EXHIBIT 4.1
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GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
as Servicer,
GMACM HOME LOAN TRUST 2001-HLTV2,
as Issuer
and
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Indenture Trustee
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SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 30, 2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions...............................................................2
Section 1.01 Definitions...........................................................2
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.........................................2
Section 1.03 Interest Calculations.................................................3
ARTICLE II Representations and Warranties............................................4
Section 2.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer.................4
Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer..........................5
Section 2.03 Enforcement of Representations and Warranties.........................5
ARTICLE III Administration and Servicing of Home Loans................................7
Section 3.01 The Servicer..........................................................7
Section 3.02 Collection of Certain Home Loan Payments..............................9
Section 3.03 Withdrawals from the Custodial Account...............................12
Section 3.04 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection Expenses........14
Section 3.05 Modification Agreements; Release or Substitution of Lien.............15
Section 3.06 Trust Estate; Related Documents......................................16
Section 3.07 Realization Upon Defaulted Home Loans; Loss Mitigation...............17
Section 3.08 Issuer and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate............................18
Section 3.09 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer......19
Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance....................................19
Section 3.11 Annual Servicing Report..............................................20
Section 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Home Loans..................................................................20
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies..................20
Section 3.14 Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service and
Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property..............21
Section 3.15 Optional Repurchase or Transfer of Home Loans........................21
Section 3.16 Reserved.............................................................22
Section 3.17 Pre-Funding Account..................................................22
Section 3.18 Capitalized Interest Account.........................................24
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Section 3.19 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Modification
Agreements; Certain Assignments..........................................25
ARTICLE IV Servicing Certificate....................................................27
Section 4.01 Statements to Securityholders........................................27
Section 4.02 Tax Returns and 1934 Act Reports.....................................29
ARTICLE V Note Payment Account.....................................................30
Section 5.01 Note Payment Account.................................................30
ARTICLE VI The Servicer.............................................................30
Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer............................................30
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, the Servicer............................................................30
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others...................31
Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign...............................................32
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties.................................................32
Section 6.06 Payment of Indenture Trustee's and Owner Trustee's Fees and
Expenses; Indemnification...................................................32
ARTICLE VII Default..................................................................35
Section 7.01 Servicing Default....................................................35
Section 7.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor...................37
Section 7.03 Notification to Securityholders......................................39
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions.................................................40
Section 8.01 Amendment............................................................40
Section 8.02 GOVERNING LAW........................................................40
Section 8.03 Notices..............................................................40
Section 8.04 Severability of Provisions...........................................40
Section 8.05 Third-Party Beneficiaries............................................41
Section 8.06 Counterparts.........................................................41
Section 8.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.............................41
Section 8.08 Termination Upon Purchase by the Servicer or Liquidation of All
Home Loans; Partial Redemption..............................................41
Section 8.09 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee......................42
Section 8.10 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Related Documents.......................42
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXHIBIT A - HOME LOAN SCHEDULE A-1
EXHIBIT B - LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY B-1
EXHIBIT C - FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE C-1
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This Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2001 (the
"Agreement"), is among GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"),
the GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2, as issuer (the "Issuer"), and Bank One,
National Association, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as defined
herein), GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as seller (in such capacity, "GMACM") and as
servicer and Walnut Grove Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-A, as seller ("WG Trust" and
together with GMACM, the "Sellers"), will sell to Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc. ("RAMP"), as purchaser (in such capacity, the "Purchaser"), the
Initial Home Loans on the Closing Date, and may sell Subsequent Home Loans on
one or more Subsequent Transfer Dates, in each case together with the Related
Documents on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Transfer Date;
WHEREAS, RAMP, as depositor (in such capacity, the "Depositor"), will
sell the Initial Home Loans and assign all of its rights under the Purchase
Agreement to the Issuer, together with the Related Documents on the Closing
Date;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Issuer will
issue the Certificates;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer will issue the
Notes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer will service
the Home Loans directly or through one or more Subservicers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Definitions contained in Appendix A to the indenture dated
as of October 30, 2001 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, which is incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings specified herein.
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when
used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting
terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent
that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such
terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document
shall control.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar import when
used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references
contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; the term "including" shall
mean "including without limitation"; "or" shall include "and/or"; and the
term "proceeds" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the UCC.
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(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular
as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as
the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in
any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments)
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein;
references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
Section 1.03 Interest Calculations. All calculations of interest hereunder that
are made in respect of the Principal Balance of a Home Loan shall be made under
an actuarial interest method. All calculations of interest on the Notes shall be
made on the basis of a 30-day month and a year assumed to consist of 360 days.
The calculation of the Servicing Fee shall be made on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months. All dollar amounts calculated hereunder
shall be rounded to the nearest xxxxx with one-half of one xxxxx being rounded
up.
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ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties
Section 2.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer. The Servicer
represents and warrants to the Issuer and for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Home Loans, as of the Closing Date:
(a) the Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has the
corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it
is currently engaged. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or
leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure to so
qualify would have a material adverse effect (not in the ordinary course of
business) on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or
other) of the Servicer;
(b) the Servicer has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and
delivered, this Servicing Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) the Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or
any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or
declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in
connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement, except for such consent, license,
approval or authorization, or registration or declaration, as shall have
been obtained or filed, as the case may be;
(d) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Servicer will not violate any
material provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree
of any court applicable to the Servicer or any provision of the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Servicer, or constitute a material breach of
any material mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the
Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer may be bound;
(e) no litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal
or governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the
Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of its properties or with
respect to this Agreement or the Securities which in the opinion of the
Servicer has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a material adverse
effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
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(f) the Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all
material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with
the servicing of the Home Loans that are registered with MERS.
The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any
termination of the Servicer hereunder.
Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer hereby
represents and warrants to the Servicer and for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Home Loans, as of the Closing Date:
(a) the Issuer is a business trust duly formed and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and has full power, authority and legal right
to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under
this Agreement, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement; and
(b) the execution and delivery by the Issuer of this Agreement and the
performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement will not
violate any provision of any law or regulation governing the Issuer or any
order, writ, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental
authority or agency applicable to the Issuer or any of its assets. Such
execution, delivery, authentication and performance will not require the
authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing
or registration with, or the taking of any other action with respect to,
any governmental authority or agency regulating the activities of limited
liability companies. Such execution, delivery, authentication and
performance will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of,
any mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which the Issuer is bound.
Section 2.03 Enforcement of Representations and Warranties. The Servicer, on
behalf of and subject to the direction of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of
the Home Loans, or the Issuer, shall enforce the representations and warranties
of GMAC Mortgage Corporation or WG Trust pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Upon the discovery by the Sellers, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Credit Enhancer, the Issuer, or the Custodian of a breach of any of
the representations and warranties made by either GMAC Mortgage Corporation or
WG Trust in the Purchase Agreement, in respect of any Home Loan which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders or the Credit
Enhancer, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to
the other parties (the Custodian being so obligated under the Custodial
Agreement). The Servicer shall promptly notify either GMAC Mortgage Corporation
or WG Trust, as applicable, of such breach and request that, pursuant to the
terms of the Purchase Agreement, the respective party either (i) cure such
breach in all material respects within 90 days from the date such party was
notified of such breach or (ii) purchase such Home Loan from the Issuer at the
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price and in the manner set forth in Section 3.1(d) of the Purchase Agreement;
provided, that either GMAC Mortgage Corporation or WG Trust shall, subject to
the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, have the option to
substitute an Eligible Substitute Loan or Loans for such Home Loan. In the event
that either GMAC Mortgage Corporation or WG Trust elects to substitute one or
more Eligible Substitute Loans pursuant to Section 3.1(d) of the Purchase
Agreement, such party shall deliver to the Custodian or the Servicer, in
accordance with the Purchase Agreement, with respect to such Eligible Substitute
Loans, the original Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, and such other documents and
agreements as are required by the Purchase Agreement. Payments due with respect
to Eligible Substitute Loans in the month of substitution shall not be
transferred to the Issuer and will be retained by the Servicer and remitted by
the Servicer to such party on the next succeeding Payment Date except to the
extent that a payment less than the applicable Monthly Payment has been received
by the Issuer for such month in respect of the Home Loan to be removed. The
Servicer shall amend or cause to be amended the Home Loan Schedule to reflect
the removal of such Home Loan and the substitution of the Eligible Substitute
Loans and the Servicer shall promptly deliver the amended Home Loan Schedule to
the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of GMAC Mortgage
Corporation and WG Trust to cure such breach or purchase or substitute for such
Home Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Home Loans, against either GMAC
Mortgage Corporation or WG Trust. In connection with the purchase of or
substitution for any such Home Loan by either GMAC Mortgage Corporation or WG
Trust, the Issuer shall assign to such party all of its right, title and
interest in respect of the Purchase Agreement applicable to such Home Loan. Upon
receipt of the Repurchase Price, or upon completion of such substitution, the
Servicer shall notify the Custodian, and the Custodian shall deliver the
Mortgage Notes to the Servicer, together with all relevant endorsements and
assignments prepared by the Servicer that the Indenture Trustee shall execute.
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ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Home Loans
Section 3.01 The Servicer.
(a) The Servicer shall service and administer the Home Loans in a manner
generally consistent with the terms of the Program Guide and in a manner
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and that shall be normal and usual
in its general mortgage servicing activities. The Servicer shall have full power
and authority, acting alone or through a Subservicer, to do any and all things
in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary
or desirable, it being understood, however, that the Servicer shall at all times
remain responsible to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the
Home Loans, for the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof and the Program Guide. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of
the Home Loans, to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other
comparable instruments with respect to the Home Loans and the Mortgaged
Properties. The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian, as applicable,
shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties hereunder. In addition, the Servicer may, at its own
discretion and on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, obtain credit information in
the form of a "credit score" from a credit repository. On the Closing Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Servicer a limited power of attorney
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Servicer is further
authorized and empowered by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of
the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the
Subservicer, when the Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case may be, believes
it appropriate in its best judgment to register any Home Loan on the MERS(R)
System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Home Loan on the
MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and
the Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other
comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a
Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Indenture Trustee and
its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions
described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Servicer, with no
right of reimbursement.
If the Mortgage did not have a Lien senior to the related Home
Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the related Cut-Off Date, then the
Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the placing of a Lien senior to
that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. If the Mortgage had a
Lien senior to the related Home Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the
related Cut-Off Date, then the Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the
refinancing of such prior senior Lien, provided that the following requirements
are met:
(i) (A) the Mortgagor's debt-to-income ratio resulting from such
refinancing is less than the original debt-to-income ratio as set forth
on the Home Loan Schedule and, in the event that the resulting CLTV of
such Home Loan increases by more than 10% above the CLTV prior to such
refinancing, the Servicer shall obtain the prior consent of the Credit
Enhancer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however, that in no instance shall the resulting CLTV of such Home Loan
be higher than that permitted by the Program Guide; or
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(B) the resulting CLTV of such Home Loan is no higher than the greater of the
CLTV prior to such refinancing and 70% (or 80% for borrowers with a FICO
"credit score" of 690 or higher); provided, however, if such refinanced
mortgage loan is a "rate and term" mortgage loan (meaning, the Mortgagor
does not receive any cash from the refinancing), the CLTV may increase to
the extent of either (a) the reasonable closing costs of such refinancing
or (b) any decrease in the value of the related Mortgaged Property, if the
Mortgagor is in good standing as defined by the Program Guide;
(ii) the interest rate, or, in the case of an adjustable rate existing
senior Lien, the maximum interest rate, for the loan evidencing the
refinanced senior Lien is no higher than the interest rate or the
maximum interest rate, as the case may be, on the loan evidencing the
existing senior Lien immediately prior to the date of such
refinancing; provided, however (a) if the loan evidencing the existing
senior Lien prior to the date of refinancing has an adjustable rate
and the loan evidencing the refinanced senior Lien has a fixed rate,
then the current interest rate on the loan evidencing the refinanced
senior Lien may be up to 2.0% higher than the then-current loan rate
of the loan evidencing the existing senior Lien and (b) if the loan
evidencing the existing senior Lien prior to the date of refinancing
has a fixed rate and the loan evidencing the refinanced senior Lien
has an adjustable rate, then the maximum interest rate on the loan
evidencing the refinanced senior Lien shall be less than or equal to
(x) the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing senior Lien
prior to the date of refinancing plus (y) 2.0%; and
(iii)the loan evidencing the refinanced senior Lien is not subject to negative
amortization.
The relationship of the Servicer (and of any successor to the Servicer
as servicer under this Agreement) to the Issuer under this Agreement is intended
by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint
venturer, partner or agent.
(b) The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements with Subservicers for
the servicing and administration of certain of the Home Loans. References in
this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Servicer in servicing the
Home Loans include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of
the Servicer and any amount actually received by such Subservicer in respect of
a Home Loan shall be deemed to have been received by the Servicer whether or not
actually received by the Servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement will be upon such
terms and conditions as are not inconsistent with this Agreement and as the
Servicer and the Subservicer have agreed. With the approval of the Servicer, a
Subservicer may delegate its servicing obligations to third-party servicers, but
such Subservicers will remain obligated under the related Subservicing
Agreements. The Servicer and the Subservicer may enter into amendments to the
related Subservicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such amendments
shall not cause the Home Loans to be serviced in a manner that would be
materially inconsistent with the standards set forth in this Agreement. The
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Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms and conditions thereof and without any limitation by virtue of
this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of termination of any
Subservicing Agreement by the Servicer or the Subservicer, the Servicer shall
either act as servicer of the related Home Loan or enter into a Subservicing
Agreement with a successor Subservicer which will be bound by the terms of the
related Subservicing Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any
agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer and nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
In the event that the rights, duties and obligations of the Servicer are
terminated hereunder, any successor to the Servicer in its sole discretion may,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, terminate the existing Subservicing
Agreement with any Subservicer in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Subservicing Agreement or assume the terminated Servicer's rights and
obligations under such subservicing arrangements which termination or assumption
will not violate the terms of such arrangements.
As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer, for the
benefit of the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer and the Securityholders,
shall use reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of each Subservicer
under the related Subservicing Agreement, to the extent that the non-performance
of any such obligation would have a material adverse effect on a Home Loan. 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 Home 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 Home Loan or
(ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys fees against the
party against whom such enforcement is directed.
(c) All other documents contained in the Mortgage File and any original
documents relating to the Home Loans not contained in the Mortgage File or
delivered to the Custodian, if any, or the Indenture Trustee are and shall be
held by the Servicer in trust as agent for the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Noteholders.
Section 3.02 Collection of Certain Home Loan Payments.
(a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called
for under the terms and provisions of the Home Loans, and shall, to the
extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and
generally consistent with the Program Guide, follow such collection
procedures as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities. Consistent with the foregoing, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive
any late payment charge, penalty interest or other fees which may be
collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Home Loan and (ii) arrange
with a Mortgagor a schedule for the payment of principal and interest due
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and unpaid; provided, that such arrangement is consistent with the
Servicer's policies with respect to home equity mortgage loans; and
provided further, that notwithstanding such arrangement, such Home Loans
will be included in the information regarding delinquent Home Loans set
forth in the Servicing Certificate. The Servicer may also extend the Due
Date for payment due on a Home Loan in accordance with the Program Guide;
provided, however, that the Servicer shall first determine that any such
waiver or extension will not impair the coverage of any related insurance
policy or materially adversely affect the Lien of the related Mortgage or
the interests of the Securityholders or the Credit Enhancer. Consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may also:
(i) waive, modify or vary any term of any Home Loan;
(ii) consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or
in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor;
(iii) arrange with a Mortgagor a schedule for the payment of principal and
interest due and unpaid;
(iv) forgive any portion of the amounts contractually owed under the Home
Loan;
(v) capitalize past due amounts owed under the Home Loan by adding any
amounts in arrearage to the existing principal balance of the Home Loan (a
"Capitalization Workout") which will result in an increased Monthly Payment
amount, provided that: (A) the amount added to the existing principal balance of
the Home Loan (the "Capitalized Amount") shall be no greater than five times the
Mortgagor's current Monthly Payment amount; and (B) the Servicer shall not enter
into a Capitalization Workout unless the CLTV of the Home Loan prior to the
Capitalization Workout equals or exceeds 80% and the Mortgagor has qualified for
the Capitalization Workout under the Servicer's servicing guidelines; or
(vi) reset the due date for the Home Loan;
or any combination of the foregoing, if in the Servicer's determination such
waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to
the interests of the Securityholders or the Credit Enhancer; provided, however,
that the Servicer may not modify or permit any Subservicer to modify any Home
Loan (including without limitation any modification that would change the Loan
Rate, forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection
with the liquidation of the related Home Loan) or extend the final maturity date
of such Home Loan) unless such Home Loan is in default or, in the judgment of
the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any permitted extension of the final maturity date of a Home Loan
shall not exceed the end of the Collection Period preceding the Final Payment
Date. The general terms of any waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence
with respect to any of the Home Loans will be included in the Servicing
Certificate, and such Home Loans will not be considered "delinquent" for the
purposes of the Basic Documents so long as the Mortgagor complies with the terms
of such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence.
(b) The Servicer shall establish a Custodial Account, which shall be an
Eligible Account, titled "GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2,"in which the
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Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited any amounts representing
payments and collections in respect of the Initial Home Loans received by
it subsequent to or on the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to the Subsequent
Home Loans, the Subsequent Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of the
payments referred to in the following paragraph), within one Business Day
following receipt thereof (or otherwise on or prior to the Closing Date),
including the following payments and collections received or made by it
(without duplication):
(i) all payments of principal of or interest on the Home Loans received or
advanced by the Servicer, net of any portion of the interest thereof
retained by any Subservicer as subservicing fees;
(ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of the Home Loans purchased by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.15;
(iii) Net Liquidation Proceeds, net of any related Foreclosure Profit;
(iv) all proceeds of any Home Loans repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, and all Substitution Adjustment Amounts required to be
deposited in connection with the substitution of an Eligible Substitute
Loan pursuant to the Purchase Agreement;
(v) Insurance Proceeds, other than Net Liquidation Proceeds, resulting from any
insurance policy maintained on a Mortgaged Property; and
(vi) amounts required to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.08;
provided, however, that with respect to each Collection Period, the Servicer
shall be permitted to retain from payments in respect of interest on the Home
Loans, the Servicing Fee for such Collection Period. The foregoing requirements
respecting deposits to the Custodial Account are exclusive, it being understood
that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer need not
deposit in the Custodial Account amounts representing Foreclosure Profits, fees
(including annual fees) or late charge penalties, payable by Mortgagors (such
amounts to be retained as additional servicing compensation in accordance with
Section 3.09 hereof), or amounts received by the Servicer for the accounts of
Mortgagors for application towards the payment of taxes, insurance premiums,
assessments and similar items. In the event any amount not required to be
deposited in the Custodial Account is so deposited, the Servicer may at any time
withdraw such amount from the Custodial Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall retain all Foreclosure Profits as
additional servicing compensation.
The Servicer, in its sole discretion, may deposit into the Custodial
Account amounts representing installments of principal of or interest on Home
Loans that were delinquent as of the end of any Collection Period, provided that
the Servicer reasonably believes that such amounts will be recoverable from
Collections on the related Home Loan. If the Servicer makes any such advances of
delinquent principal and/or interest, the Servicer shall be entitled to
reimburse itself by withdrawing from the Custodial Account, as provided herein,
any amounts so advanced.
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The Servicer may cause the institution maintaining the Custodial Account
to invest any funds in the Custodial Account in Permitted Investments (including
obligations of the Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if such obligations
otherwise qualify as Permitted Investments), which investments shall mature not
later than the Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date, and
which investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to maturity. In
addition, no such Permitted Investment shall be purchased at a price in excess
of par. Except as provided above, all income and gain realized from any such
investment shall inure to the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to
its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in
respect of the principal amount of any such investments shall be deposited in
the Custodial Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as
realized.
(c) The Servicer shall require each Subservicer to hold all funds
constituting collections on the Home Loans, pending remittance
thereof to the Servicer, in one or more accounts meeting the
requirements of an Eligible Account, and shall require all such
funds to be invested in Permitted Investments, unless all such
collections are remitted on a daily basis to the Servicer for
deposit into the Custodial Account.
Section 3.03 Withdrawals from the Custodial Account. The Servicer shall, from
time to time as provided herein, make withdrawals from the Custodial Account of
amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.02 that are attributable to the
Home Loans for the following purposes:
(a) on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the aggregate
amounts to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and applied pursuant to
Section 3.05(a) of the Indenture and, prior to the close of business on the
Business Day prior to the related Payment Date, shall withdraw such amounts
from the Custodial Account and deposit such amounts into the Note Payment
Account to be distributed by the Paying Agent in accordance with and in the
order or priority set forth in Section 3.05(a) of the Indenture for such
Payment Date, in accordance with the Servicing Certificate;
(b) to pay to itself from any monthly payments received from the Mortgagors,
the amount of such payment that represents interest accrued on the related
Home Loan for any period prior to the Cut-Off Date;
(c) to the extent deposited to the Custodial Account, to reimburse itself or
the related Subservicer for previously unreimbursed expenses incurred in
maintaining individual insurance policies pursuant to Section 3.04, or
Liquidation Expenses, paid pursuant to Section 3.07 or otherwise
reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (to the extent not
payable pursuant to Section 3.09), such withdrawal right being limited to
amounts received on particular Home Loans (other than any Repurchase Price
in respect thereof) that represent late recoveries of the payments for
which such advances were made, or from related Net Liquidation Proceeds or
the proceeds of the purchase of such Home Loan;
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(d) to pay to itself out of each payment received on account of interest on a
Home Loan as contemplated by Section 3.09, an amount equal to the related
Servicing Fee (to the extent not retained pursuant to Section 3.02), and to
pay to any Subservicer any subservicing fees not previously withheld by
such Subservicer;
(e) to the extent deposited in the Custodial Account, to pay to itself as
additional servicing compensation any (i) interest or investment income
earned on funds deposited in the Custodial Account that it is entitled to
withdraw pursuant to Sections 3.02(b) and 5.01, and (ii) Foreclosure
Profits (to the extent permitted by law);
(f) to pay to itself or the Seller, with respect to any Home Loan or property
acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased or otherwise
transferred to such Seller, the Servicer or other entity, all amounts
received thereon and not required to be distributed to Securityholders as
of the date on which the related Purchase Price or Repurchase Price is
determined;
(g) to withdraw any other amount deposited in the Custodial Account that was
not required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.02;
(h) to pay to itself, with respect to any Home Loan for which it has made an
advance of delinquent principal and/or interest, any previously
unreimbursed advances of such amounts theretofore made to the extent of
receipts of late recoveries of such payments from the related Mortgagors,
out of related Net Liquidation Proceeds or the proceeds of the purchase of
such Home Loans;
(i) to reimburse itself for the amount of any investment earnings advanced
prior to maturity pursuant to Section 3.17(c) or Section 5.01, to the
extent not reimbursed from earnings received on the related investment at
maturity;
(j) at its option, for so long as it is the sole Certificateholder, to pay to
itself from amounts otherwise required to be remitted to the Distribution
Account in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(ix) of the Indenture, all
amounts payable to it as a Certificateholder on the related Payment Date;
and
(k) to reimburse itself for advances of delinquent principal and/or interest on
a Home Loan or other advances that are made pursuant to this Agreement that
are not reimbursed pursuant to clauses (c) and (h) of this Section 3.03.
Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (f)
and (h), the Servicer's entitlement thereto is limited to collections or other
recoveries on the related Home Loan, the Servicer shall keep and maintain
separate accounting, on a Home Loan by Home Loan basis, for the purpose of
justifying any withdrawal from the Custodial Account pursuant to such clauses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be
entitled to reimburse itself for any previously unreimbursed expenses incurred
pursuant to Section 3.07 or otherwise reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement that the Servicer determines to be otherwise nonrecoverable (except
with respect to any Home Loan as to which the Repurchase Price has been paid),
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by withdrawal from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein
attributable to the Home Loans on any Business Day prior to the Payment Date
succeeding the date of such determination.
Section 3.04 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection Expenses. To
the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, and to the
extent the Servicer receives notice that a hazard insurance policy has been
cancelled, the Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Home Loan hazard
insurance naming the Servicer or related Subservicer as loss payee thereunder
providing extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser
of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Home Loan
from time to time or (ii) the combined principal balance owing on such Home Loan
and any mortgage loan senior to such Home Loan from time to time; provided,
however, that such coverage may not be less than the minimum amount required to
fully compensate for any loss or damage on a replacement cost basis. The
Servicer shall use its best efforts to monitor that hazard insurance is
maintained as described in the previous sentence in the same manner as it would
for mortgage loans in its own portfolio. The Servicer shall also cause to be
maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure, or deed in lieu of
foreclosure, of any Home Loan, fire insurance with extended coverage in an
amount which is at least equal to the amount necessary to avoid the application
of any co-insurance clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy.
Amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to
be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or
property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial
Account to the extent called for by Section 3.02. In cases in which any
Mortgaged Property is located at any time during the life of a Home Loan in a
federally designated flood area, to the extent permitted under the related
Mortgage Note and Mortgage, and to the extent the Servicer receives notice that
the related flood insurance has been cancelled, the hazard insurance to be
maintained for the related Home Loan shall include flood insurance (to the
extent available). All such flood insurance shall be in amounts equal to the
lesser of (i) the amount required to compensate for any loss or damage to the
related Mortgaged Property on a replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for such Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged
Property is located is participating in such program). The Servicer shall use
its best efforts to monitor such flood insurance as described in the previous
sentence in the same manner as it would for mortgage loans in its own portfolio.
The Servicer shall be under no obligation to require that any Mortgagor maintain
earthquake or other additional insurance and shall be under no obligation itself
to maintain any such additional insurance on property acquired in respect of a
Home Loan, 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
Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy consistent with its general
mortgage servicing activities insuring against hazard losses on all of the Home
Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set
forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.04, 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 a policy complying with the first sentence of this Section
3.04 and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such
policy, deposit in the Custodial Account the amount not otherwise payable under
the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. Any such deposit by the
Servicer shall be made on the last Business Day of the Collection Period in the
month in which payments under any such policy would have been deposited in the
Custodial Account. In connection with its activities as servicer of the Home
Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, claims under any such blanket policy.
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Section 3.05 Modification Agreements; Release or Substitution of Lien.
(a) The Servicer or the related Subservicer, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to (a) execute assumption agreements, substitution agreements, and
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full release or
discharge, or any other document contemplated by this Agreement and other
comparable instruments with respect to the Home Loans and with respect to the
related Mortgaged Properties (and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee each
shall promptly execute any such documents on request of the Servicer) and (b)
approve the granting of an easement thereon in favor of another Person, any
alteration or demolition of such Mortgaged Properties or other similar matters,
if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgment in the same
manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Home Loans, that the
security for, and the timely and full collectability of, such Home Loans would
not be adversely affected thereby. A partial release pursuant to this Section
3.05 shall be permitted only if the CLTV for the related Home Loan after such
partial release does not exceed the CLTV for such Home Loan as of the related
Cut-Off Date. Any fee collected by the Servicer or the related Subservicer for
processing such request will be retained by the Servicer or such Subservicer as
additional servicing compensation.
(b) The Servicer may enter into an agreement with a Mortgagor to release the
lien on the Mortgaged Property relating to a Home Loan (the "Existing Lien"), if
at the time of such agreement the Home Loan is current in payment of principal
and interest, under any of the following circumstances:
(i) in any case in which, simultaneously with the release
of the Existing Lien, the Mortgagor executes and delivers to the
Servicer a Mortgage on a substitute Mortgaged Property, provided that
the CLTV of the Home Loan (calculated based on the Appraised Value of
the substitute Mortgaged Property) is not greater than the CLTV prior to
releasing the Existing Lien;
(ii) in any case in which, simultaneously with the release
of the Existing Lien, the Mortgagor executes and delivers to the
Servicer a Mortgage on a substitute Mortgaged Property, provided that:
(A) the CLTV of the Home Loan (calculated based on the Appraised Value
of the substitute Mortgaged Property) is not greater than the lesser of
(1) 125% and (2) 105% of the CLTV prior to releasing the Existing Lien;
and (B) the Servicer determines that at least two appropriate
compensating factors are present (compensating factors may include,
without limitation, an increase in the Mortgagor's monthly cash flow
after debt service, the Mortgagor's debt-to-income ratio has not
increased since origination, or an increase in the Mortgagor's credit
score); or
(iii) in any case in which, at the time of release of the
Existing Lien, the Mortgagor does not provide the Servicer with a
Mortgage on a substitute Mortgaged Property (any Home Loan that becomes
and remains unsecured in accordance with this subsection, an "Unsecured
Loan"), provided that: (A) the Servicer shall not permit the release of
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an Existing Lien under this clause (iii) as to more than 100 Home Loans
in any calendar year; (B) at no time shall the aggregate Principal
Balance of Unsecured Loans exceed 5% of the then Pool Balance; (C) the
Mortgagor agrees to an automatic debit payment plan; and (D) the
Servicer shall provide notice to each Rating Agency and the Credit
Enhancer that has requested notice of such releases.
In connection with any Unsecured Loan, the Servicer may require the Mortgagor to
enter into an agreement under which: (i) the Loan Rate may be increased
effective until a substitute Mortgage meeting the criteria under (i) or (ii)
above is provided; or (ii) any other provision may be made which the Servicer
considers to be appropriate. Thereafter, the Servicer shall determine in its
discretion whether to accept any proposed Mortgage on any substitute Mortgaged
Property as security for the Home Loan, and the Servicer may require the
Mortgagor to agree to any further conditions which the Servicer considers
appropriate in connection with such substitution, which may include a reduction
of the Loan Rate (but not below the Loan Rate in effect at the Closing Date).
Any Home Loan as to which a Mortgage on a substitute Mortgaged Property is
provided in accordance with the preceding sentence shall no longer be deemed to
be an Unsecured Loan.
Section 3.06 Trust Estate; Related Documents.
(a) When required by the provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall execute instruments to release property from the
terms of the Trust Agreement, Indenture or Custodial Agreement, as
applicable, or convey the Issuer's or the Indenture Trustee's interest in
the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement. No party relying upon an instrument
executed by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Section
3.06 shall be bound to ascertain the Issuer's or the Indenture Trustee's
authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see
to the application of any moneys.
(b) If from time to time any written assurance, assumption agreement or
substitution agreement or other similar agreement shall be executed
pursuant to Section 3.05, the Servicer shall check that each of such
documents purports to be an original executed copy (or a copy of the
original executed document if the original executed copy has been submitted
for recording and has not yet been returned) and, if so, shall file such
documents, and upon receipt of the original executed copy from the
applicable recording office or receipt of a copy thereof certified by the
applicable recording office shall file such originals or certified copies
with the Related Documents held by the Servicer.
(c) Upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Servicer, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, to the effect that a Home Loan has been the
subject of a final payment or a prepayment in full and such Home Loan has
been terminated or that substantially all Net Liquidation Proceeds that
have been determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment to be
finally recoverable have been recovered, and upon deposit to the Custodial
Account of such final monthly payment, prepayment in full together with
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such payment with respect to
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such Home Loan or, if applicable, Net Liquidation Proceeds, the Custodian
shall promptly release the Related Documents held by the Custodian to the
Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall execute such Related Documents, along
with such documents as the Servicer or the related Mortgagor may request to
evidence satisfaction and discharge of such Home Loan, upon request of the
Servicer. If from time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Home Loan, the Servicer requests the Custodian to
release the Related Documents held by the Custodian and delivers to the
Custodian a trust receipt reasonably satisfactory to the Custodian and
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer, the Custodian shall
release such Related Documents to the Servicer. If such Home Loans shall be
liquidated and the Custodian receives a certificate from the Servicer as
provided above, then, upon request of the Servicer, the Custodian shall
release the trust receipt to the Servicer.
Section 3.07 Realization Upon Defaulted Home Loans; Loss Mitigation. With
respect to any Home Loan that comes into and continues in default, the Servicer
shall decide whether to (i) foreclose upon the related Mortgaged Property, (ii)
write off the unpaid Principal Balance thereof as bad debt, (iii) take a deed in
lieu of foreclosure, (iv) accept a short sale (a payoff of the Home Loan for an
amount less than the total amount contractually owed in order to facilitate a
sale of the Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor), (v) permit a short refinancing
(a payoff of the Home Loan for an amount less than the total amount
contractually owed in order to facilitate refinancing transactions by the
Mortgagor not involving a sale of the Mortgaged Property), (vi) arrange for a
repayment plan, (vii) agree to a modification in accordance with this Agreement
or (viii) take an unsecured note in each case subject to the rights of any
related first Lien holder; provided, that in connection with the foregoing, if
the Servicer has actual knowledge that any Mortgaged Property is affected by
hazardous or toxic wastes or substances and that the acquisition of such
Mortgaged Property would not be commercially reasonable, then the Servicer shall
not cause the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to acquire title to such Mortgaged
Property in a foreclosure or similar proceeding. In connection with such
decision, the Servicer shall follow such practices (including, in the case of
any default on a related senior mortgage loan, the advancing of funds to correct
such default if deemed to be appropriate by the Servicer) and procedures as it
shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its
general mortgage servicing activities and as shall be required or permitted by
the Program Guide; provided, that the Servicer shall not be liable in any
respect hereunder if the Servicer is acting in connection with any such
foreclosure or attempted foreclosure which is not completed or other conversion
in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The
foregoing is subject to the proviso that the Servicer shall not be required to
expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or attempted foreclosure
which is not completed or towards the correction of any default on a related
senior mortgage loan or restoration of any property unless it shall determine
that such expenditure will increase the related Net Liquidation Proceeds. In the
event of a determination by the Servicer that any such expenditure previously
made pursuant to this Section 3.07 will not be reimbursable from Net Liquidation
Proceeds, the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of its funds so
expended pursuant to Section 3.03.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, a Home Loan may be
deemed to be finally liquidated if substantially all amounts expected by the
Servicer to be received in connection therewith have been received; provided,
however, the Servicer may treat any Home Loan that is 180 days or more
delinquent as having been finally liquidated. Any subsequent collections with
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respect to any such Home Loan shall be deposited into the Custodial Account. If
the Servicer continues to pursue recovery, the Servicer shall continue to be
entitled to the Servicing Fee with respect to that Home Loan and to be
reimbursed for any advances and expenses as though such Home Loan continued to
be an Outstanding Home Loan hereunder. For purposes of determining the amount of
any Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or other unscheduled
collections, the Servicer may take into account minimal amounts of additional
receipts expected to be received or any estimated additional liquidation
expenses expected to be incurred in connection with such Home Loan.
In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be issued to the Indenture Trustee, which shall hold the same on behalf of
the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding any
such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Home Loan, such
Mortgaged Property shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be
considered to be an outstanding Home Loan held as an asset of the Issuer until
such time as such property shall be sold. Consistent with the foregoing for
purposes of all calculations hereunder, so long as the related Home Loan shall
be considered to be an outstanding Home Loan, it shall be assumed that,
notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note
shall have been discharged, such Mortgage Note in effect at the time of any such
acquisition of title before any adjustment thereto by reason of any bankruptcy
or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period will
remain in effect.
Any proceeds from foreclosure proceedings or the purchase or repurchase
of any Home Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as well as any
recovery resulting from a collection of Net Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds, shall be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer or the related Subservicer in accordance with this
Section 3.07; second, to pay the Servicer or the related Subservicer all
Servicing Fees payable therefrom; third, to pay accrued and unpaid interest on
such Home Loan, at the Net Loan Rate to the Payment Date on which such amounts
are to be deposited in the Note Payment Account or Distribution Account; and
fourth, as a recovery of principal on such Home Loan. Any remaining amount shall
constitute Foreclosure Profits.
Section 3.08 Issuer and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate. On or before each
Payment Date, the Servicer will notify the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian,
with a copy to the Issuer, of the termination of or the payment in full and the
termination of any Home Loan during the preceding Collection Period. Upon
receipt of payment in full, the Servicer is authorized to execute, pursuant to
the authorization contained in Section 3.01, an instrument of satisfaction
regarding the related Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction shall be
recorded by the Servicer if required by applicable law and be delivered to the
Person entitled thereto and to cause the removal from the registration on the
MERS(R) System of such Mortgage. It is understood and agreed that any expenses
incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or transfer shall be
reimbursed from amounts deposited in the Custodial Account. From time to time
and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Home Loan, the
Custodian shall, upon request of the Servicer and delivery to the Custodian,
with a copy to the Issuer, of a Request for Release, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C, signed by a Servicing Officer, release or cause to be released the
related Mortgage Note to the Servicer. The Issuer or Indenture Trustee shall
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promptly execute such documents, in the forms provided by the Servicer, as shall
be necessary for the prosecution of any such proceedings or the taking of other
servicing actions. Such trust receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return such
Mortgage Note to the Custodian (as specified in such receipt) when the need
therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Home Loan shall be
liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that specified above, such trust receipt shall be released to the
Servicer.
In order to facilitate the foreclosure of the Mortgage securing any Home
Loan that is in default following recordation of the related Assignment of
Mortgage in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer shall, if so requested in writing by the
Servicer, promptly execute an appropriate assignment in the form provided by the
Servicer to assign such Home Loan for the purpose of collection to the Servicer
(any such assignment shall unambiguously indicate that the assignment is for the
purpose of collection only), and, upon such assignment, such assignee for
collection will thereupon bring all required actions in its own name and
otherwise enforce the terms of such Home Loan and deposit or credit the Net
Liquidation Proceeds, exclusive of Foreclosure Profits, received with respect
thereto into the Custodial Account. In the event that all delinquent payments
due under any such Home Loan are paid by the Mortgagor and any other defaults
are cured, then the assignee for collection shall promptly reassign such Home
Loan to the Indenture Trustee and return all Related Documents to the place
where the related Mortgage File was being maintained.
In connection with the Issuer's obligation to cooperate as provided in
this Section 3.08 and all other provisions of this Agreement requiring the
Issuer to authorize or permit any actions to be taken with respect to the Home
Loans, the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Home Loans and as assignee of
record of the Home Loans on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.13 of the
Indenture, expressly agrees, on behalf of the Issuer, to take all such actions
on behalf of the Issuer and to promptly execute and return all instruments
reasonably required by the Servicer in connection therewith; provided, that if
the Servicer requests a signature of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Issuer, then the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate stating that such signature is necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement.
Section 3.09 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer.
The Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee in accordance with
Section 3.03 as compensation for its services in connection with servicing the
Home Loans. Moreover, late payment charges and other receipts not required to be
deposited in the Custodial Account as specified in Section 3.02 shall be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
activities hereunder (including payment of all other fees and expenses not
expressly stated hereunder to be for the account of the Securityholders),
including the fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and the
Custodian, and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor.
Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Depositor and the Underwriter, with a copy to the Credit Enhancer,
beginning March 31, 2002, and on or before March 31 of each year
thereafter, an Officer's Certificate stating that (i) a review of the
activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of its
performance under any servicing agreements to which it is a party,
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including this Agreement, has been made under such officer's supervision
and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the
Servicer has complied in all material respects with the minimum servicing
standards set forth in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers and has fulfilled all of its material obligations in all material
respects throughout such year, or, if there has been material noncompliance
with such servicing standards or a default in the fulfillment in all
material respects of any such obligation relating to this Servicing
Agreement, such statement shall include a description of such noncompliance
or specify each such default, as the case may be, known to such officer and
the nature and status thereof.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, with a
copy to the Credit Enhancer, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written
notice by means of an Officer's Certificate of any event which with the
giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would become a Servicing
Default.
Section 3.11 Annual Servicing Report. Beginning March 31, 2002, and on or before
March 31 of each year thereafter, the Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm
of nationally recognized independent public accountants (which firm may also
render other services to the Servicer) to furnish a report to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Underwriter, the Credit Enhancer and each
Rating Agency stating its opinion that, on the basis of an examination conducted
by such firm substantially in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the assertions made pursuant
to Section 3.10 regarding compliance with the minimum servicing standards set
forth in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers during the
preceding calendar year are fairly stated in all material respects, subject to
such exceptions and other qualifications that, in the opinion of such firm, such
accounting standards require it to report. In rendering such statement, such
firm may rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of Home Loans by
Subservicers, upon comparable statements for examinations conducted by
independent public accountants substantially in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (rendered
within one year of such statement) with respect to such Subservicers.
Section 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Home
Loans. Whenever required by statute or regulation, the Servicer shall provide to
the Credit Enhancer, any Securityholder upon reasonable request (or a regulator
for a Securityholder) or the Indenture Trustee, reasonable access to the
documentation regarding the Home Loans. Such access shall be afforded without
charge, but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the
offices of the Servicer. Nothing in this Section 3.12 shall derogate from the
obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure
of information regarding Mortgagors, and the failure of the Servicer to provide
access as provided in this Section 3.12 as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section 3.12.
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies. The Servicer
shall, during the term of its service as servicer, maintain in force and effect
(i) a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the
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performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and (ii) a fidelity bond in
respect of its officers, employees or agents. Each such policy or policies and
fidelity bond shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, whichever is greater, for Persons performing
servicing for mortgage loans purchased by such entity.
Section 3.14 Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service and Reports of
Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall prepare
and deliver all federal and state information reports with respect to the Home
Loans when and as required by all applicable state and federal income tax laws.
In particular, with respect to the requirement under Section 6050J of the Code
to the effect that the Servicer or Subservicer shall make reports of
foreclosures and abandonments of any mortgaged property for each year beginning
in 2001, the Servicer or Subservicer shall file reports relating to each
instance occurring during the previous calendar year in which the Servicer (a)
on behalf of the Issuer, acquired an interest in any Mortgaged Property through
foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a
Home Loan, or (b) knew or had reason to know that any Mortgaged Property had
been abandoned. The reports from the Servicer or Subservicer shall be in form
and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Section
6050J and Section 6050H (reports relating to mortgage interest received) of the
Code.
Section 3.15 Optional Repurchase or Transfer of Home Loans.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in Section 3.07 to the contrary, the
Servicer, at its option and in its sole discretion, may repurchase any Home
Loan delinquent in payment for a period of ninety (90) days or longer for a
price equal to the Repurchase Price, provided that any such repurchase
shall occur only during the 60 day period commencing on the first day of
the next calendar month.
(b) The Servicer, at its option and in its sole discretion, may repurchase any
Home Loan for a price equal to the Repurchase Price (i) if the related
Mortgage did not have a Lien senior to it as of the related Cut-Off Date,
and at the request of the related Mortgagor, the Servicer agrees to the
placement of a Lien on the related Mortgaged Property senior to that of
such Mortgage or (ii) at the request of the Mortgagor, the Servicer agrees
to the refinancing of the Lien senior to that of the related Mortgage
resulting in a CLTV above the previous CLTV for such Home Loan.
(c) Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Servicer, upon receipt of
written notice and direction from the Issuer, shall cause the retransfer of
Home Loans from the Trust Estate to the Issuer as of the close of business
on a Payment Date (the "Transfer Date"). On the fifth Business Day (the
"Transfer Notice Date") prior to the Transfer Date designated in such
notice, the Servicer shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies
and the Credit Enhancer a notice of the proposed retransfer that contains a
list of the Home Loans to be retransferred. Such retransfers of Home Loans
shall be permitted upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
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(i) On the Transfer Date, the Overcollateralization Amount
(after giving effect to the removal from the Trust Estate
of the Home Loans proposed to be retransferred) will equal
or exceed the Required Overcollateralization Amount;
(ii) On or before the Transfer Date, the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee a revised Home Loan
Schedule showing that the Home Loans transferred to the
Issuer are no longer owned by the Trust Estate;
(iii) The Servicer shall represent and warrant that the Home
Loans to be removed from the Trust Estate were selected at
random and the Servicer shall have received the consent of
the Credit Enhancer as to the selection of the particular
Home Loans to be removed; and
(iv) The Servicer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and the Credit Enhancer an officer's certificate
certifying that the items set forth in subparagraphs (i)
through (iii), inclusive, have been performed or are true
and correct, as the case may be. The Indenture Trustee may
conclusively rely on such officer's certificate, shall
have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters
set forth therein and shall incur no liability in so
relying.
The Servicer shall not be permitted to effect the retransfer of any Home
Loan except under the conditions specified above. Upon receiving the requisite
notice and direction from the Issuer, the Servicer shall perform in a timely
manner those acts required of it, as specified above. Upon satisfaction of the
above conditions, on the Transfer Date the Indenture Trustee shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to the Issuer a written itemization of each Home Loan
being transferred, together with the Mortgage File for each such Home Loan, and
the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuer or its designee
such other documents prepared by the Servicer as shall be reasonably necessary
to transfer such Home Loans to the Certificateholders. Any such transfer of the
Trust Estate's right, title and interest in and to Home Loans shall be without
recourse, representation or warranty by or of the Indenture Trustee or the Trust
Estate to the Issuer or its designee.
Section 3.16 Reserved.
Section 3.17 Pre-Funding Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain on behalf of itself one or more segregated trust accounts, which
shall be Eligible Accounts, titled "Pre-Funding Account, Bank One, National
Association, as Indenture Trustee for GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2"
(the "Pre-Funding Account"). On the Closing Date, GMACM shall deposit into
the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to the Original Pre-Funded Amount
from the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, and shall designate the
amount that relates to each Loan Group. On each Subsequent Transfer Date,
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the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw
from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to the aggregate Principal
Balance as of the related Subsequent Cut-Off Date of the Subsequent Home
Loans to be sold to the Trust on such Subsequent Transfer Date and
purchased with funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, and to pay such
amount to or upon the order of the related Seller upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, in the Purchase Agreement and in
the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement with respect thereto.
(b) If the Pre-Funded Amount has not been reduced to zero at the close of
business on the last day of the Pre-Funding Period, after giving effect to
any withdrawal therefrom on such day, any remaining Pre-Funded Amount shall
be deposited in the Note Payment Account and applied as a principal
distribution on the Notes on the next succeeding Payment Date in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture.
(c) The Servicer may cause the institution maintaining the Pre-Funding Account
to invest any funds therein in Permitted Investments having a maturity of
up to 90 days or maturing or otherwise available not later than the
Business Day preceding the related Payment Date on which funds are
scheduled to be withdrawn to purchase Subsequent Home Loans; provided, that
any investment in an obligation of the institution with which the
Pre-Funding Account is maintained may mature on or before 10:30 a.m., New
York time, on such Payment Date; and provided further, that no such
investment may be sold or disposed of prior to maturity. In addition, no
such Permitted Investment shall be purchased at a price in excess of par.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event investment earnings have not
matured on any Payment Date, the amount of such earnings accrued as of such
Payment Date shall be advanced by the Servicer for deposit into the Note
Payment Account (which advance shall be reimbursed to the Servicer from
such investment earnings at maturity). At any time when the Indenture
Trustee is maintaining the Pre-Funding Account, any request by the Servicer
to invest funds on deposit therein shall be in writing, delivered to the
Indenture Trustee at or before 10:30 a.m., New York time, if such
investment is to be made on such day. The Servicer shall certify that the
requested investment is a Permitted Investment maturing at or prior to the
time required hereby. Any such investment shall be registered in the name
of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee, and to the extent that any such
investment is certificated, such investment shall be maintained with the
Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. All net income or other
gain received from any such investment shall be deposited into or credited
to the Note Payment Account, and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance
with Section 3.05 of the Indenture. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee
be liable for any investment losses on Permitted Investments held in or
credited to the Pre-Funding Account, provided that such investments are
made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture
Trustee is not the obligor under the Permitted Investment.
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Section 3.18 Capitalized Interest Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain on behalf of itself one or more segregated trust accounts, which
shall be Eligible Accounts, titled "Capitalized Interest Account, Bank One,
National Association, as Indenture Trustee for GMACM Home Loan Trust
2001-HLTV2" (the "Capitalized Interest Account"). The Indenture Trustee
shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account
and retain therein the Interest Coverage Amount. In addition, the Indenture
Trustee shall promptly, upon receipt, deposit in the Capitalized Interest
Account, an additional amount equal to $109,201.39, which amount is equal
to one month's interest on the Cut-Off Date Principal Balances of the Home
Loans for which the first monthly payment is due on or after November 1,
2001. If the Indenture Trustee shall not have received an investment
direction from GMACM, the Indenture Trustee shall invest funds on deposit
in the Capitalized Interest Account in Permitted Investments of the kind
described in clause (v) of the definition of Permitted Investments having a
maturity date no later than the next succeeding Payment Date. In addition,
no such Permitted Investment shall be purchased at a price in excess of
par. GMACM shall be entitled to retain any investment earnings on amounts
on deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account and shall deposit into the
Capitalized Interest Account the amount of any net loss incurred in respect
of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss
without any right of reimbursement therefor. GMACM shall be the owner of
the Capitalized Interest Account and shall report all items of income,
deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom.
(b) On each Payment Date during the Pre-Funding Period and on the Payment Date
immediately after the end of the Pre-Funding Period, the Indenture Trustee,
at the written direction of the Servicer, shall withdraw from the
Capitalized Interest Account and deposit into the Note Payment Account an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Capitalized Interest Requirement for
such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the amount necessary
to pay interest for the related Interest Period at the applicable Note Rate
on the related Note Balances of the Notes immediately prior to such Payment
Date over (B) the funds on deposit in the Note Payment Account on such
Payment Date (after giving effect to all other deposits of funds into the
Note Payment Account on such Payment Date other than any Policy Draw Amount
pursuant to Section 3.28(a) of the Indenture in respect of accrued interest
on the Notes). In addition, on the first Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee will transfer $109,201.39 from the Capitalized Interest Account to
the Note Payment Account to be applied in accordance with Section 3.05 of
the Indenture.
(c) In connection with each Subsequent Transfer Date occurring in the
Pre-Funding Period, the Servicer, at its option, may recalculate the
Interest Coverage Amount taking into account the amount remaining in the
Pre-Funding Account following the sale of Subsequent Home Loans to the
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Trust on such date. The recomputed Interest Coverage Amount shall be not
less than the amount necessary to cover the Capitalized Interest
Requirement for each remaining Payment Date in the Pre-Funding Period. With
the written consent of the Credit Enhancer (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), on any such Subsequent Transfer Date, GMACM shall
instruct in writing the Indenture Trustee to pay to it from funds in the
Capitalized Interest Account the excess of the amount on deposit therein
over the recomputed Interest Coverage Amount.
(d) Upon the earlier of (i) termination of the Trust Agreement in accordance
with Section 8.01 thereof and (ii) the Payment Date following the end of
the Pre-Funding Period, any amount remaining on deposit in the Capitalized
Interest Account shall be withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee and paid to
GMACM.
Section 3.19 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the
Servicer or Subservicer, to the extent it has knowledge of such
conveyance, shall enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under
applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under
this Section 3.19(a) by reason of any transfer or
assumption which the Servicer is restricted by law from
preventing; and
(ii) if the Servicer determines that it is reasonably likely
that any Mortgagor will bring , or if any Mortgagor does
bring, legal action to declare invalid or otherwise avoid
enforcement of a due-on-sale clause contained in any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, the Servicer shall not be
required to enforce the due-on-sale clause or to contest
such action.
(b) Subject to the Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.19(a), in any case in
which a Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed to a Person by a
Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an assumption or
modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage which requires the signature of the Indenture Trustee,
or if an instrument of release signed by the Indenture Trustee is
required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Home Loan,
the Servicer is authorized, subject to the requirements of the
sentence next following, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, the assumption agreement with the Person to
whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such
modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to
carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise
to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the
transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. The Servicer
shall execute and deliver such documents only if it reasonably
determines that (i) its execution and delivery thereof will not
conflict with or violate any terms of this Agreement or cause the
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unpaid balance and interest on the Home Loan to be uncollectible
in whole or in part, (ii) any required consents of insurers under
any Required Insurance Policies have been obtained and (iii)
subsequent to the closing of the transaction involving the
assumption or transfer (A) such transaction will not adversely
affect the coverage under any Required Insurance Policies, (B)
the Home Loan will fully amortize over the remaining term
thereof, (C) no material term of the Home Loan (including the
interest rate on the Home Loan) will be altered nor will the term
of the Home Loan be changed and (D) if the seller/transferor of
the Mortgaged Property is to be released from liability on the
Home Loan, such release will not (based on the Servicer's or
Subservicer's good faith determination) adversely affect the
collectability of the Home Loan. Upon receipt of appropriate
instructions from the Servicer in accordance with the foregoing,
the Indenture Trustee shall execute any necessary instruments for
such assumption or substitution of liability as directed in
writing by the Servicer. Upon the closing of the transactions
contemplated by such documents, the Servicer shall cause the
originals or true and correct copies of the assumption agreement,
the release (if any), or the modification or supplement to the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee or the Custodian and deposited with the Mortgage File for
such Home Loan. Any fee collected by the Servicer or such related
Subservicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Servicer or such
Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
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ARTICLE IV
Servicing Certificate
Section 4.01 Statements to Securityholders.
(a) With respect to each Payment Date, on the Business Day following the
related Determination Date, the Servicer shall forward the Servicing
Certificate and a computer file containing mutually agreed upon loan level
information to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee, pursuant
to Section 3.26 of the Indenture, shall make such Servicing Certificate
available to each Certificateholder, each Noteholder, the Credit Enhancer,
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the ISDA
Counterparty and each Rating Agency. The Servicing Certificate shall set
forth the following information as to the Notes and Certificates, to the
extent applicable:
(i) for each Loan Group, the aggregate amount of (a) Interest Collections, (b)
Principal Collections, and (c) Substitution Adjustment Amounts for such
Collection Period;
(ii) the amount of such distribution as principal to the Noteholders of each
Class of Notes;
(iii)the amount of such distribution as interest to the Noteholders of each
Class of Notes;
(iv) the Policy Draw Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and the aggregate
amount of prior draws on the Policy thereunder not yet reimbursed;
(v) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders;
(vi) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Home Loans in each Loan Group as of
the end of the preceding Collection Period;
(vii)the number and aggregate Principal Balances of Home Loans (a) as to which
the Monthly Payment is delinquent for 30-59 days, 60-89 days, 90-119 days,
120-149 days and 150-179 days, respectively, (b) the related Mortgaged
Property of which has been foreclosed upon and (c) as to which the related
Mortgaged Property has become REO Property, in each case as of the end of
the preceding Collection Period; provided, however, that such information
shall not be provided on the statements relating to the first Payment Date;
(viii) the aggregate Liquidation Loss Amounts with respect to the related
Collection Period, the amount distributed as principal to Noteholders in
respect of Liquidation Loss Amounts and the aggregate of the Liquidation
Loss Amounts from all Collection Periods to date expressed as dollar amount
and as a percentage of the aggregate Cut-Off Date Principal Balances of the
Home Loans;
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(ix) the aggregate Note Balance of each Class of Notes and the Certificate
Balance of the Certificates after giving effect to the distribution of
principal on such Payment Date;
(x) the amount on deposit in each of the Pre-Funding Account and Capitalized
Interest Account as of the end of the preceding Collection Period;
(xi) the Percentage Interest applicable to each of the Securities, after
application of payments made on such Payment Date;
(xii)the Overcollateralization Amount as of the end of the preceding Collection
Period;
(xiii) the amount of any payment to be made to the designee or designees of the
Credit Enhancer with respect to such Payment Date pursuant to Sections
3.05(a)(i) and 3.30 of the Indenture and the Limited Reimbursement
Agreement;
(xiv)the weighted average of the Net Loan Rates for the Home Loans for the
related Collection Period;
(xv) the number and aggregate Principal Balance of Home Loans repurchased
pursuant to Section 3.15(a) herein during the related Collection Period;
and
(xvi)the aggregate Principal Balance of Subsequent Home Loans transferred to
the Trust Estate for each Loan Group.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, the amounts shall be expressed as an aggregate dollar amount per Note or
Certificate, as applicable, with a $25,000 denomination.
If a Servicing Default shall occur, on the Business Day following the
related Determination Date, the Servicer shall forward to the Indenture Trustee,
and the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.26 of the Indenture, shall
forward or cause to be forwarded by mail to each Certificateholder, each
Noteholder, the Credit Enhancer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Paying Agent and each Rating Agency, a statement to such effect,
including the nature of such Servicing Default. Such statement may be included
in, or separate from, the regular statement sent to Securityholders.
The Indenture Trustee will make the monthly statement to Securityholders
(and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an
alternative format) available each month to Securityholders, and other parties
to this Agreement via the Indenture Trustee's internet website. The Indenture
Trustee's internet website shall initially be located at "xxx.xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx".
Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling Indenture Trustee's
customer service desk at 000-000-0000. Parties that are unable to use the above
website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by
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calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The Indenture Trustee
shall have the right to change the way the statements to Securityholders are
distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more
accessible to the above parties and the Indenture Trustee shall provide timely
and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes.
(b) In addition, with respect to each Payment Date, on the Business
Day following the related Determination Date, the Servicer shall
forward to the Credit Enhancer and the Rating Agencies the
following information for each Capitalization Workout entered
into during the related Collection Period:
(i) the original Home Equity Loan amount;
(ii) the Home Loan amount after the Capitalization Workout;
(iii) the original Monthly Payment amount;
(iv) the Monthly Payment amount after the Capitalization Workout;
(v) the Capitalized Amount as defined in Section 3.02(a)(v)
herein;
(vi) the CLTV prior to the Capitalization Workout;
(vii) the CLTV after the Capitalization Workout; and
(viii) if an appraisal was used in determining the CLTV referred
to in (vii) above, the type and date of appraisal.
(c) The Servicer shall forward to the Indenture Trustee any other information
reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee necessary to make
distributions pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture. Prior to the close
of business on the Business Day next succeeding each Determination Date,
the Servicer shall furnish a written statement to the Certificate Paying
Agent and the Indenture Trustee setting forth the aggregate amounts
required to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and deposited into the
Note Payment Account and/or Distribution Account on the Business Day
preceding the related Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.03. The
determination by the Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of
obvious error, be deemed to be presumptively correct for all purposes
hereunder, and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon the same without any independent check or
verification. In addition, upon the Issuer's written request, the Servicer
shall promptly furnish such information reasonably requested by the Issuer
that is reasonably available to the Servicer to enable the Issuer to
perform its federal and state income tax reporting obligations.
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Section 4.02 Tax Returns and 1934 Act Reports
(a) The Servicer will prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed all
tax and information returns of the Trust Estate.
(b) The Servicer shall prepare all reports on behalf of the Trust Estate,
including, but not limited to, all Forms 8-K, Forms 10-K and, when
applicable, a Form 15 that are required under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. The Servicer shall continue to file all Forms 8-K and
Forms 10-K with respect to the Trust Estate until directed by the Depositor
in writing to discontinue such filings.
ARTICLE V
Note Payment Account
Section 5.01 Note Payment Account. The Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain an Eligible Account entitled "Bank One, National Association, as
Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Securityholders, the Certificate
Paying Agent and the Credit Enhancer, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of
October 30, 2001, between GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2 and Bank One,
National Association" (the "Note Payment Account"). On each Payment Date,
amounts on deposit in the Note Payment Account shall be distributed by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Indenture. The
Indenture Trustee shall invest or cause the institution maintaining the Note
Payment Account to invest the funds therein in Permitted Investments selected in
writing by the Servicer and designated in the name of the Indenture Trustee,
which investments shall mature not later than the Business Day next preceding
the Payment Date next following the date of such investment (except that any
investment in the institution with which the Note Payment Account is maintained
may mature on such Payment Date) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to
maturity. In addition, no such Permitted Investment shall be purchased at a
price in excess of par. All income and gain realized from any such investment
shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal
or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any
such investments shall be deposited in the Note Payment Account by the Servicer
out of its own funds immediately as realized.
ARTICLE VI
The Servicer
Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
upon and undertaken by the Servicer herein.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
the Servicer. Any corporation into which the Servicer 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 Servicer shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Servicer 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.
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The Servicer may assign its rights and delegate its duties and
obligations under this Agreement; provided, that the Person accepting such
assignment or delegation shall be a Person qualified to service mortgage loans,
is reasonably satisfactory to the Credit Enhancer (provided, that such consent
to assignment may not be unreasonably withheld), is willing to service the Home
Loans and executes and delivers to the Issuer (with a copy to the Credit
Enhancer) an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Credit Enhancer, that contains an assumption by such Person of the due and
punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be
performed or observed by the Servicer under this Agreement; and provided
further, that no Rating Event will occur as a result of such assignment and
delegation (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency), if
determined without regard to the Policy; and provided further, that the Owner
Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such assignment
or delegation will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association (or a
publicly-traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. Neither the
Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any
such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its
duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent
of 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 Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Servicer shall be indemnified by the Issuer and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to
this Agreement or the Securities, including any amount paid to the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06(b), other than any loss,
liability or expense related to any specific Home Loan or Home 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 its
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its
duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to
service the Home Loans in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action that it may deem
necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement, the rights and duties of
the parties hereto and the interests of the Securityholders. In such event, the
reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Issuer, and the
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. The Servicer's right to
indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall survive any
resignation or termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 or 7.01 with
respect to any losses, expenses, costs or liabilities arising prior to such
resignation or termination (or arising from events that occurred prior to such
resignation or termination).
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Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02,
the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it except (a) upon determination that the performance of its obligations or
duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in
material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried
on by it or its subsidiaries or Affiliates, the other activities of the Servicer
so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Servicer
or its subsidiaries or Affiliates at the date of this Agreement or (b) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) the Servicer shall have proposed a
successor servicer to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing and such
proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Credit Enhancer; (ii) each Rating Agency shall have
delivered a letter to the Issuer, the Credit Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee
prior to the appointment of the successor servicer stating that the proposed
appointment of such successor servicer as Servicer hereunder will not cause a
Rating Event, if determined without regard to the Policy; and (iii) such
proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, as
evidenced by a letter to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee; provided,
however, that no such resignation by the Servicer shall become effective until
such successor servicer or, in the case of (a) above, the Indenture Trustee, as
pledgee of the Home Loans, shall have assumed the Servicer's responsibilities
and obligations hereunder or the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Home
Loans, shall have designated a successor servicer in accordance with Section
7.02. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for
any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that
survive the resignation or termination of the Servicer. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to such effect delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Credit
Enhancer.
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties. In the ordinary course of business, the
Servicer at any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder to any Person,
including any of its Affiliates, that agrees to conduct such duties in
accordance with standards comparable to those with which the Servicer complies
pursuant to Section 3.01. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its
liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties and shall not
constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04.
Section 6.06 Payment of Indenture Trustee's and Owner Trustee's Fees and
Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) After the Closing Date, the Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee from time to time, and the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and any such co-trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable
compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard
to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust and, in the case of
the Indenture Trustee, for so long as GMAC Mortgage Corporation is the
Servicer shall be as set forth in the letter agreement between the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer dated as of October 26, 2001) for all
services rendered by each of them in the execution of the trusts created
under the Trust Agreement and the Indenture and in the exercise and
performance of any of the powers and duties under the Trust Agreement or
the Indenture, as the case may be, of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
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Trustee and any co-trustee, and the Servicer will pay or reimburse the
Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture
Trustee or any co-trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful
misfeasance or bad faith. In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to be reimbursed from the Servicer for all reasonable costs
associated with the transfer of servicing from the predecessor servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02 hereunder, including, without limitation, any
reasonable costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer of all
servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such
servicing data as may be required by the Indenture Trustee to correct any
errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
Indenture Trustee to service the Home Loans properly and effectively.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee for, and to hold the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, as
the case may be, harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, arising out of,
or in connection with, the acceptance and administration of the Issuer and
the assets thereof, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable
legal fees and expenses) of defending the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, against any claim in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under any Basic
Document; provided that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Indenture Trustee or
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall have given the
Servicer written notice thereof promptly after the
Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
shall have actual knowledge thereof;
(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as the
case may be, shall cooperate and consult fully with the
Servicer in preparing such defense; and
(iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Servicer shall not be liable for settlement
of any claim by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, entered into without the
prior consent of the Servicer.
No termination of this Agreement or resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee shall affect the obligations created by this Section 6.06 of the
Servicer to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee under the
conditions and to the extent set forth herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided by the
Servicer in this Section 6.06(b) shall not pertain to any loss, liability or
expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, including the costs and
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expenses of defending itself against any claim, incurred in connection with any
actions taken by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee at the direction of
the Noteholders or Certificateholders, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VII
Default
Section 7.01 Servicing Default.
(a) If any one of the following events (each, a "Servicing Default") shall
occur and be continuing:
(i) any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Custodial Account, the
Note Payment Account or the Distribution Account any deposit required
to be made under the terms of this Agreement that continues unremedied
for a period of five Business Days after the date upon which written
notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee by the Credit Enhancer;
(ii) any failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in
any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer
set forth in the Securities or in this Agreement, which failure, in
each case, materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Securityholders or the Credit Enhancer, and which failure continues
unremedied for a period of 45 days after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been
given to the Servicer by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, or to
the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Credit
Enhancer;
(iii)the entry against the Servicer of a decree or order by a court or
agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction under Title 11 of
the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or if a receiver,
assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or
taken possession of the Servicer or its property, and the continuance
of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days;
(iv) the Servicer shall voluntarily submit to Proceedings under Title 11 of
the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law relating to the Servicer
or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or 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;
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then, and in every such case, so long as a Servicing Default shall not have been
remedied by the Servicer, either the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (with the
consent of the Credit Enhancer) or the Credit Enhancer, by notice then given in
writing to the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may terminate all
of the rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement
other than its right to receive servicing compensation and expenses for
servicing the Home Loans hereunder during any period prior to the date of such
termination, and the Issuer, the Credit Enhancer or the Indenture Trustee (with
the consent of the Credit Enhancer), may exercise any and all other remedies
available at law or equity. Any such notice to the Servicer shall also be given
to each Rating Agency, the Credit Enhancer and the Issuer. On or after the
receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the
Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Securities or the
Home Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee,
as pledgee of the Home Loans, pursuant to and under this Section 7.01; and,
without limitation, the Indenture 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 of each
Home Loan and related documents, or otherwise. The Servicer agrees to cooperate
with the Issuer, the Credit Enhancer and Indenture Trustee, as the case may be,
in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer
hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Indenture Trustee
for the administration by it of all cash amounts relating to the Home Loans that
shall at the time be held by the Servicer and to be deposited by it in the
Custodial Account, or that have been deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial
Account or thereafter received by the Servicer with respect to the Home Loans,
the recordation of Assignments of Mortgages to the Indenture Trustee if MERS is
not the mortgagee of a Home Loan, and the delivery of Mortgage Files in its
possession to the Indenture Trustee. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with
amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this
Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer (or if the predecessor
Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the initial Servicer) upon presentation of
reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer hereunder,
the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection of a
payment on a Home Loan which was due prior to the notice terminating the
Servicer's rights and obligations hereunder and received after such notice, that
portion to which the Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.03
and 3.09 as well as its Servicing Fee in respect thereof, and any other amounts
payable to the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance
under paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) above, after the applicable grace periods
specified therein, shall not constitute a Servicing Default if such delay or
failure could not be prevented by the exercise of reasonable diligence by the
Servicer and such delay or failure was caused by an act of God or the public
enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public disorder, rebellion or
sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes,
floods or similar causes. The preceding sentence shall not relieve the Servicer
from using reasonable efforts to perform its respective obligations in a timely
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manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall
provide the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer and the Securityholders with
notice of any such failure or delay by it, together with a description of its
efforts to so perform its obligations. The Servicer shall immediately notify the
Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer and the Issuer in writing of any
Servicing Default.
Section 7.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant
to Section 7.01 or sends a notice pursuant to Section 6.04, the Indenture
Trustee as pledgee of the Home Loans shall itself become, or shall appoint an
affiliate of the Indenture Trustee to become the successor in all respects to
the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall immediately assume all
of the obligations of the Servicer to make advances on Home Loans under Section
3.02(b) and will be subject to all other responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions
hereof as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after the
Indenture Trustee becomes successor servicer. During such 90 day period, the
Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Credit Enhancer, may require the
Servicer being terminated to continue to perform such servicing responsibilities
(other than making advances on the Home Loans under Section 3.02(b)) as the
Indenture Trustee deems appropriate. In such event, the Servicer being
terminated shall provide such services as directed by the Indenture Trustee
until the earliest of the date the Indenture Trustee notifies such Servicer to
discontinue providing such services, the date on which a successor servicer or
the Indenture Trustee has assumed all responsibilities, duties and liabilities
of the Servicer hereunder or the expiration of the 90 day period. The Servicer
shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee hereunder for any period during which the
Servicer is obligated to provide such services as if no termination of the
Servicer had occurred. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Trust Agreement shall
be construed to permit or require the Indenture Trustee to (i) succeed to the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the initial Servicer in its capacity
as Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) be responsible or accountable for
any act or omission of the Servicer prior to the issuance of a notice of
termination hereunder, (iii) require or obligate the Indenture Trustee, in its
capacity as successor Servicer, to purchase, repurchase or substitute any Home
Loan, (iv) fund any losses on any Permitted Investment directed by any other
Servicer, or (v) be responsible for the representations and warranties of the
Servicer. As compensation therefor, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
such compensation as the Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if no
such notice of termination had been given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Indenture Trustee is (x) unwilling to act as successor Servicer itself or to
appoint an affiliate to become successor Servicer, or (y) legally unable so to
act, the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Home Loans may (in the situation
described in clause (x)) or shall (in the situation described in clause (y))
appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established
housing and home finance institution, bank or other mortgage loan servicer
having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 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; provided, that any such successor
Servicer shall be acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, as evidenced by the Credit
Enhancer's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld; and provided further, that the appointment of any such successor
Servicer will not result in a Rating Event, if determined without regard to the
Policy. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, unless the
Indenture Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, the Indenture Trustee
itself shall act or appoint an affiliate to act in such capacity as provided
above. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the successor shall
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be entitled to receive compensation out of payments on Home Loans in an amount
equal to the compensation that the Servicer would otherwise have received
pursuant to Section 3.09 (or such other compensation as the Indenture Trustee
and such successor shall agree). The appointment of a successor Servicer shall
not affect any liability of the predecessor Servicer that may have arisen under
this Agreement prior to its termination as Servicer (including the obligation to
purchase Home Loans pursuant to Section 3.01, to pay any deductible under an
insurance policy pursuant to Section 3.04 or to indemnify the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.06), nor shall any successor Servicer be liable for any
acts or omissions of the predecessor Servicer or for any breach by such Servicer
of any of its representations or warranties contained herein or in any related
document or agreement. The Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such
action, consistent with this Agreement and the requirements (including any
notice requirements) of applicable law, as shall be necessary to effectuate any
such succession. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee, in its
capacity as successor Servicer, shall not be responsible for the lack of
information and/or documents that it cannot obtain through reasonable efforts or
for failing to take any action that the Indenture Trustee is legally prohibited
from taking by applicable law.
(b) Any successor, including the Indenture Trustee, to the Servicer as
servicer shall during its term as Servicer (i) continue to service and
administer the Home Loans for the benefit of the Securityholders, (ii)
maintain in force a policy or policies of insurance covering errors
and omissions in the performance of its obligations as Servicer
hereunder and a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees
and agents to the same extent as the Servicer is so required pursuant
to Section 3.13 and (iii) be bound by the terms of the Insurance
Agreement.
(c) Any successor Servicer, including the Indenture Trustee, shall not be
deemed in default or to have breached its duties hereunder if the
predecessor Servicer shall fail to deliver any required deposit to the
Custodial Account or otherwise cooperate with any required servicing
transfer or succession hereunder.
(d) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Servicer
hereunder, either (i) the successor Servicer, including the Indenture
Trustee if the Indenture Trustee is acting as successor Servicer,
shall represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good
standing and shall agree to comply in all material respects with the
rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the
Home Loans that are registered with MERS, in which case the
predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in
causing MERS to revise its records to reflect the transfer of
servicing to the successor Servicer as necessary under MERS' rules and
regulations, or (ii) the predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the
successor Servicer in causing MERS to execute and deliver an
assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage
from MERS to the Indenture Trustee and to execute and deliver such
other notices, documents and other instruments as may be necessary or
desirable to effect a transfer of such Home Loan or servicing of such
Home Loan on the MERS(R)System to the successor Servicer. The
predecessor Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such
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assignment in the appropriate recording office. The predecessor
Servicer shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of preparing any
assignments of Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any assignments
of Mortgage that may be required under this subsection (d). The
successor Servicer shall cause such assignment to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon receipt of the
original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified by the
public recording office in which such assignment was recorded.
Section 7.03 Notification to Securityholders. Upon any termination of or
appointment of a successor to the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII or
Section 6.04, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
the Securityholders, the Credit Enhancer, the Issuer and each Rating Agency.
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ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
parties hereto; provided, that any such amendment shall be accompanied by a
letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such amendment will not result
in a Rating Event, if determined without regard to the Policy; and provided
further, that the Credit Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee shall consent
thereto.
Section 8.02 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.03 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered
at or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to (a) in the case of
the Servicer, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, (b) in the case of the Credit Enhancer, Ambac Assurance Corporation, Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Consumer -
Asset-Backed Securities Group (GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2), (c) in the
case of Xxxxx'x, Home Mortgage Loan Monitoring Group, 4th Floor, 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (d) in the case of Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance
Group, (e) in the case of the Owner Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx
Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, (f) in
the case of the Issuer, GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2, c/o the Owner Trustee
at the address set forth in clause (e) above, and (g) in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, with
a copy to Bank One, National Association, 1 Bank Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx XX0-0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: GMACM 2001-HLTV2; or, with respect to
each of the foregoing Persons, at such other address as shall be designated by
such Person in a written notice to the other foregoing Persons. Any notice
required or permitted to be mailed to a Securityholder shall be given by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Securityholder as shown in
the Note Register or Certificate Register, as the case may be. Any notice so
mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the related Securityholder
receives such notice. Any notice or other document required to be delivered or
mailed by the Indenture Trustee to any Rating Agency shall be given on a
reasonable efforts basis and only as a matter of courtesy and accommodation, and
the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability for failure to deliver any such
notice or document to any Rating Agency.
Section 8.04 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 the Securities or
the rights of the Securityholders.
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Section 8.05 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Securityholders, the
Credit Enhancer, the Owner Trustee and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person shall
have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 8.06 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 8.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
Section 8.08 Termination Upon Purchase by the Servicer or Liquidation of All
Home Loans; Partial Redemption.
(a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer,
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee created hereby shall
terminate upon the last action required to be taken by the Issuer
pursuant to the Trust Agreement and by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture following the earlier of:
(i) the date on or before which the Indenture or the Trust Agreement
is terminated, or
(ii) the purchase by the Servicer from the Issuer of all Home Loans
and REO Property in accordance with Section 8.08(b).
(b) The Servicer shall have the right to purchase from the Issuer all of the
Home Loans and REO Property if the Pool Balance as of any Payment Date is
less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date (provided that a
draw on the Policy would not occur as a result of such purchase and
provided further that the purchase price will provide sufficient funds to
pay the outstanding Note Balance and accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes to the Payment Date on which such amounts are to be distributed to
Securityholders), at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate unpaid
Principal Balance of all such remaining Home Loans, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the weighted average of the Loan Rates thereon up to
the date preceding the Payment Date on which such amounts are to be
distributed to the Securityholders (and, in the case of REO Property, the
fair market value of the REO Property), plus any amounts due and owing to
the Credit Enhancer under the Insurance Agreement (and any unpaid Servicing
Fee shall be deemed to have been paid at such time).
If such right is exercised by the Servicer, the Servicer shall deposit the
amount calculated pursuant to this Section 8.08(b) with the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture and, upon the receipt of such deposit,
the Indenture Trustee or Custodian shall release to the Servicer, the files
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pertaining to the Home Loans being purchased. The Servicer, at its expense,
shall prepare and deliver to the Indenture Trustee for execution, at the time
the related Home Loans are to be released to the Servicer, appropriate documents
assigning each such Home Loans from the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer to the
Servicer or the appropriate party.
Section 8.09 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee. For all purposes
of this Agreement, in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of
any of its powers hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to and
entitled to the benefits of Article VI of the Indenture.
Section 8.10 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Related Documents. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Servicer, and the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee assume no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee make no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Basic Document or
Related Document, or of the Certificates (other than the signatures of the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the Certificates) or the Notes. The Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or
liability with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to
generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under the Trust
Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including the compliance by
the Depositor, the Sellers or the Servicer with any warranty or representation
made under any Basic Document or the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation, or any action of any person taken in the name of the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers or
representatives all as of the day and year first above written.
GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Chief Operating Officer
GMACM HOME LOAN TRUST 2001-HLTV2, as Issuer
By: Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
Title: Vice President
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
HOME LOAN SCHEDULE
[See Exhibit 1 to the Home Loan Purchase Agreement]
EXHIBIT B
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREMISES:
That Bank One, National Association, as indenture trustee (the
"Indenture Trustee"), under the indenture dated as of October 30, 2001 (the
"Indenture"), between GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2, as issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, a national banking association organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America, and having its principal office
located at 1 Bank Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx XX0-0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, hath
made, constituted and appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and
appoint GMAC Mortgage Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its true and lawful
Attorney-in-Fact, with full power and authority to sign, execute, acknowledge,
deliver, file for record, and record any instrument on its behalf and to perform
such other act or acts as may be customarily and reasonably necessary and
appropriate to effectuate the following enumerated transactions in respect of
any of the Mortgages securing a Home Loan and the related Mortgage Notes for
which the undersigned is acting as Indenture Trustee for various Securityholders
(whether the undersigned is named therein as mortgagee or beneficiary or has
become mortgagee by virtue of endorsement of such Mortgage Note secured by any
such Mortgage) and for which GMAC Mortgage Corporation is acting as Servicer
pursuant to a Servicing Agreement dated as of October 30, 2001 (the "Servicing
Agreement").
This appointment shall apply to the following enumerated transactions only:
1. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage, where said modification
or re-recording is for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage 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 as insured.
2. The subordination of the Lien of a Mortgage to an easement in favor of a
public utility company or 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 of requests to trustees to accomplish same.
3. With respect to a Mortgage, 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 Mortgage, in
accordance with state law and the Mortgage;
b. Statements of breach or non-performance;
c. Notices of default;
d. Cancellations/rescissions of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
e. The taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; and
f. Such other documents and actions as may be necessary under the
terms of the Mortgage or state law to expeditiously complete said
transactions.
4. 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.
5. The completion of loan assumption agreements.
6. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or full reconveyance upon
payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without
limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.
7. The assignment of any Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note, in connection
with the repurchase of the Home Loan secured and evidenced thereby.
8. The full assignment of a Mortgage upon payment and discharge of all sums
secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including,
without limitation, the endorsement of the related Mortgage Note.
9. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage, where said modification or
re-recording is for the purpose of any modification pursuant to Section
3.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
10. The subordination of the Lien of a Mortgage, where said subordination is in
connection with any modification pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Servicing
Agreement, and the execution of partial satisfactions/releases in
connection with such same Section 3.01.
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.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in Appendix A to the Indenture.
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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 has not
been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
SS.
COUNTY OF )
On this day of October, 2001, before me the undersigned, Notary Public
of said State, personally appeared , personally known to me to be duly
authorized officers of Bank One, National Association that executed the within
instrument and personally known to me to be the persons who executed the within
instrument on behalf of Bank One, National Association therein named, and
acknowledged to me such Bank One, National Association executed the within
instrument pursuant to its by-laws.
WITNESS my hand and official
seal.
Notary Public in and for the
State of_________________
After recording, please mail to:
Attn:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with your administration of the Home Loans, we request the release
of the Mortgage File described below.
Servicing Agreement Dated: October 30, 2001
Series #:
Account #:
Pool #:
Loan #:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Home Loan Prepaid in Full
Home Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection
with such payments which are required to be deposited have been or will be so
deposited as provided in the Servicing Agreement."
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GMAC Mortgage Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents being
enclosed with a copy of this form. You should retain this form for your files in
accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Mortgage Note
Name
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Title
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Date
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