of the date of the Transfer, a Permitted
Transferee. The Transferee will endeavor to remain a Permitted
Transferee for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate. The Transferee is acquiring its Ownership Interest in
the Certificate for its own account.
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
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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-1 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 Class A-R
Certificates.
8. The
Transferee’s taxpayer identification number is ______________.
9. The
Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code section
7701(a)(30) and, unless the Transferor (or any subsequent
transferor) expressly waives such requirement, will not cause income from
the
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee
or another U.S. taxpayer.
10. The
Transferee is aware that the Class A-R Certificates may be “noneconomic residual
interests” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860E-1(c) 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. In addition, as the Holder of a
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noneconomic
residual interest, the Transferee may incur tax liabilities in excess of
any
cash flows generated by the interest and the Transferee hereby represents
that
it intends to pay taxes associated with holding the residual interest as
they
become due.
11. The
Transferee has provided financial statements or other financial information
requested by the Transferor in connection with the transfer of the Certificate
to permit the Transferor to assess the financial capability of the Transferee
to
pay such taxes. The Transferee historically has paid its debts as
they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the
future.
12. Unless
the Transferor (or any subsequent transferor) expressly waives such requirement,
the Transferee (and any subsequent transferee) certifies (or will certify),
respectively, that the transfer satisfies either the “Asset Test” imposed by
Treasury Regulation § 1.860E-1(c)(5) or the “Formula
Test” imposed by Treasury Regulation § 1.860E-1(c)(7).
* * *
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be executed
on its
behalf by its duly authorized officer, this_____ day of ___________,
2___.
PRINT NAME OF TRANSFEREE | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Corporate
Seal]
ATTEST:
__________________________________
[Assistant]
Secretary
Personally
appeared before me the above-named
, known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing
instrument and to be the
of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free
act
and deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed
and sworn before me this day of
,
20 .
__________________________
NOTARY
PUBLIC
My
Commission expires
the
___
day
of ________________, 20__
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WAIVER
OF
REQUIREMENT THAT TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE SATISFIES CERTAIN
REGULATORY “SAFE HARBORS”
The
Transferor hereby waives the requirement that the Transferee certify that
the
transfer of the Certificate satisfies either the “Asset Test” imposed by
Treasury Regulation § 1.860E-1(c)(5) or the “Formula Test” imposed by
Treasury Regulation § 1.860E-1(c)(7).
CWMBS,
INC.
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
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Certain
Definitions
“Asset
Test”: A transfer satisfies the Asset Test if: (i) At
the time of the transfer, and
at the close of each of the transferee's two fiscal years preceding the
transferee's fiscal year of transfer, the transferee's gross assets for
financial reporting purposes exceed $100 million and its net assets for
financial reporting purposes exceed $10 million. The gross assets and net
assets
of a transferee do not include any obligation of any “related person” or any
other asset if a principal purpose for holding or acquiring the other asset
is
to permit the transferee to satisfy such monetary conditions; (ii) The
transferee must be
an “eligible corporation” and must agree in writing that any subsequent transfer
of the interest will be to another eligible corporation in a transaction
that
satisfies paragraphs 9 through 11 of this Transfer Affidavit and the Asset
Test.
A transfer fails to meet the Asset Test if the transferor knows, or has reason
to know, that the transferee will not honor the restrictions on subsequent
transfers of the Certificate; and (iii)
A
reasonable person would not conclude, based on the facts
and circumstances known to the transferor on or before the date of the transfer,
that the taxes associated with the Certificate will not be paid. The
consideration given to the transferee to acquire the Certificate is only
one
factor to be considered, but the transferor will be deemed to know that the
transferee cannot or will not pay if the amount of consideration is so low
compared to the liabilities assumed that a reasonable person would conclude
that
the taxes associated with holding the Certificate will not be
paid. For purposes of applying the Asset Test, (i) an “eligible
corporation” means any
domestic C corporation (as defined in section 1361(a)(2) of the Code) other
than (A) a
corporation which is exempt from, or is not subject to, tax under section
11 of
the Code, (B) an
entity described in section 851(a) or 856(a) of the Code, (C) A
REMIC, or (D) an
organization to
which part I of subchapter T of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code applies;
(ii) a
“related
person” is any person that (A)
bears
a relationship to the transferee enumerated in section
267(b) or 707(b)(1) of the Code, using “20 percent” instead of “50 percent”
where it appears under the provisions, or (B) is
under common
control (within the meaning of section 52(a) and (b)) with the transferee.
“Formula
Test”: A transfer satisfies the formula test if the present value of the
anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Certificate does
not
exceed the sum of
(i) the present value of any
consideration given to the
transferee to acquire the Certificate; (ii)
the
present value of the expected future distributions
on the Certificate; and (iii) the
present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
with holding the Certificate as the issuing REMIC generates
losses. For
purposes of applying the Formula Test: (i) The
transferee is assumed to pay tax at a rate equal to the
highest rate of tax specified in section 11(b)(1) of the Code. If the transferee
has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under section 55 of the Code
in
the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current
taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate, then the tax rate specified
in section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate
specified in section 11(b)(1) of the Code; (ii)
The
transfer must satisfy paragraph 9 of the Transfer
Affidavit; and (iii) Present
values are computed using a
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discount
rate equal to the Federal short-term rate prescribed by section 1274(d) of
the
Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the
taxpayer.
“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 section 521 of the Code) that 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
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described
in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an “electing large partnership” as
defined in section 775 of the Code, (vi) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
(treated as a corporation or a partnership for federal income tax purposes)
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includible in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct
of a
trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within
the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration
of
the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control
all
substantial decisions of the trustor unless such Person has furnished the
transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service
Form
W-8ECI, and (vii) 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 any REMIC formed under the Agreement
to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any 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, limited liability company, 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.
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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:
(1) 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.
(2) Except
in connection with (i) the registration of the Tax Matters Person Certificate
in
the name of the Trustee or (ii) any registration in the name of, or transfer
of
a Class A-R Certificate to, an affiliate of the Depositor (either directly
or
through a nominee) in connection with the initial issuance of the
Certificates,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, 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 and Transferor Certificate. The Trustee shall be entitled
but not obligated to
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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.
(5) 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.
The
restrictions on Transfers of a Class A-R Certificate set forth in this section
5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend on
a
Class A-R 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 Trustee, the Sellers or the Master Servicer, to
the
effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any constituent
REMIC of any REMIC formed 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 Class A-R Certificate hereby
consents to any amendment of this Agreement that, 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 Class A-R 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 Class
A-R
Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to
a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
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EXHIBIT
J-1
[FORM
OF]
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(RESIDUAL)
_____________________
Date
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx – 8W
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed
Securities Group
Series
200_-_
Re: CWALT,
Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
200_-_,
Class
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we certify that
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, | ||
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||
Print Name of Transferor | ||
By: | ||
Authorized
Officer
|
J-1-1
EXHIBIT
J-2
[FORM
OF]
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(PRIVATE)
_____________________
Date
CWALT,
Inc.0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx – 8W
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed
Securities Group
Series
200_-_
Re: CWALT,
Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
200_-_,
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.
Very truly yours, | ||
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Print Name of Transferor | ||
By: | ||
Authorized
Officer
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EXHIBIT
K
[FORM
OF]
INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
____________________________
Date
CWALT,
Inc.
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx – 8W
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed
Securities Group
Series
200_-_
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Re:
|
CWALT,
Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
200_-_,
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 (“ERISA”), 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 or investing the assets
of any
such benefit plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii) if the
Certificates have been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and
we
are an insurance company, we are 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
the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy the requirements for
exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60,
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(e)
we
are acquiring the Certificates for investment for our own account and not
with a
view to any distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our
right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in
accordance with clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any
Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person,
or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto,
or
taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of
the
Act, and (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates
unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt from such
registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide
an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that
such
sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption
from
the Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed
and
delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with
any
conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Very truly yours, | ||
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Print Name of Transferee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
K-2
EXHIBIT
L-1
[FORM
OF]
RULE 144A LETTER
________________________
Date
CWALT,
Inc.
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx – 8W
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed
Securities Group
Series
200_-_
Re:
CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
200_-_,
Class
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify that
(a) we
understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and are being
transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had
the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Depositor
concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto
or
any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee benefit plan that is
subject
to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or
a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of or investing the
assets
of any such benefit plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii)
if
the Certificates have been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting
and
we are an insurance company, we are 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
the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy the requirements for
exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE
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95-60,
(e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered, transferred,
pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any interest in
the
Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to
buy or
accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest
in the Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached
or negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates
or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner,
or
taken any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates
under the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the
Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will
authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates,
(f) we are a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act and have completed either of the forms of
certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex
2. We are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule
144A. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that such Certificates
may
be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed
to be
a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for
the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Very truly yours, | ||
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Print Name of Transferee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
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ANNEX
1 TO EXHIBIT L-1
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 either at least $100,000 in securities or, if Buyer is
a
dealer, Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$10,000,000 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.
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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.
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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.
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___
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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.
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___
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Broker-dealer. The
Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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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.
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___
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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.
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___
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ERISA
Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of
1974.
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___
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Investment
Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered
under the Investment Advisors Act of
1940.
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___
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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.
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___
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Business
Development Company. Buyer is a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors
Act of
1940.
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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,
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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
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By:
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Date: |
L-1-5
ANNEX
2 TO EXHIBIT L-1
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.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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
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By:
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
IF AN ADVISER: | ||
Print
Name of Buyer
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Date:
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X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
[FORM
OF]
ERISA LETTER (COVERED CERTIFICATES)
________________________
Date
CWALT,
Inc.
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx – 8W
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed
Securities Group
Series
200_-_
|
Re:
|
CWALT,
Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
200_-_,
Class
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of
the above Certificates, we certify that we are not, and are not acquiring
the
Certificates on behalf of or with plan assets of an “employee benefit plan” as
defined in section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a “plan”
as defined in section 4975 of the Code that is subject to section 4975 of
the
Code, or any person investing on behalf of or with plan assets (as defined
in 29
CFR §2510.3-101 or otherwise under ERISA) of such an employee benefit plan or
plan, or (ii) the purchase and holding of the Certificates satisfy the
requirements for exemptive relief under XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 00-00,
XXXX
00-00, XXXX 96-23 or a similar exemption. We understand that, in the
event that such representation is violated, such transfer or acquisition
shall
be void and of no effect.
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Very truly yours, | |
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Print Name of Transferee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
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EXHIBIT
M
[FORM
OF]
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for
Trustee)
CWALT,
Inc.
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
200_-_
Loan
Information
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Name
of
Mortgagor:
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Servicer
Loan
No.:
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Trustee
|
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Name:
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Address:
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Trustee
Mortgage
File
No.:
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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, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
as a
Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park
Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master Servicer
and CWALT, Inc., as Depositor.
( )
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Mortgage
Note dated _______________, 20__, in the original principal sum
of
$___________, made by ____________________________, payable to, or
endorsed to the order of, the
Trustee.
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( )
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Mortgage
recorded on __________________ as instrument no.
______________________ in the County Recorder’s Office of the County
of _________________________, State of
_______________________ in
book/reel/docket
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_________________________
of official records at page/image
_______________________________.
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( )
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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
____________________________.
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( )
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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
______________________.
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( )
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Other
documents, including any amendments, assignments or other assumptions
of
the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
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( ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
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(5) 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.
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME
LOANS
SERVICING
LP
By__________________________________________
Its__________________________________________
Date:_________________,
20__
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EXHIBIT
N
[FORM
OF]
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: The
Bank of New
York Attn: Mortgage
Custody Services
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Re:
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The
Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated [month] 1, 200_, among Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as
a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna
LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master
Servicer,
CWALT, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as Trustee
for CWALT, 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)
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1.
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Mortgage
Loan paid in full (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. hereby certifies
that all
amounts have been received).
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2.
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Mortgage
Loan Liquidated (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. hereby certifies
that all
proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, or other liquidation have been
finally
received).
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3.
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Mortgage
Loan in Foreclosure.
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4.
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Mortgage
Loan repurchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(a)
(Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP hereby certifies that the
Purchase
Price for the Mortgage Loan has been deposited in the Certificate
Account).
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5.
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Other
(explain):
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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 any additional documents in your possession relating to the
above-specified Mortgage Loan. If item 3, 4 or 5 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.
N-1
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS, INC.
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By:___________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:__________________________________
Date:__________________________________
[COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS SERVICING LP]
By:___________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:__________________________________
Date:__________________________________
TRUSTEE
CONSENT TO RELEASE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF RECEIPT
By:___________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:__________________________________
Date:__________________________________
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EXHIBIT
O
[Reserved]
O-1
EXHIBIT
P
[FORM
OF]
SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT
THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, 200_ (this
“Supplemental Transfer Agreement”), among CWALT, INC., a Delaware corporation,
as depositor (the “Depositor”), COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. (“CHL”), a New York
corporation, as a seller (a “Seller”), PARK GRANADA LLC (“Park Granada”), a
Delaware limited liability company, as a seller (a “Seller”), PARK MONACO INC.
(“Park Monaco”), a Delaware limited liability corporation, as a seller (a
“Seller”), PARK SIENNA LLC (“Park Sienna”), a Delaware limited liability
company, as a seller (a “Seller” and together with CHL, Park Granada and Park
Monaco, the “Sellers”) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to
below, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee
(the
“Trustee”);
WHEREAS,
the Depositor, the Sellers, the Trustee and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing
LP,
as Master Servicer, have entered in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated
as of [month] 1, 2003 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), in relation to
the Alternative Loan Trust 200_-_, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200_-_;
WHEREAS,
Section 2.01(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides for the parties
hereto to enter into this Supplemental Transfer Agreement in accordance with
the
terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged the
parties hereto agree as follows:
(a) The
“Supplemental Transfer Date” with respect to this Supplemental Transfer
Agreement shall be ________, 200_.
(b) The
“Aggregate Supplemental Purchase Amount” with respect to this Supplemental
Transfer Agreement shall be $________; provided, however, that such amount
shall
not exceed the amount on deposit in the Supplemental Loan Account.
(c) The
“Capitalized Interest Requirement” with respect to this Supplemental Transfer
Agreement shall be $________; provided, however, that such amount shall not
exceed the amount on deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) In
case any provision of this Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions or obligations shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
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(f) In
the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Supplemental Transfer
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the provisions of the
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement shall prevail.
(g) This
Supplemental Transfer Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed
and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(h)
The Supplemental Transfer Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but
all
such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Supplemental Transfer Agreement have
caused
their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the day and year first above written.
CWALT,
INC.,
as
Depositor
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS, INC.,
as
Seller
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
PARK
GRANADA LLC,
as
a Seller
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
PARK
MONACO INC.,
as
a Seller
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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PARK
SIENNA LLC,
as
a Seller
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK,
not
in its individual capacity,
but
solely as Trustee
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged
and Agreed:
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS SERVICING LP,
as
Master Servicer
By: COUNTRYWIDE
GP, INC.
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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GLOSSARY
of TERMS for STANDARD & POOR’S LEVELS® VERSION 5.7 FILE FORMAT
APPENDIX E
– Standard & Poor’s Predatory Lending Categories
Standard
& Poor’s has categorized loans governed by anti-predatory lending laws in
the Jurisdictions listed below into three categories based upon a combination
of
factors that include (a) the risk exposure associated with the assignee
liability and (b) the tests and thresholds set forth in those laws. Note
that
certain loans classified by the relevant statute as Covered are included
in
Standard & Poor’s High Cost Loan Category because they included thresholds
and tests that are typical of what is generally considered High Cost by the
industry.
Standard
& Poor’s High Cost Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction
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Name
of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
|
Category
under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Arkansas
|
Arkansas
Home Loan Protection Act, Ark. Code Xxx. §§ 00-00-000
etseq.
Effective
July 16, 2003
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
Cleveland
Heights, OH
|
Ordinance
No. 72-2003 (PSH), Mun. Code §§ 757.01
etseq.
Effective
June 2, 2003
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Covered
Loan
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Colorado
|
Consumer
Equity Protection, Colo. Stat. Xxx. §§ 5-3.5-101
etseq.
Effective
for covered loans offered or entered into on or after January
1, 2003.
Other provisions of the Act took effect on June 7, 2002
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Covered
Loan
|
Connecticut
|
Connecticut
Abusive Home Loan Lending Practices Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 36a-746
etseq.
Effective
October 1, 2001
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
District
of Columbia
|
Home
Loan Protection Act, D.C. Code §§ 26-1151.01
etseq.
Effective
for loans closed on or after January 28, 2003
|
Covered
Loan
|
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Standard
& Poor’s High Cost Loan Categorization
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||
State/Jurisdiction
|
Name
of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
|
Category
under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending
Law
|
Florida
|
Fair
Lending Act, Fla. Stat. Xxx. §§ 494.0078
etseq.
Effective
October 2, 2002
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
Georgia
(Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003)
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Georgia
Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Xxx. §§ 7-6A-1
etseq.
Effective
October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
Georgia
as amended (Mar. 7, 2003 – current)
|
Georgia
Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Xxx. §§ 7-6A-1
etseq.
Effective
for loans closed on or after March 7, 2003
|
High
Cost Home Loan
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HOEPA
Section 32
|
Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, 15 U.S.C. § 1639, 12 C.F.R.
§§ 226.32 and 226.34
Effective
October 1, 1995, amendments October 1, 2002
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High
Cost Loan
|
Illinois
|
High
Risk Home Loan Act, Ill. Comp. Stat. tit. 815, §§ 137/5
etseq.
Effective
January 1, 2004 (prior to this date, regulations under Residential
Mortgage License Act effective from May 14, 2001)
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High
Risk Home Loan
|
Kansas
|
Consumer
Credit Code, Kan. Stat. Xxx. §§ 16a-1-101
etseq.
Sections
16a-1-301 and 16a-3-207 became effective April 14, 1999; Section
16a-3-308a became effective July 1, 1999
|
High
Loan to Value Consumer Loan (id.§ 16a-3-207)
and;
|
High
APR Consumer Loan (id.§ 16a-3-308a)
|
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Kentucky
|
2003
KY H.B. 287 – High Cost Home Loan Act, Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 360.100
etseq.
Effective
June 24, 2003
|
High
Cost Home Loan
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Standard
& Poor’s High Cost Loan Categorization
|
||
State/Jurisdiction
|
Name
of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
|
Category
under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending
Law
|
Maine
|
Truth
in Lending, Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 9-A, §§ 8-101
etseq.
Effective
September 29, 1995 and as amended from time to time
|
High
Rate High Fee Mortgage
|
Massachusetts
|
Part
40 and Part 32, 209 C.M.R. §§ 32.00 etseq. and 209 C.M.R. §§ 40.01
etseq.
Effective
March 22, 2001 and amended from time to time
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
Nevada
|
Assembly
Xxxx No. 284, Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 598D.010
etseq.
Effective
October 1, 2003
|
Home
Loan
|
New
Jersey
|
New
Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§
46:10B-22 etseq.
Effective
for loans closed on or after November 27, 2003
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
New
Mexico
|
Home
Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-21A-1
etseq.
Effective
as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of February 26, 2004
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
New
York
|
N.Y.
Banking Law Article 6-l
Effective
for applications made on or after April 1, 2003
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
North
Carolina
|
Restrictions
and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 24-1.1E
etseq.
Effective
July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003 (adding open-end lines
of
credit)
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
Ohio
|
H.B.
386 (codified in various sections of the Ohio Code), Ohio Rev.
Code Xxx.
|
Covered
Loan
|
Q-3
Standard
& Poor’s High Cost Loan Categorization
|
||
State/Jurisdiction
|
Name
of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
|
Category
under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending
Law
|
§§
1349.25 etseq.
Effective
May 24, 2002
|
||
Oklahoma
|
Consumer
Credit Code (codified in various sections of Title 14A)
Effective
July 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2004
|
Subsection
10 Mortgage
|
South
Carolina
|
South
Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C. Code Xxx.
§§
37-23-10 etseq.
Effective
for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004
|
High
Cost Home Loan
|
West
Virginia
|
West
Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act,
W. Va. Code
Xxx. §§ 31-17-1 etseq.
Effective
June 5, 2002
|
West
Virginia Mortgage Loan Act Loan
|
Standard
& Poor’s Covered Loan Categorization
State/Jurisdiction
|
Name
of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
|
Category
under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
|
Georgia
(Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003)
|
Georgia
Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Xxx. §§ 7-6A-1
etseq.
Effective
October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003
|
Covered
Loan
|
New
Jersey
|
New
Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§
46:10B-22 etseq.
Effective
November 27, 2003 – July 5, 2004
|
Covered
Home Loan
|
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Standard
& Poor’s Home Loan Categorization
|
||
State/Jurisdiction
|
Name
of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
|
Category
under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
|
Georgia
(Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003)
|
Georgia
Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Xxx. §§ 7-6A-1
etseq.
Effective
October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003
|
Home
Loan
|
New
Jersey
|
New
Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§
46:10B-22 etseq.
Effective
for loans closed on or after November 27, 2003
|
Home
Loan
|
New
Mexico
|
Home
Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-21A-1
etseq.
Effective
as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of February 26, 2004
|
Home
Loan
|
North
Carolina
|
Restrictions
and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 24-1.1E
etseq.
Effective
July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003 (adding open-end lines
of
credit)
|
Consumer
Home Loan
|
South
Carolina
|
South
Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C. Code Xxx.
§§
37-23-10 etseq.
Effective
for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004
|
Consumer
Home Loan
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[On
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with Trustee]
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[FORM
OF]
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
ASSESSMENT
OF COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Master Servicer] [Trustee]
[Name of Subservicer] shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified
as
below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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Reference
|
Criteria
|
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General
Servicing Considerations
|
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
|
If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
|
Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the mortgage loans are maintained.
|
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
|
A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on
the party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance
with the
terms of the transaction agreements.
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
|
Payments
on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial
bank
accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two
business days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in
the
transaction agreements.
|
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by
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Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
authorized personnel. | ||
1122(d)(2)(iii)
|
Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are
made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
|
The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts
or
accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are
separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set
forth in the
transaction agreements.
|
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1122(d)(2)(v)
|
Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes
of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange
Act.
|
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1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
|
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
|
Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities
related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank
clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared
the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling
items. These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their
original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction
agreements.
|
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
|
||
1122(d)(3)(i)
|
Reports
to investors, including those to be filed
|
W-2
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer. | ||
1122(d)(3)(ii)
|
Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with
timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(3)(iii)
|
Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the
Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(3)(iv)
|
Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
|
|
Pool
Asset Administration
|
||
1122(d)(4)(i)
|
Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the
transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
|
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
|
Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the
transaction
agreements.
|
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
|
Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements
in the
transaction agreements.
|
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
|
Payments
on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance
with the
related mortgage loan documents are posted to the
|
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Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents. | ||
1122(d)(4)(v)
|
The
Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
|
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
|
Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's mortgage
loans (e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
|
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
|
Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions,
as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
|
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
|
Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period
a mortgage
loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other
period
specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including,
for example,
phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases
where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or
unemployment).
|
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
|
Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with
variable
rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan
documents.
|
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1122(d)(4)(x)
|
Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s
|
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Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | ||
1122(d)(4)(xi)
|
Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that
such support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
|
Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
|
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
|
Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days
to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of
days
specified in the transaction agreements.
|
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
|
Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
|
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
|
Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set
forth in
the transaction agreements.
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[NAME
OF MASTER
SERVICER] [NAME OF TRUSTEE] [NAME OF CO-TRUSTEE]
[NAME
OF SUBSERVICER]
Date: ______________________________
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
W-6
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[FORM
OF]
LIST OF ITEM 1119 PARTIES
ALTERNATIVE
LOAN TRUST 200_-__
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
Series
200_-__
[Date]
Party
|
Contact
Information
|
X-1
EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION
(REPLACEMENT
OF MASTER SERVICER)
Y-1