EXHIBIT 99.1
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENT
Pursuant to this Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated
December 31, 1996 (the "Instrument"), between Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. as seller (the "Depositor"), and Bankers Trust Company as
trustee of the Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Asset-Backed Fixed
Rate and Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8, as purchaser (the
"Trustee"), and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as
depositor, Option One Mortgage Company as master servicer and the Trustee as
trustee, the Depositor and the Trustee agree to the sale by the Depositor and
the purchase by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, of the Mortgage Loans
listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage
Loans").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) The Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over
and convey to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, without recourse, all of
its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and
including all amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans after the related
Subsequent Cut-off Date, and all items with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; provided, however that the Depositor reserves and retains all right,
title and interest in and to amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or
prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Depositor, contemporaneously
with the delivery of this Agreement, has delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Trustee each item set forth in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The transfer to the Trustee by the Depositor of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is
intended by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale by the Depositor to
the Trust Fund.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to
the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, in, to
and under the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated the date
hereof, between the Depositor as purchaser and the Master Servicer as seller, to
the extent of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, a copy of which agreement is
annexed hereto as Attachment G.
(c) Additional terms of the sale are set forth on Attachment A
hereto.
Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
(a) The Depositor hereby confirms that each of the conditions
precedent and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.10 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
(b) All terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, however, that in the
event of any conflict, the provisions of this Instrument shall control over the
conflicting provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3. RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENT.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or
a memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all
of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the
Master Servicer at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the related
Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of
the Mortgage Loans.
Section 4. GOVERNING LAW.
This Instrument 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, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.
Section 5. COUNTERPARTS.
This Instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts
and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts,
together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 6. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Depositor and the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Asset-Backed Fixed Rate And Floating Rate
Certificates, Series 1996-8
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
ATTACHMENTS
A. Additional terms of sale.
B. Schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
C. Depositor's Officer's certificate.
D. Opinions of Depositor's counsel (bankruptcy, corporate).
E. Trustee's Certificate.
F. Opinion of Trustee's Counsel.
G. Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
ATTACHMENT A
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ADDITIONAL TERMS OF SALE
A. General
1. Subsequent Cut-off Date: December 1, 1996
2. Subsequent Transfer Date: December 31, 1996
3. Aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date: $8,542,056.10
(Sub-Pool 1); $52,307,857.83 (Sub-Pool 2)
4. Purchase Price: 100.00%
B. The following representations and warranties with respect to each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan determined as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date shall be
true and correct: (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more days
delinquent as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the stated term to
maturity of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not be less than 180 months and
will not exceed 360 months; (iii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not provide
for negative amortization; (iv) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio (or Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the case of Second
Mortgage Loans) greater than 90%; (v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will have as
of the end of the Funding Period, a weighted average term since origination not
in excess of 18 months; (vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan in Sub-Pool 1 shall
have a Mortgage Rate less than 8.25% or greater than 16%, and no Subsequent
Mortgage Loan in Sub-Pool 2 shall have a Mortgage Rate less than 5.5% or greater
than 16%; (vii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will have been serviced by the
Master Servicer since origination or purchase by the Depositor; and (viii) the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be underwritten in accordance with the criteria
set forth under the section "The Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards;
Representations" in the Prospectus Supplement.
C. Following the purchase of any Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Trust
Fund, the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Pool 1 and Sub-Pool 2 (including the related
Subsequent Mortgage Loans) will, as determined separately for each Sub-Pool as
of the end of the related Funding Period: (i) have a weighted average original
term to stated maturity of not less than 180 months and not more than 360
months; (ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate of not less than 11.415% and
not more than 11.615% with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Pool 1, and not
less than 9.767% and not more than 9.967% with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
Sub-Pool 2, each by aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in such
Sub-Pool; (iii) have a weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio (or weighted average
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the case of second lien Mortgage Loans) of not
more than 69% with respect to Sub-Pool 1, and not more than 73% with respect to
Sub-Pool 2, each by aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in such
Sub-Pool; (iv) have no Mortgage Loan with a principal balance in excess of
$600,000; (v) have a weighted average Gross Margin not less than 5.433% with
respect to the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Pool 2; and (vi) not have a concentration
of second lien Mortgage Loans in excess of 17.58% nor a concentration of Balloon
Mortgage Loans in excess of 28.58% with respect to Sub-Pool 1, in each by
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Pool 1.
ATTACHMENT B
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SCHEDULE OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS
ATTACHMENT C
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DEPOSITOR'S OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Fixed Rate and Floating Rate Certificates
Series 1996-8
I, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, hereby certify that I am a duly elected
Assistant Vice President of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the
"Depositor"), a Delaware corporation, and further, to the best of my knowledge
and after due inquiry, as follows:
Each condition precedent and representation and warranty
specified in Section 2.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of December 1, 1996, among the Depositor, Option One Mortgage
Corporation as Master Servicer and Bankers Trust Company as Trustee
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") and each condition precedent
specified in the Subsequent Transfer Instrument has been satisfied by
the Depositor.
Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: December 31, 1996
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
ATTACHMENT D
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OPINION OF DEPOSITOR'S COUNSEL
December 31, 1996
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Financial Security Assurance Inc.
25 Broadway 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Fixed Rate and Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. (the "Depositor") in connection with the conveyance of
approximately $8,542,056 of certain fixed-rate mortgage loans and approximately
$52,307,857 of certain adjustable-rate mortgage loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage
Loans") by the Depositor to Bankers Trust Company as trustee (the "Trustee")
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as depositor, Option One
Mortgage Corporation as master servicer and the Trustee, pursuant to a
Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated December 31, 1996 (the "Subsequent
Transfer Instrument"), between the Depositor and the Trustee (the Subsequent
Transfer Instrument and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together, the
"Agreements"). The Depositor purchased the Subsequent Mortgage Loans from Option
One Mortgage Corporation (in such capacity, the "Seller") pursuant to a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 1996, between
the Depositor and the Seller. On the Closing Date, the Depositor previously
transferred to a trust fund certain fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage
loans (collectively, the "Initial Mortgage Loans"; the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
and the Initial Mortgage Loans, together, the "Mortgage Loans") and deposited
the amounts of approximately $9,999,214 and approximately $52,307,993 in two
separate pre-funding accounts pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
In rendering this opinion letter, we have examined the
Agreements and such records and other documents as we have deemed necessary. As
to matters of fact, we have examined and relied upon representations of parties
to the Agreements contained therein and, where we have deemed appropriate,
representations or certifications of officers of parties to the Agreements or
public officials. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted
to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of
natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted
to us as copies. We have assumed, except as to the Depositor, that all parties
had the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform all obligations
thereunder and, as to such parties, we have also assumed the due authorization
by all requisite corporate action, the due execution and delivery and the
enforceability of such documents to the fullest extent contemplated by the
Agreements. We have also assumed, except as to the Depositor, the conformity of
the Mortgage Loans and related documents to the requirements of the Agreements
and that there is not and will not be any other agreement that materially
supplements or otherwise modifies the agreements expressed in the Agreements.
In rendering this opinion letter, we do not express any
opinion concerning any law other than Title 11 of the United States Code (the
"Bankruptcy Code"; a proceeding thereunder, a "Bankruptcy") and the law of the
State of New York to the extent it is applicable. We express no opinion with
respect to the ability of any person or other entity to obtain a temporary
restraining order prohibiting or limiting any person or entity from obtaining
any property of or from the Depositor prior to a final judicial resolution of
any assertion that the automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the
Bankruptcy Code preclude such action. We do not express any opinion on any
matter not expressly addressed below.
Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that in the event
of the Bankruptcy of the Depositor, a court (i) would not characterize the
transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee as a
loan secured by the Mortgage Loans rather than as a sale of the Mortgage Loans,
and (ii) on a basis of such a characterization, would not hold that the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans or any proceeds thereof constitute property of the
estate of the Depositor pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 541 or property
subject to the automatic stay provisions of Bankruptcy Code Section 362(a).
This opinion letter is rendered for the sole benefit of each
addressee hereof, and no other person is entitled to rely hereon. Copies of this
letter may not be furnished to any other person, nor may any portion of this
letter be quoted, circulated or referred to in any other document, without our
prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & XXXX
By
ATTACHMENT E
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TRUSTEE'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
December 31, 1996
Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Option One Mortgage Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996,
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Option One Mortgage Corporation and Bankers Trust Company,
Asset-Backed Fixed Rate and Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8
Subsequent Transfer on December 31, 1996
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Attached is the Trustee's preliminary exception report with
respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans delivered in accordance with Section
2.02 of the referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically
required in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in the Mortgage File pertaining to
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan or (iii) whether any Mortgage File included any of the documents specified
in clause (v) of Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
ATTACHMENT F
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OPINION OF TRUSTEE'S COUNSEL
[LETTERHEAD OF XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX]
As of December 31, 1996
Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Option One Mortgage Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Financial Security Assurance, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Standard & Poor's Ratings Group
00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated December 31, 1996,
between Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., as the
Depositor and Bankers Trust Company, as the Trustee (Option One
Asset-Backed Fixed Rate and Floating Rate Certificates, Series
1996-8)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Bankers Trust Company, as
purchaser (the "Trustee") under the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated
December 31, 1996 (the "Agreement") between Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc., as seller (the "Depositor") and the Trustee, as purchaser.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Agreement.
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined
and relied upon the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to
our satisfaction, of the Agreement and of such records, documents, instruments
and certificates, and we have made such investigations
of law, as we have deemed appropriate as the basis for the opinions expressed
below. We have assumed and have not verified that the signatures on all
documents that we have examined are genuine and that each person signing each
such document was duly authorized to sign such document on behalf of the person
or entity purported to be bound thereby. In addition, for purposes of rendering
the opinions expressed below, we have, with your permission, (i) relied upon
such other documents, instruments and certificates, including certificates of
the Trustee and of public officials, relating to the good standing of the
Trustee, without investigation on our part of any of the matters set forth
therein and (ii) assumed, without investigation on our part, that the Agreement
has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Depositor and
is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable instrument of the Depositor.
Based upon the forgoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Trustee is a banking corporation validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and has the banking
power and authority to enter into, and to take all action required of it, under
the Agreement.
2. The Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Trustee and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Trustee enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership and similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally, and the rights of creditors of New York
banking corporations and depository institutions the accounts of which are
insured by the FDIC specifically, and subject, as to enforceability, to general
principles of equity and the discretion of the court, regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or law.
3. The execution and delivery of the Agreement by the Trustee
and the performance by the Trustee of its terms do not conflict with or result
in a violation of (a) any law or regulation of the United States of America or
the State of New York governing the banking or trust powers of the Trustee, or
(b) the Restated Organization Certificate and By-laws of the Trustee.
4. No consent, approval, or authorization or filing or
registration with, or notice to, any governmental regulatory authority is
required for the Trustee in connection with the execution and delivery of,
performance under, or compliance with, the Agreement.
We express no opinion other than as to the law of the State of
New York and the federal law of the United States of America.
This opinion is furnished for your benefit only and solely in
connection with the Agreement. You may not rely on this opinion for any other
purpose nor may anyone else rely on this opinion without our express written
consent.
Very truly yours,
ATTACHMENT G
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SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This is a Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this
"Agreement"), dated December 31, 1996, between Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and Option One
Mortgage Corporation, a California corporation (the "Seller").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Seller intends to sell the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (as
hereinafter defined) to the Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans into a mortgage pool comprising the trust fund. The trust fund is
evidenced by a single series of asset-backed floating rate certificates
designated as Series 1996-8 (the "Certificates"), consisting of four classes of
certificates. The Certificates were issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
among the Purchaser as depositor, the Seller as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer") and Bankers Trust Company as trustee (the
"Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE. The Seller agrees to sell,
and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, on or before December 31, 1996 (the
"Closing Date"), certain conventional, one- to four-family, fixed-rate and
adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage Loans"),
having an aggregate principal balance as of the close of business on December 1,
1996 (the "Subsequent Cut-off Date") of $8,542,056.10, with respect to those
Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included in Sub-Pool 1, and $52,307,857.83, with
respect to those Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included in Sub-Pool 2 (the sum
of the respective amounts, the "Closing Balance"), after giving effect to all
payments due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loan on or before the Subsequent Cut-off
Date, whether or not received.
SECTION 2. SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE. The Purchaser
and the Seller have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned by the Seller
are to be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and the Seller
will prepare or cause to be prepared on or prior to the Closing Date a schedule
(the "Closing Schedule") that together shall describe such Subsequent Mortgage
Loans and set forth all of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be purchased under
this Agreement. The Closing Schedule will conform to the requirements set forth
in this Agreement and to the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall be appended to the
Mortgage Loan Schedule under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION.
(a) In consideration for the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be
purchased hereunder, the Purchaser shall, as described in Section 8, pay to or
upon the order of the Seller in immediately available funds an amount (the
"Purchase Price") equal to the Closing Balance.
(b) The Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of
the Purchaser shall be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal due after
the Subsequent Cut-off Date, all other payments of principal due and collected
after the Subsequent Cut-off Date, and all payments of interest on the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans allocable to the period after the Subsequent Cut-off
Date. All scheduled payments of principal and interest due on or before the
Subsequent Cut-off Date and collected after the Subsequent Cut-off Date shall
belong to the Seller.
(c) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Purchaser will assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the
Trustee for the benefit of the related Certificateholders.
SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF THE SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES. The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse but
subject to the terms of this Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in,
to and under the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. The contents of each Mortgage File
not delivered to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date are and shall be held in trust by the
Seller for the benefit of the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee
of the Purchaser. Upon the sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the ownership
of each Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage and the other contents of the
related Mortgage File is vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all
records and documents with respect to the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan
prepared by or that come into the possession of the Seller on or after the
Closing Date shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall be delivered
immediately to the Purchaser or as otherwise directed by the Purchaser.
(b) DELIVERY OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS. The Seller
will, on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser each of the
following documents for each Subsequent Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the
following form: "Pay to the order of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee
for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8, without
recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so
endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of Mortgage executed in
the following form: "Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for the
registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8";
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as
contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy,
together with all endorsements or riders that were issued with or
subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the
Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged Property represented therein
as a fee interest vested in the Mortgagor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 4, if any document referred to in Section 4(b)(ii) or 4(b)(iv) above has
been submitted for recording but either (x) has not been returned from the
applicable public recording office or (y) has been lost or such public recording
office has retained the original of such document, the obligations of the Seller
hereunder shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery by or on behalf
of the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser
promptly upon receipt thereof to or on behalf of the Seller of either the
original or a copy of such document certified by the applicable public recording
office to be a true and complete copy of the original.
In the event that the original lender's title insurance policy
has not yet been issued, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser a written commitment or
interim binder or preliminary report of title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company. The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser promptly upon receipt by the Seller of
any such original title insurance policy or original Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy.
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS. The documents
delivered pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser or
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any time before or
after the Closing Date (and with respect to each document permitted to be
delivered after the Closing Date, within seven days of its delivery) to
ascertain that all required documents have been executed and received and that
such documents relate to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d) TRANSFER OF INTEREST IN AGREEMENTS. The Purchaser has the
right to assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the
Trustee, as may be required to effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, without the consent of the Seller, and the assignee shall succeed to
the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser. Any expense reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser or the Trustee in connection with
enforcing any obligations of the Seller under this Agreement will be promptly
reimbursed by the Seller.
(e) EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES. Prior to the Closing Date,
the Seller shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for examination the Mortgage
File pertaining to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, or (ii) make such Mortgage
Files available to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of
the Purchaser for examination. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser or
the Trustee, and their respective designees, upon reasonable notice to the
Seller during normal business hours before the Closing Date and within 60 days
after the Closing Date. If any such person makes such examination prior to the
Closing Date and identifies any Subsequent Mortgage Loans that do not conform to
the requirements of the Purchaser as described in this Agreement, such
Subsequent Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the Closing Schedule. The
Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to the Seller, purchase all or
part of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans without conducting any partial or complete
examination. The fact that the Purchaser or any person has conducted or has
failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files
shall not affect the rights of the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or
designee of the Purchaser to demand repurchase or other relief as provided
herein or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF
THE SELLER.
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, and covenants, that:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of California
with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently
conducted by it to the extent material to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein. The Seller had the full corporate power and authority to
own the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and to transfer and convey the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and has the full corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver, engage in the transactions contemplated by, and perform
and observe the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(ii) The Seller has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Seller does not conflict and will not conflict with or result
or will result in a breach of or constitute or will constitute a default (or an
event, which with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default)
under (A) any terms or provisions of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of
the Seller, (B) any term or provision of any material agreement, contract,
instrument or indenture, to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller
or any of its property is bound, or (C) any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority
having jurisdiction over the Seller or any of its property, or results or will
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance, in each
case, which conflict, breach, default, lien, charge or encumbrance would have a
material adverse effect upon the Subsequent Mortgage Loans or any documents or
instruments evidencing or securing the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
registration or filing with, or notice to any governmental authority or court is
required, under federal laws or the laws of the State of California, for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of, or compliance by the
Seller with, this Agreement or the consummation by the Seller of any other
transaction contemplated hereby and by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
provided, however, that the Seller makes no representation or warranty regarding
federal or state securities laws in connection with the sale or distribution of
the Certificates.
(v) With respect to any statement regarding the
intentions of the Seller, this Agreement does not contain any untrue statement
of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein not misleading. The written statements, reports and
other documents prepared and furnished or to be prepared and furnished by the
Seller pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby taken in the aggregate do not contain any untrue statement
of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading.
(vi) The Seller is not in violation of, and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and its performance and
compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with
respect to, any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any
federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Seller its assets, which violation would materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or otherwise) or the operation of the Seller or its assets
or would materially and adversely affect the performance of its obligations and
duties hereunder.
(vii) The Seller is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant
to Section 203 of the National Housing Act. No event has occurred, including but
not limited to a change in insurance coverage, that would make the Seller unable
to comply with HUD eligibility requirements or that would require notification
to HUD.
(viii) The Seller does not believe, nor does it have
any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant
that it is responsible for in this Agreement.
(ix) Immediately prior to the sale of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as herein contemplated, the Seller was the owner
of the related Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage
Note, and, upon the payment of the purchase price and the delivery of the
Residual Certificates to the Seller, in the event that the Seller retains record
title, the Seller shall retain such record title to each Mortgage, each related
Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage Files with respect thereto in trust for
the Purchaser as the owner thereof from and after the date hereof.
(x) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Seller before any court, administrative or
other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B)
seeking to prevent the sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) that
might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller
of its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(xi) The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the
Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and
the Mortgages by the Seller are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar
statutory provisions.
(xii) The information delivered by the Seller to the
Purchaser with respect to the Seller's loan loss, foreclosure and delinquency
experience on mortgage loans underwritten to the same standards as the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans and covering mortgaged properties similar to the
Mortgaged Properties, is true and correct in all material respects and includes
adjustments for payments which are timely received but which are not honored,
due to insufficient funds or for any other reason.
(xiii) The Seller has not dealt with any broker,
investment banker, agent or other person, except for the Purchaser or any of its
affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection
with the sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
(xiv) There is no litigation currently pending or, to
the best of the Seller's knowledge without independent investigation, threatened
against the Seller that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the issuance of the Certificates or
the execution, delivery, performance or enforceability of this Agreement, or
that would result in a material adverse change in the financial condition of the
Seller.
(xv) From and after the Closing Date, the Seller
agrees that it will not take any action or permit or cause any action to be
taken by any of its agents and Affiliates, or
by any independent contractors or independent mortgage brokerage companies on
the Seller's behalf, to personally, by telephone or mail, solicit the Mortgagor
under any Subsequent Mortgage Loan for the purpose of refinancing such
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, nor will the Seller purchase any loan to a Mortgagor
secured by a Mortgaged Property, in whole or in part; provided, that the Seller
may solicit any Mortgagor for whom the Seller has received a request for
verification of mortgage from an originator of mortgage loan products similar to
the Subsequent Mortgage Loans that indicates that such Mortgagor intends to
refinance his or her Subsequent Mortgage Loan; provided further, that the
foregoing shall not preclude solicitations to the general public by newspaper,
radio, television or other media that are not directed toward the Mortgagor, or
from refinancing the Subsequent Mortgage Loan of a Mortgagor who, without
solicitation, contacts the Seller in connection with the refinance of such
Subsequent Mortgage Loan.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
RELATING TO THE SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that as to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth in the Subsequent Mortgage Loan
Schedule as transmitted by modem to the Purchaser by the Seller (as such
transmitted information may have been amended in writing by the Seller with the
written consent of the Purchaser subsequent to such transmission) is complete,
true and correct as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date; provided, however, that no
representation or warranty is made as to the Closing Schedule to the extent that
information in such Closing Schedule is inconsistent with the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan Schedule transmitted by the Seller as described above (as the same
may have been amended as described above);
(ii) All payments required to be made prior to the first day
of the month in which the Closing Date occurs for such Subsequent Mortgage Loan
under the terms of the related Mortgage Note have been made; the Seller has not
advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds
from a party other than the owner of the related Mortgaged Property, directly or
indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage; and as of the Closing Date, no payment required under any Subsequent
Mortgage Loan has been 30 days delinquent more than once during the last twelve
months and no Subsequent Mortgage Loan has ever been 90 or more days delinquent;
(iii) At the origination of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan,
there were no delinquent taxes, ground rents, water charges, sewer rents,
assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments, including assessments
payable in future installments or other outstanding charges affecting the
related Mortgaged Property, and, to the knowledge of the Seller, there are no
delinquent taxes, ground rents, water charges, sewer rents, assessments,
insurance premiums, leasehold payments, including assessments payable in future
installments or other outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged
Property;
(iv) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written
instruments, recorded in the applicable public recording office if necessary to
maintain the lien priority of the Mortgage, and which have been delivered to the
Trustee; the substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been
approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by the related policy, and
is reflected on the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule. No instrument of waiver,
alteration or modification has been executed, and no Mortgagor has been
released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement
approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which
assumption agreement has been delivered to the Trustee and the terms of which
are reflected in the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(v) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of
usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(vi) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by
a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended
coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located, pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the
requirements of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors and
assigns as mortgagee and all premiums thereon have been paid. If upon
origination of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an
area identified on a Flood Hazard Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map issued by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such
flood insurance has been made available), a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration
is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of FNMA and FHLMC. The
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at
the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at Mortgagor's
cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor;
(vii) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local
law including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or
disclosure laws applicable to the origination and servicing of Subsequent
Mortgage Loan have been complied with;
(viii) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled,
subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has
not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has
any instrument been executed that would effect any such satisfaction,
cancellation, subordination, rescission or release;
(ix) The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the Mortgaged
Property subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes and
assessments not yet due and payable, (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date
of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and
specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the
originator of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and which do not adversely affect the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) other matters to which like
properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use,
enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property. Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Subsequent Mortgage Loan establishes and
creates a valid, existing and enforceable first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Seller has full right to sell
and assign the same to the Purchaser. Unless otherwise disclosed to the
Purchaser in writing, the Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of
origination of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of
trust, deed to secured debt or other security instrument creating a lien
subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage;
(x) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and
each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(xi) All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had
legal capacity to enter into the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and to execute and
deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties;
(xii) The proceeds of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed to or for the account of the Mortgagor and there is no
obligation for the Mortgagee to advance additional funds thereunder and any and
all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as
to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All
costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Subsequent Mortgage
Loan and the recording of the Mortgage have been paid, and the Mortgagor is not
entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due to the Mortgagee pursuant to
the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(xiii) As of the Closing Date and prior to the sale of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan hereunder to the Purchaser, the Seller was the sole
legal, beneficial and equitable owner of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and
had full right to transfer and sell the Subsequent Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim
or security interest;
(xiv) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all parties which
have had any interest in the Subsequent Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee,
assignee, pledgee or
otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such
interest, were) in compliance with any and all applicable "doing business" and
licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property
is located;
(xv) The Subsequent Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender's title insurance policy acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, issued by a title
insurer acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC and qualified to do business in the
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring (subject to the
exceptions contained in (ix)(a), (b) and (c) above) the Seller, its successors
and assigns as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original
principal amount of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and against any loss by reason
of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions
of the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the Mortgage Interest Rate and
Monthly Payment. Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress to and from the Mortgaged Property, and
against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein.
The Seller is the sole insured of such lender's title insurance policy, and such
lender's title insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in full
force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender's title insurance policy,
and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by
act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title
insurance policy;
(xvi) Except for any defaults of the kind described in
paragraph (iii) above which are not known to the Seller, there is no default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the
Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and
the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration, and the Seller has not waived any default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(xvii) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims
which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding
that under law could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged
Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
lien of the related Mortgage;
(xviii) All improvements that were considered in determining
the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property;
(xix) The Subsequent Mortgage Loan was (i) originated (as the
term is used for the purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act)
by the Seller or by a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial
bank or similar banking institution which is supervised and examined by a
federal or state authority, or by a mortgagee approved as such by the Secretary
of HUD or (ii) acquired by the Seller directly through loan brokers or
correspondents such that (a) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan was originated in
conformity with
the Seller's underwriting guidelines, (b) the Seller approved the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan prior to funding thereof and (c) the Seller provided the funds
used to originate the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and acquired the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan on the date of origination thereof;
(xx) Principal payments on the Subsequent Mortgage Loan
commenced no more than two (2) months after the proceeds of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan were disbursed. With respect to the Initial Sub-Pool 2 Loans, the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan bears interest at the Mortgage Interest Rate. With
respect to the Initial Sub-Pool 2 Loans, the Mortgage Note is payable on the
first day (or in the case of certain Second Mortgage Loans, on the fifteenth
day) of each month in Monthly Payments which are changed on each Adjustment Date
to an amount which will amortize the Stated Principal Balance of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan over its remaining term at the Mortgage Interest Rate. With
respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans in Sub-Pool 1, interest on the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months. With respect to the Initial Sub-Pool 2 Loans, interest
on the Subsequent Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and
the actual number of days in the applicable accrual period. The Mortgage Note
does not permit negative amortization. With respect to the Initial Sub-Pool 2
Loans, the Subsequent Mortgage Loan does not permit the Mortgagor to convert the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan to a fixed rate Subsequent Mortgage Loan;
(xxi) The origination and collection practices used by the
Seller with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects
legal, proper and customary in the mortgage origination and servicing industry.
The Subsequent Mortgage Loan has been serviced by the Seller and any predecessor
servicer in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note. With respect to
escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, if any, all such payments are in the
possession of, or under the control of, the Seller and there exist no
deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for
repayment thereof have not been made. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or
other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under any
Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note;
(xxii) The Mortgaged Property is free of damage and waste and
there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereof;
(xxiii) The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain
customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies
of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (a) in the
case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (b)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Since the date of origination of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property has not been subject to any
bankruptcy proceeding or foreclosure proceeding and the Mortgagor has not filed
for protection under applicable bankruptcy laws. There is no homestead or other
exemption available to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to
sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the
Mortgage. The Mortgagor has not notified the Seller and the Seller has no
knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Soldiers
and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940;
(xxiv) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by
any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage on the Mortgaged
Property and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or
chattel mortgage referred to in (ix) above;
(xxv) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related
Mortgaged Property made and signed, prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan
application, by a qualified appraiser who met the requirements of the Seller's
appraisal policy and procedures and who had no interest, direct or indirect in
the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, whose
compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan and who met the minimum qualifications of FNMA and FHLMC;
(xxvi) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust,
a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no
fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee
under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Mortgagor;
(xxvii) No Subsequent Mortgage Loan contains provisions
pursuant to which Monthly Payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds
deposited in any separate account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or
anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the
Mortgagor or (c) contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a
"buydown" provision. The Subsequent Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment
mortgage loan and the Subsequent Mortgage Loan does not have a shared
appreciation or other contingent interest feature;
(xxviii) The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect
that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by applicable
law with respect to the making of adjustable rate mortgage loans; and if the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan is a Refinanced Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor
has received all disclosure and rescission materials required by applicable law
with respect to the making of a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, and evidence of such
receipt is and will remain in the Mortgage File;
(xxix) No Subsequent Mortgage Loan was made in connection with
(a) the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or (b)
facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(xxx) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of
Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with respect to each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, have
been delivered to the Trustee all in compliance with the specific requirements
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(xxxi) The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under
applicable law; to the best of the Seller's knowledge, all inspections, licenses
and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied
portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of
the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have been made
or obtained from the appropriate authorities;
(xxxii) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no error,
omission, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with
respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any person,
including, without limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or
developer, or any other party involved in the origination of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance in relation to such
Subsequent Mortgage Loan;
(xxxiii) The Assignment of Mortgage, is in recordable form and
is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
Mortgaged Property is located;
(xxxiv) Any principal advances made to the Mortgagor prior to
the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount
secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated,
bears a single interest rate and single repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage
securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having first
lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring
the mortgagee's consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to
FNMA and FHLMC. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan;
(xxxv) Approximately ______% of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
to be included in Sub-Pool 1, by aggregate principal balance of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans to be included in such Sub-Pool as of the Subsequent Cut-off
Date, are Balloon Mortgage Loans. None of the Initial Sub-Pool 2 Loans are
Balloon Subsequent Mortgage Loans;
(xxxvi) If the Residential Dwelling on the Mortgaged Property
is a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit development (other than a de
minimis planned unit development), such condominium or planned unit development
project meets the FNMA's eligibility requirements;
(xxxvii) The Seller has made no mortgage on any Mortgaged
Property other than the Subsequent Mortgage Loan;
(xxxviii) The Subsequent Mortgage Loan was not intentionally
selected by the Seller in a manner intended to adversely affect the interest of
the Purchaser;
(xxxix) The Seller has not dealt with any broker or agent or
other Person who might be entitled to a fee, commission or compensation in
connection with the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement other than the Purchaser except as the Seller has
previously disclosed to the Purchaser in writing;
(xl) The Mortgaged Property consists of a parcel of real
property of not more than ten acres with a single family residence erected
thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in
a low-rise or high-rise condominium project, or an individual unit in a planned
unit development. The Mortgaged Property is improved with a Residential
Dwelling. Without limiting the foregoing, the Mortgaged Property does NOT
consist of any of the following property types: (a) co-operative units, (b) log
homes, (c) earthen homes, (d) underground homes, (e) mobile homes and (f)
manufactured homes (as defined in the FNMA Originator-Servicer's Guide), except
when the appraisal indicates that the home is of comparable construction to a
stick or beam construction home, is readily marketable, has been permanently
affixed to the site and is not in a mobile home "park." The Mortgaged Property
is either a fee simple estate or a long-term residential lease. If the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term residential lease, unless
otherwise specifically disclosed in the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule, (A)
the terms of such lease expressly permit the mortgaging of the leasehold estate,
the assignment of the lease without the lessor's consent (or the lessor's
consent has been obtained and such consent is the Mortgage File) and the
acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage of the rights of the lessee upon
foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure or provide the holder of the
Mortgage with substantially similar protection; (B) the terms of such lease do
not (x) allow the termination thereof upon the lessee's default without the
holder of the Mortgage being entitled to receive written notice of, and
opportunity to cure, such default or (y) prohibit the holder of the Mortgage
from being insured under the hazard insurance policy relating to the Mortgaged
Property; (C) the original term of such lease is not less than 15 years; (D) the
term of such lease does not terminate earlier than five years after the maturity
date of the Mortgage Note; and (E) the Mortgaged Property is located in a
jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates for residential properties is
a widely accepted practice;
(xli) At the time of origination, the Loan-to-Value Ratio of
the Subsequent Mortgage Loan was not greater than 90%;
(xlii) The Mortgage, and if required by applicable law the
related Mortgage Note, contains a provision for the acceleration of the payment
of the unpaid principal balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan in the event
that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior written
consent of the Mortgagee, at the option of the Mortgagee; and
(xliii) The representations and warranties contained in
Section 2.10(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct, and
as of the end of the related Funding Period, the representations and warranties
contained in Section 2.10(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be true
and correct.
SECTION 7. REPURCHASE OBLIGATION FOR DEFECTIVE
DOCUMENTATION AND FOR BREACH OF
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY.
(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 6
shall not be impaired by any review and examination of loan files or other
documents evidencing or relating to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans or any failure
on the part of the Seller or the Purchaser to review or examine such documents
and shall inure to the benefit of any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser, including the Trustee for the benefit of holders of asset-backed
floating rate certificates evidencing an interest in all or a portion of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans. With respect to the representations and warranties
contained herein as to which the Seller has no knowledge, if it is discovered
that the substance of any such representation and warranty was inaccurate as of
the date such representation and warranty was made or deemed to be made, and
such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related
Subsequent Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Purchaser or the
Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee, then notwithstanding the lack of
knowledge by the Seller with respect to the substance of such representation and
warranty being inaccurate at the time the representation and warranty was made,
the Seller shall take such action described in the following paragraph in
respect of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan.
Upon discovery by the Seller, the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser of any materially defective document in,
or that any material document was not transferred by the Seller (as listed on
the Trustee's Preliminary Exception Report) as part of any Mortgage File, or of
a breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 6
that materially and adversely affects the value of any Subsequent Mortgage Loan
or the interest therein of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee, transferee
or designee, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the others. Within sixty (60) days of its discovery or its receipt of notice
of any such missing documentation that was not transferred by the Seller as
described above, or of materially defective documentation delivered by Seller,
or of any such breach of a representation and warranty by Seller, the Seller
promptly shall deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in
all material respects or, in the event the Seller cannot deliver such missing
document or cannot cure such defect or breach, the Seller shall, within ninety
(90) days of its discovery or receipt of notice, repurchase the affected
Subsequent Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Seller shall amend the Closing Schedule to
reflect the withdrawal of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan from the terms of this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Seller shall deliver to
the Purchaser such amended Closing Schedule and shall deliver such other
documents as are required by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement within five (5) days of any such amendment. Any repurchase pursuant to
this Section 7(a) shall be accomplished by transfer to an account designated by
the Purchaser of the amount of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section
2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any repurchase required by this
Section shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 2.03 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Seller set forth in this Section 7 to cure or repurchase a defective Subsequent
Mortgage Loan constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser against the Seller
respecting a missing document or a breach of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 6.
SECTION 8. CLOSING; PAYMENT FOR THE SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS.
The closing of the purchase and sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans shall be
held at the New York City office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx at 10:00 a.m. New
York City time on the Closing Date.
The closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of the
Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct
in all material respects as of the date as of which
they are made and no event shall have occurred which,
with notice or the passage of time, would constitute
a default under this Agreement;
(b) The Purchaser shall have received, or the attorneys
of the Purchaser shall have received in escrow (to be
released from escrow at the time of closing), all
Closing Documents as specified in Section 9 of this
Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and
acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all
signatories other than the Purchaser as required
pursuant to the respective terms thereof;
(c) The Seller shall have delivered and released to the
Purchaser or to its designee, all documents
(including without limitation, the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans) required to be so delivered by the
Seller pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall have been
complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date, against
delivery and release by the Seller to the Trustee of all documents required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consideration for the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans as specified in Section 3 of this Agreement, by
delivery to the Seller of the Purchase Price in immediately available funds.
SECTION 9. CLOSING DOCUMENTS. Without limiting the generality
of Section 8 hereof, the closing shall be subject to delivery of each of the
following documents:
(a) An Officers' Certificate of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, upon which the Purchaser, Financial
Security Assurance Inc. ("FSA") and Salomon Brothers
Inc (the "Underwriter") may rely, in the form of
Exhibit 1 hereto, and attached thereto copies of the
certificate of incorporation, by-laws and certificate
of good standing of the Seller under the laws of
California;
(b) An Officers' Certificate of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, upon which
the Purchaser, FSA and the Underwriter may rely, in
the form of Exhibit 2 hereto, with respect to certain
facts regarding the sale of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser;
(c) An Opinion of Counsel of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, FSA and
the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 3;
(d) Such opinions of counsel as the Rating Agencies or
the Trustee may request in connection with the sale
of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the
Purchaser or the Seller's execution and delivery of,
or performance under, this Agreement; and
(e) Such further information, certificates, opinions and
documents as the Purchaser or the Underwriter may
reasonably request.
SECTION 10. COSTS. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse
the Purchaser or any other Person to the extent that the Purchaser or such other
Person shall pay) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
transfer and delivery of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, including without
limitation, recording fees, fees for title policy endorsements and continuations
and the fees for recording Assignments of Mortgage, the fees and expenses of the
Seller's accountants and attorneys, the costs and expenses incurred in
connection with producing the Seller's loan loss, foreclosure and delinquency
experience, the costs and expenses incurred in connection with obtaining the
documents referred to in Section 9, the fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee
and any custodian, the fees, costs and expenses of FSA, the fees, costs and
expenses of the Rating Agencies, and the fees and expenses of the Purchaser's
and the Underwriter's counsel in connection with the preparation of all
documents relating to the securitization of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. All
other costs and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such expense.
SECTION 11. SERVICING. The Seller has represented to the
Purchaser that the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are not subject to any other
servicing agreements with third parties. It is understood and agreed between the
Seller and the Purchaser that the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are to be delivered
free and clear of any servicing agreements. The Seller, without reimbursement
from the Purchaser, shall pay any fees or penalties required by any servicer for
releasing the Subsequent Mortgage Loans from any such servicing agreement and
shall arrange for the orderly transfer, as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date, of
such servicing from any such servicer to the Master Servicer. The Subsequent
Mortgage Loans shall be serviced by the Seller, in its capacity as Master
Servicer, in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
For so long as the Seller services the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Seller
shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and such other payments as provided for
under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 12. MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
The sale
and delivery on the Closing Date of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans described on
the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement is mandatory. It is specifically understood and
agreed that each Subsequent Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date
hereof and that an award of money damages would be insufficient to compensate
the Purchaser for the losses and damages incurred by the Purchaser in the event
of the Seller's failure to deliver the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or before
the Closing Date. The Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a
continuing security interest in the Seller's interest in each Subsequent
Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument evidencing each such Subsequent
Mortgage Loan to secure the performance by the Seller of its obligation
hereunder, and the Seller agrees that it holds such Subsequent Mortgage Loans in
custody for the Purchaser, subject to the Purchaser's (i) right, prior to the
Closing Date, to reject any Subsequent Mortgage Loan to the extent permitted by
this Agreement, and (ii) obligation to deliver or cause to be delivered the
consideration for the Subsequent Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
Any Subsequent Mortgage Loans rejected by the Purchaser shall concurrently
therewith be released from the security interest created hereby. All rights and
remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement are distinct from, and cumulative
with, any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or afforded by law or
equity and all such rights and remedies may be exercised concurrently,
independently or successively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Closing Date, each of
the conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof shall have been satisfied and the
Purchaser shall not have paid or caused to be paid the Purchase Price, or any
such condition shall not have been waived or satisfied and the Purchaser
determines not to pay or cause to be paid the Purchase Price, the Purchaser
shall immediately effect the redelivery of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if
delivery to the Purchaser has occurred, and the security interest created by
this Section 12 shall be deemed to have been released.
SECTION 13. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered to or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or
transmitted by telex or telegraph and confirmed by a similar mailed writing, if
to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Finance Group, or such other address
as the Purchaser may designate in writing to the Seller, and if to the Seller,
addressed to the Seller at 0000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, or such other address as the
Seller may designate in writing to the Purchaser.
SECTION 14. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Any part, provision,
representation or warranty of this Agreement that is prohibited or that is held
to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement that
is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction as to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall
not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any
provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision
hereof.
SECTION 15. AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. The Seller and the Purchaser
each agree to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as
either of the others may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to
effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 16. SURVIVAL. The Seller agrees that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by it herein and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be
relied upon by the Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or
hereafter made by the Purchaser or on its behalf, and that the representations,
warranties and agreements made by the Seller herein or in any such certificate
or other instrument shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans and shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on the Mortgage Notes and notwithstanding
subsequent termination of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
the Trust Fund.
SECTION 17. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS,
DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS (INCLUDING THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION 18. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as
provided in Section 4 hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or
other obligation of the Seller. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the
aforementioned intent of the parties, the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are held to
be property of the Seller, then (a) it is the express intent of the parties that
such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller and
(b) (1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within
the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; (2) the
conveyance provided for in Section 4 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by the
Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in all of the Seller's right,
title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and all amounts
payable to the holders of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to
time held or invested in the Collection Account whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (3) the possession by the Purchaser
or its agent of Mortgage Notes, the related Mortgages and such other items of
property that constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party" for purposes of
perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-305 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property
and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such
property shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable)
of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under
applicable law. Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 4(d) hereof shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security
interest created hereby. The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent
consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure
that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser and the Seller have caused
their names to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE SELLER
Option One Mortgage Corporation
Officer's Certificate
I, ____________________________, hereby certify that I am the
duly elected _____________________________________, of Option One Mortgage
Corporation, a California corporation (the "Company"), and further certify on
behalf of the Company as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Attachment I is a true and correct copy
of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company as in full force
and effect on the date hereof. No event has occurred since ________________
which has affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of the State
of California.
2. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
the best of my knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company which, if
adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Company's ability to perform its obligations under the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 1996 (the
"Purchase Agreement"), between Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
("SBMS VII") and the Company. No proceedings looking toward merger, liquidation,
dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company are pending or contemplated.
3. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the
Company, signed the Purchase Agreement or any other document delivered prior
hereto or on the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 1996 (the "Pooling Agreement"), among SBMS VII, the Company and
Bankers Trust Company, was at the respective times of such signing and delivery,
and is as of the date hereof, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as
such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on
such documents are their genuine signatures.
4. Attached hereto as Attachment II is a true and correct copy
of the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company on
December ___, 1996 (the "Resolutions") with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Pooling Agreement; said
Resolutions have not been amended or modified, annulled or revoked and are in
full force and effect on the date hereof.
5. All of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing Date, and no event has occurred which, with notice or
the passage of time or both, would constitute a default
under the Purchase Agreement.
6. The Company has performed all of its duties and has
satisfied all of the material conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied prior to the Closing Date.
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed
the seal of the Company.
Dated:
(Seal) OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
I, ________________________________, [Assistant] Secretary of
Option One Mortgage Corporation, hereby certify that
_____________________________________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting
______________________________________________ of Option One Mortgage
Corporation and that the signature appearing above is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated:
OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
EXHIBIT 2
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE SELLER
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FACTS REGARDING THE SALE OF
THE SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates
Series 1996-8
Reference is made to the sale of mortgage loans (the
"Subsequent Mortgage Loans") by Option One Mortgage Corporation (the "Seller")
to Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the "Depositor") pursuant to
a Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 1996 (the
"Purchase Agreement"), between the Seller and the Depositor. Reference is
further made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1,
1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"; together with the Purchase
Agreement, the "Agreements"), among the Depositor as depositor, the Seller as
master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and Bankers Trust
Company as trustee (the "Trustee"). In consideration for the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans, the Depositor will deliver to the Seller immediately available funds.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Agreements.
The undersigned is a duly appointed __________________ of the
Seller and hereby certifies after reasonable investigation that:
1. The price to be paid to the Seller for the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans will have been paid in full at the closing of the sale pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, and no agreement or arrangement exists or will exist
that permits the modification of the consideration for the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans subsequent to the sale. The Seller will not have any right or obligation
to repurchase any Subsequent Mortgage Loan except as provided in the Purchase
Agreement.
2. Each Mortgage Note and each related Mortgage has been
appropriately prepared and duly executed and delivered by the related Mortgagor,
and each Mortgage has been appropriately recorded in the applicable
jurisdiction. Any intervening endorsement of any Mortgage Note and any
intervening assignment of any Mortgage that was required to transfer to the
Seller ownership of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans was obtained and completed.
3. Each Mortgage Note has been endorsed or assigned in a
manner that satisfies any requirement necessary to transfer to the Trustee all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing or assigning, as noteholder
or transferee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note, as provided in the
Agreements. Each Assignment to the Trustee is in recordable form and is
sufficient to effect the assignment and transfer to the Depositor of the
benefits of the assignor,
as original mortgagee or assignee thereof, under each Mortgage to which that
Assignment relates, as provided in the Agreements. Each Assignment to the
Trustee has been or will be appropriately recorded to the extent required under
applicable law, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
4. Each original Mortgage Note, each original recorded
Mortgage, each original recorded intervening Assignment and each Assignment to
the Trustee has been delivered to the Trustee or its designee at the direction
of the Depositor. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee that has or
will have possession of any Mortgage Note, Mortgage or Assignment is, or will
be, at any time during the term of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, an
affiliate of the Seller or otherwise under the direct or indirect control of the
Seller.
5. Immediately prior to the transfer of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor, the Seller was the sole owner of
each Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any and all prior liens, mortgages,
security interests, pledges, participation interests, adverse claims, charges or
other equities or encumbrances of any nature, and had full right and authority
to sell, assign and transfer the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
6. No Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other document constituting
part of the Mortgage File reflects or will reflect on its face any interest that
is inconsistent with the ownership interest of the Seller in and to the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans or the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by
the Seller to the Depositor.
7. The transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller
to the Depositor as provided in the Purchase Agreement is intended by the Seller
to be, and is in fact, a contemporaneous exchange in which the Seller receives
new value.
8. The Seller was solvent at all relevant times prior to, and
will not be rendered insolvent by, the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
to the Depositor.
9. The Seller did not transfer the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
to the Depositor with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the Seller's
creditors.
10. Neither the Seller nor any agent acting on behalf of it,
has been or will become a party to any fraud or illegality affecting any
Subsequent Mortgage Loan.
11. No breach of the Agreements by the Seller,
misrepresentation or failure by the Seller to perform all acts required to be
performed prior to the Closing Date, or fraud or mistake on the part of the
Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreements, has
occurred or will occur.
12. The Seller has not taken or will not take any action that
is unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious, or that is not taken in good faith or
in commercially reasonable manner, affecting the Subsequent Mortgage Loans in
connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Agreements.
13. There is not and will not be any other agreement between
the Seller and any other party to the Agreements that modifies or otherwise
supplements the agreement of the parties as expressed in the Agreements.
14. The Seller does not have and will not have any right to
modify or alter the terms of the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by
the Seller to the Depositor, or to substitute or add any mortgage loan
thereafter, except as provided in the Agreements.
15. The Seller will not take any action that is inconsistent
with the ownership interest in the Subsequent Mortgage Loans as evidenced by the
Certificates. The Seller will promptly indicate to other persons or entities,
when a response is appropriate, that the Subsequent Mortgage Loans were
transferred by the Seller to the Depositor. The Seller will not claim any
ownership interest directly in the Subsequent Mortgage Loans other than that
represented by Certificates in which it may have an ownership interest from time
to time.
16. Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
and for federal income tax purposes, the Seller will report the transfer of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, as provided in the Purchase
Agreement as a sale of all of its interest in the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. The
Seller has been advised by or has confirmed with its independent public
accountants for similar transactions that the sale will be so classified under
GAAP in accordance with Statement No. 77 of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (December 1983).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate as of December ___, 1996.
OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
December __, 1996
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Salomon Brothers Inc
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Financial Security Assurance Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have acted as counsel to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a
California corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the sale of certain
mortgage loans, previously sold by the Company to Salomon Brothers Realty Corp.
("Realty"), to Salomon Brothers Securities VII, Inc. ("SBMS VII") pursuant to a
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated December 17, 1996 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), among the Company, Realty and SBMS VII. Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1996-8
have or will be issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of December 1, 1996 (the "Pooling Agreement"), among SBMS VII, the Company and
Bankers Trust Company. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling Agreement.
In connection with rendering this opinion letter, I, or attorneys
working under my direction, have examined, among other things, originals,
certified copies or copies otherwise identified to my satisfaction as being true
copies of the following:
A. The Purchase Agreement;
B. The Pooling Agreement;
C. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as
amended to date; and
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D. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company
with specific reference to actions relating to the
transactions covered by this opinion.
For the purpose of rendering this opinion, I have made such documentary, factual
and legal examinations as I deemed necessary under the circumstances. As to
factual matters, I have relied upon statements, certificates and other
assurances of public officials and of officers and other representatives of the
Company, and upon such other certificates as I deemed appropriate, which factual
matters have not been independently established or verified by me. I have also
assumed, among other things, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal
capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
me as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to me as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copied
documents.
On the basis of and subject to the foregoing examination, and in
reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, exceptions and
limitations expressed herein, I am of the opinion that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of California with corporate power
and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as presently
conducted by it. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver, and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement.
2. The Purchase Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
3. The Purchase Agreement constitutes valid, legal and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms.
4. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal
court or government agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Purchase Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, except for those consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders which previously have been obtained.
5. The fulfillment of the terms of or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement will not result in a breach
of any term or provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company, or, to the best of my knowledge, will conflict with, result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, (i) the terms of any indenture
or other agreement or instrument known to me to which the Company is a party or
by which it is bound, (ii) any State of California or federal statute or
regulation applicable to the Company, or (iii) any order of any State of
California or federal court, regulatory body,
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administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company,
except in any such case where the default, breach or violation would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company or its ability to perform its obligations
under the Purchase Agreement.
6. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the best of my knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in my judgment,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, would draw into question the
validity of the Purchase Agreement, which seeks to prevent the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement or which would be
likely to impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the
terms of the Purchase Agreement.
The opinions above are subject to the following additional assumptions,
exceptions, qualifications and limitations:
A. I have assumed that all parties to the Purchase Agreement
other than the Seller have all requisite power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations
under the Purchase Agreement, and that the Purchase Agreement
has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on
the part of such parties, has been executed and delivered by
such parties and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligations of such parties.
B. My opinion expressed paragraphs 3 above is subject to the
qualifications that (i) the enforceability of the Purchase
Agreement may be limited by the effect of laws relating to (1)
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors'
rights generally, including, without limitation, the effect of
statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances or
preferential transfers, and (2) general principles of equity
upon the specific enforceability of any of the remedies,
covenants or other provisions of the Purchase Agreement and
upon the availability of injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and the application of principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) as such principles relate to
limit or affect the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
for such enforcement may be brought; and (ii) I express no
opinion herein with respect to the validity, legality, binding
effect or enforceability of provisions for indemnification in
the Purchase Agreement to the extent such provisions may be
held to be unenforceable as contrary to public policy.
C. I have assumed, without independent check or certification,
that there are no agreements or understandings among the
Company, Realty and any other party which would expand, modify
or otherwise affect the terms of the documents described
herein or the respective rights or obligations of the parties
thereunder.
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I express no opinion as to whether the courts of the United States
located in California or state courts of California would respect or enforce any
contractual provision regarding choice of law, selection of forum or waiver of a
jury trial.
This opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person
or entity is entitled to rely hereon.
I am admitted to practice in the State of California, and I render no
opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the State of California and the Federal laws of the United States of America.
Very truly yours,
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