EXECUTION
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
REMIC MULTI-CLASS PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 1997-13
TERMS AGREEMENT
(to Underwriting Agreement
dated June 22, 1995,
between the Company and the Underwriter)
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. New York, New York
Three Executive Campus December 17, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (the
"Underwriter") agrees, subject to the terms and provisions herein
and of the captioned Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), to purchase the Classes of Series 1997-13
Certificates specified in Section 2(a) hereof (the "Offered
Certificates"). This Terms Agreement supplements and modifies the
Underwriting Agreement solely as it relates to the purchase and
sale of the Offered Certificates described below. The Series
1997-13 Certificates are registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by means of an effective Registration
Statement (No. 333-24935). Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein have the meanings given them in the Underwriting
Agreement.
Section 1. The Mortgage Pool: The Series 1997-13
Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in a mortgage pool (the "Mortgage Pool") of
conventional, fixed rate, fully amortizing one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
following characteristics as of December 1, 1997 (the "Cut-off
Date"):
(a) Aggregate Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool:
$200,675,356.37 aggregate principal balance as of the
Cutoff Date, subject to a permitted variance such that the
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance will be
not less than $190,000,000 or greater than $210,000,000.
(b) Original Terms to Maturity: The original term to
maturity of substantially all of the Mortgage Loans included
in the Mortgage Pool shall be between 10 and 15 years.
Section 2. The Certificates: The Offered Certificates
shall be issued as follows:
(a) Classes: The Offered Certificates shall be issued
with the following Class designations, interest rates and
principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the
variance referred to in Section 1(a):
Class
Purchase
Class Principal Interest Price
Balance Rate Percentage
Class A1 $142,522,359.00 6.750% 95.531300%
Class A2 13,804,949.00 6.750% 95.531300%
Class A3 39,031,356.00 6.750% 95.531300%
Class R 100.00 6.750% 95.531300%
Class M 2,006,770.00 6.750% 99.712450%
Class B1 501,693.00 6.750% 98.603410%
Class B2 1,003,385.00 6.750% 97.396450%
(b) The Offered Certificates shall have such other
characteristics as described in the related Prospectus.
Section 3. Purchase Price: The Purchase Price for
each Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class
Purchase Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a)
above) of the initial Class Certificate Principal Balance thereof
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plus accrued interest at the initial interest rate per annum from
and including the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, December
30, 1997 (the "Closing Date").
Section 4. Required Ratings: The Offered Certificates,
other than the Class M, Class B1 and Class B2 Certificates, shall
have received Required Ratings of at least "AAA" from Fitch IBCA,
Inc. ("Fitch") and Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division
of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., respectively. The Class M,
Class B1 and Class B2 Certificates shall have received Required
Ratings of at least "AA", "A" and "BBB", respectively, from S&P.
Section 5. Tax Treatment: One or more elections will
be made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.
Section 6. Additional Expenses. The Underwriter will
pay all expenses (e.g., shipping, postage and courier costs)
associated with the delivery of the Prospectus to prospective
investors and investors, other than the costs of delivery to the
Underwriter's facilities, provided, that if courier services
(other than overnight delivery services utilized in the ordinary
course of business) are required to ensure that the Prospectus is
delivered to investors on the day immediately preceding the
Closing Date, the Company will pay such courier expenses.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Underwriter and the Company.
Very truly yours,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of
the date hereof.
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
