EXHIBIT 4
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GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.,
Depositor,
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP,
Servicer,
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
Servicer,
NC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
Responsible Party,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 2004
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GSAMP TRUST 2004-NC1
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2004-NC1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.......................................................
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans......................................
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans...................
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Responsible Party and the Servicer...............................
Section 2.04 Non-Qualified Mortgages...........................................
Section 2.05 Execution and Delivery of Certificates............................
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters.....................................................
Section 2.07 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor...................
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans................................
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between the Servicer and
Subservicers.....................................................
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers............................................
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer.........................................
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and the
Trustee..........................................................
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee..........................................................
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments......................
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts.............................................
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts..................................................
Section 3.10 Collection Account................................................
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account...........................
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account.............................................
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, Errors and Omissions and
Fidelity Coverage................................................
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.........
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.........................
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files.........................................
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property...............
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments.......................................
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans...............................................
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicer to Be Held for the Trustee..............................
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation............................................
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance.................................
Section 3.23 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements..................................
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer........................................
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest.............................................
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act..........................
Section 3.27 Excess Reserve Fund Account; Distribution Account.................
Section 3.28 Optional Purchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans....................
Section 3.29 Transfer of Servicing for the Mortgage Loans......................
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01 Advances..........................................................
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution........................................
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders..........................
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR............
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts.......................
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates..................................................
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.........................................
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.................
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners.............................................
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.........
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer..........
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer..........
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer
and Others.......................................................
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer.........................
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party
Claims...........................................................
Section 6.06 Servicing Rights Pledge...........................................
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default.................................................
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..........................
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders................................
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee.............................................
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.............................
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.............
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates......................................
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses.......................................
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee..........................
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee............................
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee.................................................
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee............................
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.....................
Section 8.11 Tax Matters.......................................................
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings..................................................
Section 8.13 Tax Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account.............
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage
Loans............................................................
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates............................
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements...............................
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment.........................................................
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts............................
Section 10.03 Governing Law.....................................................
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties..............................................
Section 10.05 Notices...........................................................
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions........................................
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.............................
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders........................
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights.......................................
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.........................
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule II Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
Schedule III Representations and Warranties of New Century Mortgage
Corporation
Schedule IV Representations and Warranties of the Responsible Party as to
the Mortgage Loans
Schedule V Representations and Warranties of the Responsible Party
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates
Exhibit B Form of Class N Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Class X Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Initial Certification of Trustee
Exhibit F Form of Document Certification and Exception Report of Trustee
Exhibit G Form of Residual Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit H Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Rule 144A Letter
Exhibit J Form of Request for Release
Exhibit K Form of Contents for Each Mortgage File
Exhibit L Form of Certification to be provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit M Form of Trustee Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit N Form of Servicer Certification to be provided to Depositor
Exhibit O Form of Power of Attorney
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 2004,
among GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Depositor"),
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Xxxxxx"), NEW CENTURY
MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a California corporation ("New Century"), NC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, a California corporation (the "Responsible Party") and DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Trustee shall elect that five segregated asset pools within the
Trust Fund be treated for federal income tax purposes as comprising five REMICs
(each, a "Trust REMIC" or, in the alternative, the Lower Tier REMIC, the Upper
Tier REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC,
respectively). As further described herein, the Class X/N Regular Interest and
each Class of LIBOR Certificates (other than the right of each Class of LIBOR
Certificates to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) represents ownership
of a regular interest in a REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class
R-1 Certificate represents ownership of the sole class of residual interest in
each of the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC, and the Class R-2
Certificate represents ownership of the sole class of residual interest in each
of the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions. The Start-up Day for each REMIC described herein is the
Closing Date. The latest possible maturity date for each Certificate is the
latest date referenced in Section 2.06. The Upper Tier REMIC shall hold as
assets the several classes of uncertificated Lower Tier Regular Interests, set
out below. The Lower Tier REMIC shall hold as assets the assets described in the
definition of "Trust Fund" herein (other than the Prepayment Premiums and the
Excess Reserve Fund Account). Each such Lower Tier Regular Interest is hereby
designated as a regular interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Class LT-A-1,
Class LT-A-2, Class LT-A-3, Class LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class
LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2 and Class LT-B-3 Interests are hereby designated the
LT-Accretion Directed Classes (the "LT-Accretion Directed Classes").
The Class B-2 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-2 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-2 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-2 REMIC and the Class
B2-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-2
REMIC.
The Class B-3 REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class B-3 Interest
issued by the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class B-3 Certificates shall represent
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class
B3-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual interest in the Class B-3
REMIC.
The Class X REMIC shall hold as an asset the Class X Interest issued
by the Upper Tier REMIC and the Prepayment Premiums, the Class X/N Regular
Interest shall represent ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class X
REMIC and the Class X-R Interest shall represent the sole class residual
interest in the Class X REMIC. The Class N and Class X Certificates represent
beneficial ownership of the Class X/N Regular Interest and the Excess Reserve
Fund Account. If the Class N and Class X Certificates are beneficially owned by
more than one person, and such Persons do not hold both the Class N and Class X
Certificates proportionately, then each such Person will be treated as owning an
interest in a partnership that holds the Class X/N Regular Interest and the
Excess Reserve Fund Account for federal income tax purposes as described in
Section 8.11.
Each LIBOR Certificate represents a beneficial ownership of a
regular interest in a Trust REMIC and the right to receive Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts, which portion of the Trust Fund shall be treated as a grantor
trust.
Corresponding
Upper Tier
Lower Tier Regular Lower Tier Initial Lower Tier Principal REMIC Regular
Interest Interest Rate Amount Interest
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Class LT-A-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class A-1
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-A-2A (1) 1/2 initial Class A-2A
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-A-2B (1) 1/2 initial Class A-2B
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-A-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class A-2
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-A-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class A-3
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-M-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class M-1
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-M-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class M-2
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-M-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class M-3
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-B-1 (1) 1/2 initial Class B-1
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-B-2 (1) 1/2 initial Class B-2
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-B-3 (1) 1/2 initial Class B-3
Certificate Balance of
Corresponding Upper Tier
REMIC Regular Interest
Class LT-Accrual (1) 1/2 Pool Stated Principal
Balance plus 1/2
Overcollateralized Amount
Class LT-R (2) (2)
(1) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for these
interests is a per annum variable rate equal to the WAC Cap.
(2) The Class LT-R Interest is the sole Class of residual interest in the
Lower Tier REMIC and it does not have a principal amount or an interest
rate.
The Lower Tier REMIC shall hold as assets all of the assets included
in definition of "Trust Fund" other than Prepayment Premiums and the Excess
Reserve Fund Account.
On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralized Amount will be payable as a reduction of the Lower-Tier
Principal Amounts of the LT-Accretion Directed Classes (each such Class will be
reduced by an amount equal to 50% of any increase in the Overcollateralized
Amount that is attributable to a reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of
its Corresponding Class) and will be accrued and added to the Lower-Tier
Principal Amounts of the Class LT-Accrual Interest. On each Distribution Date,
the increase in the Lower-Tier Principal Amounts of the Class LT-Accrual
Interest may not exceed interest accruals for such Distribution Date for the
Class LT-Accrual Interest. In the event that: (i) 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralized Amount exceeds (ii) interest accruals on the Class LT-Accrual
Interest for such Distribution Date, the excess for such Distribution Date
(accumulated with all such excesses for all prior Distribution Dates) will be
added to any increase in the Overcollateralized Amount for purposes of
determining the amount of interest accrual on the Class LT-Accrual Interest
payable as principal on the LT-Accretion Directed Classes on the next
Distribution Date pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph. All payments
of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal generated by the Mortgage
Loans shall be allocated (i) 50% to the Class LT-Accrual Interest, and (ii) 50%
to the LT-Accretion Directed Classes (principal payments shall be allocated
among such LT-Accretion Directed Classes in an amount equal to 50% of the
principal amounts allocated to their respective Corresponding Classes), until
paid in full. Notwithstanding the above, principal payments allocated to the
Class X Interest that result in the reduction in the Overcollateralized Amount
shall be allocated to the Class LT-Accrual Interest (until paid in full).
Realized Losses shall be applied so that after all distributions have been made
on each Distribution Date (i) the principal balance of each of the LT-Accretion
Directed Classes is equal to 50% of the Lower Tier Principal Amount of their
Corresponding Class of Upper Tier Regular Interest, and (ii) the Class
LT-Accrual Interest is equal to 50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans plus 50% of the Overcollateralized Amount.
The Upper Tier REMIC shall issue the following classes of Upper Tier
Regular Interests, and each such interest, other than the Class UT-R Interest,
is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC.
Upper Tier
Interest Rate Initial Upper Tier
and Principal Amount
Corresponding and Corresponding Corresponding
Upper Tier Class Class Certificate Class of
Class Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Certificates
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Class A-1 (1) $201,244,000 Class A-1(7)
Class A-2 (2) $70,956,000 Class A-2(7)
Class A-3 (3) $51,672,000 Class A-3(7)
Class M-1 (4) $27,673,000 Class M-1(7)
Class M-2 (4) $23,573,000 Class M-2(7)
Class M-3 (4) $7,174,000 Class M-3(7)
Class B-1 (4) $5,125,000 Class B-1(7)
Class B-2 (4) $4,715,000 Class B-2(7)
Class B-3 (4) $5,124,000 Class B-3(7)
Class X (5) 0(5) Class X(5)
Class UT-R (6) 0 Class R
(1) The Class A-1 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.100% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.200% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(2) The Class A-2 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.200% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.400% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(3) The Class A-3 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.390% and (ii) the WAC Cap
or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus
0.780% and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(4) The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Interests will bear interest during each Interest Accrual Period at a per
annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional Termination Date, the
least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.550%, 1.120%, 1.350%, 1.750%, 2.000% and 3.000%
respectively and (ii) the WAC Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination
Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.825%, 1.680%, 2.025%, 2.625%, 3.000%
and 4.500% respectively and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(5) The Class X Interest has an initial principal balance of $12,709,557, but
it will not accrue interest on such balance but will accrue interest on a
notional principal balance. As of any Distribution Date, the Class X
Interest shall have a notional principal balance equal to the aggregate of
the principal balances of the Lower Tier Regular Interests as of the first
day of the related Interest Accrual Period. With respect to any Interest
Accrual Period, the Class X Interest shall bear interest at a rate equal
to the excess, if any, of the WAC Cap over the product of (i) 2 and (ii)
the weighted average Pass-Through Rate of the Lower Tier REMIC Interests,
where the interest rate on the Class LT-Accrual Interest is subject to a
cap equal to zero and each LT-Accretion Directed Class is subject to a cap
equal to the Pass-Through Rate on its Corresponding Class. With respect to
any Distribution Date, interest that so accrues on the notional principal
balance of the Class X Interest shall be deferred in an amount equal to
any increase in the Overcollateralized Amount on such Distribution Date.
Such deferred interest shall not itself bear interest.
(6) The Class UT-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC. The Class UT-R Interest does not have an interest rate.
(7) The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates
will represent not only the ownership of the Corresponding Class of Upper
Tier Regular Interest but also the right to receive payments from the
Excess Reserve Fund Account in respect of any Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts. Each of the Class B-2 Interest, Class B-3 Interest, and Class X
Interest will be contributed to the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC
and the Class X REMIC, respectively.
The Class B-2 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-2 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-2
REMIC and the Class B2-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-2 REMIC.
Class B-2 REMIC Class B-2 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-2 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B2-R (2) (2)
(1) The Class B-2 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-2 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-2 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B2-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-2 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The
Class B2-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
The Class B-3 REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class B-3 Certificates shall represent the regular interest in the Class B-3
REMIC and the Class B3-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class B-3 REMIC.
Class B-3 REMIC Class B-3 REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class B-3 REMIC (1) (1)
Regular Interest
Class B3-R (2) (2)
(1) The Class B-3 REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class B-3 Certificates and shall be entitled to 100% of
all amounts payable on the Class B-3 Interest issued by the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
(2) The Class B3-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Class B-3 REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-3 Certificate. The
Class B3-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
The Class X REMIC shall issue the following classes of interests.
The Class X/N Regular Interest shall represent the regular interest in the Class
X REMIC and the Class X-R Interest shall represent the sole class of residual
interest in the Class X REMIC.
Class X REMIC Class X REMIC Principal
Designation Interest Rate Amount
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Class X/N Regular (1) (1)
Interest
Class X-R (2) (2)
(1) The Class X REMIC shall issue one regular interest which shall be
represented by the Class N and X Certificates and shall be entitled to (i)
100% of all amounts payable on the Class X Interest issued by the
Upper-Tier REMIC and (ii) all Prepayment Premiums.
(2) The Class X-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the Class
X REMIC and shall be represented by the Class R-2 Certificate. The Class
X-R Interest does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
The Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates will represent not only the
ownership of the regular interest issued by the Class B-2 REMIC and the Class
B-3 REMIC, respectively, but also the right to receive payments from the Excess
Reserve Fund Account in respect of any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts. The
Class X and Class N Certificates will represent ownership of the Class X/N
Regular Interest, each of which shall be treated as an interest in a partnership
if held by more than one Person for federal income tax purposes, and such
Persons do not hold both the Class N and Class X Certificates proportionately.
For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee will treat a LIBOR
Certificateholder's right to receive payments from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account as payments made pursuant to an interest rate cap contract written by
the Class N and Class X Certificateholders. Such rights of the LIBOR
Certificateholders shall be treated as held in a portion of the Trust Fund that
is treated as a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the
Code.
The minimum denomination for each Class of the Class A Certificates
will be $25,000, with integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof except that one
Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount. The minimum
denomination for each Class of the Subordinated Certificates, will be $250,000
with integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof except that one Certificate in
each Class may be issued in a different amount. The minimum denomination for the
Class N Certificate will be $50,000 initial Class N Notional Amount with
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The minimum denomination for (a)
each of the Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificates will be a 100% Percentage
Interest in such Class and (b) the Class X Certificates will be a 10% Percentage
Interest in such Class.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the
categories used herein:
Book-Entry Certificates ... All Classes of Certificates other than the
Physical Certificates.
Class A Certificates ...... Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates.
Delay Certificates ........ None.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates ............ Class R Certificates and Class X Certificates; any
certificate with a rating below the lowest
applicable permitted rating under the
Underwriters' Exemption.
LIBOR Certificates ........ The Class A Certificates and the Subordinated
Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates .... Class A, Class X and Subordinated Certificates.
Offered Certificates ...... All Classes of Certificates other than the Private
Certificates.
Physical Certificates ..... Class N, Class X and Class R Certificates.
Private Certificates ...... Class B-2, Class B-3, Class N, Class X and Class R
Certificates.
Rating Agencies ........... Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
Regular Certificates ...... All Classes of Certificates other than the Class R
Certificates.
Residual Certificates ..... Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates . Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class
B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices set forth in Section 3.01(a) of this
Agreement.
Account: Any of the Collection Account, the Distribution Account,
any Escrow Account or the Excess Reserve Fund Account. Each Account shall be an
Eligible Account.
Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date for each Class of the LIBOR Certificates or the Class N
Certificates, the amount of interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate on the related Class Certificate
Balance or Class N Notional Amount, as applicable, immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, as reduced by such Class's share of Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for the related Due Period
allocated to such Class pursuant to Section 4.02.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Interest Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at
any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Interest Rate less the
Expense Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the first Due Date on
which the related Mortgage Interest Rate adjusts as set forth in the related
Mortgage Note and each Due Date thereafter on which the Mortgage Interest Rate
adjusts as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Advance: Any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.
Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in
Section 10.07.
Advance Facility Notice: As defined in Section 10.07.
Advance Financing Person: The Person to whom the Servicer's rights
under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any P&I Advances or Servicing Advances
have been assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.
Advance Reimbursement Amounts: As defined in Section 10.07.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such first Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
or supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to the Certificates on any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount held in the Collection Account at the
close of business on the related Remittance Date on account of (i) Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
on the Mortgage Loans received after the end of the related Prepayment Period
and (ii) all Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans due after the end of the
related Due Period.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
LIBOR Certificates after distributions of principal on such Distribution Date
exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Appraised Value: (i) With respect to any First Lien Mortgage Loan,
the value of the related Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made for
the originator at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the sales
price of the Mortgaged Property at such time of origination, whichever is less,
and (ii) with respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the value, determined
pursuant to the Underwriting Guidelines, of the related Mortgaged Property as of
the origination of the Second Lien Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in the
case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value is based solely upon the
appraisal made at the time of origination of such refinanced Mortgage Loan.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form (other than the assignee's
name and recording information not yet returned from the recording office),
reflecting the sale of the Mortgage to the Trustee.
Available Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans to the extent received by the Trustee (x) the sum of (i) all
scheduled installments of interest (net of the related Expense Fees) and
principal due on the Due Date on such Mortgage Loans in the related Due Period
and received on or prior to the related Determination Date, together with any
P&I Advances in respect thereof; (ii) all Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds during the related Prepayment Period (in each
case, net of unreimbursed expenses incurred in connection with a liquidation or
foreclosure and unreimbursed Advances, if any); (iii) all partial or full
prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period
together with all Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer in connection
therewith (excluding Prepayment Premiums); and (iv) amounts received with
respect to such Distribution Date as the Substitution Adjustment Amount or
purchase price in respect of a Deleted Mortgage Loan or a Mortgage Loan
repurchased by the Responsible Party or the Depositor as of such Distribution
Date; reduced by (y) amounts in reimbursement for P&I Advances and Servicing
Advances previously made with respect to the Mortgage Loans and other amounts as
to which the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee (or co-trustee) are entitled
to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement.
Basic Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the Excess Overcollateralized Amount, if any, for
such Distribution Date.
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) if on such
Distribution Date the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of LIBOR Certificates is
based upon the WAC Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of interest such Class of
Certificates would otherwise be entitled to receive on such Distribution Date
had such rate been calculated as the sum of LIBOR and the applicable
Pass-Through Margin on such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date,
over (ii) the amount of interest payable on such Class of Certificates at the
WAC Cap and (B) the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for such Class of
Certificates for all previous Distribution Dates not previously paid, together
with interest thereon at a rate equal to the sum of LIBOR and the applicable
Pass-Through Margin for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date.
Basis Risk Payment: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the aggregate of the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts for such Distribution
Date; provided, however, that with respect to any Distribution Date, the Basis
Risk Payment shall not exceed the Class X Distributable Amount.
Best's: Best's Key Rating Guide, as the same shall be amended from
time to time.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions, in (a) the States of New
York, California, Texas and Illinois, (b) the State in which the Servicer's
servicing operations are located, or (c) the State in which the Trustee's
operations are located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of Certificates,
other than the Class N, Class X or Class R Certificates, 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 minus all
distributions of principal previously made with respect thereto and in the case
of any Subordinated Certificates, reduced by any Applied Realized Loss Amounts
applicable to such Class of Subordinated Certificates; provided, however, that
immediately following the Distribution Date on which a Subsequent Recovery is
distributed, the Class Certificate Balances of any Class or Classes of
Subordinated Certificates that have been previously reduced by Applied Realized
Loss Amounts will be increased, in order of seniority, by the amount of the
Subsequent Recovery distributed on such Distribution Date (up to the amount of
Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Class or Classes). The Class N,
Class X and Class R Certificates have no Certificate Balance.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not
to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be
taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage
Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however,
that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage
Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to
the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively
on a certification of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor in
determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an affiliate of the
Depositor.
Certification: As defined in Section 8.12(b).
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set
forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Certificates: The Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3
Certificates.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of
the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii)
the lesser of (A) 58.00% (rounded to two decimal places) of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class A-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class A-1."
Class A-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class A-2."
Class A-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class A-3."
Class B-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class B-1."
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date), and (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of
(A) 89.00% (rounded to two decimal places) of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if
any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class B-2."
Class B-2 Interest: The Upper-Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-2 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date), and (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the
lesser of (A) 91.30% (rounded to two decimal places) of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class B2-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-2 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-2 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Class B-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class B-3."
Class B-3 Interest: The Upper-Tier Regular Interest held by the
Class B-3 REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the
related footnote thereto.
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
B-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), and (G) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 93.80% (rounded to two decimal
places) of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization
Floor.
Class B3-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class B-3 REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class B-3 REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
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 LT-R Interest: The residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class M-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class M-1."
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), and (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 71.50%
(rounded to two decimal places) of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class M-2."
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the
lesser of (A) 83.00% (rounded to two decimal places) of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Floor.
Class M-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-3."
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 86.50 % (rounded to two decimal
places) of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class N Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class designation
of "Class N."
Class N Notional Amount: With respect to the Class N Certificates
and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Class N Notional
Amount reduced by the aggregate distributions made to the Class N Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.02 in reduction of the Class N Notional Amount.
Class R Certificates: The Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificates.
Class R-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class R-1."
Class R-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class
designation of "Class R-2."
Class UT-R Interest: The residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC
as described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class X Certificates: All Certificates bearing the Class designation
of "Class X."
Class X Distributable Amount: On any Distribution Date, (i) as a
distribution in respect of interest, the amount of interest that has accrued on
the Class X Interest and not applied as an Extra Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date, plus any such accrued interest remaining
undistributed from prior Distribution Dates, plus (ii) as a distribution in
respect of principal, any portion of the principal balance of the Class X
Interest which is distributable as an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount,
minus (iii) any amounts paid pursuant to Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(F).
Class X/N Regular Interest: A regular interest in the Class X REMIC
as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote
thereto.
Class X Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest held by the Class
X REMIC as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and the related
footnote thereto.
Class X-R Interest: The residual interest in the Class X REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement and the related footnote thereto.
Class X REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Closing Date: April 29, 2004.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Account: As defined in Section 3.10(a).
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio: As of the date of origination and as
to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a)
the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Second Lien Mortgage
Loan as of the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding principal balance as
of the date of origination of any mortgage loan or mortgage loans that are
senior or equal in priority to the Second Lien Mortgage Loan and which are
secured by the same Mortgaged Property to (b) the Appraised Value.
Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a)
the Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date, with
respect to voluntary Principal Prepayments in Full by the Mortgagor (excluding
any payments made upon liquidation of the Mortgage Loan), and (b) the Servicing
Fee payable to the Servicer for such Distribution Date.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards, compensation and/or settlements
in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or
entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of California at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement is administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attn: Trust Administration-GS0401, facsimile no. (714)
247-6478 and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with
the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding Class and Corresponding REMIC: The class of interests
in any Trust REMIC created under this Agreement that corresponds to the class of
interests in another such Trust REMIC or to a Class of Certificates and the
Trust REMIC in which the corresponding Certificate represents the related
regular interest issued for such Trust REMIC in the manner set out below:
Corresponding
Lower Tier Upper Tier Certificates or Corresponding
Regular Interest Regular Interest Regular Interest REMIC
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Class LT-A-1 Class A-1 Class A-1 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-2 Class A-2 Class A-2 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-A-3 Class A-3 Class A-3 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-1 Class M-1 Class M-1 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-2 Class M-2 Class M-2 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-M-3 Class M-3 Class M-3 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-B-1 Class B-1 Class B-1 Upper Tier REMIC
Class LT-B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2 REMIC
Class LT-B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3 REMIC
N/A Class X Class X/N Class X REMIC
Cumulative Loss Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
Cumulative Loss Event occurs if the Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds the
applicable percentage set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:
Distribution Date Occurring In Loss Percentage
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May 2007 through April 2008 5.00% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance
May 2008 through April 2009 5.25% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance
May 2009 through April 2010 5.50% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance
May 2010 and thereafter 6.25% of the Cut-Off Date Pool Principal
Balance
Cumulative Loss Percentage: As of any date of determination, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans for the period from the Cut-off
Date to the date of determination and the denominator of which is the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
Custodial File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Trustee consisting of items (a) - (h) as listed on Exhibit K
hereto.
Cut-off Date: April 1, 2004.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: The aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off 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 (after
giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not
received).
Data Tape Information: The information provided by the Responsible
Party as of the Cut-off Date to the Depositor setting forth the following
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Responsible Party's
Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor's name; (3) the street
address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code; (4) a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, a second home
or investment property; (5) the number and type of residential units
constituting the Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family residence, a 2-4
family residence, a unit in a condominium project or a unit in a planned unit
development, manufactured housing); (6) the original months to maturity or the
remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in any case based on the
original amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the
same manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (7) with respect to
First Lien Mortgage Loans, the Loan-to-Value Ratio, and with respect to the
Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (8)
the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the
Scheduled Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not
consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated
maturity date; (11) the amount of the Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off Date;
(12) the last payment date on which a Scheduled Payment was actually applied to
pay interest and the outstanding principal balance; (13) the original principal
amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of
principal due and collected on or before the Cut-off Date; (15) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Adjustment Date; (16) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (17) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the
Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code
indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage
Note; (20) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first
lien, second lien); (21) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e.,
purchase, rate and term refinance, equity take-out refinance); (22) a code
indicating the documentation style (i.e., full documentation, limited
documentation or stated income); (23) the loan credit classification (as
described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (24) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a Prepayment Premium; (25) the Prepayment Premium period of such
Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (26) a description of the Prepayment Premium, if
applicable; (27) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (28) the credit
risk score (FICO score) at origination; (29) the date of origination; (30) the
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (31) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor;
(32) the Mortgage Interest Rate calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple
interest, other); (33) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has been
modified; (34) with respect to First Lien Mortgage Loans, the current
Loan-to-Value Ratio, and with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the current
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio; (35) the one year payment history; (36) the Due
Date for the first Scheduled Payment; (37) the original Scheduled Payment due;
(38) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (39) the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; and (40) the sales price of the
Mortgaged Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in connection with the
purchase of the Mortgaged Property. With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average
Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average
maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the United
States Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which
became final and non-appealable, except for such a reduction resulting from a
Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the United States
Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical
Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(d).
Delinquency Ratio: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent to a fraction (a) the numerator of which equals the
aggregate Stated Principal Balances of all 90+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans and
(b) the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date. Solely for purposes of calculating
the Delinquency Ratio, 90+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans shall include Mortgage
Loans with respect to which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the
last day of the prior Due Period, three months or more past due (without giving
effect to any grace period) and which are in foreclosure, converted to REO
property or for which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or
the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor: GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation, and
its successors 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 Institution: Any depository institution or trust company,
including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that
are rated P-1 by Moody's and A-1 by Standard & Poor's.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the 18th
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or if such
18th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 18th
day.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.27(b) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company in trust for registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1." Funds in the Distribution Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement and may be invested in Permitted Investments.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the
initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in May 2004.
Document Certification and Exception Report: The report attached to
Exhibit F hereto.
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Scheduled Payment is due
on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the calendar month preceding the month in which
the Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the calendar month
in which the Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: Either (i) an account maintained with a federal or
state chartered depository institution or trust company the short-term unsecured
debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust
company that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of such holding company) are rated "A-1" by Standard & Poor's and
"P-1" by Moody's (and a comparable rating if another Rating Agency is specified
by the Depositor by written notice to the Servicer) at the time any amounts are
held on deposit therein, (ii) a trust account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company 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.
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 Prohibited
Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002) (or any
successor thereto), or any substantially similar administrative exemption
granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09(b).
Escrow Payments: As defined in Section 3.09(b) of this Agreement.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Overcollateralized Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralized Amount on such
Distribution Date over (b) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Excess Reserve Fund Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.27(a) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Regular Certificateholders and designated
"Deutsche Bank National Trust Company in trust for registered holders of GSAMP
Trust 2004-NC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1." Funds in
the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be held in trust for the Regular
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Amounts on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall not be invested.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal
to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate.
Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Servicing Fee
and the Trustee Fee.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (x) the related Total Monthly Excess Spread for such Distribution
Date and (y) the related Overcollateralization Deficiency for such Distribution
Date.
Xxxxxx Mae: The Federal National Mortgage Association and its
successors in interest.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Final Recovery Determination: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased
by the Responsible Party as contemplated by this Agreement), a determination
made by the Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Servicer, in its
reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect
thereof have been so recovered. The Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by
a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: The Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for each Class of Certificates is the Distribution Date in each of the
following months:
Month of
Final Scheduled
Distribution Date
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Class A-1 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class A-2 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class A-3 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class M-1 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class M-2 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class M-3 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class B-1 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class B-2 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class B-3 Certificates.................................... March 2034
Class N Certificates...................................... March 2034
Class X Certificates...................................... March 2034
Class R Certificates...................................... March 2034
First Lien Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by a first lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
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: MBS Monitoring - GSAMP Trust
2004-NC1, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the Depositor,
the Servicer and the Trustee.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate Mortgage Loan.
Forbearance: As defined in Section 3.07(a).
Xxxxxxx Mac: 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, and its successors in interest.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note to be added
to the applicable Index to determine the Mortgage Interest Rate.
High Cost Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a "high
cost" loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a
"high cost," "threshold," "covered" or "predatory" loan under any other
applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using
different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or
additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest
rates, points and/or fees).
Index: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index from time
to time in effect for the adjustment of the Mortgage Interest Rate set forth as
such on the related Mortgage Note.
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: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Non-Delay
Certificates, the Class N Certificates and each Class of Lower Tier Regular
Interests and any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the Distribution
Date occurring in the month preceding the month in which the current
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the day immediately preceding the current
Distribution Date. In the case of the first Distribution Date, the Interest
Accrual Period is the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding such first Distribution Date), except for the Class N Certificates,
which is the period from and including April 25, 2004 to but excluding such
first Distribution Date). For purposes of computing interest accruals on each
Class of Non-Delay Certificates, each Interest Accrual Period has the actual
number of days in such month and each year is assumed to have 360 days. For
purposes of computing interest accruals on the Class N Certificates, all
interest accrued on the Class N Certificates shall be calculated on the basis of
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day interest accrual periods.
Interest Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
and the Mortgage Loans, that portion of Available Funds attributable to interest
relating to the Mortgage Loans.
Investment Account: As defined in Section 3.12(a).
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due
Period, all amounts received after the Remittance Date immediately following
such Due Period, whether as late payments of Scheduled Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
Lender: As defined in Section 10.07.
LIBOR: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR
Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR
Determination Date on the basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar
deposits as such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such date; provided, that if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750, the rate for such date will be determined on the basis of the rates at
which one-month U.S. dollar deposits are offered by the Reference Banks at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date to prime banks in the London
interbank market. In such event, the Trustee will request the principal London
office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at
least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If fewer than two quotations are provided as
requested, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee (after
consultation with the Depositor), at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such date for one-month U.S. dollar deposits of leading European banks.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
LIBOR Determination Date: With respect to any Interest Accrual
Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.
Lifetime Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the terms of each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest
Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more
than the amount per annum set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated or
charged off in the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Servicer has certified (in accordance with this Agreement)
that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final disposition of an REO
Property.
Liquidation Event: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of the
following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage Loan is
removed from coverage under this Agreement by reason of its being purchased,
sold or replaced pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement. With respect
to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO Property is
removed from coverage under this Agreement by reason of its being purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.
Liquidation Proceeds: The amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or those received following the acquisition of REO
Property, Cash received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan, whether through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise,
including any Subsequent Recoveries.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the original outstanding principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), to
either (a) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the
related Mortgaged Property, the least of (i) the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property, (ii) the Appraisal Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination, or
(iii) the Review Appraisal Value of the Mortgaged Property; or (b) if the
Mortgage Loan was a refinancing or modification, the Appraisal Value of the
Mortgaged Property at the time of the refinancing or modification.
London Business Day: Any day on which dealings in deposits of United
States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
Lower Tier Regular Interest: Each of the Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2,
Class LT-A-3, Class LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class LT-B-1, Class
LT-B-2, Class LT-B-3 and Class LT-Accrual Interests as described in the
Preliminary Statement.
Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Lower Tier Principal Amount: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Monthly Statement: The statement made available to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. 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 Mortgage
Pass-Through Group, or such other address as Moody's may hereafter furnish to
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing a Mortgage Note, including all riders
thereto.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
contained in either the Servicing File or Custodial File.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes,
without limitation, the Mortgage File, the Custodial File, the Servicing File,
the Scheduled Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition proceeds, Prepayment
Premiums and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from
or in connection with such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased
Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Loan Documents: The mortgage loan documents pertaining to
each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans annexed hereto
as Schedule I, such schedule setting forth the following information with
respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date: (1) the Responsible
Party's Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor's name; (3) the
street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code;
(4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, a second
home or investment property; (5) the number and type of residential units
constituting the Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family residence, a 2-4
family residence, a unit in a condominium project or a unit in a planned unit
development, manufactured housing); (6) the original months to maturity or the
remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in any case based on the
original amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the
same manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (7) with respect to
First Lien Mortgage Loans, the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination, and with
respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, at
origination; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date; (9) the date
on which the Scheduled Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is
not consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date; (10) the
stated maturity date; (11) the amount of the Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off
Date; (12) the last payment date on which a Scheduled Payment was actually
applied to pay interest and the outstanding principal balance; (13) the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction
of payments of principal due and collected on or before the Cut-off Date; (15)
with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Adjustment Date; (16) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (17) with respect
to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the
Mortgage Note; (18) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code
indicating the type of Index; (19) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage
Note; (20) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Mortgage
Interest Rate Floor under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (21) the type of
Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first lien, second lien); (22)
a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, rate and term
refinance, equity take-out refinance); (23) a code indicating the documentation
style (i.e., full, alternative or reduced); (24) the loan credit classification
(as described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (25) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a Prepayment Premium; (26) the Prepayment Premium period of such
Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (27) a description of the Prepayment Premium, if
applicable; (28) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (29) the credit
risk score (FICO score) at origination; (30) the date of origination; (31) the
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (32) the Mortgage Interest Rate
adjustment percentage; (33) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (34) the Mortgage
Interest Rate calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple interest, other); (35) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is assumable; (36) a code indicating
whether the Mortgage Loan has been modified; (37) the one year payment history;
(38) the Due Date for the first Scheduled Payment; (39) the original Scheduled
Payment due; (40) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income
ratio; (41) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; and (42) the sales
price of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in
connection with the purchase of the Mortgaged Property. With respect to the
Mortgage Loans in the aggregate: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the
current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the
weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the
weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, including all riders thereto.
Mortgaged Property: The real property (or leasehold estate, if
applicable) identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing repayment of
the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow: For any Distribution Date the amount
remaining for distribution pursuant to subsection 4.02(a)(iii) (before giving
effect to distributions pursuant to such subsection).
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date, the
amount by which the sum of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls exceeds the sum of
the Compensating Interest payments made on such Distribution Date.
90+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, three months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace
period).
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance: Any P&I Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed P&I Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related late
payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance: Any Servicing Advances previously
made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
which, in the good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the
case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable from
related Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, 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.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by an officer of the
Servicer with responsibility for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and listed
on a list delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
in-house counsel for the Servicer or the Subservicer, reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee; provided, that any Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) qualification
of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, must
be (unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of Counsel) an opinion of counsel
who (i) is in fact independent of the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does
not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in the Servicer of
the Mortgage Loans or in an affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with
the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee, director or person
performing similar functions.
Optional Termination Date: The date determined by the Servicer and
specified in a written notice to the Trustee, which may occur on or after the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of the related Due Period, is equal to 10.00%
or less of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.
Original Class N Notional Amount: $20,574,000.
OTS: Office of Thrift Supervision, and any successor thereto.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with
a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Overcollateralized Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the excess,
if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for
such Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances
of the LIBOR Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
the payment of the Principal Remittance Amount on such Certificates on such
Distribution Date).
Overcollateralization Deficiency: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount
applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralized Amount
applicable to such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Floor: With respect to any Distribution Date,
0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the Total Monthly Excess Spread.
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.
P&I Advance: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance
made by the Servicer in respect of any Remittance Date representing the
aggregate of all payments of principal and interest, net of the Servicing Fee,
that were due during the related Due Period on the Mortgage Loans and that were
delinquent on the related Remittance Date, plus certain amounts representing
assumed payments not covered by any current net income on the Mortgaged
Properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as determined
pursuant to Section 4.01.
Pass-Through Margin: With respect to each Class of Regular
Certificates, the following percentages: Class A-1 Certificates, 0.100%; Class
A-2 Certificates, 0.200%; Class A-3 Certificates, 0.390%; Class M-1
Certificates, 0.550%, Class M-2 Certificates, 1.120%, Class M-3 Certificates,
1.350%, Class B-1 Certificates, 1.750%, Class B-2 Certificates, 2.000% and Class
B-3 Certificates, 3.000%. On the first Distribution Date after the Optional
Termination Date, the Pass-Through Margins shall increase to: Class A-1
Certificates, 0.200%; Class A-2 Certificates, 0.400%; Class A-3 Certificates,
0.780%; Class M-1 Certificates, 0.825%, Class M-2 Certificates, 1.680%, Class
M-3 Certificates, 2.025%, Class B-1 Certificates, 2.625%, Class B-2
Certificates, 3.000% and Class B-2 Certificates, 4.500%.
Pass-Through Rate: For each Class of Certificates (other than the
Class X and Class N Certificates), the Class X/N Regular Interest, each Upper
Tier Regular Interest and each Lower Tier Regular Interest, the per annum rate
set forth or calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary Statement.
With respect to the Class N Certificates, 5.00% per annum.
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.
Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage
Note related to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute
maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or
decrease on an Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate
previously in effect. The Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Cap for each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor: The provision of each
Mortgage Note related to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an
absolute minimum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase
or decrease on an Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate
previously in effect. The Periodic Mortgage Interest Rate Floor for each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Permitted Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations
or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless
of whether issued by the Servicer, the Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or
bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not
more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no
event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining
maturity of more than 30 days) denominated in United States dollars and
issued by any Depository Institution and rated P-1 by Moody's and A-1+ by
S&P;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described
in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository Institution (acting as
principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that are
issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof and that are rated by each Rating Agency
that rates such securities in its highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount
obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a
specified date not more than 30 days after the date of acquisition
thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in
its highest short-term unsecured debt rating available at the time of such
investment;
(vi) units of money market funds, including money market funds
advised by the Depositor or the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have
been rated "Aaa" by Moody's and "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by Standard & Poor's;
and
(vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any other
demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or
investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a permitted
investment of funds backing "Aaa" or "AAA" rated securities;
provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, international organization or
any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax
imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to
any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) a Person that is not a U.S.
Person or a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from a Residual Certificate
is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of such Person or any other U.S.
Person, (vi) an "electing large partnership" within the meaning of Section 775
of the Code 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 Trust REMIC 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 Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the
related Due Period.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Remittance Date,
the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Prepayment Period
the subject of a Principal Prepayment that was applied by the Servicer to reduce
the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date preceding the
Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the product of
(a) the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the Servicing Fee Rate for such Mortgage
Loan, (b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment for such Mortgage Loan, (c)
1/360 and (d) the number of days commencing on the date on which such Principal
Prepayment was applied and ending on the last day of the related Prepayment
Period.
Prepayment Period: With respect to any Remittance Date, the calendar
month preceding the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
Prepayment Premium: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge
collected by the Servicer with respect to a Mortgage Loan from a Mortgagor in
connection with any voluntary Principal Prepayment in Full pursuant to the terms
of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) the Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii)
the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment: Any full or partial payment or other recovery
of principal on a Mortgage Loan (including upon liquidation of a Mortgage Loan)
which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, excluding any Prepayment
Premium and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing
scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to
the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) with
respect to the related Due Period: (i) each scheduled payment of principal on a
Mortgage Loan due during such Due Period and received by the Servicer on or
prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the Servicer prior to the
related Remittance Date, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received during the
related Prepayment Period, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds
and Insurance Proceeds on the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal actually
collected by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iv) the portion
of the Repurchase Price allocable to principal with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the repurchase obligation for which arose during the related Prepayment
Period, that was repurchased during the period from the prior Distribution Date
through the Remittance Date for the current Distribution Date, (v) the principal
portion of all Substitution Adjustment Amounts with respect to the substitutions
of Mortgage Loans that occur during the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, and (vi) the allocable portion of the proceeds
received with respect to the termination of the Trust Fund (to the extent such
proceeds relate to principal).
Privacy Laws: Title V of the Gramm Xxxxx Xxxxxx Act of 1999, as
amended, and all applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated April 22,
2004, relating to the Offered Certificates.
PTCE 95-60: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
PUD: A planned unit development.
Purchase Agreements: The Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreements, dated as of February 5, 2004 and February 18, 2004, respectively,
between the Purchaser and the Responsible Party.
Purchaser: Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited
partnership, and its successors in interest, as purchaser of the Mortgage Loans
under the Purchase Agreements.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References
herein to a given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such
rating category without giving effect to any modifiers. For purposes of Section
10.05(b), the addresses for notices to each Rating Agency shall be the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency, or such other address as either such Rating Agency may hereafter furnish
to the Depositor and the Servicer.
Realized Losses: With respect to any date of determination and any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (a) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon exceeds (b) the Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto net
of the expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan and net of any amount of unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date;
provided, however, that for any Certificate issued in definitive form, the
Record Date shall be the close of business on the last day of the month
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date (or if such day is not a
Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.04.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Relief Act Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible on
such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the
application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state
statutes.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
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.
Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, no later
than 12:30 PM, Central Time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
REO Disposition: The final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: As to any REO Property, for any period, an
amount equivalent to interest (at the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the
Servicing Fee Rate that would have been applicable to the related Mortgage Loan
had it been outstanding) on the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the date of acquisition thereof (as such balance is reduced pursuant to
Section 3.15 by any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of
principal).
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.
Reporting Date: The 18th day of each calendar month or the
immediately following Business Day if the 18th is not a Business Day.
Repurchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, an amount equal
to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
date of repurchase, (ii) interest on such unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Interest Rate from the last date through which
interest has been paid and distributed to the Trustee to the date of repurchase,
(iii) all unreimbursed Servicing Advances and (iv) all expenses incurred by the
Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, in respect of a breach or defect,
including, without limitation, expenses arising out of the Servicer's or
Trustee's, as the case may be, enforcement of the Responsible Party's repurchase
obligation, to the extent not included in clause (iii), and (iv) any costs and
damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation by such Mortgage
Loan of any predatory lending law or abusive lending law.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit J.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, any associate or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers who at such time shall be officers 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 and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
Responsible Party: NC Capital Corporation, a California corporation,
and its successors in interest.
Review Appraisal Value: As defined in the Underwriting Guidelines.
Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the average
of the Delinquency Ratio for each of the three (1 or 2 in the case of the first
three Distribution Dates, as the case may be) immediately preceding Due Periods.
Rule 144A Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
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.
Second Lien Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien
Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Enhancement Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the Subordinated Certificates and (ii) the
Overcollateralized Amount (in each case after taking into account the
distributions of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date)
by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Senior Specified Enhancement Percentage: As of any date of
determination, 42.00%.
Servicer: When the term "Servicer" is used in this Agreement prior
to the Servicing Transfer Date, New Century, and on and after the Servicing
Transfer Date, Xxxxxx, unless the context otherwise requires.
Servicer's Assignee: As defined in Section 10.07.
Servicer Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.03(d).
Servicing Advances: The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Servicer in the performance of
its servicing obligations in connection with a default, delinquency or other
unanticipated event, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and
litigation, in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management
(including reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO
Property and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.09,
3.13 and 3.15. The Servicer shall not be required to make any Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate, and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs. Such fee shall be payable monthly, and shall be pro
rated for any portion of a month during which the Mortgage Loan is serviced by
the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicing Fee is payable solely from the
interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and proceeds received with
respect to REO Properties, to the extent permitted by Section 3.11) of such
Scheduled Payment collected by the Servicer or as otherwise provided under
Section 3.11.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per
annum.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Servicer consisting of originals or copies of all documents in
the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the Trustee in the Custodial File
and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Exhibit K hereto.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the 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 Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as
such list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Rights: Any and all of the following: (a) all rights and
obligations to service the Mortgage Loans; (b) any compensation for servicing
the Mortgage Loans; (c) any late fees, penalties or similar payments with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than prepayment penalties); (d) all
agreements or documents creating, defining or evidencing any such servicing
rights to the extent they relate to such servicing rights; (e) any interest on
Escrow Accounts allowed by law or other similar payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and any amounts actually collected with respect thereto; (f) all
accounts and other rights to payment related to any of the property described in
this paragraph; (g) the right to possess and use any and all servicing files,
servicing records, data tapes, computer records, or other information pertaining
to the Mortgage Loans to the extent relating to the past, present or prospective
servicing of the Mortgage Loans; and (h) all rights, powers and privileges
incident to any of the foregoing.
Servicing Rights Pledgee: One or more lenders, selected by the
Servicer, to which the Servicer may pledge and assign all of its right, title
and interest in, to and under this Agreement pursuant to and as provided in
Section 6.06, including Wachovia Bank, National Association as the
representative of certain lenders.
Servicing Transfer Date: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, May 1,
2004, or such other date as to which servicing of such Mortgage Loan transfers
to Xxxxxx.
Similar Law: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, two months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period).
Specified Overcollateralized Amount: Prior to the Stepdown Date, an
amount equal to 3.10% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance. On and after
the Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 6.20% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, subject, until the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced
to zero, to a minimum amount equal to the Overcollateralization Floor; provided,
however, that if, on any Distribution Date, a Trigger Event has occurred, the
Specified Overcollateralized Amount shall not be reduced to the applicable
percentage of the then current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans until the Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event is no longer
occurring.
SPV: As defined in Section 10.07.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. If Standard & Poor's is designated as a Rating
Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the
address for notices to Standard & Poor's shall be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance
Group - GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1, or such other address as Standard & Poor's may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee.
Start-up Day: As defined in Section 2.06.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan and as of any
date of determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the
Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such
date, minus (ii) all amounts previously remitted to the Trustee with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal
including advances in respect of scheduled payments of principal. For purposes
of any Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan will
give effect to any scheduled payments of principal received by the Servicer on
or prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the Servicer for the
related Remittance Date and any unscheduled principal payments and other
unscheduled principal collections received during the related Prepayment Period.
Stepdown Date: The earlier to occur of (a) the date on which the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates have been
reduced to zero, and (b) the later to occur of (i) the Distribution Date in May
2007, and (ii) the first Distribution Date on which the Senior Enhancement
Percentage is greater than or equal to the Senior Specified Enhancement
Percentage.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subsequent Recoveries: Amounts received with respect to any Mortgage
Lien or Mortgaged Property that has previously been liquidated or otherwise
disposed of.
Subservicer: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Subservicing Account: As defined in Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreements: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the
Responsible Party 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 J, (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; and (v) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term
pursuant to Section 2.03(g).
Tax Service Contract: As defined in Section 3.09(a).
Telerate Page 3750: The display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for displaying comparable rates or prices).
Termination Price: As defined in Section 9.01.
Total Monthly Excess Spread: As to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the excess if any, of (i) the interest collected on the Mortgage Loans
received by the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date or
advanced by the Servicer for the related Remittance Date (net of Expense Fees)
over (ii) the sum of the interest payable to the Classes of Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i).
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit: As defined in Section 5.02(c).
Transferor Certificate: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Trigger Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Trigger
Event exists if (i) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the rolling
three month average of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of 60+ Day
Delinquent Mortgage Loans, divided by (2) the aggregate unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period, equals or
exceeds 38.00% of the Senior Enhancement Percentage as of the last day of the
prior Due Period or (ii) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Cut-off Date through the
last day of the related Prepayment Period divided by (y) the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance, exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with
respect to such Distribution Date:
Distribution Date Occurring In Loss Percentage
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May 2007 through April 2008 3.500% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 1.750% for each month
thereafter (e.g., approximately 3.646% in
June 2007)
May 2008 through April 2009 5.250% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 1.500% for each month
thereafter (e.g., approximately 5.375% in
June 2008)
May 2009 through April 2010 6.750% for the first month, plus an
additional 1/12th of 0.500% for each month
thereafter (e.g., approximately 6.792% in
June 2009)
May 2010 and thereafter 7.250%
Trust: The express trust created hereunder in Section 2.01(c).
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 related Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which
were due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the related Cut-off Date; (ii) the
Collection Account, Excess Reserve Fund Account, the Distribution Account, and
all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; and (iv) all proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Trust REMIC: Any of the Lower Tier REMIC, the Upper Tier REMIC, the
Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC.
Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its successors
and, if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to one month's interest at the related Trustee Fee Rate on the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution
Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Distribution Date) or,
in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment
in Full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Trustee Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment
of interest.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.0063% per
annum.
Trustee Float Period: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
related amounts in the Distribution Account, the period commencing on the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date and ending on such
Distribution Date.
U.S. Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a
corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created or
organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any
State thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) a
partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in
the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any state
thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided
otherwise by future Treasury regulations); (iv) an estate whose income is
includible in gross income for United States income tax purposes regardless of
its source; or (v) 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 U.S. Persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent
provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20,
1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue to
be U.S. Persons.
Underwriters' Exemption: Any exemption listed in footnote 1 of, and
amended by, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002),
or any successor exemption.
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines attached to the
Purchase Agreements.
Unpaid Interest Amounts: As of any Distribution Date and any Class
of Certificates, the sum of (a) the portion of the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount from prior Distribution Dates remaining unpaid and (b)
except with respect to the Class N Certificates, interest on such unpaid amount
at the applicable Pass-Through Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
Upper Tier Regular Interest: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
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 the Class N
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), (b) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class X
Certificates, if any, and (c) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in proportion to the
Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such date; provided,
however, on and after the date on which the Class N Notional Amount Certificates
is reduced to zero, the percentage of all the Voting Rights allocated among the
Holders of the Class N Certificates shall be 0% and the percentage of all the
Voting Rights allocated among the Holder of the Class X Certificates shall be
2%.
WAC Cap: With respect to the Mortgage Loans as of any Distribution
Date, the product of (i) the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Interest Rates then in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period on the
Mortgage Loans, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period
related to such Distribution Date.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. (a) The Depositor,
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Trust Fund and the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
hereby accepts the Trust Fund.
(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents or instruments
with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note (except for up to 0.49% of the
Mortgage Notes for which there is a lost note affidavit and the copy of
the Mortgage Note) bearing all intervening endorsements showing a complete
chain of endorsement from the originator to the last endorsee, endorsed
"Pay to the order of _____________, without recourse" and signed in the
name of the last endorsee by an authorized officer. To the extent that
there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes for endorsements, the
endorsement may be contained on an allonge, if state law so allows and the
Trustee is so advised by the Depositor that state law so allows;
(ii) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(iii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified true copy of such Mortgage submitted for recording. If in
connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Responsible Party cannot deliver or
cause to be delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon on or prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the
public recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for
recordation or because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public
recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the Responsible
Party shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, a photocopy
of such Mortgage, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the
public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the Responsible Party
(or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney)
stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage
or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be
a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be
promptly delivered to the Trustee upon receipt thereof by the Responsible
Party; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage 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, a copy of such
Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage;
(iv) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, (if provided), with evidence of recording thereon or
a certified true copy of such agreement submitted for recording;
(v) the original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
endorsed in blank and in recordable form;
(vi) the originals of all intervening Assignments of Mortgage (if
any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the applicable
originator to the last endorsee with evidence of recording thereon, or if
any such intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable
recording office or has been lost or if such public recording office
retains the original recorded Assignments of Mortgage, the Responsible
Party shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, a photocopy
of such intervening assignment, together with (A) in the case of a delay
caused by the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the
Responsible Party (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or
closing attorney) stating that such intervening Assignment of Mortgage has
been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation
and that such original recorded intervening Assignment of Mortgage or a
copy of such intervening Assignment of Mortgage certified by the
appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will be promptly
delivered to the Trustee upon receipt thereof by the Responsible Party; or
(B) in the case of an intervening assignment where a public recording
office retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in the case
where an intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded intervening assignment;
(vii) the original or duplicate lender's title policy and any riders
thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original or copy of
the preliminary title report or an original or copy of the title
commitment, and if, copies then certified by the title company; and
(viii) security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage (if provided).
Each Mortgage Loan for which a Mortgage Note is missing shall be
evidenced by a lost note affidavit as of the Closing Date. In the event, for
purposes of the Closing Date, one or more lost note affidavits are provided to
cover multiple missing Mortgage Notes, the Responsible Party shall deliver to
the Trustee the applicable individual lost note affidavits within ten (10)
Business Days of the Closing Date. If the Responsible Party fails to deliver the
required individual lost note affidavits within the specified period of time,
the Trustee shall notify the Responsible Party to take such remedial actions,
including, without limitation, the repurchase by the Responsible Party of such
Mortgage Loan within 30 days of the Closing Date.
The Responsible Party shall deliver to the Trustee the applicable
recorded document promptly upon receipt from the respective recording office but
in no event later than 120 days from the Closing Date.
From time to time, the Responsible Party shall forward, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans, to the Trustee additional original documents, additional
documents evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of
a Mortgage Loan approved by the Responsible Party, in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement. All such mortgage documents held by the Trustee as to each
Mortgage Loan shall constitute the "Custodial File."
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Responsible Party shall deliver
to the Trustee Assignments of Mortgages, in blank, for each Mortgage Loan. The
Responsible Party shall cause the Assignments of Mortgage with completed
recording information to be provided to the Servicer in a reasonably acceptable
manner. No later than thirty (30) Business Days following the later of the
Closing Date and the date of receipt by the Servicer of the fully completed
Assignments of Mortgages in recordable form, the Servicer shall promptly submit
or cause to be submitted for recording, at the expense of the Responsible Party,
at no expense to the Trust Fund, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor in
the appropriate public office for real property records, each Assignment of
Mortgage referred to in Section 2.01(b)(v). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, for administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing and to
reduce closing costs, the Assignments of Mortgage shall not be required to be
completed and submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan if the
Trustee and each Rating Agency has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory
in form and substance to the Trustee and each Rating Agency, to the effect that
the recordation of such Assignments of Mortgage in any specific jurisdiction is
not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the related Mortgage Note. If
the Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the Mortgage shall be assigned by
the Responsible Party at the Responsible Party's expense to "Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of April 1, 2004, GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1." In the event that any such
assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the
Responsible Party shall promptly prepare a substitute assignment to cure such
defect and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly recorded.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the
Trustee a copy of the Data Tape Information in electronic, machine readable
medium in a form mutually acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee. Within
ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver a copy
of the complete Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee.
In the event that such original or copy of any document submitted
for recordation to the appropriate public recording office is not so delivered
to the Trustee within 90 days following the Closing Date, and in the event that
the Responsible Party does not cure such failure within 30 days of discovery of
receipt of written notification of such failure from the Depositor, the related
Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the Depositor, be repurchased by the
Responsible Party at the price and in the manner specified in Section 2.03. The
foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that the
Responsible Party cannot deliver such original or copy of any document submitted
for recordation to the appropriate public recording office within the specified
period due to a delay caused by the recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction; provided, that the Responsible Party shall instead deliver a
recording receipt of such recording office or, if such recording receipt is not
available, an officer's certificate of an officer of the Responsible Party
confirming that such document has been accepted for recording.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
2.01, in those instances where the public recording office retains or loses the
original Mortgage or assignment after it has been recorded, the obligations of
the Responsible Party shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery by
the Responsible Party to the Trustee prior to the Closing Date of a copy of such
Mortgage or assignment, as the case may be, certified (such certification to be
an original thereof) by the public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the recorded original thereof.
(c) The Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further
provisions of this Agreement and the laws of the State of New York, an express
trust (the "Trust") to be known, for convenience, as "GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1" and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is hereby appointed as Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that it is the policy and intention of the Trust to acquire only
Mortgage Loans meeting the requirements set forth in this Agreement, including
without limitation, the representations and warranties set forth in paragraph
(47) of Schedule IV to this Agreement.
(d) The Trust shall have the capacity, power and authority, and the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust is hereby authorized, to accept the sale,
transfer, assignment, set over and conveyance by the Depositor to the Trust of
all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund
(including, without limitation, the Mortgage Loans) pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans. The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the Initial
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E, and declares that it
holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it
pursuant to Section 2.01, 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 related Mortgage Notes in the State of California,
unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies.
Prior to and as a condition to the Closing, the Trustee shall
deliver via facsimile (with original to follow the next Business Day) to the
Depositor, Xxxxxx and New Century an Initial Certification prior to the Closing
Date, or as the Depositor agrees to, on the Closing Date, certifying receipt of
a Mortgage Note and Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan with any
exceptions thereon. The Trustee shall not be responsible to verify the validity,
sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall ascertain that all documents
required to be reviewed by it are in its possession, and shall deliver to the
Depositor, Xxxxxx and New Century an Initial Certification, in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit E, and shall deliver to the Depositor, Xxxxxx and New Century
a Document Certification and Exception Report, in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit F, within 90 days after the Closing Date to the effect that, as to each
Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan
paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification
as an exception and not covered by such certification): (i) all documents
required to be reviewed by it are in its possession; (ii) such documents have
been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage
Loan; (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the
information set forth in items (1), (2) and (13) of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and items (1), (2) and (13) of the Data Tape Information respecting such
Mortgage Loan is correct; and (iv) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed as
provided in Section 2.01 of this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible
to verify the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any
Custodial File.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Custodial
File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the execution
or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Custodial File as come into the possession of the Servicer from
time to time.
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Responsible Party and the Servicer. (a) Xxxxxx and New Century, severally and
not jointly, hereby make the representations and warranties set forth in
Schedule II and Schedule III hereto, respectively, to the Depositor and the
Trustee as of the Closing Date.
(b) The Responsible Party hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Schedule IV and Schedule V hereto, to the Depositor,
Xxxxxx, New Century and the Trustee.
(c) It is understood and agreed by Xxxxxx, New Century and the
Responsible Party that the representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 2.03 shall survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor
to the Trustee, and shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or
Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage
File. Upon discovery by any of the Responsible Party, the Depositor, the
Trustee, Xxxxxx or New Century of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the others.
(d) Within 30 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice
to the Responsible Party that any Mortgage Loan does not conform to the
requirements as determined in the Trustee's review of the related Custodial File
or within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the
Responsible Party of any breach of a representation or warranty set forth in
Section 2.03(b) that materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage
Loan or the interest of the Trustee or the Certificateholders therein, the
Responsible Party shall use its best efforts to cause to be remedied a material
defect in a document constituting part of a Mortgage File or promptly to cure
such breach in all material respects and, if such defect or breach cannot be
remedied, the Responsible Party shall, (i) if such 30 or 60 day period, as
applicable, expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove
such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and
substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Section 2.03, or (ii) at the Depositor's
option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price; provided,
however, that any such substitution pursuant to clause (i) above shall not be
effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required
by Section 2.04, if any, and a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit J, and the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage Loan. In the
event that a breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth in
Schedule IV, and such breach cannot be cured within 60 days of the earlier of
either discovery by or notice to the Responsible Party of such breach, all of
the Mortgage Loans shall, at the Depositor's option, be repurchased by the
Responsible Party at the Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
breach (x) which causes a Mortgage Loan not to constitute a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or (y) by the Responsible
Party of any of the representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (46),
(47), (48) or (58) of Schedule IV, in each case, will be deemed automatically to
materially and adversely affect the value of such Mortgage Loan and the
interests of the Trustee and Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan. In the
event that the Trustee receives notice of a breach by the Responsible Party of
any of the representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (46), (47),
(48) or (58) of Schedule IV, the Trustee shall give notice of such breach to the
Responsible Party and request the Responsible Party to repurchase the Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price within sixty (60) days of the Responsible Party's
receipt of such notice. The Responsible Party shall repurchase each such Deleted
Mortgage Loan within 30 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of notice
with respect to each such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
(e) With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
Responsible Party 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 Due Period of substitution shall not be part
of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Responsible Party on the next
succeeding Distribution Date. For the Due Period of substitution, distributions
to Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted
Mortgage Loan for such Due Period and thereafter the Responsible Party shall be
entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan.
(f) The Servicer shall, based on information provided by the
Responsible Party, 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 Servicer shall
deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. The Servicer shall
have no liability with respect to the information provided by the Responsible
Party related to the Substitute Mortgage Loan. Upon such substitution, the
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this
Agreement in all respects, and the Responsible Party shall be deemed to have
made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of
substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section
2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the
deposit to the Collection 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 Responsible
Party and shall execute and deliver at the Responsible Party's direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Responsible Party, in each
case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Responsible
Party, or its designee, the Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan
substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
(g) For any month in which the Responsible Party substitutes one or
more Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the
Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate unpaid
principal balance of all such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of
substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such
Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of
the Scheduled Payments due in the Due Period of substitution). The amount of
such shortage (the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus, if the Responsible
Party is not the Servicer, an amount equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed
Advances and Servicing Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans
shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Responsible Party on or
before the next Remittance Date.
(h) In addition to such repurchase obligation, the Responsible Party
shall indemnify the Depositor, any of its Affiliates, the Servicers, and the
Trustee and hold such parties harmless against any losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach by
the Responsible Party of any of its representations and warranties contained in
the Purchase Agreements or this Agreement.
(i) In the event that the Responsible Party shall have repurchased a
Mortgage Loan, the Repurchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10 on or before the next Remittance
Date and upon such deposit of the Repurchase Price and receipt of a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit J hereto, the Trustee shall release the related
Custodial File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person as
directed by the Servicer, 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, the Servicer or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section
2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Custodial Files to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04 Non-Qualified Mortgages. Upon discovery by the
Depositor, the Responsible Party, the Servicer or the Trustee that any Mortgage
Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly (and in
any event within five (5) Business Days of discovery) give written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require
the Responsible Party to repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 30 days of
the earlier of discovery or receipt of notice in the same manner as it would a
Mortgage Loan for a breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to
Section 2.03. The Trustee shall reconvey to the Responsible Party 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 2.05 Execution and Delivery of Certificates. The Trustee
acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and,
concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized denominations
evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The
Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above
for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates.
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters. The Preliminary Statement sets forth the
designations for federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby.
The "Start-up Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the Closing
Date. The "latest possible maturity date" is the Distribution Date in March,
2034, which is the Distribution Date following the latest Mortgage Loan maturity
date.
Amounts payable to the Class B-2 Certificates (other than any Basis
Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper Tier REMIC in
respect of the Class B-2 Interest to the Class B-2 REMIC as holder of the Class
B-2 Interest. Amounts payable to the Class B-3 Certificates (other than any
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts) shall be deemed paid from the Upper Tier REMIC
in respect of the Class B-3 Interest to the Class B-3 REMIC as holder of the
Class B-3 Interest. Amounts paid to the Class N and Class X Certificates (prior
to any reduction for any Basis Risk Payment) shall be deemed paid (i) first,
from the Upper Tier REMIC in respect of the Class X Interest to the Class X
REMIC as holder of the Class X Interest and from Prepayment Premiums held by the
Class X REMIC and (ii) then from the Class X REMIC in respect of the Class X/N
Regular Interest to the holders of the Class N and Class X Certificates. If the
Class N and Class X Certificates are held by more than one person and such
Persons do not hold both the Class N and Class X Certificates proportionately,
payments on the Class X/N Regular Interest shall be deemed paid to a
partnership, the partners of which are the Holders of Class N and the Class X
Certificates.
Section 2.07 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, Xxxxxx, New
Century and the Responsible Party that as of the date of this Agreement or as of
such date specifically provided herein:
(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(b) The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to convey
the Mortgage Loans and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement;
(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositor, all requisite corporate action having been
taken, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by
Xxxxxx, New Century and the Trustee, constitutes or will constitute the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general
equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or registration
or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required
for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Depositor
with this Agreement or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except as have been made on or prior to the
Closing Date;
(e) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
(i) conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or
constitutes or will constitute a default or results or will result in an
acceleration under (A) the charter or bylaws of the Depositor, or (B) of any
term, condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound; (ii)
results or will result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor of any court or governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its subsidiaries; or (iii)
results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which
would have a material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or
instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans;
(f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings before or against or
investigations of, the Depositor pending, or to the knowledge of the Depositor,
threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no
notice of any such action, which, in the Depositor's reasonable judgment, might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement;
(g) The Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency that may materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder; and
(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the
Depositor to the Trustee on the Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to,
and was the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other
Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each
Mortgage Loan to the Trustee. The transfer of each Mortgage Note and each
Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient
either (i) fully to transfer to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, all right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as
note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to grant to the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, the security interest referred to in Section 10.04.
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Section 2.07 shall survive delivery of the
respective Custodial Files to the Trustee or to a custodian, as the case may be,
and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee.
Within 30 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to
the Depositor of a breach of the representations and warranties set forth in
paragraph (h) above that materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Trustee or the Certificateholders therein,
the Depositor shall use its best efforts to promptly cure such breach in all
material respects and if such defect or breach cannot be remedied, the Depositor
shall either (i) if such 30-day period expires prior to the second anniversary
of the Closing Date, remove such 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 Section 2.03, or (ii) repurchase such Mortgage Loan
at the Repurchase Price. Any such substitution or repurchase shall be conducted
in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.03. The obligations of the
Depositor to cure such breach or to substitute or purchase any Mortgage Loan
constitute the sole remedies respecting a material breach of any such
representation or warranty to the Holders of the Certificates and the Trustee.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on
behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service and administer the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective
Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner
in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own
portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice
of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but
without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer, any Subservicer or any
Affiliate of the Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related
Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the
Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing
Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive
compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular
transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek
to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the
terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall
have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided
in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with
such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name
or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in
accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to execute and deliver
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 the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure
proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the
ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such
properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Servicer
shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable
state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required
to be provided to them thereby. The Servicer shall also comply in the
performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each
insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the
Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to
the Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate
to enable the Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and
administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Servicer,
and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such
duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after
foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Trustee
shall execute a separate power of attorney in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit O in favor of the Servicer for the purposes described herein to the
extent necessary or desirable to enable the Servicer to perform its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer or
any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as
necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and
assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing
Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the
Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11.
Any cost incurred by the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely
payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan
(except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Servicer shall not (i) permit any
modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage
Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions
resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date
on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting
from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state
statutes or (B) such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably
foreseeable or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of
any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such
Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed
Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to
fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on
"prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up day" under the
REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any
Prepayment Premiums.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this
Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Servicer
from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between the Servicer and
Subservicers.
(a) The Servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with
subservicers (each, a "Subservicer"), for the servicing and administration of
the Mortgage Loans ("Subservicing Agreements").
(b) Each Subservicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business in
the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service
are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the
Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing
Agreement, (ii) an institution approved as a mortgage loan originator by the
Federal Housing Administration or an institution that has deposit accounts
insured by the FDIC and (iii) a Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae approved mortgage
servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement must impose on the Subservicer
requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in Section 3.08 and provide
for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
The Servicer will examine each Subservicing Agreement and will be familiar with
the terms thereof. The terms of any Subservicing Agreement will not be
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer and the
Subservicers may enter into and make amendments to the Subservicing Agreements
or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements; provided, however,
that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not
violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or
different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected
to be materially adverse to the interests of the Trustee, without the consent of
the Trustee. Any variation without the consent of the Trustee from the
provisions set forth in Section 3.08 relating to insurance or priority
requirements of Subservicing Accounts, or credits and charges to the
Subservicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances by the
Subservicers to the Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent with
this Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor copies of all Subservicing Agreements, and any
amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon the Servicer's execution and
delivery of such instruments.
(c) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer
(except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph), for the
benefit of the Trustee, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under
the related Subservicing Agreement, including, without limitation, any
obligation to make advances in respect of delinquent payments as required by a
Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the
legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements, and the
pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to
such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, and shall
be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such
enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due
in respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery of
costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed.
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers. The Servicer shall be entitled
to terminate any Subservicing Agreement and the rights and obligations of any
Subservicer pursuant to any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement. In the event of termination of
any Subservicer, all servicing obligations of such Subservicer shall be assumed
simultaneously by the Servicer without any act or deed on the part of such
Subservicer or the Servicer, and the Servicer either shall service directly the
related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a
successor Subservicer which qualifies under Section 3.02.
Any Subservicing Agreement shall include the provision that such
agreement may be immediately terminated by the Depositor or the Trustee without
fee, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Servicer (including termination
due to an Event of Default).
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer. Notwithstanding any
Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference
to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee for the servicing and
administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.01 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
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 Servicer alone were servicing and administering such Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for
indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer and nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and
the Trustee. Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the
Servicer alone, and the Trustee (or any successor Servicer) shall not be deemed
a party thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or
liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 3.06.
The Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any Subservicer,
irrespective of whether the Servicer's compensation pursuant to this Agreement
is sufficient to pay such fees.
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee. In the event the Servicer at any time shall for any reason no longer be
the Servicer (including by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default), the
Trustee, or its designee, or the successor Servicer if the successor Servicer is
not the Trustee, shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the
Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered
into, with copies thereof provided to the Trustee prior to the Trustee assuming
such rights and obligations, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any
Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms as provided in Section 3.03.
Upon such assumption, the Trustee, its designee or the successor
servicer shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of the
Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each
Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if each Subservicing Agreement had
been assigned to the assuming party, except that (i) the Servicer shall not
thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any Subservicing
Agreement that arose before it ceased to be the Servicer and (ii) none of the
Depositor, the Trustee, their designees or any successor Servicer shall be
deemed to have assumed any liability or obligation of the Servicer that arose
before it ceased to be the Servicer.
The Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the Trustee,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each
Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) The
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under
the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and shall, to the extent such
procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions
of any applicable Insurance Policies, follow such collection procedures as it
would follow with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and
held for its own account. Consistent with the foregoing and Accepted Servicing
Practices, the Servicer may (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable,
any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due dates for the Scheduled Payments
due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than 180 days; provided, that
any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not affect the amortization
schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any computation hereunder, except
as provided below. In the event of any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii)
above, the Servicer shall make timely advances on such Mortgage Loan during such
extension pursuant to Section 4.01 and in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such
arrangements, subject to Section 4.01(d) pursuant to which the Servicer shall
not be required to make any such advances that are Nonrecoverable P&I Advances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default
or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the
Servicer, consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also
waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications
that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, forgive the payment of principal
or interest, or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept
payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal
Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the
postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise grant
indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers, modifications, variances,
forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively
referred to herein as "Forbearance"); provided, however, that the terms of any
Mortgage Loan may only be waived, modified or varied once following the Cut-Off
Date while the Mortgage Loan remains outstanding; provided, further, that the
final maturity date of any Mortgage Loan may not be extended beyond the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date for the LIBOR Certificates. The Servicer's analysis
supporting any Forbearance and the conclusion that any Forbearance meets the
standards of Section 3.01 shall be reflected in writing in the applicable
Servicing File. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may waive, in whole
or in part, a Prepayment Premium only under the following circumstances: (i)
such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would,
in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds
taking into account the value of such Prepayment Premium and the related
Mortgage Loan, (ii) such Prepayment Premium is not permitted to be collected by
applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (iii) the collection of
such Prepayment Premium would be considered "predatory" pursuant to written
guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local
regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction
over such matters, or (iv) the enforceability thereof is limited (1) by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating
to creditor's rights or (2) due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure
or other involuntary payment. If a Prepayment Premium is waived other than as
permitted above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived
Prepayment Premium, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class N and Class X
Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together
with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is
required to be deposited into the Collection Account; provided, however, that
the Servicer shall not have an obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected
Prepayment Premium if the failure to collect such amount is in the direct result
of inaccurate or incomplete information on the Mortgage Loan Schedule in effect
at such time.
(b) The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, each Rating
Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the
Collection Account within a reasonable period of time prior to any change
thereof.
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts. In those cases where a
Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement,
the Subservicer will be required to establish and maintain one or more accounts
(collectively, the "Subservicing Account"). The Subservicing Account shall be an
Eligible Account and shall otherwise be acceptable to the Servicer. The
Subservicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must be an
Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on
mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Subservicer's
receipt thereof, all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Subservicer less
its servicing compensation to the extent permitted by the Subservicing
Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit such amounts in the Subservicing
Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds
into the clearing account. The Subservicer shall thereafter deposit such
proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such proceeds to the Servicer for
deposit in the Collection Account not later than two Business Days after the
deposit of such amounts in the Subservicing Account. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the
Mortgage Loans when the Subservicer receives such payments.
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall ensure that each of the Mortgage Loans
shall be covered by a paid-in-full, life-of-the-loan tax service contract in
effect with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each, a "Tax Service Contract");
provided, that the Responsible Party transferred a Tax Service Contract to the
Servicer. Each Tax Service Contract shall be assigned to the Trustee, or its
designee, at the Servicer's expense in the event that the Servicer is terminated
as Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan.
(b) To the extent that the services described in this paragraph (b)
are not otherwise provided pursuant to the Tax Service Contracts described in
paragraph (a) hereof, the Servicer undertakes to perform such functions. To the
extent the related Mortgage Loan provides for Escrow Payments, the Servicer
shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or
more accounts (the "Escrow Accounts"), which shall be Eligible Accounts. The
Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must be an
Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on
mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Servicer's
receipt thereof, all collections from the Mortgagors (or related advances from
Subservicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors ("Escrow Payments")
collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall thereafter deposit such
Escrow Payments in the Escrow Accounts, in no event more than two Business Days
after the deposit of such funds in the clearing account, for the purpose of
effecting the payment of any such items as required under the terms of this
Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from an Escrow Account may be made only to (i)
effect payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, and comparable
items; (ii) reimburse the Servicer (or a Subservicer to the extent provided in
the related Subservicing Agreement) out of related collections for any advances
made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments) and
Section 3.13 (with respect to hazard insurance); (iii) refund to Mortgagors any
sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest, if required and as
described below, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account; (v) clear and
terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of the Servicer's obligations
and responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement; or
(vi) recover amounts deposited in error. As part of its servicing duties, the
Servicer or Subservicers shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Escrow
Accounts, to the extent required by law and, to the extent that interest earned
on funds in the Escrow Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest from its
or their own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. To the extent that a
Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine
whether any such payments are made by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time
that is necessary to avoid the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale
or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien. If any such payment has not been
made and the Servicer receives notice of a tax lien with respect to the Mortgage
Loan being imposed, the Servicer will, promptly and to the extent required to
avoid loss of the Mortgaged Property, advance or cause to be advanced funds
necessary to discharge such lien on the Mortgaged Property. The Servicer assumes
full responsibility for the payment of all such bills within such time and shall
effect payments of all such bills irrespective of the Mortgagor's faithful
performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments and
shall make advances from its own funds to effect such payments; provided,
however, that such advances are deemed to be Servicing Advances.
Section 3.10 Collection Account. (a) On behalf of the Trustee, the
Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and
maintained, one or more Eligible Accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Collection Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. On behalf
of the Trustee, the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
clearing account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in which it
customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection
with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event
more than one Business Day after the Servicer's receipt thereof, and shall
thereafter deposit in the Collection Account, in no event more than two Business
Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account, as and when
received or as otherwise required hereunder, the following payments and
collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
respect of principal or interest on the related Mortgage Loans due on or before
the Cut-off Date), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it
on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a Due Period subsequent
thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the related
Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds to the extent
such Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are not to be applied to
the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the
related Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of law or in
accordance with prudent and customary servicing practices and Liquidation
Proceeds;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.12
in connection with any losses realized on Permitted Investments with
respect to funds held in the Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to
the second paragraph of Section 3.13(a) in respect of any blanket policy
deductibles;
(vi) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or purchased in
accordance with this Agreement; and
(vii) all Prepayment Premiums collected by the Servicer.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, NSF
fees, reconveyance fees, assumption fees and other similar fees and charges need
not be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account and shall, upon
collection, belong to the Servicer as additional compensation for its servicing
activities. In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw
such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b) Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The
Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Depositor of the location of
the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof.
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account. (a) The
Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Collection Account
for any of the following purposes or as described in Section 4.01:
(i) on or prior to the Remittance Date, to remit to the Trustee (A)
the Trustee Fee with respect to such Distribution Date and (B) all
Available Funds in respect of the related Distribution Date together with
all amounts representing Prepayment Premiums from the Mortgage Loans
received during the related Prepayment Period;
(ii) to reimburse the Servicer for P&I Advances, but only to the
extent of amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the
related Servicing Fees) of Scheduled Payments on Mortgage Loans with
respect to which such P&I Advances were made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.01;
(iii) to pay the Servicer or any Subservicer (A) any unpaid
Servicing Fees or (B) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of any Late Collections,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or other
amounts as may be collected by the Servicer from a Mortgagor, or otherwise
received with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property);
(iv) to pay to the Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition
to the Servicing Fee) on the Remittance Date any interest or investment
income earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;
(v) to pay to the Responsible Party, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has previously been repurchased or replaced pursuant to this
Agreement all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase
or substitution, as the case may be;
(vi) to reimburse the Servicer for any P&I Advance or Servicing
Advance previously made which the Servicer has determined to be a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01;
(vii) to pay, or to reimburse the Servicer for advances in respect
of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.15;
(viii) to reimburse the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee for
expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Servicer, the Depositor or the
Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03 or Section 8.05;
(ix) to reimburse the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
for expenses reasonably incurred in respect of the breach or defect giving
rise to the repurchase obligation under Section 2.03 of this Agreement
that were included in the Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loan, including
any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation,
to the extent not otherwise paid pursuant to the terms hereof;
(x) to withdraw any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in
error;
(xi) to withdraw any amounts held in the Collection Account and not
required to be remitted to the Trustee on the Remittance Date occurring in
the month in which such amounts are deposited into the Collection Account,
to reimburse the Servicer for xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances; and
(xii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon termination
of this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Collection Account, to the extent held by or on behalf of
it, pursuant to subclauses (a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and
(ix) above. The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Depositor, on
or prior to the next succeeding Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals
from the Collection Account pursuant to subclause (a)(vi) above.
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account. (a) The Servicer may invest the funds in the Collection
Account and the Trustee may invest funds in the Distribution Account during the
Trustee Float Period, and shall (except during the Trustee Float Period), invest
such funds in the Distribution Account at the direction of the Depositor (for
purposes of this Section 3.12, such Accounts are referred to as an "Investment
Account"), in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a
discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand no later than the Business Day
immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn
from such account pursuant to this Agreement. All such Permitted Investments
shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in
an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee. The Trustee
shall be entitled to sole possession (except with respect to investment
direction of funds held in the related Account and any income and gain realized
thereon in any Account other than the Distribution Account during the Trustee
Float Period) over each such investment, and any certificate or other instrument
evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its
agent, together with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to
such investment to the Trustee. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment
Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand,
the Trustee may:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder,
demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such
Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an
amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable
thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such
date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder that such
Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted
Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the
Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Servicer, shall
be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal in the
manner set forth in Section 3.11. The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon
realization of such loss.
(c) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Distribution Account held by the Trustee, shall be for the
benefit of the Depositor (except for any income or gain realized from the
investment of funds on deposit in the Distribution Account during the Trustee
Float Period, which shall be for the benefit of the Trustee). The Depositor
shall deposit in the Distribution Account (except with respect to the Trustee
Float Period, in which case the Trustee shall so deposit) the amount of any loss
of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment made with
funds in such accounts immediately upon realization of such loss.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any
default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or
if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted
Investment, the Trustee shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of
appropriate proceedings.
(e) The Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive
additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Trustee's economic
self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder,
servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the
Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain
Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted
Investments.
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance, Errors and Omissions
and Fidelity Coverage. (a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the least of (i) the
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the amount necessary
to fully compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part
of such property on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum insurable
value of the improvements which are a part of such Mortgaged Property, in each
case in an amount not less than such amount as is necessary to avoid the
application of any coinsurance clause contained in the related hazard insurance
policy. The Servicer shall also cause to be maintained fire insurance with
extended coverage on each REO Property in an amount which is at least equal to
the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a
part of such property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan at the time it became an REO Property, plus accrued interest at
the Mortgage Interest Rate and related Servicing Advances. The Servicer will
comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of each insurer under any such hazard policies. Any amounts to be
collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the related
Mortgage or amounts to be released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
procedures that the Servicer would follow in servicing loans held for its own
account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage and
Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by the Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
distributions to the Trustee, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so
permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor 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 or REO Property is
at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards and flood insurance
has been made available, the Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood
insurance policy in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount
equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan and (ii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related
Mortgaged Property under the national flood insurance program (assuming that the
area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such
program).
In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of B:VI or better in
Best's (or such other rating that is comparable to such rating) insuring against
hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to
have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the first two sentences of this
Section 3.13, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property
a policy complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.13, and there
shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy,
deposit to the Collection Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In
connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the
Trustee claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms of such policy.
(b) The Servicer shall keep in force during the term of this
Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions for
failure in the performance of the Servicer's obligations under this Agreement,
which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would meet the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac if it were the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans, unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall also maintain a fidelity bond
in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac, unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements from Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall provide the Trustee upon request with
copies of any such insurance policies and fidelity bond. The Servicer shall be
deemed to have complied with this provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer has
such errors and omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such
insurance policy or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to
the Servicer. Any such errors and omissions policy and fidelity bond shall by
its terms not be cancelable without thirty days' prior written notice to the
Trustee. The Servicer shall also cause each Subservicer to maintain a policy of
insurance covering errors and omissions and a fidelity bond which would meet
such requirements.
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements. The Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance
or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any Mortgagor (whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage),
exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the
"due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not be required to take such action if, in its sole business
judgment, the Servicer believes it is not in the best interests of the Trust
Fund and shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from doing so.
If the Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce
such "due-on-sale" clause or if any of the other conditions set forth in the
proviso to the preceding sentence apply, the Servicer will enter into an
assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such
person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note, the Servicer has the prior
consent of the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. The
Servicer is also authorized 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 the Mortgagor and becomes liable
under the Mortgage Note; provided, that no such substitution shall be effective
unless such person satisfies the underwriting criteria of the Servicer and has a
credit risk rating at least equal to that of the original Mortgagor. In
connection with any assumption, modification or substitution, the Servicer shall
apply such underwriting standards and follow such practices and procedures as
shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and as it
applies to other mortgage loans owned solely by it. The Servicer shall not take
or enter into any assumption and modification agreement, however, unless (to the
extent practicable in the circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in
writing, of the continued effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance
policy, or a new policy meeting the requirements of this Section is obtained.
Any fee collected by the Servicer in respect of an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Servicer as additional servicing
compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the
Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related Mortgage Interest Rate
and the amount of the Scheduled Payment) may be amended or modified, except as
otherwise required pursuant to the terms thereof. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee that any such substitution, modification or assumption agreement has
been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the executed original of such
substitution or assumption agreement, which document 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of
this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the Mortgage Note or any
assumption which the Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any
reason whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 3.14, the term "assumption" is
deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged Property) subject to the
Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement.
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Servicer
shall use its best efforts, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, to
foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an acquisition
of REO Property) 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 pursuant to
Section 3.07, and which are not released from this Agreement pursuant to any
other provision hereof. The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to realize
upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize the receipt
of principal and interest by the Trustee, taking into account, among other
things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. The foregoing is subject to the
provisions that, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property shall have suffered
damage from an uninsured cause, the Servicer shall not be required to expend its
own funds toward the restoration of such property unless it shall determine in
its sole discretion (i) that such restoration will increase the net proceeds of
liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, after reimbursement to
itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the
Servicer through Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.11.
The 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 related property, as contemplated in Section
3.11. In circumstances where the Servicer determines that it would be
uneconomical to foreclose on the related Mortgaged Property, the Servicer may
write off the entire outstanding principal balance of the related Second Lien
Mortgage Loan as bad debt.
The proceeds of any Liquidation Event or REO Disposition, as well as
any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO
Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11 or 3.17; second, to accrued and unpaid
interest on the Mortgage Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at the Mortgage Interest
Rate, to the date of the liquidation or REO Disposition, or to the Due Date
prior to the Remittance Date on which such amounts are to be distributed if not
in connection with a Liquidation Event or REO Disposition; third, to reimburse
the Servicer for any related xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, pursuant to Section
3.11; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount
of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than a full recovery thereof,
that amount will be allocated as follows: first, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and
second, as interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee
Rate). The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall
be reimbursed to the Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or
3.17. The portions of the recovery so allocated to interest at the Mortgage
Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) and to principal of the Mortgage
Loan shall be applied as follows: first, to reimburse the Servicer or any
Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances in accordance with
Section 3.11 or 3.17, and second, to the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.02, subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.17 with
respect to certain excess recoveries from an REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in
the event the Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of
the presence of, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes on the related
Mortgaged Property, or if the Trustee otherwise requests, the Servicer shall
cause an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property to be
conducted by a qualified inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, the
Servicer shall promptly provide the Trustee and the Depositor with a written
report of the environmental inspection.
After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Depositor
shall determine how the Servicer shall proceed with respect to the Mortgaged
Property. In the event (a) the environmental inspection report indicates that
the Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes and (b) the Depositor directs the Servicer to proceed with foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed
for all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a
deed in lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental clean-up costs, as
applicable, from the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation
Proceeds are insufficient to fully reimburse the Servicer, the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed from amounts in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.11. In the event the Depositor directs the Servicer not to proceed
with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer
shall be reimbursed from general collections for all Servicing Advances made
with respect to the related Mortgaged Property from the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.11.
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files. (a) Upon the payment in full
of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a notification that
payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the
Servicer will, within five (5) Business Days of the payment in full, notify the
Trustee by a certification (which certification shall include a statement to the
effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such
payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.10 have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall
request delivery to it of the Custodial File. Upon receipt of such certification
and request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related Custodial File to
the Servicer within three (3) Business Days. No expenses incurred in connection
with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable
to the Collection Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any Insurance Policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall, upon
request of the Servicer and delivery to the Trustee, of a Request for Release,
release the related Custodial File to the Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at
the direction of the Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to
the prosecution of any such proceedings and the Servicer shall retain the
Mortgage File in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Such Request for Release
shall obligate the Servicer to return each and every document previously
requested from the Custodial File to the Trustee when the need therefor by the
Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the
Collection Account or the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered to
an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law,
for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the
foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and
the Servicer has delivered to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer
certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File
or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery.
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall
execute and deliver to the Servicer copies of any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents reasonably necessary to the foreclosure or
trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought
to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to
obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights
provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in
equity, or shall exercise and deliver to the Servicer a power of attorney
sufficient to authorize the Servicer to execute such documents on its behalf.
Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents
be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or
pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except
for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or
trustee's sale.
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.
(a) This Section shall apply only to REO Properties acquired for the account of
the Trustee and shall not apply to any REO Property relating to a Mortgage Loan
which was purchased or repurchased from the Trustee pursuant to any provision
hereof. In the event that title to any such REO Property is acquired, the
Servicer shall cause the deed or certificate of sale to be issued in the name of
the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each
REO Property for the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition
and sale. The Servicer, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Servicer, shall manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in
the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Servicer shall attempt to
sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than
one year, except as otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as
the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Trustee. The Servicer shall
notify the Trustee from time to time as to the status of each REO Property.
(c) The Servicer shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO
Property as soon as possible (subject to the Trustee's right to veto any
proposed sale of REO Property) and shall sell such REO Property in any event
within three years after title has been taken to such REO Property, unless the
Servicer determines, and gives an appropriate notice to the Trustee to such
effect, that a longer period is necessary for the orderly liquidation of such
REO Property. If a period longer than three years is permitted under the
foregoing sentence and is necessary to sell any REO Property, the Servicer shall
report monthly to the Trustee as to the progress being made in selling such REO
Property. Notwithstanding its veto rights, the Trustee has no obligation with
respect to REO Dispositions.
(d) The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received in connection with the operation of any REO Property separate and apart
from its own funds and general assets and shall deposit such funds in the
Collection Account.
(e) The Servicer shall deposit net of reimbursement to the Servicer
for any related outstanding Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees
provided in Section 3.11, or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis in the
Collection Account all revenues received with respect to the related REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property.
(f) The Servicer, upon an REO Disposition, shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances as well as any
unpaid Servicing Fees from proceeds received in connection with the REO
Disposition, as further provided in Section 3.11.
(g) Any net proceeds from an REO Disposition which are in excess of
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan plus all unpaid REO
Imputed Interest thereon through the date of the REO Disposition shall be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
(h) The Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts to sell, or
cause the Subservicer to sell, any REO Property as soon as possible, but in no
event later than the conclusion of the third calendar year beginning after the
year of its acquisition by the REMIC unless (i) the Servicer applies for an
extension of such period from the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions and Code Section 856(e)(3), in which event such REO Property shall be
sold within the applicable extension period, or (ii) the Servicer obtains for
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Lower Tier REMIC of such REO
Property subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any
Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or
comparable provisions of relevant state laws at any time. The Servicer shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the Trustee solely
for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not
cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by the Lower Tier REMIC
of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section
860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is
subject to taxation under Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code. Pursuant to its
efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through
an agent selected by the 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 and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the
interests of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or
any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of
such REO Property; provided, however, that any rent received or accrued with
respect to such REO Property qualifies as "rents from real property" as defined
in Section 856(d) of the Code.
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall adjust the Mortgage Interest Rate on the
related Adjustment Date and shall adjust the Scheduled Payment on the related
mortgage payment adjustment date, if applicable, in compliance with the
requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. The
Servicer shall execute and deliver any and all necessary notices required under
applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding
the Mortgage Interest Rate and Scheduled Payment adjustments. The Servicer shall
promptly, upon written request therefor, deliver to the Trustee such
notifications and any additional applicable data regarding such adjustments and
the methods used to calculate and implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery
by the Servicer or the receipt of notice from the Trustee that the Servicer has
failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate or Scheduled Payment in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall deposit in the
Collection Account from its own funds the amount of any interest loss caused as
such interest loss occurs.
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall provide, or cause the
Subservicer to provide, to the Depositor, the Trustee, the OTS or the FDIC and
the examiners and supervisory agents thereof access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans in its possession required by applicable
regulations of the OTS. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable and prior written request and during normal business hours at
the offices of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or any Subservicer.
Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation of such party to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Mortgagors and the failure of such party to provide access as provided in this
Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section.
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicer to Be Held for the Trustee. The Servicer shall account fully to the
Trustee for any funds received by the Servicer or which otherwise are collected
by the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected
or held by, or under the control of, the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage
Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds, including, but not limited to, any funds on deposit in its
Collection Account, shall be held by the 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 Servicer also agrees
that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that
are deposited in the Collection Account, the 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 Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from
any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Servicer
under this Agreement.
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its
activities hereunder, the Servicer shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, be
entitled to retain from deposits to the Collection Account and from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds related to such Mortgage
Loan, the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan (less any portion of
such amounts retained by any Subservicer). In addition, the Servicer shall be
entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of related late collections to the
extent permitted in Section 3.11. The right to receive the Servicing Fee may not
be transferred in whole or in part except as provided in Section 6.06 or in
connection with the transfer of all of the Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Servicer may pay
from the Servicing Fee any amounts due to a Subservicer pursuant to a
Subservicing Agreement entered into under Section 3.02.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption or
modification fees, late payment charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees and other
similar fees and charges (other than Prepayment Premiums) shall be retained by
the Servicer only to the extent such fees or charges are received by the
Servicer. The Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iv) to
withdraw from the Collection Account, as additional servicing compensation,
interest or other income earned on deposits therein.
(c) The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by
it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of
premiums for any blanket policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to
Section 3.13, servicing compensation of the Subservicer to the extent not
retained by it and the fees and expenses of independent accountants and any
agents appointed by the Servicer), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in Section 3.11.
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Servicer will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Depositor, the Rating Agencies and the
Trustee on or before March 15th of each calendar year, commencing in 2005, an
Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review
of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
performance under this Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such
officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based
on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this
Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officers and the nature and status thereof. Promptly after receipt of such
Officer's Certificate, the Depositor shall review such Officer's Certificate
and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer as to the nature of any defaults
by the Servicer in the fulfillment of any of the Servicer's obligations. The
obligations of the Servicer under this Section apply to each Servicer that
serviced during the applicable period, whether or not such Servicer is acting as
the Servicer at the time such Officer's Certificate is required to be delivered.
Section 3.23 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements. Not later than March 15th of each calendar year
commencing in 2005, the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the
Depositor, the Rating Agencies and the Trustee a report stating that (i) it has
obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters from the
management of the Servicer which includes an assertion that the Servicer has
complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan servicing standards,
identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, with respect to the
servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed
calendar year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in
accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all material
respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that may be
appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to matters relating
to the direct servicing of residential mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon
comparable reports of firms of independent certified public accountants rendered
on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with the same standards
(rendered within one year of such report) with respect to those Subservicers.
Promptly after receipt of such report, the Depositor shall review such report
and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer as to the nature of any defaults
by the Servicer in the fulfillment of any of the Servicer's obligations. The
obligations of the Servicer under this Section apply to each Servicer that
serviced during the applicable period, whether or not such Servicer is acting as
the Servicer at the time such report is required to be delivered.
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer. (a) In the event that the
Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder (including by
reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor shall thereupon
assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder arising
thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the
predecessor Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 or any acts or omissions of the
predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is
prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate
repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including but not
limited to repurchases or substitutions pursuant to Section 2.03, (iv)
responsible for expenses of the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed
to have made any representations and warranties of the Servicer hereunder). Any
such assumption shall be subject to Section 7.02.
(b) Every Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall
contain a provision giving the successor Servicer the option to terminate such
agreement in the event a successor Servicer is appointed.
(c) If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any other
successor Servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and obligations of
the Servicer under any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof; provided, that the Trustee (or any other successor Servicer) shall not
incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity as successor
Servicer under a Subservicing Agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession.
(d) The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each Subservicing Agreement (if any) and the Mortgage Loans then
being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected held by it and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of
the Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest. The Servicer shall remit to the
Trustee on each Remittance Date an amount from its own funds equal to
Compensating Interest payable by the Servicer for such Remittance Date.
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act. (a) With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall fully furnish, in accordance
with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on the related
Mortgagor credit files to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion Credit Information
Company (three of the national credit repositories), on a monthly basis.
(b) The Servicer shall comply with all provisions of the Privacy
Laws, relating to the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers and any "nonpublic
personal information" (as defined in the Privacy Laws) received by the Servicer
incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
including, maintaining adequate information security procedures to protect such
nonpublic personal information and providing all privacy notices required by the
Privacy Laws.
Section 3.27 Excess Reserve Fund Account; Distribution Account.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, on behalf of the Class N and Class X Certificateholders, to receive any
Basis Risk Payment to pay to the LIBOR Certificateholders Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts.
On each Distribution Date on which there exists a Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amount on any Class of LIBOR Certificates, the Trustee shall (1)
withdraw from the Distribution Account and deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(G), the lesser of the Class X
Distributable Amount (to the extent remaining after the distributions specified
in Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(F)) and the aggregate Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amount and (2) withdraw from the Excess Reserve Fund Account amounts necessary
to pay to such Class or Classes of Certificates the applicable Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts. Such payments shall be allocated to those Classes based upon
the amount of Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount owed to each such Class and shall
be paid in the priority set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(H).
The Trustee shall account for the Excess Reserve Fund Account as an
outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.860G-2(h) and not as an asset of any Trust REMIC created pursuant to this
Agreement. The beneficial owners of the Excess Reserve Fund Account are the
Class N and Class X Certificateholders (or a partnership, the beneficial holders
of which are the Class N and Class X Certificates, as the case may be). For all
federal income tax purposes, amounts transferred by the Class X REMIC to the
Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be treated as distributions by the Trustee in
respect of the Class X/N Regular Interest from the Class X REMIC to the Class N
and Class X Certificateholders (or to a partnership, the beneficial holders of
which are the Class N and Class X Certificates, as the case may be).
Any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts paid by the Trustee to the
LIBOR Certificateholders shall be accounted for by the Trustee as amounts paid
first to the Holders of the Class N and Class X Certificates (or a partnership,
the beneficial holders of which are the Class N and Class X Certificates, as the
case may be) (as recipient of 100% of amounts payable in respect of the Class
X/N Regular Interest) and then to the respective Class or Classes of LIBOR
Certificates. In addition, the Trustee shall account for the rights of Holders
of each Class of LIBOR Certificates to receive payments of Basis Risk Carry
Forward Amounts as rights in a separate limited recourse interest rate cap
contract written by the Class N and Class X Certificateholders (or such
partnership) in favor of Holders of each such Class.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not be required to make any payments from the Excess Reserve Fund
Account except as expressly set forth in this Section 3.27(a).
(b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Distribution
Account on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt on the Business Day received, deposit in the Distribution Account and
retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.11;
(ii) any amount deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.12(b) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments; and
(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required
to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee in writing to withdraw
such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering notice 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 4.02.
(c) In order to comply with its duties under the USA Patriot Act of
2001, the Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation
from the other parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, each
such party's name, address, and other identifying information.
Section 3.28 Optional Purchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans. Each of
the Depositor and the Servicer, in each case in its sole discretion, shall have
the option, but shall not be obligated, to purchase any 90+ Delinquent Mortgage
Loans from the Trust Fund. During the first ten (10) days after a Mortgage Loan
becomes a 90+ Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the exclusive
option to purchase such 90+ Delinquent Mortgage Loan. The purchase price for any
such Mortgage Loan shall be 100% of the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan at
the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate, plus the amount of any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances made by the Servicer. Upon receipt of such purchase price,
the Servicer shall provide to the Trustee a Request for Release and the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable, the
Mortgage File relating to the Mortgage Loan being repurchased.
Section 3.29 Transfer of Servicing for the Mortgage Loans. Prior to
the Servicing Transfer Date, New Century shall have complied with each of the
servicing transfer requirements in accordance with Litton's commercially
reasonable instructions, provided to New Century in writing and reasonably in
advance of the Servicing Transfer Date.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01 Advances. (a) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by
the Servicer for any Remittance Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.01(c),
the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments (with each interest
portion thereof net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period
immediately preceding such Remittance Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans,
which Scheduled Payments were not received as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date, (ii) with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans for
which Scheduled Payments were not received as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date, the interest portion of the aggregate amount of
Scheduled Payments (net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period
immediately preceding such Remittance Date, and (iii) with respect to each REO
Property, which REO Property was acquired during or prior to the related
Prepayment Period and as to which such REO Property an REO Disposition did not
occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the REO Imputed
Interest that would have been due on the related Due Date in respect of the
related Mortgage Loans.
(b) On the Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately
available funds to the Trustee an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I
Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
for the related Remittance Date either (i) from its own funds or (ii) from the
Collection Account, to the extent of funds held therein for future distribution
(in which case, it will cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records of
Collection Account that Amounts Held for Future Distribution have been, as
permitted by this Section 4.01, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such
P&I Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating
the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Servicer with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. Any Amounts Held for Future Distribution and
so used shall be appropriately reflected in the Servicer's records and replaced
by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before any future
Remittance Date to the extent required. In addition, the Servicer shall have the
right to reimburse itself for any outstanding Advance made by it from its own
funds from Amounts Held For Future Distribution. Any funds so applied and
transferred pursuant to the previous sentence shall be replaced by the Servicer
by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on the
related Remittance Date on which such funds are required to be distributed
pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such P&I Advances is
mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to
(d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, shall
continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the
removal thereof from coverage under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided
in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance
or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if
such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The
determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing
Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Trustee.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement pursuant to Section 3.11 for Servicing Advances from
recoveries from the related Mortgagor or from all Liquidation Proceeds and other
payments or recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds)
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution. (a) On each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall make the disbursements and transfers from amounts then
on deposit in the Distribution Account in the following order of priority and to
the extent of the Available Funds remaining:
(i) to the holders of each Class of LIBOR Certificates in the
following order of priority:
(A) concurrently, from the Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates, the related Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount and any Unpaid Interest
Amounts for such Distribution Date, allocated pro rata based on
their respective entitlements to those amounts;
(B) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date;
(C) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date;
(D) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class M-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date;
(E) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date;
(F) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date; and
(G) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the
Class B-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution Date;
(ii) (A) on each Distribution Date (a) before the Stepdown Date or
(b) with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the holders of
the related Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled to
distributions of principal as set forth below, from amounts remaining on
deposit in the Distribution Account after making distributions pursuant to
clause (i) above, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount in
the following order of priority:
(a) to the Class A Certificates, allocated as described
in Section 4.02(c), until the respective Class Certificate
Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(b) sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 Certificates, in that order,
until the respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to
zero;
(B) on each Distribution Date (a) on and after the related
Stepdown Date and (b) as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
to the holders of the related Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates
then entitled to distribution of principal, from amounts remaining
on deposit in the Distribution Account after making distributions
pursuant to clause (i) above, an amount equal to, the Principal
Distribution Amount in the following amounts and order of priority:
(a) the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount
and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount to the Class
A Certificates, allocated as described in Section 4.02(c),
until the respective Class Certificate Balances thereof are
reduced to zero;
(b) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above and (y) the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-1
Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(c) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and (y) the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-2
Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(d) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and to the Class
M-2 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, and (y) the Class
M-3 Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-3
Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(e) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and to the Class
M-2 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, and to the Class
M-3 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, and (y) the Class
B-1 Principal Distribution Amount to the Class B-1
Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero;
(f) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class B-1
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, and (y) the Class B-2
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class B-2 Certificates,
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero; and
(g) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class
M-1 Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2
certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class B-1
certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, and to the Class B-2
Certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, and (y) the Class B-3
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class B-3 Certificates,
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero
(iii) any amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (i)
and (ii) above shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
(A) to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(B) to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(C) to the holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(D) to the holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(E) to the holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(F) to the holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(G) to the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any
Basis Risk Payment for such Distribution Date;
(H) from funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account,
an amount equal to any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount with respect
to any LIBOR Certificate for such Distribution Date to the LIBOR
Certificates in the same order and priority in which Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount is allocated among those
Classes of Certificates with the allocation to the Class A-1, Class
A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates being pro rata based on their
respective Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts;
(I) from any Prepayment Premiums and any remaining amounts not
distributed pursuant to Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(H), to the holders
of the Class N Certificates, in the following order of priority (1)
the Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Class
for such Distribution Date, (2) any Unpaid Interest Amounts for such
Class for such Distribution Date, and (3) any other remaining
amounts, after application pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) of this
paragraph (I), to reduce the Class N Notional Amount until the Class
N Notional Amount has been reduced to zero;
(J) to the holders of the Class X Certificates, the remainder
of the Class X Distributable Amount not distributed pursuant to
Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(I) and any remaining Prepayment Premiums
not distributed pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii)(I); and
(K) to the holders of the Class R-1 Certificates, any
remaining amount in respect of the Lower Tier REMIC and Upper Tier
REMIC and to the Class R-2 Certificates any remaining amount in
respect of the Class B-2 REMIC, Class B-3 REMIC and Class X REMIC.
If on any Distribution Date, as a result of the foregoing allocation
rules, any Class of Class A Certificates does not receive the related Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount or the related Unpaid Interest Amounts,
if any, then that unpaid amount will be recoverable by the holders of those
Classes, with interest thereon, on future Distribution Dates, as Unpaid Interest
Amounts, subject to the priorities described above. In the event the Class
Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates has been reduced to zero, that
Class of Certificates shall not longer be entitled to receive any related unpaid
Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts except to the extent the Class Certificate
Balance is increased as a result of any Subsequent Recovery.
(b) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment
Premiums from the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period
shall be deemed paid to the Class X REMIC and deemed distributed in respect of
the Class X/N Regular Interest and then distributed to the holders of the Class
N and Class X Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(I)-(J).
(c) Any principal distributions allocated to the Class A
Certificates shall be distributed first to the Class A-1 Certificates until
their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero, then to the Class A-2
Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero, and
then to the Class A-3 Certificates until their Class Certificate Balance has
been reduced to zero; provided, however, that from and after the Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Subordinated
Certificates and the Principal Balance of the Class X Certificates have been
reduced to zero, any principal distributions allocated to the Class A
Certificates will be allocated pro rata to the Class A Certificates, based on
their respective Class Certificate Balances.
(d) On any Distribution Date, any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date will be allocated
pro rata, as a reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest for the Class A,
Class M and Class B Certificates, based on the amount of interest to which such
Classes would otherwise be entitled on such Distribution Date.
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders. (a) Not later
than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make available to each
Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency a
statement setting forth with respect to the related distribution:
(i) the amount thereof allocable to principal, separately
identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments and
Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts included in such distribution and any remaining
Unpaid Interest Amounts after giving effect to such distribution,
any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for such Distribution Date and
the amount of all Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount covered by
withdrawals from the Excess Reserve Fund Account on such
Distribution Date;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be
distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient funds
available therefor, the amount of the shortfall and the allocation
thereof as between principal and interest, including any Basis Risk
Carry Forward Amount not covered by amounts in the Excess Reserve
Fund Account;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates and the Class N Notional Amount after giving effect to
the distribution of principal on such Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the following
Distribution Date;
(vi) the amount of the Servicing Fees paid to or retained by
the Servicer or Subservicer (with respect to the Subservicers, in
the aggregate) with respect to such Distribution Date;
(vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date;
(viii) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on
such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of Advances reported
by the Servicer as outstanding as of the close of business on the
Determination Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date;
(ix) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances
of Mortgage Loans (1) as to which the Scheduled Payment is
delinquent 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 or more days, (2)
that have become REO Property, (3) that are in foreclosure and (4)
that are in bankruptcy, in each case as of the close of business on
the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month;
(x) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all
calendar months since the related Cut-off Date, whichever is less,
the aggregate dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all
Outstanding Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such
month and (B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in
each such month;
(xi) with respect to all Mortgage Loans that became REO
Properties during the preceding calendar month, the aggregate number
of such Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loans as of the close of business on the Determination
Date preceding such Distribution Date and the date of acquisition
thereof;
(xii) the total number and principal balance of any REO
Properties (and market value, if available) as of the close of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;
(xiii) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing
(including the calculation of thereof and the aggregate outstanding
balance of all 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans);
(xiv) the amount on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account
(after giving effect to distributions on such Distribution Date);
(xv) in the aggregate and for each Class of Certificates, the
aggregate amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts incurred during
the preceding calendar month and aggregate Applied Realized Loss
Amounts through such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on such
Distribution Date and the allocation thereof to the
Certificateholders with respect to Applied Realized Loss Amounts and
Unpaid Interest Amounts;
(xvii) the Overcollateralized Amount and Specified
Overcollateralized Amount;
(xviii) Prepayment Premiums collected by the Servicer;
(xix) the Cumulative Loss Percentage;
(xx) the amount distributed on the Class X Certificates; and
(xxi) the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries for such
Distribution Date.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for providing the above statement
to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency, the Servicer, the Responsible
Party and the Depositor is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy
of the information derived from the Servicer or the Responsible Party. The
Trustee will provide the above statement via the Trustee's internet website. The
Trustee's website will initially be located at https:\\xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
and assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Trustee's
investor relations desk at 0-000-000-0000. A paper copy of the above statement
will also be made available upon request.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any
time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing
the information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii) of this
Section 4.03 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.
(d) Not later than the Reporting Date, the applicable Servicer that
serviced the Mortgage Loans for the period of time to which the monthly
remittance advice statement relates shall furnish to the Trustee a monthly
remittance advice statement (in a format mutually agreed upon by the Servicer
and the Trustee) containing such information as shall be reasonably requested by
the Trustee to provide the reports required by Section 4.03(a) as to the
accompanying remittance and the period ending on the close of business on the
last Business Day of the immediately preceding month (the "Servicer Remittance
Report"). Xxxxxx shall not be responsible to provide the monthly remittance
advice until the month following the Servicing Transfer Date with respect to
each Mortgage Loan transferred.
The Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee an individual loan
accounting report, as of the last Business Day of each month, to document
Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual Mortgage Loan basis. With
respect to each month, the corresponding individual loan accounting report (in
electronic format) shall be received by the Trustee no later than the Reporting
Date, which report shall contain the following:
(i) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of
any Principal Prepayment, including the date of such prepayment, and
any Prepayment Premiums, along with a detailed report of interest on
principal prepayment amounts remitted in accordance with Section
3.25);
(ii) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of
such remittance allocable to interest;
(iii) the amount of servicing compensation received by the
Servicer during the prior distribution period;
(iv) the individual and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans;
(v) the aggregate of any expenses reimbursed to the Servicer
during the prior distribution period pursuant to Section 3.11;
(vi) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances
of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90
days, or (3) 91 days or more; (b) as to which foreclosure has
commenced; and (c) as to which REO Property has been acquired;
(vii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of any
Realized Losses for such Mortgage Loan; and
(viii) any other information reasonably required by the
Trustee to enable it to prepare the monthly statement referred to in
Section 4.03(a).
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR shall be calculated by the Trustee in accordance with the definition of
"LIBOR". 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 LIBOR Determination Date. The Trustee initially shall
designate the Reference Banks (after consultation with the Depositor). 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 Trustee should terminate its
appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be
appointed another Reference Bank (after consultation with the Depositor). The
Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the
selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or (ii) any
inability to retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each LIBOR
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding
to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for its inability, following a good-faith
reasonable effort, to obtain quotations from the Reference Banks or to determine
the arithmetic mean referred to in the definition of LIBOR, all as provided for
in this Section 4.04 and the definition of LIBOR. 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.
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts. Any
Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be allocated to the most junior Class of
Subordinated Certificates then outstanding in reduction of the Class Certificate
Balance thereof. In the event Applied Realized Loss Amounts are allocated to any
Class of Certificates, their Class Principal Balances shall be reduced by the
amount so allocated, and no funds will be distributable with respect to the
written down amounts (including without limitation Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts) or with respect to interest on the written down amounts on that
Distribution Date or any future Distribution Dates, even if funds are otherwise
available for distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Class Certificate
Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates that has been previously
reduced by Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be increased, in order of
seniority, by the amount of the Subsequent Recoveries (but not in excess of the
Applied Realized Loss Amount allocated to the applicable Class of Subordinated
Certificates).
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be
substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall
be issuable in registered form, in the minimum denominations, integral multiples
in excess thereof (except that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a
different amount which must be in excess of the applicable minimum denomination)
and aggregate denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to
each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor as directed by that
Certificateholder by written wire instructions provided to the Trustee or (y),
in the event that no wire instructions are provided to the Trustee, by check
mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such
holder appearing in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind
the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of any such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid
for any purpose, unless authenticated by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such authentication 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 authentication. On
the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued
at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate
Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections
(b) and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. In the event, the
Depositor or an Affiliate transfers the Class X Certificates, or a portion
thereof, to another Affiliate, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
affiliated status of the transferee. The Trustee shall have no liability
regarding the lack of notice with respect thereto.
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. Except
with respect to the initial transfer of the Class N, Class X and Class R
Certificates on the Closing Date, in the event that a transfer of a Private
Certificate which is a Physical Certificate 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 shall certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the
transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit H (the "Transferor
Certificate") and either (i) there shall be delivered to the Trustee a letter in
substantially the form of Exhibit I (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) in the case
of the Class X Certificates, there shall be delivered to the Trustee at the
expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made
without registration under the Securities Act. In the event that a transfer of a
Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry Certificate 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 will be deemed to have made as of the transfer date each
of the certifications set forth in the Transferor Certificate in respect of such
Certificate and the transferee will be deemed to have made as of the transfer
date each of the certifications set forth in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of
such Certificate, in each case as if such Certificate were evidenced by a
Physical Certificate. 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 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 and the Servicer against any liability that may result if the
transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee
of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a
representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit
I), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local law ("Similar Law")
materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor a
person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of
any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, (ii) in the case of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a Residual Certificate or a Class X
Certificate that has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and
the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an
insurance company that is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in
an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e)
of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the
purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III
of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate
other than a Residual Certificate or Class X Certificate presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of
ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable
provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a
trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan
or arrangement or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trust
Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase or holding of
such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not constitute or result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or
any Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee or the 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 Private Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, in the event the representation letter referred to in the preceding
sentence is not furnished, such representation shall be deemed to have been made
to the Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial acquirer's) acceptance
of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, (a) any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate,
other than a Class X Certificate or a Residual Certificate, to or on behalf of
an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, the Code or Similar Law 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 and (b) any purported transfer of
a Residual Certificate to a transferee that does not make the representation in
clause (i) above shall be void and of no effect.
Neither the Class R Certificates nor the Class X Certificate may be
sold to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, any plan subject
to Section 4975 of the Code, or any plan subject to any Similar Law or any
person investing on behalf of or with plan assets of such plan.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not
limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee;
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have
been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the
initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G;
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer
Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if
it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
Transferee;
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall
vest no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported
transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in
violation of the provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last
preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as
Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer
of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a
Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section
5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action
with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement
so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related
Transfer Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and the Rule 144A Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent
time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments
made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such time. Any
such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee
of such Certificate; and
(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
Responsible Party or the Servicer, to the effect that the elimination of such
restrictions will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any
tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby
consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on an Opinion of
Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the
record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is
not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual
Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at
all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at
all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository;
(iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and
expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall deal with the
Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating firms as
representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for
purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests
and directions for and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and
(vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to
indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect
participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall
be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor, or (y) the Depositor notifies the
Depository of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through the
Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository, the
Depository Participants holding beneficial interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates agree to initiate such termination, 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. None of the Servicer, the
Depositor or 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 Depositor 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.
(f) Each Private Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (and
all appropriate attachments) or W-9 in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar, duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed
of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Private Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Private Certificates.
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners. The Servicer, the Trustee, the
Depositor and any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor 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 none of the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Depositor or any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor or the
Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses. If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the
Depositor or the Servicer shall request such information in writing from the
Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of
such request, provide the Depositor, the Servicer or such Certificateholders at
such recipients' expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of such
Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every
Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee will
maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or offices or agency
or agencies in New York City where Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates the
offices of its agent for such purposes located at DTC Transfer Agent Services,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. The Trustee
will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such
location of any such office or agency. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee
designates the office of its agent located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 for purposes of
transfers, exchanges or surrenders.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Servicer. The Depositor and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively
imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Servicer. The Depositor and the Servicer will each keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation or limited partnership, as the
case may be, under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of the
states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or the Servicer shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the
business of the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the
Depositor or the 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 Servicer shall be qualified to sell
mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac, and provided, further, that such merger, consolidation or
succession does not adversely affect the then current rating or ratings on the
LIBOR Certificates.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer
and Others. Neither the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of their respective
directors, officers, employees or agents 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
Servicer or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties
made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from
any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the
Depositor) in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor and the Servicer may rely in good
faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by
any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor or the
Servicer and any director, officer, employee, Affiliate or agent of the
Depositor and the Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any
audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing
authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates,
other than any loss, liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan
or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be
otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or
expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (or
gross negligence in the case of the Depositor) in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall be under any obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its
respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability; provided, however, that each of the Depositor and the
Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action (or direct the Trustee
to undertake such actions pursuant to Section 2.03 for the benefit of the
Certificateholders) 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, and the
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection
Account.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer. The Servicer
shall not assign this Agreement or resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except (i) by mutual consent of the Servicer, the Depositor and
the Trustee or (ii) upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by
the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer
under clause (ii) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee which Opinion of Counsel shall
be in form and substance acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the
Servicer's responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party
Claims. The Servicer shall indemnify the Responsible Party, the Depositor (and
any Affiliate, director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor) and the
Trustee and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of
them may sustain in any way related to any breach by the Servicer of (i) any of
its representations and warranties referred to in Section 2.03(a), (ii) any
error in any tax or information return prepared by the Servicer, or (iii) the
failure of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer immediately shall
notify the Depositor and the Trustee if such claim is made by a third party with
respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written
consent of the Depositor and the Trustee) the defense of any such claim and pay
all expenses in connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and
promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered
against it or the Responsible Party, the Depositor or the Trustee in respect of
such claim.
Section 6.06 Servicing Rights Pledge. The Trustee and the Depositor
hereby specifically (i) agree to the pledge and assignment by the Servicer of
all the Servicer's right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to
the Servicing Rights Pledgee, for the benefit of certain lenders, and (ii)
provided that no Servicer Event of Default exists, agree that upon delivery to
the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer
whereunder the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the
Trustee shall appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor
Servicer, provided that at the time of such appointment, the Servicing Rights
Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements of a successor Servicer pursuant
to Section 7.02 and agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement. If,
pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the Servicer are transferred to
a successor, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee and other compensation
payable to the Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such
successor.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Trustee any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Depositor, or by the Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Depositor
and the Trustee by Certificateholders entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights; or
(b) the failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a period of thirty days (except that such number of days shall be fifteen in the
case of a failure to pay any premium for any insurance policy required to be
maintained under this Agreement) after the earlier of (i) the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given to the Servicer by the Depositor or by the Trustee, or to the
Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by Certificateholders of Certificates
entitled to at least 25% of the Certificates and (ii) actual knowledge of such
failure by a Servicing Officer of the Servicer; provided, however, that in the
case of a failure or breach that cannot be cured within 30 days after notice or
actual knowledge by the Servicer, the cure period may be extended for an
additional 30 days upon delivery by the Servicer to the Trustee of a certificate
to the effect that the Servicer believes in good faith that the failure or
breach can be cured within such additional time period and the Servicer is
diligently pursuing remedial action; or
(c) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, 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 Servicer and
such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a
period of sixty days; or
(d) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(e) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(f) any failure of the Servicer to make any P&I Advance on any
Remittance Date required to be made from its own funds pursuant to Section 4.01
which continues unremedied for one Business Day immediately following the
Remittance Date; or
(g) if a Cumulative Loss Event occurs; or
(h) a breach of any representation and warranty of the Servicer
referred to in Section 2.03(a), which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Certificateholders and which continues unremedied for a period
of thirty days after the date upon which written notice of such breach is given
to the Servicer by the Trustee or by the Depositor, or to the Servicer, the
Trustee and the Depositor by Certificateholders entitled to at least 25% of the
Voting Rights in the Certificates.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (g) or (h) of this Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every
such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the
Trustee may, or at the direction of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of
the Voting Rights the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Servicer and
the Servicing Rights Pledgee (if any) (with a copy to each Rating Agency),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement
and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights
as a Certificateholder hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not
be required to give written notice to the Servicer of the occurrence of an Event
of Default described in clauses (b) through (h) of this Section 7.01 unless and
until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the
occurrence of such an Event of Default. In the event that a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of an event of default
described in clause (a) of this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall give written
notice to the Servicer and the Servicing Rights Pledgee (if any) of the
occurrence of such an event within one Business Day of the first day on which
such Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge of such occurrence. On and
after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and
power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the 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 Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to
Article VIII. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the
termination of the 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 Collection Account of such predecessor Servicer,
or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive from the Trust Fund, prior
to transfer of its servicing obligations hereunder, payment of all accrued and
unpaid portion of the Servicing Fees to which the Servicer would have been
entitled and to continue to receive reimbursement for all outstanding P&I
Advances and Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after
the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01,
the Trustee shall, subject to and to the extent provided in Section 3.06 and
subject to the rights of the Servicing Rights Pledgee, be the successor to the
Servicer in its capacity as 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 Servicer
by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law including the obligation
to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As
compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to
the Mortgage Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled to charge to the
Collection Account if the Servicer had continued to act hereunder including, if
the Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee, the Servicing Fee and the income
on investments or gain related to the Collection Account (in addition to income
on investments or gain related to the Distribution Account for the benefit of
the Trustee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the
successor to the Servicer in accordance with this Section 7.02, the Trustee may,
if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable
law from making P&I Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or
if it is otherwise unable to so act, or, at the written request of
Certificateholders entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights, 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 Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder. Any successor
to the Servicer shall be an institution which is a Xxxxxx Xxx- and Xxxxxxx
Mac-approved seller/servicer in good standing, which has a net worth of at least
$30,000,000, which is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and which executes
and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting such
delegation and assignment, containing an assumption by such Person of the
rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the
Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer under Section 6.03 incurred
prior to termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if
originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided, that each Rating Agency
acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to
such assignment and delegation will not be qualified or reduced, as a result of
such assignment and delegation. Pending appointment of a successor to the
Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so
acting, shall, subject to Section 3.05, 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, the Depositor and such successor shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of the Servicing Fee Rate
and amounts paid to the Servicer from investments. 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 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 Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any
cash, information, documents or records to it.
In the event that the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.01, the terminated Servicer shall provide notices to the Mortgagors, transfer
the Servicing Files to a successor Servicer and pay all of its own out-of-pocket
costs and expenses at its own expense. In addition, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of a servicing transfer incurred by parties other than the
terminated Servicer (excluding set-up costs and other administrative expenses of
the successor Servicer, in which case the successor Servicer shall pay for such
costs and expenses but shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the
Trust Fund), such an amount shall be paid by the terminated Servicer promptly
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs. If the Trustee is
the predecessor Servicer (except in the case where the Trustee in its role as
successor Servicer is being terminated pursuant to Section 7.01 by reason of an
Event of Default caused solely by the Trustee as the successor Servicer and not
by the predecessor Servicer's actions or omissions), such costs shall be paid by
the prior terminated Servicer promptly upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs.
Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of Servicer, in accordance with applicable federal and
state law, and shall, during the term of its service as Servicer, maintain in
force the policy or policies that the Servicer is required to maintain pursuant
to Section 3.13.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, if,
pursuant to Section 6.06, the Servicer assigns all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its
designee, the Trustee hereby agrees that such party shall be appointed successor
Servicer upon receipt of (i) a letter signed by the Servicer whereunder the
Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, (ii) a letter signed by
the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee, whereunder such party acknowledges
such assignment and agrees to be the successor Servicer subject to the terms of
this Agreement and (iii) confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such
appointment will not cause any Rating Agency to withdraw or downgrade its
then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates.
In the event an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the
Servicer, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Trustee and the
Depositor hereby agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by or on behalf of the
Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer within ten Business
Days of the date on which the Trustee sent notice of such default, whereunder
the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall
appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor Servicer,
provided that at the time of appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such
designee meets the requirements of a successor Servicer set forth above and the
Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee agrees to be subject to the terms of
this Agreement. If the Servicing Rights Pledgee fails to provide the Trustee
with such letter, the Trustee shall appoint a successor Servicer in accordance
with Section 7.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Servicer
shall continue to perform all of the obligations of Servicer hereunder until the
Trustee appoints a successor Servicer.
Any such successor Servicer shall be required to satisfy the
requirements of a successor Servicer under this Section 7.02.
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders. (a) Upon any
termination of or appointment of a successor to the 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 and each Rating Agency
notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee. The Trustee, before 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. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any 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 bad faith or willful misfeasance.
Unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is
continuing,
(a) 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 the duties and obligations 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;
(b) 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 is finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(c) 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 the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights relating to the time, method, and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's 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;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) 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 to do so by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each
Class of Certificates;
(e) 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 and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(f) 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;
(g) 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 and except with respect to the investment of funds in the Distribution
Account not made at the direction of the Depositor during the Trustee Float
Period);
(h) 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 except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01; and
(i) 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 this Agreement,
unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or
related document other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Depositor or the Servicer.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing or recording any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor
Servicer).
The Trustee executes the Certificates not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it by this
Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements made on the part of the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund in the Certificates is made and intended not
as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Trustee but is made and intended
for the purpose of binding only the Trust Fund.
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses. As compensation for its
activities under this Agreement, the Trustee may withdraw from the Distribution
Account on each Distribution Date the Trustee Fee for the Distribution Date and,
during the Trustee Float Period, any interest or investment income earned on
funds deposited in the Distribution Account. The Trustee and any director,
officer, employee, or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust
Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability, or expense (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any claim or legal
action relating to:
(a) this Agreement,
(b) the Certificates, or
(c) the performance of any of the Trustee's duties under this
Agreement,
other than any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any breach of the
Servicer's obligations in connection with this Agreement for which the Servicer
has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.05,
(ii) resulting from any breach of the Responsible Party's obligations in
connection with this Agreement for which the Responsible Party has performed its
obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.03(h), or (iii)
incurred because of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the
performance of any of the Trustee's duties under this Agreement. This indemnity
shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of
the Trustee under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, except as
otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Depositor and the Trustee, and except
for any expense, disbursement, or advance arising from the Trustee's negligence,
bad faith, or willful misfeasance, the Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the
Trustee, for all reasonable expenses, disbursements, and advances incurred or
made by the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement with respect to:
(A) the reasonable compensation, 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 them to perform services
under this Agreement; and
(C) printing and engraving expenses in connection with preparing any
Definitive Certificates.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or a separate letter
agreement between the Trustee and the Depositor, 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, or
paying agent under this Agreement or for any other expenses.
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing
business under the laws of a state or the United States of America, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would not cause any of
the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current ratings of the
Certificates (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing by each Rating
Agency. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The
entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with
the Depositor and its affiliates or the Servicer and its affiliates; provided,
however, that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Depositor or the
Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Servicer.
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee. The Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving
written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Servicer and each Rating
Agency not less than 60 days before the date specified in such notice, when,
subject to Section 8.08, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a
successor trustee in accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set
forth in Section 8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the
Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect to
the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located
and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a
different trustee, then the Depositor or the Servicer may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy to the Servicer and one copy
to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which shall be
delivered by the successor Trustee to the Servicer, one complete set to the
Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. The
successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency of any removal of the Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07 shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as
provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor
and to its predecessor trustee and the 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
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 its acceptance, the successor trustee is
eligible under Section 8.06 and its appointment does not adversely affect the
then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail
such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be eligible under Section 8.06
without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the
Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part
thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Servicer and the Trustee may consider appropriate. If the 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:
(a) 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 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 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;
(b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because 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;
(c) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(d) The Trust Fund, 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
Servicer and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
Section 8.11 Tax Matters. It is intended that the assets with
respect to which any REMIC election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made,
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the
conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such
assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the
Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is
hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of each Trust REMIC described in the
Preliminary Statement and that in such capacity it shall:
(a) prepare and file in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage
Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form
adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file with the Internal
Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or
information returns for each taxable year with respect to each Trust REMIC
described in the Preliminary Statement 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 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, the Trustee will apply
for an employer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service via Form
SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities and shall also furnish
to the Internal Revenue Service, on Form 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 an election that each of the Lower Tier REMIC, the Upper
Tier REMIC, the Class B-2 REMIC, the Class B-3 REMIC and the Class X REMIC 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 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 the calculation of any original
issue discount using the prepayment assumption (as described in the Prospectus
Supplement);
(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 (a "Non-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 of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions;
(g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust
REMIC created hereunder;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 8.11, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any Trust REMIC before 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) cause federal, state or local income tax or information returns
to 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 each of the Trust REMICs, including
the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities thereof on a calendar year basis
and on the accrual method of accounting 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 Trust 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 Trust REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with
any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to
any tax item of any Trust REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of each Trust REMIC
in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
The Trustee shall treat the rights of the LIBOR Certificateholders
to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts as the beneficial ownership interest
in a grantor trust and not as an obligations of any Trust REMIC created
hereunder, for federal income tax purposes.
In the event that the beneficial ownership of the Class N and the
Class X Certificates is held by a single Person for federal income tax purposes
or both such Certificates are held proportionately by more than one Person, such
Person(s) shall be treated as the beneficial owner(s) of the Class X/N Regular
Interest and the Excess Reserve Fund Account. In the event that beneficial
ownership of the Class N and the Class X Certificates is held by two or more
Persons for federal income tax purposes and such Persons do not hold both the
Class N and Class X Certificates proportionately, the Trustee shall treat the
Class N Certificateholders and the Class X Certificateholders as partners in a
partnership that owns the Class X/N Regular Interest and the Excess Reserve Fund
Account and shall not treat the Class N and Class X Certificates as an interest
in any REMIC created hereunder. By acquiring the Class N and the Class X
Certificates, the respective Holders will agree to treat the Class N and the
Class X Certificates in the manner described in the preceding sentence for
federal income tax purposes in the event that the beneficial ownership of the
Class N and the Class X Certificates is separated in such a manner. In such
event, (i) a separate capital account shall be established and maintained for
each Holder of a Class N or Class X Certificate in accordance with Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), which shall be credited with income or
gain and debited by any expenses or losses and distributions allocable to such
Certificates, (ii) the Class N Certificates shall be allocated income in an
amount equal to interest at the Pass-Through Rate thereon and any original issue
discount that would be reportable thereon if the Class N Certificate were a debt
instrument issued on the date ownership of the Class N and Class X Certificates
is separated, with a principal balance equal to its Class N Notional Amount,
(iii) the Class X Certificates shall be allocated the excess of all income
accrued with respect to the Class X/N Regular Interest, all Prepayment Premiums
(including amounts in connection with the full or partial waiver of such
Prepayment Premiums pursuant to Section 3.07) and Interest Cap Payment Amounts
net of accruals (under any reasonable method) of any "cap premiums" deemed
received by the partnership in respect of the obligation of the Class X/N
Regular Interest to pay Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts over the amount of
income allocated to the Class N Certificates in (ii) above, (iv) expenses of the
partnership shall be allocated based on which one of such Classes economically
bears such expense, (v) neither the Class N nor the Class X Certificates shall
be responsible for restoring any deficit to its capital account, (vi) upon
termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to Article IX, all amounts available for
distribution to Holders of the Class N and Class X Certificates shall be
distributed in accordance with their positive capital account balances, first to
the Class N Certificates until their Class N Notional Amount and any accrued but
unpaid interest thereon are reduced to zero, and then to the Class X
Certificates, and (vii) the Trustee shall maintain books and records with
respect to the partnership on a calendar year basis (unless a different taxable
year shall be required by the Code) and shall prepare or cause to be prepared,
and shall cause the Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class X
Certificates to sign and file or cause to be filed all federal and state tax and
information returns for the partnership, and shall furnish or cause to be
furnished Schedule K-1's to the Holders of the Class N and Class X Certificates
at the time required by the Code. Unless otherwise directed by a majority of the
Percentage Interests of the Class X and Class N Certificates, the Trustee shall
not make an election under Section 754 of the Code. All reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such preparation and filing
shall be paid by the Depositor. The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of
the Class X Certificates, by acceptance of its Class X Certificate, agrees to
act as "tax matters partner" (within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the
Code and to sign and timely file all federal and state partnership tax and
information returns prepared by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.11.
To enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement,
the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee within ten 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 the price, yield, prepayment assumption, and projected
cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the Depositor
shall provide information to the Trustee concerning the value, if any, to each
Class of LIBOR Certificates of the right to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward
Amounts from the Excess Reserve Fund Account. Thereafter, the Depositor shall
provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor any additional
information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time, reasonably request
to enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement. 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.
If any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any Trust
REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from
foreclosure property" of the Lower Tier REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of
the Code, on any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Start-up Day pursuant
to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including, if
applicable, any minimum tax imposed on any Trust REMIC pursuant to Sections
23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as
otherwise provided for herein, the tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee if such
tax arises out of or results from negligence of the Trustee in the performance
of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Servicer, in the case
of any such minimum tax, and otherwise if such tax arises out of or results from
a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (iii)
the Responsible Party if such tax arises out of or results from the Responsible
Party's obligation to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03, or
(iv) in all other cases, or if the Trustee, the Servicer or the Responsible
Party fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clause (i), (ii), or
(iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the
Certificateholders, as provided in Section 4.02(a).
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings. (a) The Trustee and the Servicer
shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the Trust's
satisfying the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. The Trustee shall
prepare on behalf of the Trust any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for similar
securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the Trustee shall sign and
file (via the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval System) such Forms on behalf of the Depositor, if an officer of the
Depositor signs the Certification pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section
8.12, or otherwise on behalf of the Trust. In the event the Trustee is signing
on behalf of the Depositor pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Depositor
hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute and file
each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall
continue until the earlier of either (i) receipt by the Trustee from the
Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the
termination of the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall
prepare such Form 10-K to be signed by the Depositor and the Depositor shall
sign such form unless the Securities and Exchange Commission has indicated that
it will accept a Certification signed by the Depositor where the related Form
10-K is signed by the Trustee on behalf of the Depositor.
(b) Each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Trustee within 15 days after
each Distribution Date, including a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. On or prior
to March 30th of each year (or such earlier date as may be required by the
Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission), the Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, in substance as required by
applicable law or applicable Securities and Exchange Commission staff's
interpretations. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the Servicer's annual
statement of compliance described under Section 3.22 and the accountant's report
described under Section 3.23, in each case to the extent they have been timely
delivered to the Trustee. If they are not so timely delivered, the Trustee shall
file an amended Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably
promptly after they are delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no
liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such periodic
reports resulting from or relating to the Trustee's inability or failure to
obtain any information not resulting from its own negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit L (the "Certification"), which shall, except as
described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of
securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it is determined by the
Depositor that the Certification may be executed by multiple persons, the
Trustee shall sign the Certification in respect of items 1 through 3 thereof and
the Servicer shall cause the senior officer in charge of servicing at the
Servicer to sign the Certification in respect of items 4 and 5 thereof, and the
Trustee may rely on the Certification signed by the Servicer to the same extent
as provided in subsection (c) below.
(c) In the event the Certification is to be signed by an officer of
the Depositor, the Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit M) for the benefit of the Depositor and its officers,
directors and Affiliates in respect of items 1 through 3 of the Certification
(provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of the
accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K), and the Servicer
shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N) for the
benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and their officers, directors and
Affiliates in respect of items 4 and 5 of the Certification. Each such
certification shall be delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee by March 20th
of each year (or if not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
The Certification attached hereto as Exhibit L shall be delivered to the Trustee
for filing by March 25th of each year (or if not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day). In addition, (i) the Trustee shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Depositor and its officers, directors and Affiliates from and
against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this
Section 8.12(c) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith, and (ii) the Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Depositor, the Trustee and their respective officers, directors and
Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs
and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Servicer's obligations
under this Section 8.12(c) or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein
is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified party, then (i)
the Trustee agrees in connection with a breach of the Trustee's obligations
under this Section 8.12(c) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct in connection therewith that it shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities of the Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Depositor on the one hand and the Trustee on the other and
(ii) the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by the Depositor and/or the Trustee as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities of the Depositor and/or the Trustee in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor or the Trustee, as
the case may be, on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection
with a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or the
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
(d) Upon any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Depositor a copy of any such executed
report, statement or information.
(e) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is
able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension
Notification with respect to the Trust.
Section 8.13 Tax Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account.
For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall treat the Excess Reserve Fund
Account as beneficially owned by the holders of the Class X and Class N
Certificates (or a partnership, the beneficial owners of which are the Class N
and Class X Certificates, as the case may be) and shall treat such portion of
the Trust Fund as a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the
Code. The Trustee shall treat the rights that each Class of LIBOR Certificates
has to receive payments of Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts from the Excess
Reserve Fund Account as rights to receive payments under an interest rate cap
contract written by the Class N and Class X Certificateholders (or a
partnership, the beneficial owners of which are the Class N and Class X
Certificates, as the case may be) in favor of each Class. Accordingly, each
Class of LIBOR Certificates will comprise two components - a regular interest in
the Corresponding REMIC and an interest in an interest rate cap contract. The
Trustee shall allocate the issue price for a Class of Certificates between two
components for purposes of determining the issue price of the Upper Tier Regular
Interest component based on information received from the Depositor.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the
Mortgage Loans. Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the
Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the purchase, on or after the
Optional Termination Date, by the Servicer, of all Mortgage Loans (and REO
Properties) at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal
balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO Property) plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate,
together with any unpaid remaining Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, and (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
Person seeking to purchase such Mortgage Loans, at the expense of such Person,
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan at the applicable
Mortgage Interest Rates and (y) the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage
Loan related to any REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate ("Termination Price") and (b)
the later of (i) the maturity or other Liquidation Event (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 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.
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates. If on any
Remittance Date, the 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
Collection Account, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a
Notice of Final Distribution to each Certificateholder. If the the Servicer
elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at
least 20 days prior to the date the Notice of Final Distribution is to be mailed
to the affected Certificateholders, the Depositor shall notify the Servicer and
the Trustee of the date the Depositor intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of
the applicable repurchase price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
A Notice of Final Distribution, 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 later than the 15th day of the month of
such final distribution. Any such Notice of Final Distribution shall specify (a)
the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be
made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the
office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d)
that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Trustee will give such Notice
of Final Distribution to each Rating Agency at the time such Notice of Final
Distribution is given to Certificateholders.
In the event such Notice of Final Distribution is given, the
Servicer shall cause all funds in the Collection Account to be remitted to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the
applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in
respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust
Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Depositor or its designee the Custodial
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 (after
reimbursement of all amounts due the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee
hereunder), in each case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set
forth in Section 4.02, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests,
with respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount up to an amount
equal to (i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates (except the Class X
Certificates), the Certificate Balance thereof or Class N Notional Amount with
respect to the Class N Certificates plus for each such Class and the Class X
Certificates accrued interest thereon in the case of an interest-bearing
Certificate and all other amounts to which such Classes are entitled pursuant to
Section 4.02, (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.
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 R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and
other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements. In the event the
Servicer exercises its purchase option with respect to the Mortgage Loans 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 Depositor, 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 Trust REMIC as
defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(a) The Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to
the Depositor, and, within 90 days of such sale, shall distribute to the
Certificateholders the proceeds of such sale in complete liquidation of each of
the Trust REMICs; and
(b) The Trustee shall attach a statement to the final federal income
tax return for each of the Trust REMICs stating that pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860F-1, the first day of the 90-day liquidation period for
each such Trust REMIC was the date on which the Trustee sold the assets of the
Trust Fund to the Depositor.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Depositor, the Responsible Party, the Servicer and the Trustee
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity
or mistake, (ii) to correct any defective provision herein or to supplement any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein,
(iii) to add to the duties of the Depositor or the Servicer, (iv) to add any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v)
to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions
contained in this Agreement; provided, that any action pursuant to clause (iv)
or (v) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided,
further, that the amendment shall not be deemed 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. The Trustee, the
Depositor, the Responsible Party and the Servicer also may at any time and from
time to time amend this Agreement, but 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
each Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of
the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be
a claim at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates or (iii)
comply with any other requirements of the Code; provided, that the Trustee has
been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the
party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or
helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or
minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such
requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Responsible Party and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not
less than 66(2)/3% 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
clause (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than
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.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless (i) 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 Trust REMIC or the Certificateholders or
cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding and (ii) the party seeking such amendment shall
have provided written notice to the Rating Agencies (with a copy of such notice
to the Trustee) of such amendment, stating the provisions of the Agreement to be
amended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.01, with
respect to any amendment that significantly modifies the permitted activities of
the Trustee or the Servicer, any Certificate beneficially owned by the Depositor
or any of its Affiliates or by the Responsible Party or any of its Affiliates
shall be deemed not to be outstanding (and shall not be considered when
determining the percentage of Certificateholders consenting or when calculating
the total number of Certificates entitled to consent) for purposes of
determining if the requisite consents of Certificateholders under this Section
10.01 have been obtained.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment which modifies its obligations or liabilities without its consent and
in all cases without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that
all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii)
either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. This Agreement
is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or
all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected by the Servicer at the expense of the Trust, but only upon receipt of
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and
beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 10.03 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties. It is the express intent of the
parties hereto that the conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor
and (ii) of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be
construed as, an absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the
parties that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event
that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in either such assets,
then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the
meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the
conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment
and a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall, to
the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary
to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in
the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected
security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained
as such throughout the term of the Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for
filing any Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements in connection with
any security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Section 10.05 Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide
notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it
has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Servicer or the Trustee and
the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Sections 2.03 or 2.07; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
(b) In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.03; and
2. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections
2.07 or 3.28.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of
the Depositor or GS Mortgage Securities Corp. or Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Principal Finance Group/Xxxxxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx and Asset Management Group/Senior Asset Manager (and, in the case of
the Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.22, to
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx), or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Trustee and the Servicer by the Depositor in writing,
(b) in the case of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Secretary, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by Xxxxxx in writing, (c)
in the case of New Century, New Century Mortgage Corporation, 00000 Xxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, Executive Vice President,
or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the
Trustee by New Century in writing, (d) in the case of the Trustee to the
Corporate Trust Office, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0000 Xxxx Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust
Administration-GS0401, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor or Servicer, (e) in the case of the Responsible Party,
NC Capital Corporation, 00000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, Executive Vice President, or such other address as the
Responsible Party may hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Servicer; and (f) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies, the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first
class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities. (a) A Servicer
is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or other facility (any such
arrangement, an "Advance Facility"), the documentation for which complies with
Section 10.07(e) below, under which (1) such Servicer assigns or pledges its
rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any or all Advances to (i) a
Person, which may be a special-purpose bankruptcy-remote entity (an "SPV"), (ii)
a Person, which may simultaneously assign or pledge such rights to an SPV or
(iii) a lender (a "Lender"), which, in the case of any Person or SPV of the type
described in either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), may directly or
through other assignees and/or pledgees, assign or pledge such rights to a
Person, which may include a trustee acting on behalf of holders of debt
instruments (any such Person or any such Lender, an "Advance Financing Person"),
and/or (2) an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund all the Advances required
to be made by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the
Trustee, Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before a
Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or the
Certificateholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advance
Financing Person to a Servicer. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance
Facility under which an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund Advances, (A)
the Servicer (i) shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make
Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement and (ii) shall not be
relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance Facility and (B) neither
the Advance Financing Person nor any Servicer's Assignee (as hereinafter
defined) shall have any right to proceed against or otherwise contact any
Mortgagor for the purpose of collecting any payment that may be due with respect
to any related Mortgage Loan or enforcing any covenant of such Mortgagor under
the related Mortgage Loan documents.
(b) If a Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, such Servicer and
the related Advance Financing Person shall deliver to the Trustee at the address
set forth in Section 10.05 hereof a written notice (an "Advance Facility
Notice"), stating (a) the identity of the Advance Financing Person and (b) the
identity of the Person (the "Servicer's Assignee") that will, subject to Section
10.07(c) hereof, have the right to make withdrawals from the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances
("Advance Reimbursement Amounts"). Advance Reimbursement Amounts (i) shall
consist solely of amounts in respect of Advances for which such Servicer would
be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with Section 3.11 hereof,
assuming such Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and (ii) shall not
consist of amounts payable to a successor Servicer in accordance with Section
3.11 hereof to the extent permitted under Section 10.07(e) below.
(c) Notwithstanding the existence of an Advance Facility, a
Servicer, on behalf of the Advance Financing Person and the Servicer's Assignee,
shall be entitled to receive reimbursements of Advances in accordance with
Section 3.11 hereof, which entitlement may be terminated by the Advance
Financing Person pursuant to a written notice to the Trustee in the manner set
forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Servicer
shall no longer be entitled to receive reimbursement for any Advance
Reimbursement Amounts and the Servicer's Assignee shall immediately have the
right to receive from the Collection Account all Advance Reimbursement Amounts.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) a Servicer
and/or the Servicer's Assignee shall only be entitled to reimbursement of
Advance Reimbursement Amounts hereunder from withdrawals from the Collection
Account pursuant to Section 3.11 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be
entitled to make withdrawals of, or receive, amounts that shall be deposited in
the Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 3.11(a)(i) and 3.27(b) hereof, and
(ii) none of the Trustee or the Certificateholders shall have any right to, or
otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance Reimbursement Amounts to which the
Servicer or Servicer's Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to
Section 3.11 hereof. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the joint written
direction of the Servicer and the related Advance Financing Person. Written
notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee in the manner set
forth in Section 10.05 hereof. None of the Depositor or the Trustee shall, as a
result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any additional duty or
liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any Advance
Reimbursement Amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility,
shall the Depositor or the Trustee have any additional responsibility to track
or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of Advance
Reimbursement Amounts to the Servicer's Assignee. The Servicer shall indemnify
the Depositor, the Trustee, any successor Servicer and the Trust Fund for any
claim, loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advance
Financing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or
damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful
misconduct on the part of the Depositor, the Trustee or any successor Servicer,
as the case may be, or failure by the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as the
case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement. The Servicer shall
maintain and provide to any successor Servicer and, upon request, the Trustee a
detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged
or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advance Financing Person. The successor
Servicer shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by the
predecessor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall not be liable for any
errors in such information.
(d) An Advance Financing Person who receives an assignment or pledge
of rights to receive Advance Reimbursement Amounts and/or whose obligations are
limited to the funding of Advances pursuant to an Advance Facility shall not be
required to meet the criteria for qualification as a Subservicer.
(e) As between a predecessor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, on the one hand, and a successor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, if any, on the other hand, Advance Reimbursement Amounts on a
loan-by-loan basis with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which an Advance
shall have been made and be outstanding shall be allocated on a "first-in, first
out" basis. In the event the Servicer's Assignee shall have received some or all
of an Advance Reimbursement Amount related to Advances that were made by a
Person other than such predecessor Servicer or its related Advance Financing
Person in error, then such Servicer's Assignee shall be required to remit any
portion of such Advance Reimbursement Amount to each Person entitled to such
portion of such Advance Reimbursement Amount. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the
Advance Financing Person for all Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent
the related Advance Reimbursement Amounts have not been assigned or pledged to
such Advance Financing Person or Servicer's Assignee.
(f) For purposes of any Officer's Certificate of the Servicer made
pursuant to Section 4.01(d), any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance referred to therein may have been made by such Servicer or any
predecessor Servicer. In making its determination that any Advance or Servicing
Advance theretofore made has become a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Servicer shall apply the same criteria in
making such determination regardless of whether such Advance or Servicing
Advance shall have been made by the Servicer or any predecessor Servicer.
(g) Any amendment to this Section 10.07 or to any other provision of
this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an
Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 10.07, including
amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered
into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer without the consent of any
Certificateholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 10.01 hereof.
All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of each party
hereto of any such amendment shall be borne solely by the Servicer. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances financed by and/or
pledged to an Advance Financing Person under any Advance Facility are
obligations owed to the Servicer payable only from the cash flows and proceeds
received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances only to the extent
provided herein, and the Trustee and the Trust are not, as a result of the
existence of any Advance Facility, obligated or liable to repay any Advances
financed by the Advance Financing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible
for remitting to the Advance Financing Person the applicable amounts collected
by it as reimbursement for Advances funded by the Advance Financing Person,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have
any responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the financing
arrangement between the Servicer and any Advance Financing Person.
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management
of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members
of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any
third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement
pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and
unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it
may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein
or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights. The Servicer agrees that,
on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Depositor
or the Trustee during such Person's normal business hours, to examine all the
books of account, records, reports and other papers of such Person 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 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 reasonable out-of-pocket expense of the Servicer incident to the
exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09
shall be borne by the Servicer. The Servicer may impose commercially reasonable
restrictions on the dissemination of information the Servicer defines as
confidential.
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, Xxxxxx, New Century
and the Responsible Party have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
solely as Trustee and not in its
individual capacity
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Associate
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
By: /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
NC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
(Delivered to Trustee on the Closing Date)
SCHEDULE II
GSAMP Mortgage Lean Trust 2004-NC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing XX
Xxxxxx hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in
this Schedule II to the Depositor, New Century and the Trustee, as of the
Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(1) Xxxxxx is a Delaware limited partnership, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of Delaware and is duly authorized and
qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Xxxxxx in any state in which a
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in
compliance with the doing business laws of any such State, to the extent
necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to
service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
(2) Xxxxxx has the full power and authority to service each Mortgage
Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
Xxxxxx the execution, delivery and performance of this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor,
the Responsible Party, New Century and the Trustee, constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of Xxxxxx, enforceable against Xxxxxx in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent 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 the equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by Xxxxxx, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by Xxxxxx
hereunder, the consummation by Xxxxxx of any other of the transactions
herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms
hereof are in the ordinary course of business of Xxxxxx and will not (A)
result in a breach of any term or provision of the organizational
documents of Xxxxxx or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation or
acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which Xxxxxx is a party or by which it
may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to Xxxxxx of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over Xxxxxx; and Xxxxxx is not a party to, bound by,
or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially and
adversely affects or, to Litton's knowledge, would in the future
materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of Xxxxxx to perform its
obligations under this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of Xxxxxx
taken as a whole;
(4) Xxxxxx is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Mae and an
approved servicer for Xxxxxxx Mac in good standing;
(5) No litigation is pending against Xxxxxx that would materially
and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of Xxxxxx to service the
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Xxxxxx of, or compliance by Xxxxxx with, this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the consummation by Xxxxxx of the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been
obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(7) Xxxxxx covenants that its computer and other systems used in
servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that Xxxxxx can
service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement; and
(8) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, to the extent Xxxxxx
serviced such Mortgage Loan and to the extent Xxxxxx provided monthly
reports to the three credit repositories, Xxxxxx 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 to Equifax, Experian, and Trans
Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a
monthly basis.
SCHEDULE III
GSAMP Mortgage Lean Trust 2004-NC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Representations and Warranties of New Century Mortgage Corporation
New Century hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule III to the Depositor, Xxxxxx and the Trustee, as of the
Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(1) New Century is a Delaware limited partnership, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and is duly authorized and
qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by New Century in any state in
which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in
compliance with the doing business laws of any such State, to the extent
necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to
service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
(2) New Century has the full power and authority to service each
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
New Century the execution, delivery and performance of this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor,
the Responsible Party, Xxxxxx and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of New Century, enforceable against New Century in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent 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 the equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by New Century, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by New
Century hereunder, the consummation by New Century of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance
with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of New
Century and will not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of
the organizational documents of New Century or (B) conflict with, result
in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under,
the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which New
Century is a party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or
regulation applicable to New Century of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over New
Century; and New Century is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or
violation of any indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to
or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to New
Century's knowledge, would in the future materially and adversely affect,
(x) the ability of New Century to perform its obligations under this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (y) the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of New Century taken as a whole;
(4) New Century is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Mae and an
approved servicer for Xxxxxxx Mac in good standing;
(5) No litigation is pending against New Century that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability
of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of New Century to
service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations
hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by New Century of, or compliance by New Century with, this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the consummation by New Century of the
transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except
for such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have
been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(7) New Century covenants that its computer and other systems used
in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that New Century
can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
(8) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, to the extent New Century
serviced such Mortgage Loan and to the extent New Century provided monthly
reports to the three credit repositories, New Century 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 to Equifax, Experian, and Trans
Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a
monthly basis.
SCHEDULE IV
Representations and Warranties of the Responsible Party as to the Mortgage Loans
The Responsible Party hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule IV as to the Mortgage Loans only to the
Depositor, Xxxxxx, New Century and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date (or such
other date as may be expressly set forth below):
(1) Mortgage Loans as Described. The Responsible Party has delivered
to the Purchaser the Data Tape Information and that Data Tape Information
is true and correct, including, without limitation, the terms of the
Prepayment Penalties, if any, as of the Cut-off Date;
(2) Payments Current. As of the Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan has a
30 Day Delinquency;
(3) No Outstanding Charges. As of the Servicing Transfer Date, there
are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage, and 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.
The Responsible Party 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
under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the
Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds,
whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date
of the first installment of principal and interest;
(4) Original Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any
respect from the date of origination, except by a written instrument which
has been recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser,
and which has been delivered to the Trustee and the terms of which are
reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Data Tape Information or
included in the Mortgage File. No Mortgage Loan has been modified so as to
restructure the payment obligations or re-age the Mortgage Loan. The
substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved
by the title insurer, if any, to the extent required by the policy, and
its terms are reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. No Mortgagor has
been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an
assumption agreement, approved by the title insurer, to the extent
required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the
Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Trustee and the terms of which are
reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and the Data Tape Information;
(5) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including, without
limitation, the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the
terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right
thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable,
in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense of
usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense
has been asserted with respect thereto, and no Mortgagor was a debtor in
any state or Federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the
Mortgage Loan was originated;
(6) Hazard Insurance. Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all
buildings or other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by
a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended
coverage and such other hazards as are provided for in the Xxxxxx Mae
Guides or by Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all additional requirements set forth
in Section 3.13 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. If required by the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, each Mortgage Loan is
covered by a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the
current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect
which policy conforms to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all
additional requirements set forth in Section 3.13 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. All individual insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Responsible Party and its successors and
assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard
insurance policy at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the
Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to
obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's cost and expense,
and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by
state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to
choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy
is not a "master" or "blanket" hazard insurance policy covering a
condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities
of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid
and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and
will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Trustee
upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Responsible Party has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the
Mortgagor or any servicer having engaged in, any act or omission which
would impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the
endorsement provided for herein, or the validity and binding effect of
such policy, without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or
other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be
received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or
entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or
realized by the Responsible Party;
(7) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any
federal, state or local law, including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws, all applicable
predatory lending and abusive lending laws or unfair and deceptive
practices laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan, including, without
limitation, any provisions relating to Prepayment Premiums have been
complied with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations, and the
Responsible Party shall maintain in its possession, available for the
Purchaser's inspection, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand,
evidence of compliance with all such requirements;
(8) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Mortgage has not been
satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and
the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the
Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that
would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission.
The Responsible Party has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor of
any action, if the Mortgagor's failure to perform such action would cause
the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the Responsible Party waived
any default resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor;
(9) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property
is located in the state identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and
consists of real property with a detached single family residence erected
thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium
unit in a low rise condominium project, or an individual unit in a planned
unit development or a de minimis planned unit development which is in each
case four stories or less; provided, however, that any mobile home (double
wide only) or manufactured dwelling shall conform with the applicable
Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac requirements regarding such dwellings and that
no Mortgage Loan is secured by a single parcel of real property with a
cooperative housing corporation, a log home or, a mobile home erected
thereon or by a mixed use property, a property in excess of 10 acres or
other unique property types. As of the date of origination, no portion of
the Mortgaged Property was used for commercial purposes, and since the
date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used
for commercial purposes; provided, that Mortgaged Properties which contain
a home office shall not be considered as being used for commercial
purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not been altered for
commercial purposes and is not storing any chemicals or raw materials
other than those commonly used for homeowner repair, maintenance and/or
household purposes. With respect to any Mortgage Loan secured by a
Mortgaged Property improved by manufactured housing, (i) the related
manufactured housing unit is permanently affixed to the land, and (ii) the
related manufactured housing unit and the related land are subject to a
Mortgage properly filed in the appropriate public recording office and
naming the Responsible Party as mortgagee;
(10) Valid First or Second Lien. The Mortgage is a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected first or second lien (as applicable)
on the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings and improvements on the
Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed to
such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at
any time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is
subject only to:
(i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments
not yet due and payable;
(ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of
recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions
generally and specifically referred to in the lender's title
insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan
and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the
appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which
do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property set forth in such appraisal; and
(iii) 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 the Mortgage or the use,
enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property;
and
(iv) with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the lien of
the first mortgage on the Mortgaged Property.
The Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of origination of the
Mortgage Loan, subject to a second lien mortgage loan (or other
subordinate lien mortgage loan) which itself is not a Second Lien Mortgage
Loan. The Mortgaged Property with respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan
is not subject to a first lien mortgage loan which is itself not a
Mortgage Loan;
(11) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in
connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with
its terms (including, without limitation, any provisions therein relating
to Prepayment Premiums). All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage
and any other such related agreement had legal capacity to enter into the
Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage
and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other
such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by other such
related parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence
or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on
the part of any Person, including without limitation, the Mortgagor, any
appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved in the
origination or servicing of the Mortgage Loan. The Responsible Party has
reviewed all of the documents constituting the Servicing File and has made
such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of
the representations set forth herein;
(12) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. The Mortgage Loan has been
closed and the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and
there is no requirement for future advances thereunder, and any and all
requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and
as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with.
All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage
Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not
entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note
or Mortgage;
(13) Ownership. Immediately prior to the transfer contemplated by
the Purchase Agreements, the Responsible Party was the sole owner of
record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by
each Mortgage Note. The Mortgage Loan was not assigned or pledged, and the
Responsible Party had good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and
has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser
free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien,
pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and
authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with,
any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
Purchase Agreements and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the
Purchaser will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance,
equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest;
(14) Doing Business. All parties which have had any interest in the
Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are
(or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest,
were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements
of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and
(2) either (i) organized under the laws of such state, or (ii) qualified
to do business in such state, or (iii) a federal savings and loan
association, a savings bank or a national bank having a principal office
in such state, or (3) not doing business in such state;
(15) CLTV, LTV. No Mortgage Loan that is a Second Lien Mortgage Loan
has CLTV in excess of 100%. No Mortgage Loan has an LTV greater than 100%;
(16) Title Insurance. The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender's title insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan for
which the related Mortgaged Property is located in California a CLTA
lender's title insurance policy, or other generally acceptable form of
policy or insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and each such
title insurance policy is issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Responsible Party, its
successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien (with respect to
First Lien Mortgage Loans) or second priority lien (with respect to Second
Lien Mortgage Loans) of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of
the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of representation 10 of this Schedule IV, and in
the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by reason of
the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage
Interest Rate and Scheduled Payment. Where required by state law or
regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the
carrier of the required mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such
lender's title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress,
and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any
interest therein. The title policy does not contain any special exceptions
(other than the standard exclusions) for zoning and uses and has been
marked to delete the standard survey exceptions or to replace the standard
survey exception with a specific survey reading. The Responsible Party,
its successors and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender's title
insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is valid and
remains in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims
have been made under such lender's title insurance policy, and no prior
holder of the related Mortgage, including the Responsible Party, has done,
by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such
lender's title insurance policy, including, without limitation, no
unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value
of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any
attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have
been received, retained or realized by the Responsible Party;
(17) No Defaults. There is no default, breach, violation or event
which would permit acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the
Mortgage Note and no 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 which would permit acceleration, and
neither the Responsible Party nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their
respective predecessors have waived any default, breach, violation or
event which would permit acceleration. With respect to each Second Lien
Mortgage Loan, (i) the prior mortgage is in full force and effect, (ii)
there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing
under such prior mortgage or the related mortgage note, (iii) no 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 thereunder, and either (A) the prior mortgage
contains a provision which allows or (B) applicable law requires, the
mortgagee under the Second Lien Mortgage Loan to receive notice of, and
affords such mortgagee an opportunity to cure any default by payment in
full or otherwise under the prior mortgage;
(18) No Mechanics' Liens. There are no mechanics' or similar liens
or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights
are outstanding that under law could give rise to such liens) affecting
the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or
equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(19) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements
which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines
of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being
part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning
law or regulation;
(20) Origination; Payment Terms. Either (a) the Mortgage Loan was
originated by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act,
a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit
union, insurance company or other similar institution which is supervised
and examined by a federal or state authority, or (b) the following
requirements have been met with respect to the Mortgage Loan: the
Responsible Party meets the requirements set forth in clause (a), and (i)
such Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with standards
established by the Responsible Party, using application forms and related
credit documents approved by the Responsible Party, (ii) the Responsible
Party approved each application and the related credit documents before a
commitment by the correspondent was issued, and no such commitment was
issued until the Responsible Party agreed to fund such Mortgage Loan,
(iii) the closing documents for such Mortgage Loan were prepared on forms
approved by the Responsible Party, and (iv) such Mortgage Loan was
actually funded by the Responsible Party and was purchased by the
Responsible Party at closing or soon thereafter. The documents,
instruments and agreements submitted for loan underwriting were not
falsified and contain no untrue statement of material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the information and statements therein not misleading. No Mortgage Loan
contains terms or provisions which would result in negative amortization.
Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than sixty days
after funds were disbursed in connection with the Mortgage Loan. The
Mortgage Interest Rate, Lifetime Rate Cap and Periodic Mortgage Interest
Rate Cap are as set forth on Mortgage Loan Schedule hereto (including in
the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the interest rate and payment
limitations set forth on Mortgage Loan Schedule hereto). All Mortgage
Loans have Due Dates on the first day of each month except as specified on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule. Each Mortgage Note is payable in equal monthly
installments of principal and interest, which installments of interest,
with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, are subject to change due
to the adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Adjustment Date,
with interest calculated and payable in arrears and is not calculated on a
simple interest basis. The monthly principal payments on each Mortgage
Loan is sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated
maturity date, over an original term of not more than thirty years from
commencement of amortization. Each Mortgage Loan is payable on the first
day of each month. There are no convertible Mortgage Loans which contain a
provision allowing the Mortgagor to convert the Mortgage Note from an
adjustable interest rate Mortgage Note to a fixed interest rate Mortgage
Note.
(21) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property
of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the
case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a
Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee's sale of, the Mortgaged
Property pursuant to the proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage
Loan will be able to deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged
Property. There is no homestead or other exemption available to a
Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged
Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage,
subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent with
respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(22) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. As of the Closing Date the
Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. 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;
(23) No Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not
been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding
Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or
chattel mortgage, referred to in paragraph (10);
(24) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of
trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to
serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is
named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable
by the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee's sale after default by the Mortgagor;
(25) Delivery of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to
be delivered under this Agreement for each Mortgage Loan have been
delivered to the Purchaser;
(26) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. The Assignment of Mortgage is in
recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located. The transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the
Responsible Party are not subject to the bulk transfer or similar
statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(27) Due-On-Sale. With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the
payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event
that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior
written consent of the mortgagee thereunder, and to the best of the
Responsible Party's knowledge, such provision is enforceable;
(28) No Buydown Provisions No Graduated Payments or Contingent
Interests. The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which
Scheduled Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any
separate account established by the Responsible Party, the Mortgagor, or
anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the
Mortgagor nor does it contain any other similar provisions which may
constitute a "buydown" provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated
payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared
appreciation or other contingent interest feature;
(29) Assumability. With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the Mortgage Loan Documents provide that after the related first
Adjustment Date, a related Mortgage Loan may only be assumed if the party
assuming such Mortgage Loan meets certain credit requirements stated in
the Mortgage Loan Documents;
(30) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to
the Mortgagor 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. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated
principal amount is expressly insured as having first or second lien
priority (as applicable) by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to
the policy insuring the mortgagee's consolidated interest or by other
title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated
principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan;
(31) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings.
There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is
undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood,
tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the
Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which
the premises were intended and each Mortgaged Property is in good repair.
There have not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the
Mortgaged Property and the Responsible Party has no knowledge of any such
proceedings in the future;
(32) Collection Practices; Escrow Payments; Interest Rate
Adjustments. The origination, servicing and collection practices used by
the Servicer, the Responsible Party and its Affiliates and any prior
servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in
compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and
regulations, and have been in all respects legal and proper and prudent in
the mortgage origination and servicing business. With respect to escrow
deposits and Escrow Payments, if any, all such payments are in the
possession of, or under the control of, the Servicer or the Responsible
Party and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which
customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. All
Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state and
federal law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
An escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and has been
established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains
unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow
deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due to the
Responsible Party have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage
Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict
compliance with state and federal law and the terms of the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the related Adjustment Date. If, pursuant to
the terms of the Mortgage Note, another index was selected for determining
the Mortgage Interest Rate, the same index was used with respect to each
Mortgage Note which required a new index to be selected, and such
selection did not conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
The Responsible Party and its Affiliates executed and delivered any and
all notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related
Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and the
Scheduled Payment adjustments. Any interest required to be paid pursuant
to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and credited;
(33) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. With respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan is not a convertible Mortgage Loan;
(34) Other Insurance Policies. No action, inaction or event has
occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed that has resulted or
will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under
any applicable special hazard insurance policy or bankruptcy bond,
irrespective of the cause of such failure of coverage. In connection with
the placement of any such insurance, no commission, fee, or other
compensation has been or will be received by the Responsible Party or by
any officer, director, or employee of the Responsible Party or any
designee of the Responsible Party or any corporation in which the
Responsible Party or any officer, director, or employee had a financial
interest at the time of placement of such insurance;
(35) No Violation of Environmental Laws. The Mortgaged Property is
free from any and all toxic or hazardous substances and there exists no
violation of any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or
regulation. There is no pending action or proceeding directly involving
the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental law,
rule or regulation is an issue; there is no violation of any environmental
law, rule or regulation with respect to the Mortgaged Property; and
nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of
each such law, rule or regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and
enjoyment of said property;
(36) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not notified
the Responsible Party, and the Responsible Party has no knowledge of any
relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act;
(37) Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property signed by a qualified appraiser, acceptable to
the Responsible Party, 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, and the appraisal and appraiser both satisfy the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and Title XI of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the
Mortgage Loan was originated;
(38) Disclosure Materials. The Mortgagor has executed a statement to
the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials
required by, and the Responsible Party has complied with all applicable
law with respect to the making of the Mortgage Loans;
(39) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or
rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or
exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(40) Value of Mortgaged Property. The Responsible Party has no
knowledge of any circumstances existing that could reasonably be expected
to adversely affect the value or the marketability of any Mortgaged
Property or Mortgage Loan or to cause the Mortgage Loans to prepay during
any period materially faster or slower than similar mortgage loans held by
the Responsible Party generally secured by properties in the same
geographic area as the related Mortgaged Property;
(41) No Defense to Insurance Coverage. The Responsible Party has
caused or will cause to be performed any and all acts required to preserve
the rights and remedies of the Purchaser in any insurance policies
applicable to the Mortgage Loans including, without limitation, any
necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests
therein, and establishments of coinsured, joint loss payee and mortgagee
rights in favor of the Purchaser. No action has been taken or failed to be
taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed
on or prior to the Closing Date (whether or not known to the Responsible
Party on or prior to such date) which has resulted or will result in an
exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any primary
mortgage insurance (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials
or defenses which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely
payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the
insured) whether arising out of actions, representations, errors,
omissions, negligence, or fraud of the Responsible Party, the related
Mortgagor or any party involved in the application for such coverage,
including the appraisal, plans and specifications and other exhibits or
documents submitted therewith to the insurer under such insurance policy,
or for any other reason under such coverage, but not including the failure
of such insurer to pay by reason of such insurer's breach of such
insurance policy or such insurer's financial inability to pay;
(42) Escrow Analysis. With respect to each Mortgage, the Responsible
Party or its Affiliate has within the last twelve months (unless such
Mortgage was originated within such twelve month period) analyzed the
required Escrow Payments for each Mortgage and adjusted the amount of such
payments so that, assuming all required payments are timely made, any
deficiency will be eliminated on or before the first anniversary of such
analysis, or any overage will be refunded to the Mortgagor, in accordance
with RESPA and any other applicable law;
(43) Prior Servicing. Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in strict
compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices;
(44) Credit Information. As to each consumer report (as defined in
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit
information furnished by the Responsible Party to the Purchaser, that the
Responsible Party has full right and authority and is not precluded by law
or contract from furnishing such information to the Purchaser. The
Responsible Party has or has caused the related servicer to, for each
Mortgage Loan, fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting
Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information
(e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax,
Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit
repositories), on a monthly basis;
(45) Leaseholds. If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term
residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease holds a fee simple
interest in the land; (2) the terms of such lease expressly permit the
mortgaging of the leasehold estate, the assignment of the lease without
the lessor's consent and the acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage of
the rights of the lessee upon foreclosure or assignment in lieu of
foreclosure or provide the holder of the Mortgage with substantially
similar protections; (3) the terms of such lease do not (a) allow the
termination thereof upon the lessee's default without the holder of the
Mortgage being entitled to receive written notice of, and opportunity to
cure, such default, (b) allow the termination of the lease in the event of
damage or destruction as long as the Mortgage is in existence, (c)
prohibit the holder of the Mortgage from being insured (or receiving
proceeds of insurance) under the hazard insurance policy or policies
relating to the Mortgaged Property or (d) permit any increase in rent
other than pre-established increases set forth in the lease; (4) the
original term of such lease is not less than 15 years; (5) the term of
such lease does not terminate earlier than five years after the maturity
date of the Mortgage Note; and (6) the Mortgaged Property is located in a
jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates in transferring
ownership in residential properties is a generally accepted practice;
(46) Prepayment Penalty. Each Mortgage Loan is subject to a
Prepayment Penalty as provided in the related Mortgage Note unless
otherwise indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan that has a prepayment penalty feature, each such prepayment
penalty is enforceable and has been enforced by the Responsible Party for
the benefit of the Purchaser, and each prepayment penalty is permitted
pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each such prepayment penalty is
in an amount equal to the maximum amount permitted under applicable law
and no such prepayment penalty may be imposed for a term in excess of five
(5) years. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision
permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity:
(i) prior to the loan's origination, the borrower agreed to such premium
in exchange for a monetary benefit, including but not limited to a rate or
fee reduction, (ii) prior to the loan's origination, the borrower was
offered the option of obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require
payment of such a premium, (iii) the prepayment premium is disclosed to
the borrower in the loan documents pursuant to applicable state and
federal law, and (iv) notwithstanding any state or federal law to the
contrary, the Servicer shall not impose such prepayment premium in any
instance when the mortgage debt is accelerated as the result of the
borrower's default in making the loan payments;
(47) Predatory Lending Regulations. No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost
Mortgage Loan. No predatory or deceptive lending practices, including,
without limitation, the extension of credit without regard to the ability
of the Mortgagor to repay and the extension of credit which has no
apparent benefit to the Mortgagor, were employed in the origination of the
Mortgage Loan;
(48) Single-premium Credit Life Insurance Policy. In connection with
the origination of any Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan
were used to finance a single-premium credit life insurance policy;
(49) Tax Service Contract; Flood Certification Contract. Each
Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid in full, life of loan, tax service
contract and a paid in full, life of loan, flood certification contract
and each of these contracts is assignable to the Purchaser;
(50) Qualified Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(51) Regarding the Mortgagor. The Mortgagor is one or more natural
persons and/or trustees for an Illinois land trust or a trustee under a
"living trust" and such "living trust" is in compliance with Xxxxxx Mae
guidelines for such trusts;
(52) Recordation. Each original Mortgage was recorded and all
subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the assignment
to the Purchaser) have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions
wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof as
against creditors of the Responsible Party, or is in the process of being
recorded;
(53) FICO Scores. Each Mortgagor has a non-zero FICO score. No
Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor with a FICO score of less than 500; and
(54) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Responsible
Party has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and
regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001
(collectively, the "Anti-Money Laundering Laws"); the Responsible Party
has established an anti-money laundering compliance program as required by
the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted the requisite due diligence
in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan for purposes of
the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with respect to the legitimacy
of the applicable Mortgagor and the origin of the assets used by the said
Mortgagor to purchase the property in question, and maintains, and will
maintain, sufficient information to identify the applicable Mortgagor for
purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(55) Conformance with Agency and Underwriting Guidelines. The
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting
Guidelines. The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to
Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae and the Responsible Party has not made any
representations to a Mortgagor that are inconsistent with the mortgage
instruments used;
(56) Acceptable Investment. There are no circumstances or conditions
with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor, the
Mortgage File or the Mortgagor's credit standing that can reasonably be
expected to cause private institutional investors who invest in sub-prime
mortgage loans to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable investment,
cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect the
value or marketability of the Mortgage Loan, or cause the Mortgage Loans
to prepay during any period materially faster or slower than the mortgage
loans originated by the Responsible Party generally;
(57) Condominiums/Planned Unit Developments. If the Mortgaged
Property is a condominium unit or a planned unit development (other than a
de minimis planned unit development) such condominium or planned unit
development project such Mortgage Loan was originated in accordance with,
and the Mortgaged Property meets the guidelines set forth in the
Responsible Party's and its Affiliates' underwriting guidelines;
(58) Georgia Fair Lending Act. There is no Mortgage Loan that was
originated on or after October 1, 2002 and on or prior to March 7, 2003,
which is secured by property located in the State of Georgia. There is no
Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after March 7, 2003 that is a
"high cost home loan" as defined under the Georgia Fair Lending Act;
(59) New York State Banking Law. There is no Mortgage Loan that (a)
is secured by property located in the State of New York; (b) had an
original principal balance of $300,000 or less, and (c) has an application
date on or after April 1, 2003, the terms of which loan equal or exceed
either the annual percentage rate or the points and fees threshold for
"high cost home loans," as defined in Section 6-L of the New York State
Banking Law;
(60) New Jersey Mortgage Loans. All Mortgage Loans originated in New
Jersey are ratable by Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Xxxxx'x. All Mortgage
originated in New Jersey conform with the Purchaser's New Jersey Loan
Stipulations set forth on Exhibit M to the Purchase Agreements;
(61) Origination Practices. No borrower was encouraged or required
to select a Mortgage Loan product offered by the Mortgage Loan's
originator which is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy
borrowers, unless at the time of the Mortgage Loan's origination, such
borrower did not qualify taking into account credit history and
debt-to-income ratios for a lower-cost credit product then offered by the
Mortgage Loan's originator or any affiliate of the Mortgage Loan's
originator. If, at the time of loan application, the borrower may have
qualified for a for a lower-cost credit product then offered by any
mortgage lending affiliate of the Mortgage Loan's originator, the Mortgage
Loan's originator referred the borrower's application to such affiliate
for underwriting consideration; and
(62) Underwriting Methodology. The methodology used in underwriting
the extension of credit for each Mortgage Loan employs, in part, 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 a reasonable ability to make
timely payments on the Mortgage Loan.
SCHEDULE V
The Responsible Party hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule V to the Depositor, Xxxxxx, New Century
and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date.
(a) Due Organization and Authority. The Responsible Party is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of California and has all
licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being
conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in
each state wherein it owns or leases any material properties
or where a Mortgaged Property is located, if the laws of such
state require licensing or qualification in order to conduct
business of the type conducted by the Responsible Party, and
in any event the Responsible Party is in compliance with the
laws of any such state to the extent necessary; the
Responsible Party has the full corporate power, authority and
legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
perform its obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Responsible Party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly and validly authorized; this Agreement and all agreements
contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered and
constitute the valid, legal, binding and enforceable
obligations of the Responsible Party, regardless of whether
such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law; and all requisite corporate action has been taken by the
Responsible Party to make this Agreement and all agreements
contemplated hereby valid and binding upon the Responsible
Party in accordance with their terms;
(b) No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or result
in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
the Responsible Party's charter or by-laws or any legal
restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the
Responsible Party is now a party or by which it is bound, or
constitute a default or result in an acceleration under any of
the foregoing, or result in the violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Responsible
Party or its property is subject, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would have
an adverse effect upon any of its properties pursuant to the
terms of any mortgage, contract, deed of trust or other
instrument;
(c) No Litigation Pending. There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or threatened against the Responsible
Party, before any court, administrative agency or other
tribunal asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, seeking
to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or which, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of the Responsible Party, or
in any material impairment of the right or ability of the
Responsible Party to carry on its business substantially as
now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the
Responsible Party, or which would draw into question the
validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be
taken in connection with the obligations of the Responsible
Party contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair
materially the ability of the Responsible Party to perform
under the terms of this Agreement;
(d) No Consent Required. No consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any
court or governmental agency or body including HUD, the FHA or
the VA is required for the execution, delivery and performance
by the Responsible Party of or compliance by the Responsible
Party with this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if required,
such approval has been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS A, CLASS M AND CLASS B CERTIFICATES
[To be added to the Class B-2, and Class B-3 Certificates while they remain
Private Certificates: IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE, NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER (THE "TRANSFEROR LETTER")
IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE
TRUSTEE RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER (THE "144A LETTER") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I
TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE
MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.]
IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEROR WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRANSFEROR
LETTER AND THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE
CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE RULE 144A LETTER, IN EACH CASE AS IF SUCH
CERTIFICATE WERE EVIDENCED BY A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE.
In the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry
Certificate 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 will be deemed to
have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the
Transferor Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be
deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth
in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such
Certificate were evidenced by a Physical 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 REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN 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"), AND CERTAIN OTHER
ASSETS.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : April 1, 2004
First Distribution Date : May 25, 2004
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") :
Initial Certificate
Balances of all
Certificates of this Class : Class Principal Amount
Class A-1 $201,244,000
Class A-2 $ 70,956,000
Class A-3 $ 51,672,000
Class M-1 $ 27,673,000
Class M-2 $ 23,573,000
Class M-3 $ 7,174,000
Class B-1 $ 5,125,000
Class B-2 $ 4,715,000
Class B-3 $ 5,124,000
CUSIP : Class CUSIP No.
Class A-1 [36228F P3 4]
Class A-2 [36228F P4 2]
Class A-3 [36228F P5 9]
Class M-1 [36228F P6 7]
Class M-2 [36228F P7 5]
Class M-3 [36228F P8 3]
Class B-1 [36228F P9 1]
Class B-2 [36228F Q2 5]
Class B-3 [36228F Q3 3]
ISIN : Class A-1 [US36228FP341]
Class A-2 [US36228FP424]
Class A-3 [US36228FP598]
Class M-1 [US36228FP671]
Class M-2 [US36228FP754]
Class M-3 [US36228FP838]
Class B-1 [US36228FP911]
Class B-2 [US63228FQ257]
Class B-3 [US63228FQ331]
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1
[Class A-] [Class M-] [Class B-]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
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 Responsible Party, the Servicers 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 CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the denominations of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April
1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, New Century Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer (collectively, the "Servicers"), NC Capital
Corporation, as responsible party (the "Responsible Party"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 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 Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date; provided, however, that for any Definitive Certificates, the Record Date
shall be 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, 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 Responsible Party, the Servicers and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number _______________, or, if mailed by check, to ____________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CLASS N CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A
DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST IN 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"), AND
CERTAIN OTHER ASSETS.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : April 1, 2004
First Distribution Date : May 25, 2004
Initial Notional Amount
of this Certificate : $[___]
Original Class N
Notional Amount : $[___]
Pass-Through Rate : [__]%
CUSIP : [36228F S7 2]
ISIN : [US36228FS725]
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1
Class N
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Payments in reduction of the Class N Notional Amount in respect of
this Certificate are distributable monthly as set forth herein. Accordingly, the
Class N Notional Amount represented by this Certificate may be less than the
Denomination as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Responsible Party, the Servicers 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 Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate by the Original Class N
Notional Amount) in certain monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2004 (the "Agreement") among GS
Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing
LP, as servicer, New Century Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (collectively,
the "Servicers"), NC Capital Corporation, as responsible party (the "Responsible
Party"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 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.
The Pass-Through Rate for this Certificate on each Distribution Date
will be the per annum rate specified above.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the
Trust will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at
the offices designated by the Trustee for such purpose, or the office or agency
maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any
such transfer, the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and deliver either (i) a Rule 144A Letter, in either case
substantially in the form attached to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee that such transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the
1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel
shall be an expense of the transferor.
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 authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding the month
of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee, 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number _______________, or, if mailed by check, to ____________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF CLASS R-1 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN TWO "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS," 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 A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt IS MADE to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : April 1, 2004
First Distribution Date : May 25, 2004
Percentage Interest of :
this Certificate
("Denomination") 100%
CUSIP : [36228F S9 8]
ISIN : [US63228FS980]
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1
Class R-1
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate is distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class R-1 Certificate has no Certificate
Balance and is not entitled to distributions in respect of principal or
interest. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicers, the Responsible Party
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 specified above of any monthly distributions due to
the Class R-1 Certificates pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of April 1, 2004 (the "Agreement") among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, New Century
Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (collectively, the "Servicers"), NC Capital
Corporation, as responsible party (the "Responsible Party"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, 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 R-1
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or the
office or agency maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Class R-1 Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received 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 or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicers or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class R-1 Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate shall be a
Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit G to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class R-1 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 this
Class R-1 Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class R-1
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or
any other U.S. Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-1 Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-1 Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported
Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R-1 Certificate in violation of
the provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall 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 authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee, 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number _______________, or, if mailed by check, to ____________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF CLASS R-2 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN THREE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS," 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 A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS
OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt IS MADE to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : April 1, 2004
First Distribution Date : May 25, 2004
Percentage Interest of :
this Certificate
("Denomination") 100%
CUSIP : [36228F Z8 2]
ISIN : [US63228FZ829]
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1
Class R-2
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate is distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class R-2 Certificate has no Certificate
Balance and is not entitled to distributions in respect of principal or
interest. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicers, the Responsible Party
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 specified above of any monthly distributions due to
the Class R-2 Certificates pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of April 1, 2004 (the "Agreement") among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, New Century
Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (collectively, the "Servicers"), NC Capital
Corporation, as responsible party (the "Responsible Party"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, 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 R-2
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or the
office or agency maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Class R-2 Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received 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 or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicers or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class R-2 Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate shall be a
Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit G to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class R-2 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 this
Class R-2 Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class R-2
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or
any other U.S. Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-2 Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this
Class R-2 Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported
Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R-2 Certificate in violation of
the provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall 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 authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee, 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number _______________, or, if mailed by check, to ____________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CLASS X CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A
DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST IN 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"), AND
CERTAIN OTHER ASSETS.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW
WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION LETTER SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : April 1, 2004
First Distribution Date : May 25, 2004
Percentage Interest of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : 100%
CUSIP : [36228F S8 0]
ISIN: : [US63228FS808]
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-NC1
Class X
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation
of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicers,
the Responsible Party 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 of the
denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs) in certain monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of April 1, 2004 (the "Agreement") among GS Mortgage
Securities Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as
servicer, New Century Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (collectively, the
"Servicers"), NC Capital Corporation, as responsible party (the "Responsible
Party"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 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.
This Certificate will be entitled to distributions only to the
extent set forth in the Agreement. In addition, any distribution of the proceeds
of any remaining assets of the Trust will be made only upon presentment and
surrender of this Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any
such transfer, the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and deliver either (i) a Rule 144A Letter, in either case
substantially in the form attached to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee that such transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the
1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel
shall be an expense of the transferor.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received 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, Section 4975 of the Code or any materially
similar provisions of applicable Federal, state or local law ("Similar Law"), or
a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
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 authenticated by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Authenticated:
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding the month
of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the
requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee, 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 Servicers, the Responsible Party 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, the Person specified in Section 9.01 of the Agreement
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining
Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a
purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number _______________, or, if mailed by check, to ____________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or___________________________________________________,
as its agent.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP]
[New Century Mortgage Corporation]
_______________________
_______________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities Corp.,
as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, New Century
Mortgage Corporation, as servicer, NC Capital Corporation, as
Responsible Party, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Trustee, GSAMP Trust, 2004-NC1
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than
any Mortgage Loan listed in the attached schedule of exceptions) it has
received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________, without recourse"; and
(ii) a duly executed Assignment of 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. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i)
the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, recordability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan or the perfection or priority of any Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Trustee has made no determination and makes no
representations as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as Noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF DOCUMENT CERTIFICATION
AND EXCEPTION REPORT OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Servicer]
[Responsible Party]
_______________________
_______________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among GS Mortgage Securities Corp.,
as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, New Century
Mortgage Corporation, as servicer, NC Capital Corporation, as
Responsible Party and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Trustee, GSAMP Trust, 2004-NC1
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the
attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the form provided in
Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator
to the last endorsee.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage.
(iii) A duly executed Assignment of Mortgage in the form provided in
Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; or, if the
Responsible Party has certified or the Trustee otherwise knows that the
related Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable recording
office, a copy of the Assignment of Mortgage (excluding information to be
provided by the recording office).
(iv) The original or duplicate original recorded assignment or
assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from
the originator to the last endorsee.
(v) The original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all
riders thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy
thereof certified by the title company.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items (1), (2) and (13) of
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and the Data Tape Information accurately reflects
information set forth in the Custodial File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review of the Custodial File
specifically required in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes
no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency,
enforceability, recordability or genuineness of any of the documents contained
in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or the perfection or priority of any
Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee has made
no determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any endorsement
is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as Noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the assignment
of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the
assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
EXHIBIT G
RESIDUAL TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
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 Residual Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of April 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer, New Century
Mortgage Corporation, as servicer, NC Capital Corporation, as responsible party
(the "Responsible Party"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee
(the "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 for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account. The Transferee has no
knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a
tax will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for
the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that
such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through
entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this
purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real
estate investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate,
and certain cooperatives and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations,
persons holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of
the Agreement 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 H 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 has historically paid its debts as they have come
due, intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future, and understands
that the taxes payable with respect to the Certificate may exceed the cash flow
with respect thereto in some or all periods and intends to pay such taxes as
they become due. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to
the Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is __________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect
to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the
transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee 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 any other U.S.
person.
12. Check one of the following:
[_] The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated
with holding the Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:
(i) the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee
to acquire such Certificate;
(ii) the present value of the expected future distributions on such
Certificate; and
(iii) the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
with holding such Certificate as the related REMIC generates
losses.
For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Transferee is assumed to
pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code
(but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the
highest rate specified in Section 11(b) 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) and (ii) present values are
computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed
by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding
period used by the Transferee.
[_] The transfer of the Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,
(i) the Transferee is an "eligible corporation," as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to
which income from the Certificate will only be taxed in the
United States;
(ii) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the
Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the year of the
transfer, the Transferee had gross assets for financial
reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person
related to the Transferee within the meaning of U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100
million and net assets in excess of $10 million;
(iii) the Transferee will transfer the Certificate only to another
"eligible corporation," as defined in U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that
satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii)
and (iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury
Regulations; and
(iv) the Transferee determined the consideration paid to it to
acquire the Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions
(including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment
rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and
reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific
to the Transferee) that it has determined in good faith.
[_] None of the above.
13. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject
to Title I of ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a
plan subject to any Federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to
Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and the Transferee is not acting
on behalf of or investing plan assets of such a plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly
attested, this ____ day of __________________, 20__.
________________________________________
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__
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________, 20__
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee,
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Re: GSAMP Trust, 2004-NC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Class [__]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to
buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act and
(c) to the extent we are disposing of a Residual Certificate, (A) we have no
knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (B) after conducting
a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee, we have
no knowledge and no reason to believe that the statements made in paragraphs 7,
10 and 11 of the Transferee's Residual Transfer Affidavit are false.
Very truly yours,
________________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:____________________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
____________, 20__
GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee,
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Re: GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 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 we are purchasing a Class N Certificate,
Class M-3 Certificate Class B-1 Certificate, or Class B-2 Certificate or we are
not an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of 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 (the "Code"), or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local
law materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor are
we acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any
such plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition, (e) 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, and (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.
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT I
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $____________(1) in securities (except
for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A
and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
____ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a
bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
____ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the
District of Columbia, the business of which is substantially
confined to banking and is supervised by the State or
territorial banking commission or similar official or is a
foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited
net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
____ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
____ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
____ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance
commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State,
territory or the District of Columbia.
____ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
____ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974.
____ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
____ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
____ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
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(1) Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.
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 agreement, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
________________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:___________________________________
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT I
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
____ The Buyer owned $____________ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which
owned in the aggregate $________ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreement,
(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 Transferee
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
________________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:___________________________________
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
To: [Address]
Re:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you as the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, we request the release,
and acknowledge receipt, of the (Custodial File/[specify documents]) for the
Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.
Mortgagor's Name, Address & Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Send Custodial File to:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
____1. Mortgage Loan Paid in Full. (The Company hereby certifies that all
amounts received in connection therewith have been credited to the
Collection Account as provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.)
____2. Mortgage Loan Repurchase Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. (The Company hereby certifies that the
repurchase price has been credited to the Collection Account as
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____3. Mortgage Loan Liquidated by _________________. (The Company hereby
certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, condemnation
or other liquidation have been finally received and credited to the
Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____4. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
____5. Other (explain).____________________________________________________
If box 1, 2 or 3 above is checked, and if all or part of the
Custodial File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous
request and receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in
your possession relating to the specified Mortgage Loan.
If box 4 or 5 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as the Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in
the space indicated below, and returning this form.
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT K
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser and which shall be retained by the Servicer or delivered to and
retained by the Trustee, as applicable:
(a) The original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening
endorsements, showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the last endorsee endorsed "Pay to the order of
_________________without recourse" and signed (which may be by
facsimile signature) in the name of the last endorsee by an
authorized officer. To the extent that there is no room on the
face of the Mortgage Notes for endorsements, the endorsement
may be contained on an allonge, if state law so allows and the
Trustee is so advised by the Responsible Party that state law
so allows.
(b) The original of any guaranty executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note.
(c) The original Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified true copy of such Mortgage submitted for recording.
If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Responsible Party
cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the original Mortgage
with evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing
Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office
where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or
because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public
recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the
Responsible Party shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together with (i)
in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office,
an Officer's Certificate of the Responsible Party or a
certificate from an escrow company, a title company or closing
attorney stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that
the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be
promptly delivered to the Trustee upon receipt thereof by the
Responsible Party; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage 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, a copy of such Mortgage certified by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of
the original recorded Mortgage.
(d) The originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation
or extension agreements, with evidence of recording thereon or
a certified true copy of such agreement submitted for
recording.
(e) The original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
endorsed in blank.
(f) Originals of all intervening Assignments of Mortgage (if any)
evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the applicable
originator to the last endorsee with evidence of recording
thereon or a certified true copy of such intervening
Assignments of Mortgage submitted for recording, or if any
such intervening assignment has not been returned from the
applicable recording office or has been lost or if such public
recording office retains the original recorded Assignments of
Mortgage, the Responsible Party shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee, a photocopy of such intervening
assignment, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by
the public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the
Responsible Party or a certificate from an escrow company, a
title company or a closing attorney stating that such
intervening Assignment of Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that
such original recorded intervening Assignment of Mortgage or a
copy of such intervening Assignment of Mortgage certified by
the appropriate public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded intervening Assignment
of Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Trustee upon
receipt thereof by the Responsible Party; or (ii) in the case
of an intervening assignment where a public recording office
retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in the
case where an intervening assignment is lost after recordation
in a public recording office, a copy of such intervening
assignment certified by such public recording office to be a
true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment.
(g) The original mortgagee title insurance policy or attorney's
opinion of title and abstract of title or, in the event such
original title policy is unavailable, a certified true copy of
the related policy binder or commitment for title certified to
be true and complete by the title insurance company.
(h) The original of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or
equivalent document executed in connection with the Mortgage
(if provided).
(i) Residential loan application.
(j) Mortgage Loan closing statement.
(k) Verification of employment and income, if applicable.
(l) Verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of
down payment.
(m) Credit report on Mortgagor.
(n) Residential appraisal report.
(o) Photograph of the Mortgaged Property.
(p) Survey of the Mortgaged Property.
(q) Copy of each instrument necessary to complete identification
of any exception set forth in the exception schedule in the
title policy, i.e., map or plat, restrictions, easements,
sewer agreements, home association declarations, etc.
(r) All required disclosure statements.
(s) If required in an appraisal, termite report, structural
engineer's report, water potability and septic certification.
(t) Sales contract, if applicable.
Evidence of payment of taxes and insurance, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files (which include
records of tax receipts and payment history from the date of origination), and
all other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required to document
the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage Loan.
EXHIBIT L
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K
Re: GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-NC1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., NC
Capital Corporation, New Century Mortgage Corporation ("New
Century"), Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee") and Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer (collectively
with New Century, the "Servicers")
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K ("Annual Report"), and all
reports on Form 8-K containing distribution reports (collectively with
this Annual Report, the "Reports") filed in respect of periods included in
the year covered by this Annual Report, of the Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by this Annual Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required
to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicers under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the
Reports;
4. Based on my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement included in
this Annual Report and required to be delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and
except as disclosed in the Reports, the Servicers have fulfilled its
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
5. The Reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Servicers' compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the
report provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a
review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, that is included in the Reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: the Trustee and the
Servicers.
Date: _____________________________
___________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT M
FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through,
Certificates Series 2004-NC1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the
"Depositor"), NC Capital Corporation, New Century Mortgage
Corporation ("New Century"), Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee (the "Trustee") and Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
(collectively with New Century, the "Servicers")
I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, certify to the Depositor and its officers, directors and
affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this
certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year [___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution
reports filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by the
Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the "Reports"), of the
Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by the Annual Report; and
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required
to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicers under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the
Reports.
Date: _________________________
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[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT N
FORM OF SERVICER CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
Re: GSAMP Trust 2004-NC1 (the "Trust") Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-NC1, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), NC Capital Corporation, as
responsible party, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
("Xxxxxx") and New Century Mortgage Corporation, as servicer
("New Century").
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify to the Depositor, the Trustee,
and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge
and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
1. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by [Xxxxxx]
[New Century] under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon
my knowledge and the annual compliance review required under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as disclosed in the annual
compliance statement required to be delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (which
has been so delivered to the Trustee), [Xxxxxx] [New Century] has
fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
2. All significant deficiencies relating to [Litton's] [New Century's]
compliance with the minimum servicing standards for purposes of the report
provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, have been disclosed to such accountant and are included in such
report.
Date: _____________________________
___________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT O
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: _________________________________
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that ____________, having its principal place of
business at ____________, as Trustee (the "Trustee") pursuant to that Pooling
and Servicing Agreement among ____________ (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan
Servicing LP (the "Servicer"), New Century Mortgage Corporation and the Trustee,
dated as of ______ 1, 200__ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), hereby
constitutes and appoints the Servicer, by and through the Servicer's officers,
the Trustee's true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee's name, place and
stead and for the Trustee's benefit, in connection with all mortgage loans
serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the
purpose of performing all acts and executing all documents in the name of the
Trustee as may be customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to
effectuate the following enumerated transactions in respect of any of the
mortgages or deeds of trust (the "Mortgages" and the "Deeds of Trust",
respectively) and promissory notes secured thereby (the "Mortgage Notes") for
which the undersigned is acting as Trustee for various certificateholders
(whether the undersigned is named therein as mortgagee or beneficiary or has
become mortgagee by virtue of endorsement of the Mortgage Note secured by any
such Mortgage or Deed of Trust) and for which the Servicer is acting as
servicer, all subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
This appointment shall apply to the following enumerated transactions only:
1. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, where
said modification or re-recordings is for the purpose of correcting the
Mortgage or Deed of Trust to conform same to the original intent of the
parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such title
insurance was issued and said modification or re-recording, in either
instance, does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or Deed of
Trust as insured.
2. The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust to an
easement in favor of a public utility company of a government agency or
unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without
limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial
reconveyances or the execution or requests to trustees to accomplish same.
3. The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing
of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or
conveyance of title to real estate owned.
4. The completion of loan assumption agreements.
5. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust or full
conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby,
including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.
6. The assignment of any Mortgage or Deed of Trust and the related Mortgage
Note, in connection with the repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and
evidenced thereby.
7. The full assignment of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust upon payment and
discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing
thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related
Mortgage Note.
8. With respect to a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, the foreclosure, the taking
of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or
non-judicial foreclosure or termination, cancellation or rescission of any
such foreclosure, including, without limitation, any and all of the
following acts:
a. the substitution of trustee(s) serving under a Deed of Trust, in
accordance with state law and the Deed of Trust;
b. the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or
non-performance;
c. the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
d. the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
e. the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; and
f. the preparation and execution of such other documents and
performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the
terms of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust or state law to expeditiously
complete said transactions in paragraphs 8.a. through 8.e., above.
The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute
such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and
proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited
Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby does
ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by authority hereof.
Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power
granted under this Limited Power of attorney; and may be satisfied that this
Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not
been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ____________ as Trustee pursuant to that Pooling and
Servicing Agreement among the Depositor, the Servicer, and the Trustee, dated as
of ______ 1, 200__ (_________ Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series
200__-___), has caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these
presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by _________ its
duly elected and authorized Vice President this ___ day of ______, 200__.
________________________________________
as Trustee for _____ Mortgage Loan Asset
Backed Certificates, Series 200__-___
By _________________________________________
STATE OF ______
COUNTY OF ______
On ______ ___, 200__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for
said state, personally appeared _________, Vice President of ____________ as
Trustee for ______ Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 200__-___,
personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed that same in his/her
authorized capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument the entity
upon behalf of which the person acted and executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(SEAL)
________________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires ________________________
