SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.1
SIXTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of October 29, 2007
AMONG:
BARCLAYS
BANK PLC, as buyer on behalf of, and agent for, the Principals pursuant
to and as provided for in Annex I (in such capacity,
“Agent”),
Each
of
the Bank Principals and Conduit Principals listed on the signature pages hereto
and from time to time party hereto, and
PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a New Jersey corporation, as Seller (in such
capacity, the “Seller”).
1. APPLICABILITY. Sheffield
Receivables Corporation, as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), Seller and Agent
have entered into that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase
Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Repurchase
Agreement”), which prescribes the manner of sale of eligible loans and the
method and manner by which Seller will repurchase such loans.
Purchaser,
Seller and Agent desire to amend and restate the Original Repurchase Agreement
in its entirety and contemporaneously therewith enter into the Transaction
Documents (as such term is defined in this Agreement). Upon the
effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference to the Original Repurchase
Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement shall mean and be
a
reference to this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, unless
expressly herein stated to the contrary, is intended to amend, modify or
otherwise affect any other instrument, document or agreement executed and/or
delivered in connection with the Original Repurchase Agreement.
Agent
shall, from time to time, at the request of Seller, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein, enter into transactions in which Seller
transfers Eligible Mortgage Loans to Agent against the transfer of funds by
Agent, with a simultaneous agreement by Seller to repurchase such mortgage
loans
at a date certain or on demand. Each such transaction shall be
referred to herein as a “Transaction”, and, unless otherwise agreed in writing,
shall be governed by this Agreement.
2. DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION.
(a) Defined
Terms.
“Accepted
Servicing Practices” means the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures and
the servicing practices required by the Guidelines.
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INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
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“Additional
Collateral” means with respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,
collateral that consists of either (i) marketable securities owned by the
borrower and deposited in an account held by an Affiliate of an Approved
Provider, subject to a security interest in favor of Seller pursuant to a
security agreement or (ii) with respect to a loan to a borrower that is
subject to a guaranty, (a) marketable securities owned by the guarantor and
deposited in an account held by an Affiliate of an Approved Provider, subject
to
a security interest in favor of Seller pursuant to a security agreement or
(b) a home equity line of credit to fund such guaranty that is secured by a
lien on residential real estate owned by such guarantor subject to a security
interest in favor of Seller pursuant to a security agreement; provided,
however, that the amount available to be drawn under the home equity
line
of credit supporting such guaranty must be at least equal to the Original
Additional Collateral Requirement for such Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loan.
“Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan” has the meaning ascribed to “Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan,” as such term is defined in the Surety Bond. The
underwriting guidelines for such programs will not be materially altered without
the prior written consent of Agent.
“Additional
Collateral Transfer Agreement” means each additional collateral transfer and
servicing agreement or other similar agreement or agreements between an Approved
Provider and Seller, which, in each case shall be in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
“Additional
Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5
hereof.
“Adjusted
LIBOR Rate” means with respect to any period during which the return to any
APA Purchaser is to be calculated by reference to the London interbank offered
rate, a rate which is 0.75% in excess of a rate per annum equal to the sum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of (A) the
rate obtained by dividing (i) the applicable LIBOR Rate by (ii) a
percentage equal to 100% minus the sum of (A) the maximum reserve
requirement as specified in Regulation D (including, without limitation, any
marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves) that is applicable
to Agent during such period in respect of eurocurrency or eurodollar funding,
lending or liabilities (or, if more than one percentage shall be so applicable,
the daily average of such percentage for those days in such period during which
any such percentage shall be applicable) and (B) the then daily net annual
assessment rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of 1%)
as
estimated by Agent for determining the current annual assessment payable by
Agent to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in respect of eurocurrency
or
eurodollar funding, lending or liabilities.
“Affected
Person” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 18
hereof.
“Affiliate”
shall mean as to any Person any Person which, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
Person. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to
be “controlled by” another if such latter Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power either to (i) vote 10% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such controlled Person
or
(ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
controlled Person whether by contract or otherwise.
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“Agency
or Agencies” means any of GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC, as
applicable.
“Agency
Securities” means securities backed by a pool or pools of mortgage loans
owned by Seller, which are issued and guaranteed by the applicable
Agency.
“Agent”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Aggregate
Margin Value” means, at any time of determination, the sum of the Margin
Values for each Eligible Mortgage Loan.
“Aggregate
Purchase Price” means, at any time of determination, the sum of the
outstanding Purchase Prices.
“Aggregate
Unpaids” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of all amounts owed
by Seller to Agent and each Principal under the Transaction Documents,
including, without limitation, the Fees, unpaid Purchase Prices (and any accrued
and to accrue Price Differential with respect thereto), and Breakage Costs,
and
any and all amounts in respect of indemnification.
“Agreement”
means this Sixth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, as it may
be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“APA
Purchaser” means each party (or assignee thereof) who has executed a
signature page of an Asset Purchase Agreement, which execution obligates
such party to become a purchaser or an assignee of all or any part of the
applicable Conduit Principal’s interest in the Eligible Mortgage Loans at any
time, pursuant to the related Asset Purchase Agreement or an assignee of such
purchaser’s obligations to purchase Eligible Mortgage Loans from
Seller.
“Appraised
Value” means the value set forth in an appraisal made by an acceptable
appraiser in connection with the origination of the related Eligible Mortgage
Loan as the value of the Mortgaged Property. For the avoidance of
doubt, Seller and Agent agree that an automated valuation model report meeting
guidelines that would be generally acceptable to prudent mortgage lenders that
regularly originate or purchase mortgage loans comparable to the Eligible
Mortgage Loans for sale to prudent investors in the secondary market that invest
in mortgage loans such as the Eligible Mortgage Loans is an acceptable
appraisal.
“Approved
Provider” means each of the mortgage loan originating institutions listed on
Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit A is amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified with the prior written consent
of
the Agent.
“Approved
Seller/Servicer” means an approved seller and servicer under the
Guidelines.
“Asset
Purchase Agreement” means with respect to each Conduit Principal, a
revolving asset purchase agreement, liquidity asset purchase agreement or other
agreement pursuant to which certain liquidity providers agree to provide
liquidity support to such Conduit Principal in connection with the Short-Term
Notes issued to fund or maintain its purchases hereunder, together with each
of
the other commercial paper program documents related thereto, as each of the
foregoing may be at any time amended, modified or supplemented.
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“Assignee
Rate” with respect to any Principal for any Transaction, means an interest
rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate with respect to such Principal
for such Transaction; provided, however, that in case of:
(i) any
Transaction on or prior to the first day of which a Conduit Principal or Bank
Principal shall have notified Agent that the introduction of or any change
in,
or in the interpretation of, any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any
central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for
such Conduit Principal or Bank Principal to fund such Transaction at the
Assignee Rate set forth above (and such Conduit Principal or Bank Principal
shall not have subsequently notified Agent that such circumstances no longer
exist), or
(ii) any
Transaction as to which Agent does not receive a Transaction Notice, together
with the Daily Servicer Report as required in accordance with Section 3
hereof,
the
Assignee Rate for such Transaction for the affected Conduit Principal or Bank
Principal shall be an interest rate per annum equal to the Base Rate in
effect from time to time during such Transaction; and provided,
further that at all times following the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, the Assignee Rate shall be an interest
rate
per annum equal to the Default Rate.
“Assignment
of Mortgage” means an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located, to reflect
the
sale of the Mortgage to Agent (on behalf of the Principals).
“Assignment
and Acceptance” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 22
hereof.
“Back-up
Servicing Agreement” shall mean a back-up servicing agreement, dated as of a
date reasonably acceptable to Agent and in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, by and among, Servicer, Agent and a back-up servicer,
who
shall be satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the
terms thereof.
“Bank
Principal” shall mean each Person designated on the signature pages hereto
as such or designated as such on any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
it becomes a party hereto.
“Bankruptcy
Code” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 28
hereof.
“Barclays”
means Barclays Bank PLC and its successors and permitted assigns.
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“Base
Rate” means, for any day, the higher of (i) the prime rate in the
United States announced from time to time by Barclays in effect on such day,
and
(ii) the sum of (x) the rate equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day
(or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by
the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
such
day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by Barclays from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected
by
it, and (y) one-half of one percent (½%).
“Best’s”
has the meaning specified in the Servicing Agreement.
“BIF”
means The Bank Insurance Fund or any successor thereto.
“Blocked
Account Control Agreement” shall mean each Blocked Account Control
Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2006, by and between, inter alia, Agent
and The Bank of New York, as depositary, as any such agreement may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the respective terms
thereof.
“Board”
shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Borrower”
means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including any Person that
has
acquired the related collateral and assumed the obligations of the original
obligor or obligors under the Mortgage Note.
“Breakage
Costs” shall mean any amounts any Affected Person sustains or incurs in
connection with the final paragraph of Section 18 hereof.
“Business
Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday and Sunday, or
(ii) a day on which banking institutions or foreign exchange
markets in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to be closed for business.
“Closed
End Second Mortgage Loan” shall mean any mortgage loan secured by a second
lien on the related Mortgage Property which (i) does not permit subsequent
advances, and (ii) has a maximum initial principal balance of not greater
than the then current Agency maximum (which, on the Effective Date, is
$208,500).
“Change
in Control” shall mean (i) the acquisition by any Person or group (within
the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
of
the Securities and Exchange Commissions thereunder as in effect on the Effective
Date), directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of ownership or
control of in excess of 50% of the voting common stock of PHH Corporation on
a
fully diluted basis at any time or (ii) if at any time PHH Corporation shall
cease to own, directly or through wholly-owned Subsidiaries, all of the
outstanding voting stock of Seller, free and clear of any direct or indirect
Liens.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral”
has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7 hereof.
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“Collateral
Value” means with respect to each mortgage loan, the lesser of (i) the
Outstanding Principal Balance of such mortgage loan and (ii) the Market
Value of such mortgage loan as determined by Seller or Agent, as
applicable.
“Collection
Account” shall mean that certain account number [***], maintained at The
Bank of New York (ABA [***]), which is subject to the terms and conditions
of a
Blocked Account Agreement.
“Collections”
means, with respect to any Purchased Asset, all Income and collections and
proceeds of such Purchased Asset, including, without limitation, all cash
proceeds of Related Security with respect to such Purchased Asset, and
(a) all payments on account of scheduled principal on the Eligible Mortgage
Loans; (b) all payments on account of interest on the Eligible Mortgage
Loans (including interest accrued and unpaid on the Eligible Mortgage Loans
prior to the applicable Purchase Date); (c) any Principal Prepayments;
(d) all Liquidation Proceeds; (e) all Insurance Proceeds including
amounts required to be deposited pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (other
than
proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or
repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with
Accepted Servicing Practices as further specified in the Servicing Agreement);
(f) all Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration or
repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with
the Servicing Agreement; (g) any amount required to be deposited in any
account (including, without limitation, the Collection Account, the Funding
Account, the Escrow Account and the Margin Call Account) pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document; (h) any amounts required to be
deposited by Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement in connection with
the
deductible clause in any blanket hazard insurance policy; (i) any amounts
received with respect to or related to any REO Property and all REO Disposition
Proceeds pursuant to the Servicing Agreement; (j) any other amounts
received with respect to or related to the mortgage loan including but not
limited to late payment charges and interest paid on funds deposited in the
Collection Account, the Funding Account, the Margin Call Account or the Escrow
Account, to the extent permitted by applicable law and (k) all proceeds of
each of the forgoing.
“Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio” means, with respect to any HELOC or any Closed End
Second Mortgage Loan, the ratio expressed as a percentage equal to (i) if
the loan transaction is a purchase money transaction (a) that includes an
appraisal, the Credit Limit of the HELOC or Closed End Second Mortgage Loan,
as
applicable, plus the then outstanding principal amount of any related senior
mortgage loans, divided by the lesser of the Appraised Value or the purchase
price of the Mortgaged Property, or (b) if such transaction does not
include an appraisal, the Credit Limit of the HELOC or Closed End Second
Mortgage Loan, as applicable, plus the then outstanding principal amount of
any
related senior mortgage loans, divided by the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property; and (ii) if the loan transaction is a refinance (a) that
includes an appraisal, the Credit Limit of the HELOC or Closed End Second
Mortgage Loan, as applicable, plus the then outstanding principal amount of
any
related senior mortgage loans, divided by the appraised value of the Mortgaged
Property, or (b) if such transaction does not include an appraisal, the
Credit Limit of the HELOC or Closed End Second Mortgage Loan, as applicable,
plus the then outstanding principal amount of any related senior mortgage loans,
divided by the estimated value of the Mortgaged Property.
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INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
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“Commitment”
of any Principal means, (a) with respect to a Principal party hereto on the
date hereof, the amount set forth beneath its signature on the signature pages
to this Agreement, as reduced or increased in accordance with the terms hereof
and (b) with respect to any other Principal that becomes a party hereto in
accordance with the terms hereof, the amount set forth in the agreement or
instrument to which such Principal becomes a party hereto as such Principal’s
Commitment, as such amount may be reduced or increased in accordance with the
terms hereof. Any reduction (or termination) of the Maximum Aggregate
Purchase Price shall reduce ratably (or terminate) each Principal’s
Commitment.
“Condemnation
Proceeds” means, as to any Eligible Mortgage Loan, all awards or settlements
in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial
or
entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the
extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms
of the related Loan Documents.
“Conduit
Principal” shall mean each Person designated on the signature pages hereto
as such or designated as such on any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
it becomes a party hereto.
“Conforming
Loan” shall mean any mortgage loan which conforms to the Guidelines of GNMA,
FNMA or FHLMC, as amended.
“Consolidated
Net Income” means, for any period for which such amount is being determined,
the net income (loss) of PHH Corporation and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
during such period determined on a consolidated basis for such period taken
as a
single accounting period in accordance with GAAP, provided that there
shall be excluded (i) income (or loss) of any Person (other than a
Consolidated Subsidiary) in which PHH Corporation or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries has an equity investment or comparable interest, except to the
extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to PHH
Corporation or its Consolidated Subsidiaries by such Person during such period,
(ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it
becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with PHH
Corporation or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii) the income of
any Consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Consolidated Subsidiary of the income
is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to that Consolidated Subsidiary, (iv) any
extraordinary after-tax gains and (v) any extraordinary pretax losses but
only to the extent attributable to a write-down of financing costs relating
to
any existing and future indebtedness.
“Consolidated
Net Worth” shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any date of
determination, all amounts which would be included on a balance sheet of such
Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries under stockholders’ equity as of such
date in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Subsidiaries” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all Subsidiaries of
such Person that are required to be consolidated with such Person for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
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“Credit
Limit” means the maximum amount a Borrower is permitted to draw down the
credit line under a Home Equity Line Agreement.
“Credit
Policy” means those underwriting and credit policies of Seller with respect
to mortgage loans as attached in Exhibit B hereto as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
Section 11(u)(B).
“Custodial
Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Custodial Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, among Barclays, as agent, PHH Mortgage Corporation,
as
Seller and Servicer, and the Custodian, as such agreement may at any time be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the
terms thereof.
“Custodian”
means The Bank of New York Trust Company N.A. or its successors and permitted
assigns.
“Daily
Loan Inventory” means the schedule attached and made a part of the Daily
Servicer Report.
“Daily
Servicer Report” means the report attached as Exhibit D to the
Servicing Agreement.
“Default
Rate” means an annual rate of interest equal to the Base Rate plus
2%.
“Defaulted
Loan” means any Eligible Mortgage Loan where (i) the Borrower thereon
has failed to make a required payment for 90 days or more after the Due Date
of
such required payment or (ii) any other event has occurred which
gives the holder the right to accelerate payment and/or take steps to foreclose
on the mortgage securing the Eligible Mortgage Loan under the Eligible Mortgage
Loan documentation.
“Delinquency
Ratio” means, with respect to any date of determination, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) computed as of the last day of each calendar month
by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all
Delinquent Loans as of the last day of such calendar month by (ii) the
Outstanding Principal Balance of the Eligible Mortgage Loans as of the last
day
of such calendar month.
“Delinquent
Loan” means any Eligible Mortgage Loan which has a payment which is 30 days
or more past its Due Date.
“Determination
Date” means with respect to a Due Period, the 5th day (or if such day is not
a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day) of the
calendar month following such Due Period.
“Due
Date” means the first day of the month in which the related Monthly Payment
is due on an Eligible Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of
grace.
“Due
Period” means (i) for the initial Monthly Interest Payment Date, the
period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which such initial Monthly Interest Payment
Date occurs and (ii) for each other Monthly Interest Payment Date, the
period commencing on the first day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which such Monthly Interest Payment Date occurs and ending on the last day
of
such month.
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“Demand
Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a)
hereof.
“Dollars”
and “$” and “US$” shall mean lawful currency of the United
States.
“Effective
Date” means October 29, 2007.
“Eligible
Investments” means investments which mature no later than the next
following Monthly Interest Payment Date in the
following: (i) obligations issued by, or the full and timely
payment of principal of and interest on which is fully guaranteed by, the United
States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (which agency or
instrumentality is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
of
America); (ii) commercial paper (other than the Short-Term Notes) rated (at
the time of purchase) at least “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Xxxxx’x;
(iii) certificates of deposit, other deposits or bankers’ acceptances
issued by or established with commercial banks having short-term deposit ratings
(at the time of purchase) of at least “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Xxxxx’x;
(iv) repurchase agreements involving any of the Eligible Investments
described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) so long as the other
party to the repurchase agreement has short-term unsecured debt obligations
or
short-term deposits rated (at the time of purchase) at least “A-1+” by S&P
and “P-1” by Xxxxx’x; and (v) if approved in writing by Xxxxx’x, direct
obligations of any money market fund or other similar investment company all
of
whose investments consist of obligations described in the foregoing clauses
of
this definition and that is rated “AAm” by S&P and “Aam” by Xxxxx’x or
higher. In addition, the instrument should not have an ‘r’
highlighter affixed to its rating, and its terms should have a predetermined
fixed dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or
change. Interest on any Eligible Investment should be tied to a
single interest rate index plus a single fixed spread, if any, and move
proportionately with that index.
“Eligible
Mortgage Loan” means a Conforming Loan (provided that Seller is an Approved
Seller/Servicer by the related Agency), a Jumbo Loan, a Super Jumbo Loan, an
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, a Landscape Loan, an Uninsured Loan, a
HELOC, a Non-Primary Residence Mortgage Loan, a Closed End Second Mortgage
Loan,
a Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan or an Interest-Only Loan, identified on a
Daily Servicer Report that satisfies the Eligibility Criteria and the Portfolio
Criteria and that is not a Terminated Loan. An Eligible Mortgage Loan
includes, without limitation, the Mortgage Loan File, the Related Security,
the
Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, VA Guaranty Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds
and
all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in
connection with such Eligible Mortgage Loan (other than the right to service
such Eligible Mortgage Loans, which shall be retained by Servicer pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents). For
the avoidance of doubt only mortgage loans which are of the types specifically
enumerated in this definition shall be eligible for purchase by Agent (on behalf
of the Principals) under this Agreement.
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“Eligibility
Criteria” means, with respect to each mortgage loan, that such mortgage loan
satisfies each of the following criteria: (i) such mortgage loan
must be an Eligible Mortgage Loan, (ii) such mortgage loan must have been
originated or purchased by Seller in accordance with its then-current
origination or acquisition underwriting practices within 120 days prior to
the
acquisition thereof by Agent, (iii) each mortgage loan may not be made to a
Borrower that is a Sub-Prime Borrower and (iv) Seller and Servicer are in
compliance with the laws of, and have valid, existing licenses in, the state
in
which the related Mortgage Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure
the enforceability of such mortgage loan and the servicing of any such mortgage
loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each Transaction Document
and any Daily Servicer Report. In addition, the representations and
warranties made by Seller in this Agreement must be true and correct in all
material respects on such day.
“Eligibility
Representations” means each of the representations and warranties made by
Seller with respect to each mortgage loan, set forth in Annex II attached
hereto.
“Environmental
Laws” shall mean any and all federal, provincial, state, local or municipal
laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or
requirements of any Official Body regulating, relating to or imposing liability
or standards of conduct concerning, any Hazardous Material or environmental
protection or health and safety, as now or at any time hereafter in effect,
including without limitation, the Clean Water Act also known as the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 etseq., the Clean
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 etseq., the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 etseq., the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 etseq., the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 9601 etseq., the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of
1986, Public Law 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613, the Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 etseq., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 etseq., the
Occupational Safety and Health Act as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 655 and § 657,
together, in each case, with any amendment thereto, and the regulations adopted
and publications promulgated thereunder and all substitutions
thereof.
“Environmental
Liabilities” shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including
any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or indemnities), of Seller or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting
from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of
any
Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment
or
(e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business that is a member of
any group of organizations (i) described in Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Code of which Seller is a member and (ii) solely for purposes of
potential liability under Section 302(c)(11) of ERISA and
Section 412(c)(11) of the Code and the lien created under
Section 302(f) of ERISA and Section 412(n) of the Code, described in
Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which Seller is a member.
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“Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Servicing Agreement.
“Escrow
Account” means as to the Eligible Mortgage Loans (other than HELOCs and
Closed End Second Mortgage Loans), any account created and maintained pursuant
to the Servicing Agreement.
“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 13
hereof.
“Excluded
Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 18
hereof.
“FASB”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 18 hereof.
“Federal
Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates
on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is
not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is
a
Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions
received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“Fee
Letter” means, that certain Fee Letter, dated as of October 29, 2007,
by Seller and each Principal, as such letter may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and
each other fee letter entered into after the date hereof by Seller and the
Principals becoming parties hereto, dated as of the date each such Principal
becomes a party hereto, as such other letter may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“Fees”
means, the Program Fee and the Transfer Availability Fee.
“FHA”
means The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto and
including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
“FHA
Approved Mortgagee” means a corporation or institution approved as a
mortgagee by the FHA under the Act and applicable FHA Regulations, and eligible
to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA Loans.
“FHA
Loan” means an Eligible Mortgage Loan that is the subject of an FHA Mortgage
Insurance Contract.
“FHA
Mortgage Insurance” means mortgage insurance authorized under
Sections 203(b), 213, 221(d)(2), 222, and 235 of the Act and provided by
the FHA.
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“FHA
Mortgage Insurance Contract” means the contractual obligation of the FHA
respecting the insurance of an Eligible Loan.
“FHA
Regulations” means regulations promulgated by HUD under the Federal Housing
Administration Act, codified in 24 Code of Federal Regulations, and other HUD
issuances relating to FHA Loans, including the related handbooks, circulars,
notices and mortgagee letters.
“FHLMC”
shall mean Xxxxxxx Mac, formerly known as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“FHLMC
Guides” shall mean the Xxxxxxx Mac’s Seller’s Guide and the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation Servicers’ Guide and all amendments or additions
thereto.
“FICO
Score” means a statistical credit score obtained by many mortgage lenders in
connection with a loan application to help assess a borrower’s
creditworthiness. A FICO Score is generated by models developed by a
third party and made available to lenders through three national credit
bureaus. The FICO Score is based on a borrower’s historical credit
data, including, among other things, payment history, delinquencies on accounts,
levels of outstanding indebtedness, length of credit history, types of credit
and bankruptcy experience.
“Fidelity
Bond” shall have the meaning set forth in the Servicing
Agreement.
“Finance
Charges” means, with respect to an Eligible Mortgage Loan, any finance,
interest, late or similar charges owing by a Borrower pursuant to such Eligible
Mortgage Loan.
“FNMA”
shall mean The Federal National Mortgage Association, or any successor
thereto.
“FNMA
Guides” shall mean the Xxxxxx Xxx Selling and Servicing Guides and all
amendments or additions thereto.
“Funding
Account” shall mean that certain account number [***], maintained at The
Bank of New York (ABA [***]), which is subject to the terms and conditions
of a
Blocked Account Control Agreement.
“GAAP”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
accounting profession, as in effect from time to time.
“GNMA”
shall mean The Government National Mortgage Association, or any successor
thereto.
“GNMA
Guides” shall mean the GNMA Handbooks 5500.3 and all amendments or additions
thereto.
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INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
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“Guidelines”
shall mean the GNMA Guides, the FNMA Guides and the FHLMC Guides, as such Guides
have been amended from time to time with respect to Seller.
“Hazardous
Materials” shall mean any flammable materials, explosives, radioactive
materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances,
or similar materials defined as such in any Environmental Law.
“Home
Equity Line Agreement” means, with respect to HELOCs, the agreement between
a Borrower and a lender pursuant to which a Borrower receives a line of credit
secured by a Mortgage on the Mortgaged Property.
“HELOC”
shall mean an open-end, revolving, home equity line of credit underwritten
in
accordance with the Credit Policy.
“HUD”
means the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any federal agency
or
official thereof which may from time to time succeed to the functions thereof
with regard to FHA Mortgage Insurance. The term “HUD,” for purposes
of this Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as the
FHA and GNMA.
“Income”
means, with respect to any Purchased Asset at any time, any accrued and unpaid
interest on any principal in respect of such Purchased Asset and other
collections (other than escrowed amounts for insurance, taxes and other periodic
payments customarily escrowed for mortgage loan borrowers) with respect
thereto.
“Indebtedness”
shall mean (i) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities of
Seller and its Subsidiaries which are, at the date as of which Indebtedness
is
to be determined, includable as liabilities in a consolidated balance sheet
of
such Person, other than (x) accounts payable and accrued expenses and, in
each case, not overdue by its respective terms by more than 90 days, and
(y) current and deferred income taxes and other similar liabilities, plus
(ii) without duplicating any items included in Indebtedness pursuant to the
foregoing clause (i), the maximum aggregate amount of all liabilities of Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries under any Guarantee, indemnity or similar undertaking
given or assumed of, or in respect of, the indebtedness, obligations or other
liabilities, assets, revenues, income or dividends of any Person other than
Seller or one of its Subsidiaries and (iii) all other obligations or
liabilities of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in relation to the discharge
of
the obligations of any Person other than such Person.
“Indemnified
Party” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 16(b)
hereof.
“Insurance
Proceeds” means, with respect to any Eligible Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Eligible Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged
Property.
“Interest-Only
Loan” shall mean any Conforming Loan or any Jumbo Loan which permits the
related Borrower to pay only the accrued interest on such mortgage loan for
a
specified period of time.
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“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including
all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Jumbo
Loan” shall mean any mortgage loan which substantially conforms to the
Guidelines, except that the principal balance thereof exceeds the principal
balance of a mortgage loan which conforms to the Guidelines but is less than
or
equal to $1,500,000, and the terms of which include other specified exceptions
to the Guidelines, if any, which are consistent with Seller’s Jumbo Loan
underwriting standards. Jumbo Loans will not include mortgage loans
made to Sub-Prime Borrowers.
“Landscape
Loan” means a mortgage loan that substantially conforms to the Guidelines,
except (i) maintenance of a PMI Policy may not be required, (ii) the
mortgage loan may not be an FHA Loan or VA Loan and (iii) there may not be
an appraisal of the related Mortgage Property.
“Law”
means any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation,
rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any Official
Body.
“LIBOR”
means, with respect to any funding period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Telerate Page 3750
(or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Business
Days prior to the first day of such funding period for a term of one
month. If for any reason such rate is not available, the term “LIBOR
Rate” shall mean, for any funding period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR
Page as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in dollars at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Business Days prior to
the first day of such funding period for a term of one month; provided,
however, if more than one rate is specified on the Reuters Screen
LIBOR
Page, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such
rates. In the event no such rate appears as described in the
preceding sentences, the LIBOR Rate shall be, with respect to any funding
period, the per annum rate of interest at which Dollar deposits in immediately
available funds are offered to Agent by prime banks in the interbank eurodollar
market at or about 10:00 a.m., London time, on the second Business Day
before (and for value on) the first day of such funding period (or portion
thereof) and in an amount of not less than $1,000,000 for such funding period
(or portion thereof).
“Lien”
shall mean with respect to the property of any Person, any ownership interest
of
any other Person, any mortgage, deed of trust, hypothecation, pledge, lien,
security interest, filing of any financing statement, charge or other
encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any
assignment, deposit arrangement, consignment or lease intended as, or having
the
effect of, security.
“Liquidation
Proceeds” means all amounts received and retained in connection with the
liquidation of Defaulted Loans.
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“Loan-to-Value
Ratio or LTV” means (x) with respect to any Eligible Mortgage Loan
(except for HELOCs and Closed End Second Mortgage Loans), the ratio expressed
as
a percentage of (i) if the loan transaction is a purchase money transaction
(a) that includes an appraisal, the initial principal amount (less for any
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the value of the Additional Collateral
as
of the date of determination), divided by the lesser of the Appraised Value
or
the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property, or (b) if such transaction
does not include an appraisal, the initial principal amount (less for any
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the value of the Additional Collateral
as
of the date of determination), divided by the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property; and (ii) if the loan transaction is a refinance (a) that
includes an appraisal, the initial principal amount (less for any Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan, the value of the Additional Collateral as of the
date
of determination), or (b) if such transaction does not include an
appraisal, the initial principal amount (less for any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan, the value of the Additional Collateral as of the date of
determination), divided by the estimated value of the Mortgaged
Property.
“Loan
Documents” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Mortgage Loan
File.”
“Manufactured
Home Mortgage Loan” shall mean any Conforming Loan for which the Mortgaged
Property is a manufactured home unit that is permanently attached to its
foundation and ready for occupancy, but is not a mobile home.
“Margin
Call” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5
hereof.
“Margin
Call Account” shall mean that certain account number [***], maintained at
The Bank of New York (ABA [***]), which is subject to the terms and conditions
of a Blocked Account Control Agreement.
“Margin
Deficit” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5
hereof.
“Margin
Value” means, at any time of determination with respect to each mortgage
loan, an amount equal to the product of (i) the applicable Purchase Price
Percentage for such mortgage loan multiplied by (ii) the Collateral Value
of such mortgage loan at such time; provided, that the Collateral Value
of any mortgage loan that is a Defaulted Loan or that is not an Eligible
Mortgage Loan shall be zero.
“Market
Value” means, at any time of determination with respect to any mortgage
loan, the value ascribed to such asset by Seller or Agent in its sole discretion
(based on a methodology used in accordance with normal market
practice).
“Maximum
Aggregate Purchase Price” means (a) during the period commencing on
(and including) the Effective Date and ending on (but excluding) November 30,
2007, Five Hundred Fifty-Million Dollars ($550,000,000) and (b) during the
period commencing on (and including) November 30, 2007 and ending on (but
excluding) the Termination Date, Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars
($275,000,000).
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INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
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“MERS”
shall mean Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
“MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan” shall mean any mortgage loan as to which the
related Mortgage or Assignment of Mortgage has been recorded in the name of
MERS, as agent for the holder from time to time of the Mortgage Note and which
is identified as a MERS Mortgage Loan on the related mortgage loan
transmission.
“Minimum
Transfer Amount” means an amount equal to or greater than
$250,000.
“Minimum
Transfer Condition” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5 hereof.
“Monthly
Interest Payment Date” means, the 10th day (or if such day is not a Business
Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day) of any month, commencing
November 12, 2007.
“Monthly
Payment” means the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest on
an Eligible Mortgage Loan.
“Moody’s”
shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc.
“Mortgage”
means, the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage
Note,
which creates a lien on an estate in fee simple in real property securing the
Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage
Banker’s Blanket Bond” shall have the meaning set forth in the Servicing
Agreement.
“Mortgage
Impairment Insurance” shall have the meaning set forth in the Servicing
Agreement.
“Mortgage
Interest Rate” means the annualized regular rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage
Loan File” means each of the following documents (constituting,
collectively, the “Loan Documents”), and such other documents as Agent
may require from time to time:
(1) the
original or an electronic or imaged copy of any guarantee executed in connection
with the Mortgage Note (if any);
(2) the
original or a copy or imaged copy of the Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon;
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(3) the
originals or copies or images of copies of all assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension agreements, with evidence of recording
thereon;
(4) except
with respect to any MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, any original duly executed
Assignment of Mortgage for each Eligible Mortgage Loan or image copy thereof,
in
form and substance acceptable for recording, and all interim assignments with
evidence of recording thereon, if any; if the Eligible Mortgage Loan was
acquired by Seller in a merger, any Assignment of Mortgage must be made by
“[Seller], successor by merger to [name of predecessor].” If the
Eligible Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by Seller while doing business
under another name, any Assignment of Mortgage must be by “[Seller], formerly
known as [previous name].” If the Eligible Mortgage Loan was acquired
by Seller as receiver for another entity, any Assignment of Mortgage must be
by
“[Seller], receiver for [name of entity in receivership].” Any
Assignment of Mortgage must be duly recorded only if recordation is either
necessary under applicable law to perfect or on direction of Agent as provided
in this Agreement. If any Assignment of Mortgage is not to be
recorded, such Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in blank;
(5) if
Seller
did not originate the mortgage loan, the originals or image copies (for mortgage
loans other than MERS Designated Mortgage Loans) of all intervening assignments
of mortgage with evidence of recording thereon evidencing the chain of mortgage
assignments from the originator of the mortgage loan to Seller, or in the case
of a MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, to MERS, or if any such intervening
assignment has not been returned from the applicable recording office or has
been lost or if such public recording office retains the original recorded
assignments of mortgage, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Servicer, a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together with (i) in
the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer’s
Certificate of Seller stating that such intervening assignment of mortgage
has
been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation
and
that such original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of
such
intervening assignment of mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording
office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to Servicer upon receipt
thereof by Seller; or (ii) in the case of an intervening assignment where a
public recording office retains the original recorded intervening assignment
or
in a case where an intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment;
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(6) if
available, the original or a copy or an image copy of the original mortgagee
title insurance policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title, or
if the policy has not yet been issued, (a) the irrevocable written
commitment, interim binder or marked up binder for a title insurance policy
issued by the title insurance company dated and certified as of the date the
Eligible Mortgage Loan was funded, or (b) a copy of the applicable escrow
instructions indicating the name of the title company with, in either case,
a
statement by the title insurance company or closing attorney on such binder
or
commitment or escrow instructions that the priority of the lien on the related
Mortgage during the period between the date of the funding of the related
Eligible Mortgage Loan and the date of the related title policy is
insured;
(7) the
original or an image copy of any security agreement, chattel mortgage,
securities account control agreement, guarantee, filings or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage;
(8) the
certification number for any primary mortgage insurance policy (if
any);
(9) if
the
Eligible Mortgage Loans are sold to the Agencies, the originals or image copies
of other documents, forms, releases, certifications and papers required by
the
applicable Agency Custodial Agreement; and
(10) and
any
additional documents or image copies thereof, required to be added to the
Mortgage Loan File pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document.
“Mortgage
Note” means the note, Home Equity Line Agreement or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Borrower secured by a Mortgage.
“Mortgaged
Property” means, with respect to a mortgage loan, the real property securing
repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means a multiemployer plan defined as such in Section 3(37) of
ERISA to which contributions have been or are required to be made by Seller
or
any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.
“Non-Primary
Residence Mortgage Loan” means any mortgage loan for which the Mortgaged
Property is not owner occupied on a full-time basis, and was purchased by the
Borrower as an investment property or for second home purposes.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President of Seller or
Servicer, as applicable, and delivered to Agent as required by this
Agreement.
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“Official
Body” means any government or political subdivision or any agency,
authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality
of
any such government or political subdivision, or any court, tribunal, grand
jury
or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic.
“Obligations”
means all of Seller’s obligations to pay the Repurchase Price on each Repurchase
Date and other obligations and liabilities of Seller to the Principals and
Agent
arising under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, whether now
existing or hereafter arising.
“Option
Arm Loan” shall mean a mortgage loan that requires a loan repayment in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the adjustable rate mortgage note
which includes a repayment rate that may not occur on the same calendar date
as
the interest rate change date and which repayment terms may also include an
interest-only period.
“Original
Additional Collateral Requirement” means with respect to any Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the Additional Collateral required
at the time of origination of such mortgage loan in order to achieve an
Loan-to-Value Ratio equal to a maximum of 70%.
“Outstanding
Principal Balance” means, with respect to any Eligible Mortgage Loan at any
date, the then outstanding principal amount thereof as of such date excluding
any accrued and outstanding Finance Charges related thereto.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to
any
or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Performance
Guaranty” means the guaranty of certain obligations by Performance Guarantor
in favor of Agent (for itself and each of the Principals), as more particularly
set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
“Performance
Guarantor” shall mean PHH Corporation.
“Person”
shall mean any legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership,
association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other entity of similar
nature.
“PHH
Corporation” means PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation, together with
its successors and permitted assigns.
“PHH
Home Loans” means PHH Home Loans, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
and its Subsidiaries, whether now existing or hereafter acquired.
“Plan”
shall mean an employee pension benefit plan described in Section 3(2) of
ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan which is sponsored by Seller or one
of
its Subsidiaries.
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“PMI
Policy” means a policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by a
Qualified Insurer, as required by this Agreement with respect to certain
Eligible Mortgage Loans.
“Portfolio
Aging Limitations” means with respect to the age of the Eligible Mortgage
Loans owned by Agent on any day, the following limitations shall
apply: (i) the aggregate Repurchase Price of Eligible Mortgage
Loans transferred to Agent more than three (3) months prior to such day may
not
exceed 50% of the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price on such day; (ii) the
aggregate Repurchase Price of Eligible Mortgage Loans acquired by Agent more
than six (6) months prior to such day may not exceed 25% of the Maximum
Aggregate Purchase Price on such day; and (iii) Seller must repurchase each
Purchased Asset included in any Transaction (or series of Transactions) on
or
prior to the date that is 364 days from the date such Purchased Asset first
became subject to a Transaction under this Agreement.
“Portfolio
Criteria” means, on any day, after giving effect to Agent’s purchase and
sale of mortgage loans on such day, the Eligible Mortgage Loans owned by Agent
in the aggregate must satisfy the following criteria: (i) the
aggregate Repurchase Price of all mortgage loans secured by property in
California may not on such day exceed 35% of the Maximum Aggregate Purchase
Price; (ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of all mortgage loans secured by
properties located in New York may not on such day exceed 25% of the Maximum
Aggregate Purchase Price; (iii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of all
mortgage loans secured by properties located in New Jersey may not on such
day
exceed 20% of the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price; (iv) the aggregate
Repurchase Price of all mortgage loans secured by properties located in Florida
may not on such day exceed 20% of the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price;
(v) the aggregate Repurchase Price of all mortgage loans secured by
property in any other single state may not on such day exceed 10% of the Maximum
Aggregate Purchase Price; (vi) the aggregate Repurchase Price of all
Uninsured Loans plus the aggregate Repurchase Price of all Non-Primary Residence
Mortgage Loans owned by Agent must not on such day exceed 10% of the Maximum
Aggregate Purchase Price; (vii) the mortgage loans (excluding FHA Loans and
VA Loans) owned by Agent must have a weighted average FICO Score of at least
710; (viii) the weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of the mortgage loans
(excluding FHA Loans, VA Loans, HELOCs and Closed End Second Mortgage Loans)
owned by Agent must not on such day exceed 85%; (ix) the aggregate
Repurchase Price of all HELOCs plus the aggregate Repurchase Price of all Closed
End Second Mortgage Loans must not on such day exceed 10% of the Maximum
Aggregate Purchase Price; (x) the weighted average Combined Loan-to-Value
Ratio of all HELOCs and all Closed End Second Mortgage Loans owned by Agent
must
not on such day exceed 85%; (xi) the aggregate Purchase Price of all
Manufactured Home Mortgage Loans and acquired on such day may not exceed 1%
of
the Aggregate Purchase Price; (xii) the aggregate Purchase Price of all
Interest-Only Loans must not on such day exceed 15% of the Maximum Aggregate
Purchase Price; (xiii) the aggregate Purchase Price of all Jumbo Loans plus
the aggregate Purchase Price of all Super Jumbo Loans owned by Agent must not
on
such day exceed 20% of the Aggregate Purchase Price; and (xiv) the aggregate
Purchase Price of all Super Jumbo Loans owned by Agent must not on such day
exceed 3% of the Aggregate Purchase Price.
“Price
Differential” means, with respect to each Transaction as of any date, the
aggregate amount for all Conduit Principals and Bank Principals of the
following:
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(i) for
each
Transaction to the extent a Conduit Principal will be funding its portion of
the
Purchase Price for such Transaction through the issuance of Short-Term
Notes,
(STNR
x P x TP)
|
+
F
|
360
|
(ii) for
each
Transaction to the extent (x) a Conduit Principal will not be funding its
portion of the Purchase Price for such Transaction through the issuance of
Short-Term Notes, or (y) a Bank Principal will be funding such
Transaction,
(AR
x P x TP)
|
+
F
|
360
|
where:
|
||
AR
|
=
|
the
applicable Assignee Rate for such Transaction
|
P
|
=
|
the
related Principal’s Pro Rata Share of the related Purchase
Price
|
STNR
|
=
|
the
applicable Short-Term Note Rate for such Transaction
|
TP
|
=
|
the
actual number of days during the period commencing on (and including)
the
Purchase Date and ending on (but excluding) the Repurchase
Date
|
F
|
=
|
the
Fees, if any, for such Transaction
|
“Principal”
shall mean each Bank Principal and each Conduit Principal.
“Principal
Prepayment” means any payment or other recovery of principal made on an
Eligible Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date,
including any prepayment penalty or premium thereon, which is not accompanied
by
an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates
in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
“Program
Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Fee Letter.
“Pro
Rata Share” means with respect to each Principal, a percentage obtained by
dividing the related Principal’s Commitment by the Maximum Aggregate Purchase
Price.
“Purchase
Date” means the date on which Purchased Assets are to be transferred by
Seller to Agent, which shall be a Business Day.
“Purchase
Price” shall mean the price at which Purchased Assets are transferred by
Seller to Agent in a Transaction, which shall be equal to the aggregate of
the
applicable Margin Values as of the related Purchase Date calculated for each
mortgage loan subject to such Transaction.
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“Purchase
Price Percentage” means, with respect to each Eligible Mortgage Loan, the
following percentage, as applicable:
(i) 98%
with
respect to Conforming Loans and Landscape Loans;
(ii) 98%
with
respect to Jumbo Loans and Super Jumbo Loans;
(iii) 90%
with
respect to Non-Primary Residence Mortgage Loans, Interest-Only Loans and
Uninsured Loans;
(iv) 85%
with
respect to HELOCs and Closed End Second Mortgage Loans; and
(v) 80%
with
respect to Manufactured Home Mortgage Loans;
provided
that if more than one Purchase Price Percentage is applicable to an Eligible
Mortgage Loan, the lowest of such percentages shall apply.
“Purchased
Assets” means, with respect to a Transaction, the related Eligible Mortgage
Loans, together with the Related Security, related Records, Servicing Rights,
and other collateral, and all instruments, chattel paper, and general
intangibles comprising or relating to all of the foregoing. The term
“Purchased Assets” with respect to any Transaction at any time also shall
include Additional Purchased Assets delivered pursuant to Section 5
hereof.
“Qualified
Depository” means any depository the accounts of which are insured by the
FDIC through the BIF or the SAIF and the debt obligations of which are rated
“A2” and “Aa” or better by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively or such depository
as shall be acceptable to Xxxxx’x and S&P, as applicable.
“Qualified
Insurer” means a mortgage guaranty insurance company duly authorized and
licensed where required by law to transact mortgage guaranty insurance business
and approved as an insurer by FHLMC, FNMA or GNMA.
“Records”
means all documents, books, records and other information (including, without
limitation, computer programs, tapes, discs, punch cards, data processing
software and related property and rights) maintained with respect to Eligible
Mortgage Loans and the related Borrowers.
“Related
Security” means with respect to any Eligible Mortgage Loan, all of Seller’s
right, title and interest in, to and under:
(i) all
security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, Home Equity Line Agreements
or
other agreements that relate to such Eligible Mortgage Loan;
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(ii) all
other
security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time,
if
any, purporting to secure payment of such Eligible Mortgage Loan, whether
pursuant to the Eligible Mortgage Loan related to such Eligible Mortgage Loan
or
otherwise, together with all financing statements signed by a Borrower
describing any collateral securing such Eligible Mortgage Loan;
(iii) the
assignment to Agent of all UCC financing statements covering any collateral
securing payment of such Eligible Mortgage Loan;
(iv) all
guarantees, indemnities, warranties, insurance (and proceeds and premium refunds
thereof) or other agreements or arrangements of any kind from time to time
supporting or securing payment of such Loan whether pursuant to the Eligible
Mortgage Loan or otherwise;
(v) all
Records related to such Eligible Mortgage Loan;
(vi) all
rights and remedies of Seller under the Custodial Agreement, together with
all
financing statements filed by Seller against Seller in connection therewith;
and
(vii) all
proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“REO
Disposition” means the final sale by Servicer of any REO
Property.
“REO
Disposition Proceeds” means all amounts received with respect to an REO
Disposition (net of costs related thereto) pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement.
“REO
Property” means a Mortgaged Property acquired by Servicer on behalf of Agent
through foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in the
Servicing Agreement.
“Reportable
Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than a reportable event as to which provision for 30-day notice
to
the PBGC would be waived under applicable regulations had the regulations in
effect on the date hereof been in effect on the date of occurrence of such
reportable event.
“Repurchase
Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a) and shall
also include the date determined by application of Section 13.
“Repurchase
Price” means the price at which Purchased Assets are to be transferred from
Agent to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which will be determined
in
each case (including Transactions terminable upon demand) as the sum of the
Purchase Price and the Price Differential as of the date of such
determination.
“Required
Principals” means (i) when Purchaser is the only Conduit Principal,
Purchaser and (ii) otherwise, two or more Bank Principals which in the
aggregate represent more than 50% of the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price (or,
if the Commitments have been terminated, have related Conduit Principals
representing more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding Purchase Price of all
Transactions).
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“SAIF”
means the Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any successor
thereto.
“S&P”
shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies.
“Scheduled
Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(a) hereof.
“Securities
or Securitization Securities” means any note, bond or pass-through
certificate that is, directly or indirectly secured by, or represents an
interest in, any Eligible Mortgage Loan or pool of Eligible Mortgage
Loans.
“Securitization
or Securitized” means a transaction in which any Eligible Mortgage Loan or
pool of Eligible Mortgage Loans designated by Servicer or Seller is financed
through or sold to a Securitization Vehicle, which vehicle issues Securities
in
the capital markets.
“Securitization
Vehicle” means FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA or any trust, partnership, corporation,
limited liability corporation, limited liability partnership or other state
law
entity that is created for the principal purpose of owning or holding an
Eligible Mortgage Loan or Eligible Mortgage Loans which are the subject of
a
Securitization.
“Securities
Account” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Additional Collateral
Transfer Agreement.
“Servicer”
means (i) PHH Mortgage Corporation, in such capacity, or (ii) any
other servicer approved by Agent and the Required Principals in their sole
discretion.
“Servicer
Default” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Servicing
Agreement.
“Servicing
Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between Servicer, Seller, Performance Guarantor
and
Agent, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Servicing
Fee” means with respect to the services provided by Servicer pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement, a monthly servicing fee of (i) 3/8 of 1% on the
average monthly balance of Eligible Mortgage Loans (excluding HELOCs and Closed
End Second Mortgage Loans), and (ii) 0.65% on the sum of (a) the
average monthly balance of HELOCs plus (b) the average monthly balance of
Closed End Second Mortgage Loans and, in each case, held by Agent during such
month.
“Servicing
Rights” means contractual, possessory or others rights of Servicer, Seller
or any other Person whether arising under the Servicing Agreement, the Custodial
Agreement or otherwise, to administer or service a Purchased Asset or to possess
related Records.
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“Short-Term
Note Rate” with respect to any Conduit Principal for any interest period for
any Transaction means (a) to the extent such Conduit Principal funds such
Transaction by issuing Short-Term Notes, the per annum rate equivalent to
the weighted average of the per annum rates paid or payable by such Conduit
Principal from time to time as interest on or otherwise in respect of such
Short-Term Notes issued by such Conduit Principal that are allocated, in whole
or in part, by the applicable agent for such Conduit Principal (on behalf of
such Conduit Principal) to fund the Transaction or maintenance of such
Transaction during such interest period as determined by such agent (on behalf
of such Conduit Principal) and reported to Agent, Sellers and Servicer, which
rates shall include and give effect to the commissions of placement agents
and
dealers in respect of such Short-Term Notes, incremental carrying costs incurred
with respect to such Short-Term Notes maturing on dates other than those on
which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Principal, and any other
costs associated with the issuance of Short-Term Notes, in each case to the
extent such commissions and other costs are allocated, in whole or in part,
to
such Short-Term Notes by such agent (on behalf of such Conduit Principal);
provided, however, that if any component of such rate is a
discount rate, in calculating the “Short-Term Note Rate” for such interest
period such agent shall for such component use the rate resulting from
converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per
annum; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to the contrary, Seller agrees
that any amounts payable to the Principals in respect of interest for any
interest period with respect to any Transaction funded by such Conduit Principal
at the Short-Term Note Rate shall include an amount equal to the portion of
the
face amount of the outstanding Short-Term Notes issued to fund or maintain
such
Transaction that corresponds to the portion of the proceeds of such Short-Term
Notes that was used to pay the interest component of maturing Short-Term Notes
issued to fund or maintain such Transaction, to the extent that such Conduit
Principal had not received payments of interest in respect of such interest
component prior to the maturity date of such maturing Short-Term Notes (for
purposes of the foregoing, the “interest component” of Short-Term Notes equals
the excess of the face amount thereof over the net proceeds received by such
Conduit Principal from the issuance of Short-Term Notes, except that if such
Short-Term Notes are issued on an interest-bearing basis its “interest
component” will equal the amount of interest accruing on such Short-Term Notes
through maturity), or (b) any other rate designated as the “Short-Term Note
Rate” for such Conduit Principal in an agreement or instrument pursuant to which
such Person became or becomes a party hereto as a Conduit Principal, or any
other writing or agreement provided by such Conduit Principal to Servicer and
Agent from time to time. The “Short-Term Note Rate” for any day while
an Event of Default exists shall be the Default Rate.
“Short-Term
Notes” means the short-term commercial paper, secured liquidity, or extended
maturity notes issued or to be issued by a Conduit Principal to fund or maintain
the Transactions.
“Sub-Prime
Borrower” means a Borrower of nonprime credit quality or lower credit
quality.
“Subsidiary”
shall mean with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint
venture, partnership or other business entity (whether now existing or hereafter
organized) of which at least a majority of the voting stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or the
equivalent) is, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned
or controlled by such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or
by
such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in
this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of
Seller.
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“Super
Jumbo Loan” shall mean any mortgage loan which substantially conforms to the
Guidelines, except that the principal balance thereof exceeds the principal
balance of a mortgage loan which conforms to the Guidelines and the principal
balance thereof is greater than $1,500,000 but less than or equal to $3,000,000,
and the terms of which include other specified exceptions to the Guidelines,
if
any, which are consistent with Seller’s Super Jumbo Loan underwriting
standards. Super Jumbo Loans will not include mortgage loans made to
Sub-Prime Borrowers.
“Supplemental
Transaction Notice” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(c) hereof.
“Surety
Bond” means any limited purpose surety bond identified by a policy number
guaranteeing payment by the related insurer to the applicable Permitted
Beneficiary of any shortfalls that occur with respect to any Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan that becomes a Defaulted Loan.
“Tangible
Net Worth” means with respect to any Person, at any date of determination,
Consolidated Net Worth of such Person minus the aggregate book value of all
intangible assets of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such
date in accordance with GAAP.
“Termination
Date” means the earliest of (i) October 27, 2008 or such later day
as mutually agreed to in writing by Seller, Agent and the Bank Principals in
accordance with Section 21 hereof, (ii) the day the purchase
commitment termination date under any Asset Purchase Agreement occurs (unless
other APA Purchaser(s) or a replacement APA Purchaser accepts such terminating
APA Purchaser’s commitment thereunder), (iii) the date determined pursuant
to Section 13 and (iv) the date that the Commitments are permanently
reduced to zero or terminated by Seller in accordance with Section 21
hereof.
“Terminated
Loan” means each Eligible Mortgage Loan which is either (i) sold or
Securitized or (ii) prepaid in full.
“Transaction”
has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1 hereof.
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement, the Fee Letter, each Transaction Notice, each Daily Servicer Report,
each Supplemental Transaction Notice, the Performance Guaranty, the Back-up
Servicing Agreement and any other agreement entered into by Seller and/or
Servicer or Performance Guarantor, on the one hand, and Agent or any Principal
or any of their respective Affiliates (or Custodian on their behalf) on the
other, in connection herewith or therewith.
“Transaction
Notice” means a written request of Seller to enter into a Transaction, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Bank Principal and
substantially in the form attached and made a part of the Daily Servicer Report
which is delivered to Agent and Custodian.
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“Transfer
Availability Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Fee
Letter.
“Transferee”
has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 30 hereof.
“Uniform
Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect on the date hereof in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
“Uninsured
Loan” means a mortgage loan that substantially conforms to the Guidelines,
except (i) the principal balance of such Eligible Mortgage Loan may exceed
the principal balance of a mortgage loan that conforms to the Guidelines,
(ii) maintenance of a PMI Policy will not be required and (iii) the
mortgage loan is not an FHA Loan, VA Loan, Landscape Loan, HELOC or Closed
End
Second Mortgage Loan.
“Unmatured
Event of Default” means any event, that, with the giving of notice or the
passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“VA”
means the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an agency of the United States
of
America, or any successor thereto including the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
“VA
Approved Lender” means those lenders which are approved by the VA to act as
a lender in connection with the origination of VA Loans.
“VA
Guaranty Proceeds” means the proceeds of any payment of a VA Loan Guaranty
Certificate.
“VA
Loan” means an Eligible Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a VA Loan
Guaranty Certificate as evidenced by a VA Loan Guaranty Certificate, or an
Eligible Mortgage Loan which is a vendee loan sold by the VA.
“VA
Loan Guaranty Certificate” means the obligation of the United States to pay
a specific percentage of an Eligible Mortgage Loan (subject to a maximum amount)
upon default of the Borrower pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as
amended.
“VA
Regulations” means regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended,
codified in 38 Code of Federal Regulations, and other VA issuances relating
to
VA Loans, including related handbooks, circulars and notices.
“Wet
Funded Loan” means a mortgage loan that is originated by Seller and
purchased by Agent, prior to the delivery of the Mortgage Note to the
Custodian.
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“Wet
Funded Loan Limitation” means at any time of determination, the aggregate
Purchase Price of all Wet Funded Loans, other than Landscape Loans, as a
percentage of Aggregate Purchase Price may not exceed 20%.
(b) Capitalized
terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Servicing Agreement or the
Custodial Agreement, as applicable.
(c) Interpretation. Headings
are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The
following rules of this subsection (c) apply unless the context requires
otherwise. The singular includes the plural and
conversely. A gender includes all genders. Where a word or
phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding
meaning. A reference to a subsection, Section, Annex, Exhibit or
Schedule is, unless otherwise specified, a reference to a Section of,
or Annex, Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement. A
reference to a party to this Agreement or another agreement or document includes
the party’s successors and permitted substitutes or assigns. A
reference to an agreement or document is to the agreement or document as
amended, modified, novated, supplemented or replaced, except to the extent
prohibited by any Transaction Document. A reference to legislation or
to a provision of legislation includes a modification or re-enactment of it,
a
legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation or statutory
instrument issued under it. A reference to writing includes a
facsimile transmission and any means of reproducing words in a tangible and
permanently visible form. A reference to conduct includes, without
limitation, an omission, statement or undertaking, whether or not in
writing. An Event of Default or a Servicer Default exists until it
has been waived in writing by the appropriate Person or Persons or has been
timely cured. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar
words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision
of
this Agreement. The term “including” is not limiting and means
“including without limitation.” In the computation of periods of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the
word “through” means “to and including.” This Agreement may use
several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or
similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are
cumulative and shall each be performed in accordance with their
terms. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, all accounting
terms not expressly defined herein shall be construed, and all financial
computations required under this Agreement shall be made, in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied. References herein to “fiscal year” and
“fiscal quarter” refer to such fiscal periods of Seller. Except where
otherwise provided in this Agreement, any determination, statement or
certificate by Agent or Principal or an authorized officer of Agent or Principal
or any of their Affiliates provided for in this Agreement that is made in good
faith and in the manner provided for in this Agreement shall be conclusive
and
binds the parties in the absence of manifest error. A reference to an
agreement includes a security interest, guarantee, agreement or legally
enforceable arrangement whether or not in writing. A reference to a
document includes an agreement (as so defined) in writing or a certificate,
notice, instrument or document, or any information recorded in computer disk
form. Where Seller or Servicer is required to provide any document to
any other Person under the terms of this Agreement, the relevant document shall
be provided in writing or printed form unless such other Person requests
otherwise. At the request of Agent or any Bank Principal, the
document shall be provided in computer disk form or both printed and computer
disk form. This Agreement is the result of negotiations among Agent,
Principals, Servicer and Seller, and is the product of all
parties. In the interpretation of this Agreement, no rule of
construction shall apply to disadvantage one party on the ground that such
party
proposed or was involved in the preparation of any particular provision of
this
Agreement or this Agreement itself. Except where otherwise expressly
stated, Agent and any Principal may give or withhold, or give conditionally,
approvals and consents, may be satisfied or unsatisfied, and may form opinions
and make determinations at its sole and absolute discretion. Any
requirement of good faith, discretion or judgment by Agent or any Principal
shall not be construed to require Agent or any Principal to request or await
receipt of information or documentation not immediately available from or with
respect to Seller, Servicer, or any other Person or the Purchased Assets
themselves.
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3. ENTERING
INTO TRANSACTIONS, TRANSACTION NOTICES; CONFIRMATIONS.
(a) When
Seller wishes to enter into a proposed Transaction it shall deliver a
Transaction Notice of such proposed Transaction together with the Daily Servicer
Report to Agent prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time one Business Day
prior to the proposed Purchase Date. Such Daily Servicer Report shall
include a Daily Loan Inventory for the Purchased Assets and such other
information required to be set forth therein or attached thereto. On
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, on such Purchase
Date,
Seller shall sell and transfer to Agent, against the payment of the Purchase
Price therefor, and Agent shall purchase from Seller, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in the Purchased Assets with respect to such
Transaction. On any Business Day (the “Demand Date”), Seller
may, on demand, repurchase any and all of the Purchased Assets subject to such
Transaction; provided, however, that, subject to Section 3(c)
below, Seller shall repurchase all such Purchased Assets from Agent on the
10th
day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) of each month
following the related Purchase Date (such day so determined for each month,
the
“Scheduled Repurchase Date”, and/or, if applicable, the Demand Date or
such other date set forth in a “Supplemental Transaction Notice” pursuant
to Section 3(c) below are referred to herein as the “Repurchase
Date” for such Transaction). In the case of a Transaction (or
portion thereof) that Seller terminates upon demand, such demand shall be made
by Seller, no later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time one Business Day
prior to the Business Day on which such termination will be
effective. On each applicable Repurchase Date, the termination of
such Transaction (or portion thereof) will be effected by transfer to Seller
(or
its agent) of the Purchased Assets against the payment of the Repurchase Price
therefor to Agent; provided, however, that if such Repurchase Date
is not a Scheduled Repurchase Date, the portion of such Repurchase Price equal
to the Price Differential may be paid by Seller on the Scheduled Repurchase
Date.
(b) Subject
to the conditions in Section 8(b), each Transaction (or portion thereof)
that has not been terminated by a repurchase by Seller on a Demand Date, shall
become subject to a new Transaction unless Agent is notified by Seller no later
than 4:00 p.m. New York City time one Business Day prior to the then
Scheduled Repurchase Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, under no circumstances may any
Purchased Asset be included in any Transaction (or series of Transactions)
if
the current Repurchase Date for such Transaction occurs on a date that is
greater than 364 days from the date such Purchased Asset first became subject
to
a Transaction under this Agreement.
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(c) In
the
event that Seller and Agent desire to enter into a Transaction on terms other
than as set forth in this Agreement, Seller and Agent shall execute a
“Supplemental Transaction Notice” specifying such terms prior to entering
into such Transaction. Any such Supplemental Transaction Notice and
the related Transaction Notice in the applicable Daily Servicer Report, together
with this Agreement, shall constitute conclusive evidence of the terms agreed
to
between Agent and Seller with respect to the Transaction to which the
Supplemental Transaction Notice relates. In the event of any conflict
between this Agreement and a Supplemental Transaction Notice, the terms of
the
Supplemental Transaction Notice shall control with respect to the related
Transaction.
(d) Unless
otherwise consented to in writing by Agent and the Required Principals, the
number of Transactions with Seller in any calendar day shall not exceed
one.
4. PAYMENT
AND TRANSFER. Unless otherwise agreed, all transfers of funds by
any Principal to Seller hereunder shall be in immediately available funds and
shall be remitted to the Funding Account (which shall be specified in each
related Daily Servicer Report) and all Purchased Assets transferred shall be
transferred to the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. All
amounts remitted to the Funding Account by or on behalf of any Principal shall
be distributed from the Funding Account in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6 hereof. Any Repurchase Price or Price Differential received by
Agent after 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be applied on the next
succeeding Business Day and Seller and Servicer, as applicable, shall be
obligated to pay to Agent (in addition to, and together with, the amount of
such
Price Differential and any Breakage Costs) interest on the unpaid Repurchase
Price at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate until the Price Differential
is received in full by Agent. All per annum fees payable under this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be calculated for the actual
days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. All amounts to be paid
or deposited by Seller or Servicer under any Transaction Document shall be
paid
or deposited in accordance with the terms thereof in immediately available
funds
no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due; if such
amounts are payable to Agent or any Principal or Principals they shall be paid
to Agent or deposited into the Funding Account and the Agent shall remit such
amounts as applicable. Seller shall, to the extent permitted by Law,
pay to Agent for the account of each Principal upon demand of Agent, interest
on
all amounts not paid or deposited when due to Agent for the account of each
Principal hereunder at a rate equal to the Default Rate. All
computations of interest hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of
360
days for the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the last
day) elapsed other than computations of interest calculated by reference to
the
Base Rate which shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- or 366- day year,
as
applicable.
5. MARGIN
MAINTENANCE. If at any time the Aggregate Purchase Price of all
Purchased Assets of Seller subject to all Transactions shall exceed the
Aggregate Margin Value therefor (any such deficiency, a “Margin Deficit”)
then Seller shall either transfer cash to the Funding Account, or at Agent’s
option (and provided Seller has additional Eligible Mortgage Loans), transfer
additional Eligible Mortgage Loans to the Custodian, together with the Related
Security, Records, Servicing Rights and other collateral and all instruments,
chattel paper, and general intangibles comprising or related to all of the
foregoing (“Additional Purchased Assets”), so that after giving effect to
the transfer of cash or the inclusion of any such Additional Purchased Assets,
no Margin Deficit shall exist (such requirement, a “Margin Call”);
provided that if, as a result of Agent’s determination of the aggregate
Collateral Value, the Aggregate Purchase Price of all Purchased Assets of Seller
subject to all Transactions exceeds the Aggregate Margin Value by the Minimum
Transfer Amount (such event, a “Minimum Transfer Condition”)
(i) Seller shall be required to transfer cash to the Margin Call Account to
cure such Margin Deficit and (ii) Seller’s obligation to make the Margin
Call shall be subject to its receipt of notice from Agent (it being
understood that if such notice is delivered to Seller by Agent on or prior
to 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day on which a Minimum Transfer Condition
exists, Seller shall pay to the Margin Call Account the Minimum Transfer Amount
prior to 5:00 p.m. on such Business Day and if such notice is delivered
after 11:00 a.m., such notice shall be deemed received on the next
succeeding Business Day and Seller shall pay to the Margin Call Account the
Minimum Transfer Amount prior to 5:00 p.m. on such Business
Day).
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All
amounts paid by Seller to the Margin Call Account in respect of any Margin
Deficit shall be held for the benefit of Agent and the Principals.
On
any
day on which an Event of Default shall not have occurred and be continuing,
and
if no Margin Deficit exists, if the amount on deposit in the Margin Call Account
exceeds the Aggregate Purchase Price of all Purchased Assets of Seller subject
to all Transactions less the Aggregate Margin Value then, at the request of
Seller, such excess shall be withdrawn from the Margin Call Account by the
authorization of Agent and remitted to Seller.
If
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all amounts on deposit
in the Margin Call Account, if any, shall be withdrawn by Agent and applied
by
it in reduction of the Aggregate Purchase Price and Aggregate
Unpaids.
6. INCOME
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS. The Seller shall cause all Collections
and other proceeds of the Collateral received by the Seller to be remitted
to
the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days after the Seller’s receipt
thereof.
The
Seller shall, on a daily basis, remit all Collections (other than Income) then
on deposit in the Collection Account to the Funding Account.
The
Seller shall, on each Monthly Interest Payment Date, remit all Income with
respect to the related Due Period then on deposit in the Collection Account
to
the Funding Account.
All
amounts on deposit in the Funding Account, remitted by or on behalf of the
Seller shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Annex IV hereto,
prior to giving effect to any amounts in respect of the aggregate Purchase
Price
for Transactions occurring on such day.
7. BACK-UP
SECURITY INTEREST. Seller, Agent and each Principal intend that
the Transactions hereunder be sales to Agent of the Purchased Assets and not
loans from Agent to Seller secured by such Purchased Assets. However,
in order to preserve Agent’s and each Principal’s rights under this Agreement in
the event that a court or other forum recharacterizes the Transactions hereunder
as other than sales, and as security for Seller’s performance of all of its
respective Obligations, Seller hereby grants to Agent a fully perfected first
priority security interest in the following property, whether now existing
or
hereafter acquired: the Purchased Assets, the Related Security, the
related Records, all mortgage guaranties and insurance relating to such
Purchased Assets (issued by governmental agencies or otherwise) and any mortgage
insurance certificate or other document evidencing such mortgage guaranties
or
insurance relating to such Purchased Assets and all claims and payments
thereunder, any purchase agreements or other agreements or contracts relating
to
or constituting any or all of the foregoing, all “accounts” as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code relating to or constituting any or all of the foregoing,
all other insurance policies and insurance proceeds relating to any Purchased
Asset or the related Mortgaged Property, any security account and all rights
to
Income and the rights to enforce such payments arising from any of the Purchased
Assets, the Servicing Rights, all guarantees or other support for the Purchased
Assets, all returned or repossessed manufactured housing units relating to
the
mortgage loans, any assignment of a security interest in the related
manufactured housing unit, and any and all replacements, substitutions,
distributions on, or proceeds with respect to, any of the
foregoing (collectively the “Collateral”). Seller
agrees to execute, deliver and/or file such documents and perform such acts
as
may be reasonably necessary to fully perfect Agent’s security interest created
hereby. Furthermore, Seller hereby authorizes Agent to file financing
statements relating to the Purchased Assets without any further authorization
of
Seller at its option, as it deems appropriate. Servicer shall pay all
costs for any financing statement or statements prepared pursuant to this
Section 7.
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8. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
(a) As
conditions precedent to the initial Transaction, (i) Agent shall have
received on or before the day of such initial Transaction each of the following,
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its sole and absolute discretion
and (ii) the following shall be true the day of such initial
Transaction:
(1) Transaction
Documents. Agent shall have received this Agreement and each of
the other Transaction Documents (other than the Back-up Servicing Agreement),
each executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of the parties
thereto.
(2) Organizational
Documents. Agent shall have received, with copies for each of the
Principals, a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Seller,
Servicer and Performance Guarantor, each dated the Effective Date, and
certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the
organizational documents and applicable operating agreement of such Person
as in
effect on the date of such certification; (B) that attached thereto is a
true and complete copy of resolutions adopted by the board of directors of
such
Person authorizing the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents and the execution, delivery and performance in accordance
with their respective terms of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document
to
which such Person is a party and any other documents required or contemplated
under any Transaction Document to which such Person is a party; and (C) as
to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer of such Person
executing this Agreement, any other Transaction Document to which such Person
is
a party or any other document delivered by it in connection herewith or
therewith (such certificate to contain a certification by another officer of
such Person as to the incumbency and signature of the officer signing the
certificate referred to in this paragraph (2)).
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(3) Financial
Statements. Agent and the Principals shall have received and be
satisfied with the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Seller and
the
unaudited balance sheet of Seller and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for June
30,
2007.
(4) Opinions
of Counsel. Agent shall have received the favorable written
opinions, dated as of the Effective Date, and addressed to Agent, the Principals
and each Rating Agency, of internal counsel of Seller and of Thacher,
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx, LLP, in each case in form, scope, and substance
satisfactory to Agent and each of the Principals.
(5) No
Material Adverse Change. Agent shall be satisfied that no
material adverse change shall have occurred with respect to the business,
assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of Seller, Servicer,
Performance Guarantor and their respective Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken
as a
whole, since June 30, 2007.
(6) Payment
of Fees. Agent shall be satisfied that all amounts payable to
Agent and the Principals pursuant hereto or with regard to the transactions
contemplated hereby have been or are simultaneously being paid.
(7) Litigation. No
litigation shall be pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened which
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Seller or
any
of its properties, or which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely
affect the ability of Seller to fulfill its obligations hereunder or under
any
other Transaction Document or to otherwise materially impair the interests
of
Agent or any of the Principals.
(8) Officer’s
Certificate. Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief
executive officer or chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of
Seller certifying, as of the Effective Date, compliance with the conditions
set
forth in Sections 8(b)(2), 8(b)(3) 8(b)(4) below.
(9) Historical
Data. Agent and the Principals shall have received such
historical financial information of Seller, and pro-forma financial statements
and other financial information, as Agent or any Principal may reasonably
request.
(10) UCC
Search Reports. Agent shall have received written search reports
provided to Agent by a search service acceptable to Agent, listing all effective
financing statements that name Seller as debtor or assignor and that are filed
in any applicable UCC jurisdiction and in such other jurisdictions that Agent
shall reasonably request, together with copies of such financing statements
(none of which shall cover any Purchased Assets or interests therein or proceeds
of any thereof other than those in favor of Agent), and tax and judgment lien
search reports from a Person satisfactory to Agent showing no evidence of such
lien filed against Seller.
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(11) UCC
Financing Statements. Agent shall have received
(i) acknowledgment copies of proper financing statements (Form UCC-1 or
Form UCC-3), filed on or prior to the Effective Date or shortly thereafter,
naming Seller, as debtor and Agent as the secured party as may be necessary
or,
in the opinion of Agent, desirable under the UCC to perfect Agent’s security
interest in the Purchased Assets and (ii) evidence of properly filed
Uniform Commercial Code Form UCC 3 financing statements necessary to release
all
liens and other adverse claims of any Person (other than Agent) in the Purchased
Assets granted by any Person.
(12) Establishment
of Accounts. Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to
it that Seller has caused the Collection Account, the Funding Account, the
Escrow Account and the Margin Call Account to be established.
(b) The
obligation of Agent to enter into each Transaction pursuant to this Agreement
is
subject to the following conditions precedent:
(1) Agent
or
its designee shall have received on or before the day of a Transaction with
respect to such Purchased Assets (x) evidence satisfactory to Agent that
each Principal’s Pro Rata Share of the related Purchase Price for such
Transaction has been remitted to the Funding Account and (y) a Daily
Servicer Report, which includes a Transaction Notice and Daily Loan
Inventory.
(2) The
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and in the other
Transaction Documents shall be true and correct on and as of such date with
the
same effect as if made on and as of such date.
(3) (i) Seller,
Servicer and Performance Guarantor shall be in compliance with each of the
terms
and provisions set forth in the Transaction Documents to be observed or
performed and no Unmatured Event of Default, Event of Default or Servicer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving
effect to the Transaction to be made on such date and (ii) no unmatured
event of default shall have occurred under the Five Year Competitive Advance
and
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2006, among PHH
Corporation, as Borrower, the Lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA, Inc.,
as Syndication Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia and
Calyon New York Branch, as Documentation Agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as administrative agent, as such agreement exists on the date hereof and as
the
same may be further amended, modified, waived or supplemented, solely to the
extent that the Agent and the Required Principals have given their prior written
consent to such amendment, modification, wavier or supplement; provided
that the condition in clause (ii) above alone shall not prevent
Transactions which, after giving effect thereto, do not, during the continuation
of an unmatured event of default, increase the Aggregate Purchase Price beyond
the Aggregate Purchase Price as of the close of Seller’s business, on the
Business Day immediately prior to the date such unmatured event of default
occurred.
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(4) As
evidenced by a certificate of Seller in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent, the then aggregate outstanding Purchase Price for all Purchased Assets,
when added to the Purchase Price for the requested Transaction, shall not exceed
the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price.
(5) The
aggregate Purchase Price for the requested Transaction shall not be less than
$1,000,000 and only in multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise
agreed between Seller and Agent.
(6) The
Termination Date shall not have occurred.
(7) Agent
shall have completed to its satisfaction any due diligence with respect to
Seller and the Eligible Mortgage Loans which are the subject of such Transaction
and the Principals and Agent shall have received such approvals, opinions or
other documents as any such Person shall have reasonably requested prior to
any
such Transaction.
(8) The
following representation and warranty of Seller, Servicer and Performance
Guarantor shall be true and correct: (A) no event, circumstance
or condition that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a
material adverse change with respect to the business, assets, operations or
condition, financial or otherwise, of such Person and (B) no material
adverse effect shall have occurred with respect to such Person.
9. RELEASE
OF PURCHASED ASSETS. Upon timely payment in full of the
Repurchase Price and all other Obligations owing with respect to a Purchased
Asset, if no Unmatured Event of Default which is capable of cure or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent (or Custodian on its behalf)
shall
release such Purchased Asset to Seller (or its designee) unless such release
would give rise to or perpetuate a Margin Deficit.
10. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. Seller hereby represents and warrants for the
benefit of Agent and each Principal, and shall on and as of the Purchase Date
for any Transaction and on and as of each date thereafter through and including
the related Repurchase Date be deemed to represent and warrant,
that:
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(a) Due
Organization and Authority. It is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of New Jersey and has all licenses
necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing in each state where a Mortgaged Property is
located if required to conduct business of the type conducted by it and where
the failure to be licensed, qualified or in good standing could reasonably
be
expected to have a material adverse effect, and in any event it is in compliance
with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary to ensure the
enforceability of any Eligible Mortgage Loan sold hereunder and the servicing
of
any such Eligible Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
each Transaction Document and any Transaction Notice.
(b) Power
and Authority. It has the full power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, each other Transaction Document and any Transaction
Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms
thereof and to consummate the Transactions and to conduct its business as
currently conducted.
(c) Due
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, each other Transaction Document and any Transaction Notice by it
and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly and validly authorized by it and all requisite corporate action has been
taken by it to make this Agreement, each other Transaction Document and any
Transaction Notice valid and binding upon Seller in accordance with its
terms.
(d) Noncontravention. Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document
or
any Transaction Notice, the acquisition of Eligible Mortgage Loans by it, the
sale of Eligible Mortgage Loans to Agent or the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any Transaction Notice,
will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of Seller’s charter or by-laws or any material agreement or
instrument to which Seller is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute
a default or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result
in
the violation in any material respect of any applicable law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree to which Seller or its property is subject, or impair
the ability of Agent to realize on the Eligible Mortgage Loans in any material
respect, or impair the value of the Eligible Mortgage Loans in any material
respect, or impair in any material respect the ability of Agent to realize
the
full mortgage insurance benefits (i) of the FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract
with respect to FHA Loans; (ii) of the VA Loan Guaranty Certificate with
respect to VA Loans; or (iii) other insurance benefits accruing pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including but not limited
to
any PMI Policy.
(e) Legal
Proceeding. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation
pending or to its knowledge threatened against it which, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in
the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of Seller,
or
result in any material impairment of the right or ability of Seller to carry
on
its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on
the
part of Seller, or which would draw into question the validity of this
Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any Transaction Notice or the
Eligible Mortgage Loans or the validity of any action taken or to be taken
in
connection with the obligations of Seller contemplated herein, or which would
be
likely to impair materially the ability of Seller to perform under the terms
of
this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any Transaction
Notice.
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(f) Valid
and Binding Obligations. This Agreement, each other Transaction
Document and any Transaction Notice evidences the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of Seller, except that (i) the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar
laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may
be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which
any proceeding therefore may be brought.
(g) Financial
Statements. Seller has delivered to Agent consolidated financial
statements of PHH Corporation as to its last three complete fiscal years and
any
later quarter ended more than 60 days prior to the execution of this
Agreement. All such financial statements fairly present
the pertinent results of operations and changes in financial position at the
end
of each such period of PHH Corporation and its subsidiaries and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, except as set forth in the notes thereto. There has been no
change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets
of
Seller since the date of PHH Corporation’s most recently provided financial
statements that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(h) Accuracy
of Information. Neither this Agreement, any other Transaction
Document, any Transaction Notice nor any statement, report or other document
prepared by Seller or to be prepared by Seller pursuant hereto or thereto or
in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby contains any
untrue statement of a material fact relating to Seller or the Eligible Mortgage
Loans or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements herein or
therein not materially misleading.
(i) No
Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body including, without limitation, HUD, FHA
or
VA, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by it of or
compliance by it with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any
Transaction Notice or the sale of the Eligible Mortgage Loans, or if required,
such consent, approval or authorization has been obtained.
(j) Compliance
With Law, Etc. Seller and each of its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
and
orders of all governmental authorities (including, without limitation, the
Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as amended, the Federal Consumer Credit
Protection Act, as amended, Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as amended, laws, rules and regulations relating to
usury, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal
credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy and all other
consumer laws, rules and regulations applicable to the mortgage loans), except
where failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect, and (ii) neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has
failed to obtain any licenses, permits, franchises or other governmental
authorizations necessary to the ownership of its properties or to the conduct
of
its business (including, without limitation, as may be necessary in any
applicable jurisdiction in connection with the ownership of the mortgage loans),
which violation or failure to obtain could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect.
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(k) Solvency;
Fraudulent Conveyance. Seller is solvent and will not be rendered
insolvent by the Transaction and, after giving effect to such Transaction,
Seller will not be left with an unreasonably small amount of capital with which
to engage in its business. Seller does not intend to incur, nor
believes that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
they mature. Seller is not contemplating the commencement of
insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or consolidation proceedings or the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee or similar official
in respect of Seller or any of its assets. The amount of
consideration being received by Seller upon the sale of the Purchased Assets
to
Agent constitutes reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for such
Purchased Assets. Seller is not transferring any Purchased Assets
with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(l) Investment
Company Compliance. Seller and none of its Subsidiaries is not,
and no such Person will during the term of this Agreement be an “investment
company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(m) Taxes. Seller
and each of its Subsidiaries have filed or caused to be filed all federal,
provincial, state and local tax returns which are required to be filed, and
have
paid or have caused to be paid all taxes as shown on said returns or on any
assessment received by them in writing, to the extent that such taxes have
become due, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to result in a material adverse effect. Any taxes, fees
and other governmental charges payable by Seller in connection with a
Transaction and the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents have
been paid.
(n) Additional
Representations. With respect to each mortgage loan, Seller
hereby makes all of the applicable representations and warranties set forth
in
this Agreement as of the Purchase Date and the date the Mortgage Note is
delivered to the Custodian. Further, as of each Purchase Date, Seller
shall be deemed to have represented and warranted in like manner that Seller
has
no knowledge that any such representation or warranty may have ceased to be
true
in a material respect as of such date, except as otherwise stated in a
Transaction Notice, any such exception to identify the applicable representation
or warranty and specify in reasonable detail the related knowledge of
Seller.
(o) No
Broker. Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker,
agent or other Person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation
in
connection with the sale of any Eligible Mortgage Loans to Agent.
(p) No
Event of Default; No Servicer Default. There exists no Event of
Default under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, which default
gives rise to a right to accelerate indebtedness as referenced in this
Agreement, under any mortgage, borrowing agreement or other instrument or
agreement pertaining to indebtedness for borrowed money or to the repurchase
of
mortgage loans or securities and there exists no Servicer Default.
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(q) Guidelines. The
Guidelines provided to Agent and Principals are the true and correct
Guidelines.
(r) Chief
Executive Office; Jurisdiction of Organization. Seller’s
organizational information as set forth on Schedule I hereto is true and
correct.
(s) Location
of Books and Records. The location where Seller keep its books
and records, including all computer tapes and records relating to the Purchased
Assets is as set forth on Schedule I.
(t) ERISA. Seller
and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the provisions of ERISA
and
the Code applicable to Plans, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder, if any, which are applicable to it and the applicable laws, rules
and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Plans. Neither
Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has, with respect to any Plan, engaged in
a
prohibited transaction which would subject it to a tax or penalty on prohibited
transactions imposed by ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. No
liability to the PBGC exists, or to the best knowledge of Seller is reasonably
expected to be, incurred with respect to the Plans and there has been no
Reportable Event and no other event or condition that presents a risk of
termination of a Plan by the PBGC. Neither Seller nor any of its
Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction which could reasonably be expected
to
result in the incurrence of liability under Section 4069 of
ERISA. As of the Effective Date, neither Seller nor any of its
Subsidiaries contributes to a Multiemployer Plan, and no such Person has
incurred any liability that could reasonably be expected to result in a partial
or complete withdrawal (as defined in Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA,
respectively) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan.
(u) No
Material Adverse Change. Since June 30, 2007, there has been no
material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or condition,
financial or otherwise, of Seller together with any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided that the foregoing representation
is made solely as of the Effective Date.
(v) Copyrights,
Patents and Other Rights. Seller and each of its Subsidiaries
owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, service marks,
copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business,
and the use thereof by such Person does not infringe upon the rights of any
other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse
effect.
(w) Federal
Reserve Regulations. Neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries
is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
stock. No part of the proceeds of any Purchase Price hereunder will
be used by Seller, whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any
purpose violative of or inconsistent with any of the provisions of
Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
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(x) Disclosure. As
of the Effective Date, there is no fact known to Seller which, individually
or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on it or any of its Subsidiaries.
(y) Environmental
Liabilities. Except with respect to any matters, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in
a material adverse effect, neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries
(i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain
or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability,
(iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental
Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
(z) Adverse
Selection. Each mortgage loan sold pursuant to a Transaction
Notice was selected from mortgage loans originated by Seller or purchased by
Seller from third parties and are Eligible Mortgage Loans which satisfy the
Eligibility Representations and any selection process employed by it was not
made in a manner so as to materially adversely affect the interests of Agent
or
any Principal.
(aa) Agreements. Neither
Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement, instrument,
or
indenture or subject to any restriction materially and adversely affecting
its
business, operations, assets or financial condition, except, to the extent
disclosure is required by GAAP, as disclosed in the financial statements
described in this Agreement. Neither Seller nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of
any
of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement,
instrument, or indenture which default could have a material adverse effect
on
the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of such Person
as a
whole. No holder of any indebtedness of Seller or of any of its
Subsidiaries has given notice of any asserted monetary or material default
thereunder.
(bb) Fair
Consideration. The consideration received by Seller in connection
with each Transaction under this Agreement constitutes fair consideration and
reasonably equivalent value for the Eligible Mortgage Loans.
(cc) Ability
to Perform. Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason
or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained
in
this Agreement in all material respects. Seller is solvent and the
sale of the Eligible Mortgage Loans is not undertaken to hinder, delay or
defraud any of Seller’s creditors.
(dd) Financing
Treatment. Seller has determined that the transfer of the
Eligible Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement will be afforded financing
treatment for accounting and tax purposes.
(ee) The
Surety Bond. The Surety Bond is in full force and effect and is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Surety, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except that enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to
creditors’ rights generally and the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought.
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(ff) Premium
Payments. Seller agrees to make each premium required under the
Surety Bond on or prior to the date on which such premium payment is
due. No premium payments are past due on the Surety
Bond.
(gg) Permitted
Beneficiaries. Each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan is an
“Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,” as such term is defined in the related
Surety Bond, and each of Seller, Agent and each Principal is a “Permitted
Beneficiary” of the rights of the related Approved Provider.
(hh) The
Additional Collateral Transfer Agreement. The Additional
Collateral Transfer Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
related Approved Provider, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
that
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and
the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(ii) Security
Interest of Seller. Pursuant to the Additional Collateral
Transfer Agreement, with respect to each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,
Seller has a first-priority perfected security interest in each Securities
Account, or, if necessary to perfect a first-priority security interest in
each
asset contained in such Securities Account, a perfected first-priority security
interest in each such asset contained in each Securities Account.
(jj) Security
Interest of Agent. Upon the purchase of each Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan, Agent will acquire a first-priority perfect security
interest in the related Securities Account.
(kk) Representations
and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans; Eligibility
Representations. As to each Eligible Mortgage Loan, Seller shall
on and as of the Purchase Date for any Transaction and on and as of each date
thereafter through and including the related Repurchase Date be deemed to make
each of the representations and warranties set forth on Annex II
hereto.
The
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall survive
transfer of the Purchased Assets to Agent and shall continue for so long as
the
Purchased Assets are subject to this Agreement. It is understood and
agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement
(including Annex II) shall survive the sale of the Eligible Mortgage Loans
to Agent and the delivery of the Loan Documents to Servicer and delivery of
the
Mortgage Notes to the Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of Agent and
each
Principal notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any
Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine
any Mortgage Note.
11. COVENANTS
OF SELLER. Seller hereby covenants with Agent and each Principal
as follows:
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(a) Defense
of Title. Seller warrants and will defend the right, title and
interest of Agent and each Principal in and to all Purchased Assets against
all
adverse claims and demands.
(b) No
Amendment or Compromise. Without Agent’s prior written consent
and the prior written consent of the Required Principals, neither Seller nor
any
Person acting on Seller’s behalf shall amend, supplement or modify, or waive any
term or condition of, or settle or compromise any claim in respect of, any
item
of the Purchased Assets, any related rights or any of the Transaction Documents;
provided that any such party may amend, supplement or modify a mortgage
loan if such amendment, supplement or modification does not affect the amount
or
timing of any payment of principal or interest, extend its scheduled maturity
date, modify its interest rate, or constitute a cancellation or discharge of
its
outstanding principal balance and does not materially and adversely affect
the
security afforded by the real property, finishings, fixtures, or equipment
securing the mortgage loan and any such party may amend, supplement or modify
a
mortgage loan in the ordinary course of business to correct errors;
provided, further, that, any such amendments shall be done
in accordance with all applicable law and shall not result in a material adverse
effect.
(c) No
Assignment. Except as permitted herein and in the other
Transaction Documents, neither Seller nor any Person acting on its behalf shall
sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect
to, or pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in or lien on or
otherwise encumber (except pursuant to the Transaction Documents), any of the
Purchased Assets or any interest therein.
(d) Preservation
of Purchased Assets: Value. Seller shall (and shall
cause Servicer to) do all things necessary to preserve the Purchased Assets
so
that each Purchased Asset remains subject to a first priority perfected security
interest hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, Seller will
comply with all rules, regulations and other laws of any Official Body
applicable to Seller relating to the Purchased Assets and cause the Purchased
Assets to comply with all applicable rules, regulations and other laws of any
such Official Body. Seller will not allow any default for which
Seller is responsible to occur under any Purchased Assets or any Transaction
Documents.
(e) Financial
Statements; Accountants’ Reports; Other Information. Seller shall
keep or cause to be kept in reasonable detail books and records of account
of
its assets and business and shall clearly reflect Agent’s interest in the
Purchased Assets.
(f) Notice
of Material Events. Seller shall promptly, upon the earlier of
its knowledge or notice thereof, inform Agent and each Principal in writing
of
any of the following:
i. any
Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default under any Transaction Document
or
any Servicer Default;
ii. any
material change in the insurance coverage required of Seller or any other Person
pursuant to any Transaction Document, with copy of evidence of same
attached;
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iii. any
material dispute, litigation, investigation (which shall not include request
for
information), proceeding or suspension between Seller, on the one hand, and
any
Official Body or any other Person as to which there is a reasonable likelihood
of an adverse determination that would result in a material adverse
effect;
iv. any
material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices of
Seller; and
v. the
occurrence of any material employment dispute that is reasonably likely to
result in a material adverse effect and a description of the strategy for
resolving it.
(g) Licenses. Seller
shall maintain its qualifications to do business and all licenses necessary
to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(h) No
Withholdings for Taxes. Any payments made by Seller to Agent or
any Principal shall be free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding
for, any taxes; provided, however, that if Seller shall be required by law
to
deduct or withhold any taxes from any sums payable to Agent or any Principal
then Seller shall (A) make such deductions or withholdings and pay such
amounts to the relevant authority in accordance with Law, (B) pay to Agent
or any Principal the sum that would have been payable had such deduction or
withholding not been made, and (C) at the time the Price Differential is
paid, pay to Agent or any Principal all additional amounts as specified by
Agent
or any Principal to preserve the after-tax yield Agent or any Principal would
have received if such tax had not been imposed. This provision does
not apply to income taxes payable by Agent or any Principal on its taxable
income.
(i) Nature
of Business. Seller shall not make any material change in the
nature of its business as conducted on the date hereof. Seller shall
manage its business substantially in accordance with current industry
practices.
(j) Fees. Seller
agrees to pay to Agent for its own account and for the account of the Principals
on or prior to the Effective Date and on any other date as provided therein,
all
of the Fees set forth in the Fee Letter, in accordance with the terms
thereof.
(k) Other
Fees and Expenses. Seller shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by Agent and any Principal to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including
any necessary due diligence expenses and reasonable attorney’s
fees. Seller shall pay any reasonable legal fees for any subsequent
amendments or waivers to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or related
documents. Seller shall pay ongoing custodial and bank fees and
expenses and any other ongoing fees and expenses under any Transaction
Document.
(l) No
Adverse Claims. There are no adverse claims with respect to the
Purchased Assets.
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(m) Further
Assurances; Change in Name or Jurisdiction of Origination,
etc. Seller hereby authorizes and hereby agrees from time to
time, at its own expense, promptly to execute (if necessary) and deliver all
further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that may
be
necessary or desirable, or that Agent or any Principal may reasonably request,
to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases made under this
Agreement and/or security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement, or to
enable Agent or the Principals to exercise and enforce their respective rights
and remedies under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing,
Seller hereby authorizes, and will, upon the request of Agent, at its own
expense, execute (if necessary) and file such financing or continuation
statements (including fixture filings), or amendments thereto, and such other
instruments and documents, that may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent
or
any Principal may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or evidence such
purchases. Seller authorizes Agent to file financing or continuation
statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relating to any
of
the Purchased Assets without the signature of such Person. A
photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a
financing statement where permitted by law. Seller shall at all times
be organized under the laws of the State of its organization at the date hereof
and shall not take any action to change its jurisdiction of
organization. Seller will not change its name, location, identity or
corporate structure unless (x) Agent shall have received at least thirty
(30) days’ advance written notice of such change, (y) Seller, at its own
expense, shall have taken all action necessary or appropriate to perfect or
maintain the perfection of the purchases (including, without limitation, the
filing of all financing statements and the taking of such other action as Agent
or any Principal may request in connection with such change or relocation),
and
(z) if requested by Agent or any Principal, Seller shall cause to be
delivered to Agent and each Principal, an opinion, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent and each Principal as to such UCC matters a such Person
may request at such time.
(n) Taxes. Seller
shall duly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the
same shall become delinquent, all federal, state or local taxes, assessments,
levies and other governmental charges, imposed upon it or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective properties, sales and activities, or any part
thereof, or upon the income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for
labor, materials, or supplies which if unpaid could reasonably be expected
to
result in a material adverse effect; provided that any such tax,
assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if the validity or amount
thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and if such Person shall have set aside on its books reserves (the presentation
of which is segregated to the extent required by GAAP) adequate with respect
thereto if reserves shall be deemed necessary by such Person in accordance
with
GAAP; and provided, further, that such Person will pay all such
taxes, assessments, levies or other governmental charges forthwith upon the
commencement of proceedings to foreclose any Lien which may have attached as
security therefor (unless the same is fully bonded or otherwise effectively
stayed).
(o) Corporate
Existence; Compliance with Statutes. Seller shall do or cause to
be done all things necessary to remain duly organized and validly existing
in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdictions of incorporation and in good
standing to operate as a foreign corporation with power and authority to own
its
properties and to conduct its business, in all jurisdictions where the nature
of
its business so requires it and where a failure to be in good standing as a
foreign corporation could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect and to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, rights, licenses, permits and franchises and comply, except where
failure to comply, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to result in a material adverse effect, with all provisions of
Law,
and all applicable restrictions imposed by any Official Body, and all state
and
provincial laws and regulations of similar import.
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(p) Insurance. Seller
shall maintain with good and reputable insurers insurance in such amounts and
against such risks as are customarily insured against by companies in similar
businesses; providedhowever, that (a) workmen’s compensation
insurance or similar coverage may be effected with respect to its operations
in
any particular state or other jurisdiction through an insurance fund operated
by
such state or jurisdiction and (b) such insurance may contain
self-insurance retention and deductible levels consistent as such insurance
is
usually carried by companies of established reputation and comparable
size.
(q) ERISA
Compliance and Reports. Seller shall furnish to Agent and each
Principal (a) as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after
any of its executive officers (as defined in Regulation C under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended) knows that (i) any Reportable Event with respect
to any Plan has occurred, a statement of the chief financial officer of such
Person, setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action which
it proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice,
if
any, required to be filed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries of such
Reportable Event with the PBGC or (ii) an accumulated funding deficiency
has been incurred or an application has been made to the Secretary of the
Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard or an
extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with
respect to a Plan, a Plan has been or is proposed to be terminated in a
“distress termination” (as defined in Section 4041(c) of ERISA),
proceedings have been instituted to terminate a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan,
a
proceeding has been instituted to collect a delinquent contribution to a Plan
or
a Multiemployer Plan, or either such Person or any of its Subsidiaries will
incur any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or
on
account of the termination of or withdrawal from a Plan under Section 4062,
4063 or 4064 of ERISA or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from a
Multiemployer Plan under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, a statement of the
chief financial officer of such Person, setting forth details as to such event
and the action it proposes to take with respect thereto, (b) promptly upon
the reasonable request of Agent, copies of each annual and other report with
respect to each Plan and (c) promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of any
notice such Person or any of its Subsidiaries may receive from the PBGC relating
to the PBGC’s intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan.
(r) Maintenance
of Properties; Title to Properties. Seller shall (i) keep
its properties which are material to its business in good repair, working order
and condition consistent with companies of established reputation and comparable
size and (ii) maintain good title or valid leasehold interests to each of
the properties and assets reflected on its balance sheets, except for minor
defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business
as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended
purposes, and all such properties and assets will be free and clear of
Liens.
(s) Compliance
with Laws, and Credit Policy, Etc. Seller shall comply in all
material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of
all
governmental authorities (including those which relate to the mortgage loans)
and all Guidelines, applicable rules, regulations and orders of each Agency
and
shall comply in all material respects with the Credit Policy in regard to each
mortgage loan.
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(t) Compliance
with Regulations. All required financial statements, information
and reports delivered by Seller pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared
in
accordance with GAAP, or, if applicable, to SEC filings, the appropriate SEC
accounting regulations.
(u) Negative
Covenants. Seller, for so long as this Agreement shall be in
effect or any amount shall remain outstanding or unpaid under this Agreement
or
any other Transaction Document, unless Agent and the Required Principals shall
otherwise consent in writing, agrees that it will not directly or
indirectly,
(v) Limitations
on Liens. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, or permit
any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on any
Purchased Asset.
(w) No
Amendments to Credit Policy; Transaction Documents, Etc. Make or
permit any Subsidiary to make any change to the Credit Policy which change
could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, or otherwise
materially and adversely affect the collectibility of and/or amount collected
on
the mortgage loans; amend, modify, supplement or waive or permit any Subsidiary
to amend modify, supplement or waive any provision of any Transaction Document
or any other Contractual Obligation or enter into any new Contractual Obligation
or make any prepayment in respect of any subordinated Indebtedness.
(x) No
Change in Account Banks; Deposits. (a) Add or terminate (or
permit any other Person to add or terminate) any bank maintaining the Collection
Account, the Funding Account or the Margin Call Account as of the Effective
Date
or make any change in its instructions regarding payments to be made any such
bank, unless (A) Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of a
Blocked Account Control Agreement, with each new account bank, and copies of
such instructions (which shall be in form and substance acceptable to Agent)
and
(B) Agent previously shall have consented in writing to such addition or
termination, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned. (b) Deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit
to be so deposited or credited by any other Person, to the Collection Account,
the Funding Account or the Margin Call Account, cash or cash proceeds other
than
Income with respect to the related Purchased Assets, Collections with respect
to
the mortgage loans or other proceeds of the Collateral.
(y) Delivery
of Mortgage Note. Seller shall deliver each Mortgage Note,
including Mortgage Notes on Wet Funded Loans, to the Custodian as soon as
practicable, but in any event within 10 calendar days of the purchase (or if
such 10th calendar day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately succeeding
Business Day) and, if any Mortgage Note is not delivered within 10 calendar
days
of the purchase (or if such 10th calendar day is not a Business Day, then on
the
immediately succeeding Business Day), it shall be repurchased on such 10th
calendar day (or if such 10th calendar day is not a Business Day, then on the
immediately succeeding Business Day) by Seller at the Repurchase
Price.
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(z) Assignment. Seller
shall assign to Agent all right, title and interest of Seller under the
Additional Collateral Transfer Agreement with respect to Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loans transferred.
(aa) Changes
in Origination and Underwriting Criteria. Seller shall inform
Agent, each Bank Principal and each rating agency rating any outstanding
Short-Term Notes of any material changes (as determined by Seller) in its
origination and underwriting practices and guidelines with respect to the
mortgage loans.
(bb) Funding
Future Advances. Seller will be obligated to, and will fulfill
its obligation to, make any future advance for any HELOC pursuant to the related
Home Equity Line Agreement.
(cc) Eligibility
Criteria, the Portfolio Criteria and Limitations. As of any date
of determination, the Eligible Mortgage Loans in the aggregate shall satisfy
the
Eligibility Criteria, the Portfolio Criteria, the Portfolio Aging Limitations
and the Wet Funded Loan Limitation.
12. REPURCHASE
TRANSACTIONS. A Principal may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, engage in repurchase transactions with the Purchased Assets or
otherwise pledge, hypothecate, assign, transfer or otherwise convey the
Purchased Assets with a counterparty of such Principal’s choice, in all cases
subject to the obligation to reconvey the Purchased Assets (and not substitutes
therefor) on the Repurchase Date. In the event a Principal engages in
a repurchase transaction with any of the Purchased Assets or otherwise pledges,
hypothecates, assigns, transfers or otherwise conveys any of the Purchased
Assets, such Principal shall have the right to assign to the applicable
counterparty any of the applicable representations or warranties set forth
herein and the remedies for breach thereof, as they relate to the Purchased
Assets that are subject to such repurchase transaction.
13. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT. Upon the occurrence and continuance of any of the
following conditions, Agent (on behalf of the Principals) shall have the right
subject to the consent of the Required Principals to notify Seller that Agent
has determined to sell the Purchased Assets (on behalf of the Principals) (each,
an “Event of Default”):
(a) (i) Seller
fails to transfer the Purchased Assets to Agent on the applicable Purchase
Date
(provided Agent has tendered the related Purchase Price), (ii) Seller fails
to make any payment (whether in respect of principal, interest, fees or other
amounts) payable by it hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, when
and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof
or
at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise,
and such default shall continue unremedied for 2 Business Days after the earlier
of such Person’s knowledge or receipt of notice thereof, (iii) Seller fails
to repurchase the Purchased Assets on the applicable Repurchase Date or fails
to
perform any of its obligations under Section 5 and such failure continues
unremedied for 2 Business Days after the earlier of its knowledge or receipt
of
notice thereof, (iv) any of the Portfolio Criteria shall not be satisfied,
and Seller fails to repurchase Purchased Assets such that such failure continues
unremedied for 2 Business Days after the earlier of Seller’s knowledge or
receipt of notice thereof, (v) any Eligible Mortgage Loan that ceases to
satisfy the Eligibility Criteria shall fail to be repurchased by Seller within
two (2) Business Days after the earlier of Seller’s knowledge or notice of such
failure, (vi) any noncompliance with the Portfolio Aging Limitations, and
Seller fails to repurchase Purchased Assets such that such non-compliance
continues unremedied for two (2) Business Days after the earlier of Seller’s
knowledge or notice thereof, or (vii) a Margin Deficit shall continue
unremedied for 2 Business Days after the earlier of the Seller’s knowledge or
receipt of notice thereof (it being understood that solely for the purposes
of
this clause (vii), notice or knowledge of a report actually received by the
Seller pursuant to Section 2 of the Custodial Agreement shall be deemed to
have occurred at 9.a.m. Eastern time on the Business Day immediately following
the actual day such report way received);
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(b) Seller
shall fail to (i) observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 11(f)(i), 11(o), 11(s) of this Agreement and such
failure shall continue unremedied for 2 Business Days after the earlier of
such
Person’s knowledge or notice thereof, (ii) observe or perform any covenant
contained in Section 11(u) or (iii) observe or perform any other
covenant, condition or agreement to be observed or performed pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and such default
shall
continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the earlier of such Person’s
knowledge or receipt of notice thereof;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by Seller or Performance
Guarantor in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or in connection
herewith or therewith or with the purchases hereunder, or any statement or
representation made in any report, financial statement, certificate or other
document furnished by or on behalf of Seller, Performance Guarantor or any
of
their respective Subsidiaries to Agent, any Principal or the Custodian under
or
in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall
prove
to have been false or misleading in any material respect when made or delivered
and, solely to the extent capable of cure, such inaccuracy continues unremedied
for 2 Business Days after the earlier of such Person’s knowledge or receipt of
notice thereof;
(d) (i) Seller,
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to
(x) pay any Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreements where the
amount or amounts of such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreement
exceeds $50,000,000 (or its equivalent thereof in any other currency) in the
aggregate; or (y) perform any other term, provision or condition with
respect to any Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreements of greater
than $50,000,000 (or its equivalent thereof in any other currency), which
failure results in such Indebtedness becoming due prior to the scheduled date
of
maturity thereof or enables or permits the holder or holders of such
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such
Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment (other than by a
regularly scheduled payment), repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof,
prior to the scheduled date of maturity thereof; or (ii) any other
circumstance shall arise (other than the mere passage of time) by reason of
which Seller, Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries
is
required to redeem or repurchase, or offer to holders the opportunity to have
redeemed or repurchased, any such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection
Agreement where the amount or amounts of such Indebtedness or Interest Rate
Protection Agreement exceeds $50,000,000 (or its equivalent thereof in any
other
currency) in the aggregate;
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(e) any
involuntary case, proceeding or other action against Seller, Performance
Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be commenced seeking
to
have an order for relief entered against it as debtor or to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or composition of it or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or
seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official
for it or for all or any substantial part of its property and such case,
proceeding or other action shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in
effect, for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief in respect of such
Person shall be entered in an involuntary case or proceeding under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of creditors or
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect;
(f) Seller,
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall generally
not pay its debts as they become due or shall admit in writing its inability
to
pay its debts, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
or Seller, Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
commence any case, proceeding or other action seeking to have an order for
relief entered on its behalf as debtor or to adjudicate it a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for
it
or for all or any substantial part of its property or shall file an answer
or
other pleading in any such case, proceeding or other action admitting the
material allegations of any petition, complaint or similar pleading filed
against it or consenting to the relief sought therein; or Seller, Performance
Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall take any action to
authorize any of the foregoing; or a senior officer of Seller or Performance
Guarantor shall admit in writing its inability to, or intention not to, perform
any of its respective Obligations;
(g) Seller,
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to
satisfy the terms of any final, non-appealable judgment(s) for the payment
of
money in excess of $25,000,000 (or its equivalent thereof in any other currency)
rendered against Seller, Performance Guarantor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries;
(h) any
Official Body or any person, agency or entity acting or reasonably purporting
to
act under governmental authority shall have taken any action reasonably likely
to result in a condemnation, seizure or appropriation, or assumption of custody
or control of, all or any substantial part of the property of Seller,
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or shall have
taken any action reasonably likely to displace the management of Seller,
Performance Guarantor or any their respective Subsidiaries or reasonably likely
to curtail its authority in the conduct of a material portion of the business
of
Seller, Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or takes
any action in the nature of enforcement reasonably likely to remove, limit
or
restrict the approval of Seller, Performance Guarantor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries as an issuer, buyer or a seller of mortgage loans or
securities backed thereby;
(i) an
event
of default (as defined in the credit agreement referred to in this clause)
shall
have occurred under the Five Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2006, among PHH Corporation, as Borrower,
the Lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Syndication Agent,
and
Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia and Calyon New York Branch,
as
Documentation Agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent,
as
such agreement exists on the date hereof and as the same may be further amended,
modified, waived or supplemented, solely to the extent that the Agent and the
Required Principals have given their prior written consent to such amendment,
modification, waiver or supplement;
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(j) failure
of Seller or Servicer to remit to the Funding Account for the benefit of the
Principals not later than 2 Business Days after the sale or Securitization
of
any Eligible Mortgage Loans the proceeds of any such sale or
Securitization;
(k) failure
of Servicer to remit (within the applicable grace period, if any) to the
Collection Account, the Funding Account or the Margin Call Account any amounts
when such amounts are required to be so remitted;
(l) the
occurrence of a Change in Control;
(m) failure
of Seller to make any required Margin Call or pay any Minimum Transfer Amount
as
required by Section 5 hereof or failure of Seller or Servicer to apply
Collections in accordance with Section 5 or Section 6
hereof;
(n) the
audited annual financial statements or the notes thereto or other opinions
or
conclusions stated therein shall be qualified or limited by reference to the
status of Seller or Performance Guarantor as a “going concern” or a reference of
similar import;
(o) Seller
shall become subject to regulation under the Investment Company
Act;
(p) a
Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(q) a
Daily
Servicer Report shall fail to be delivered as and when required, and such
failure shall continue unremedied for 1 Business Day;
(r) [Reserved];
(s) (x) any
Transaction Document, any Purchased Asset, or any lien or security interest
granted hereunder or thereunder, shall (except in accordance with its terms),
in
whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally
valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Seller or Seller shall, directly
or
indirectly, contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature
or enforceability or (y) any security interest securing the Purchased
Assets shall, in whole or in part, cease to be a perfected first priority
security interest in favor of Agent and, in the case of this clause (y) such
failure shall continue unremedied for 2 Business Days after the earlier of
Seller’s knowledge or receipt of notice thereof;
(t) [Reserved];
(u) [Reserved];
or
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(v) if
Seller
assigns or attempts to assign this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
or any rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without first obtaining
the
specific written consent of Agent or the granting by Seller of any security
interest, lien or other encumbrances on any Purchased Assets or on the
Collection Account, the Funding Account, the Margin Call Account or any of
the
other collateral referred to in Section 7 to any person other than
Agent.
Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Seller will no longer be permitted to sell
and Agent (on behalf of the Principals) will no longer be permitted to purchase
additional Eligible Mortgage Loans and principal and interest payments on
Eligible Mortgage Loans and principal proceeds of sales and Securitizations
of
Eligible Mortgage Loans will be remitted to the Funding Account for application
in accordance with Section 6 hereof.
Additionally,
Agent, at its option (which option shall be deemed to have been exercised
immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to
Section 13(e) or (f) hereof), shall have any or all of the following rights
and remedies, which may (or at the direction of the Required Principals, shall)
be exercised by Agent:
(a) The
Termination Date and the Repurchase Date for each Transaction hereunder shall
be
deemed immediately to occur.
(b) Seller’s
obligations hereunder to repurchase all Purchased Assets subject to a
Transaction with Seller at the Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase
Date
in such Transactions shall thereupon become immediately due and payable; Seller
shall immediately deliver to Agent or its designee any and all original papers,
records and files relating to the Purchased Assets subject to such Transaction
then in Seller’s possession and/or control; and all right, title and interest in
and entitlement to such Purchased Assets and Servicing Rights thereon shall
be
deemed transferred to Agent or its designee.
In
addition to its repurchase obligation, Seller shall indemnify Agent and each
Principal and hold them harmless against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or
assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of Seller to cure or repurchase
an
Eligible Mortgage Loan and to indemnify Agent and each Principal constitute
the
sole remedies of Agent and each Principal respecting a breach of the foregoing
representations and warranties.
Agent
may
sell, on or following the Business Day following the date on which the
Repurchase Price became due and payable pursuant to Section 13(b) without
notice or demand of any kind, at a public or private sale and at such price
or
prices as Agent may reasonably deem satisfactory any or all Purchased
Assets. The proceeds of any disposition of Purchased Assets shall be
applied first to the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Agent in
connection with or as a result of an Event of Default; second to the
aggregate Repurchase Prices; and third to all other
Obligations.
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The
parties recognize that it may not be possible to purchase or sell all of the
Purchased Assets on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with the
same
purchaser, or in the same manner because the market for such Purchased Assets
may not be liquid. In view of the nature of the Purchased Assets, the
parties agree that liquidation of a Transaction or the underlying Purchased
Assets does not require a public purchase or sale and that a good faith private
purchase or sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable
manner. Accordingly, Agent may elect the time and manner of
liquidating any Purchased Asset and nothing contained herein shall obligate
Agent to liquidate any Purchased Asset on the occurrence of an Event of Default
or to liquidate all Purchased Assets in the same manner or on the same Business
Day or constitute a waiver of any right or remedy of
Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties to this Agreement
agree that the Transactions have been entered into in consideration of and
in
reliance upon the fact that all Transactions hereunder constitute a single
business and contractual obligation and that each Transaction has been entered
into in consideration of the other Transactions.
In
addition to its rights hereunder, upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right to proceed
against Seller’s assets which may be in the possession of Agent, any Principal,
any Principal’s Affiliate or designee (including, without limitation, the
Custodian), including the right to liquidate such assets and to set-off the
proceeds against monies owed by Seller to Agent pursuant to this
Agreement. Agent may set off cash, the proceeds of the liquidation of
the Purchased Assets, any other collateral or its proceeds and all other sums
or
obligations owed by Agent to Seller against all of Seller’s Obligations to
Agent, whether under this Agreement, under a Transaction, or under any other
agreement between the parties, or otherwise, whether or not such Obligations
are
then due, without prejudice to Agent’s right to recover any
deficiency.
Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent shall
have
the right to obtain physical possession of the Records and all other files
of
Seller relating to the Purchased Assets and all documents relating to the
Purchased Assets which are then or may thereafter come into the possession
of
Seller or any third party acting for Seller and Seller shall deliver (or cause
to be delivered) to Agent such assignments as Agent shall request.
Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent may direct
Servicer to take such action consistent with the Transaction Documents with
respect to the Purchased Assets as Agent determines appropriate.
Seller
shall be liable to Agent for the amount of all expenses (plus interest thereon
at a rate equal to the Default Rate), and Breakage Costs and all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with hedging or covering transactions related
to
the Purchased Assets.
Seller
shall, within 2 Business Days of receipt thereof, cause all sums received by
it
with respect to the Purchased Assets to be remitted to the Collection
Account.
Agent
shall without regard to the adequacy of the security for the Obligations, be
entitled to the appointment of a receiver by any court having jurisdiction,
without notice, to take possession of and protect, collect, manage, liquidate,
and sell the Purchased Assets and any other collateral or any portion thereof,
collect the payments due with respect to the Purchased Assets and any other
collateral or any portion thereof, and do anything that Agent is authorized
hereunder to do. Seller shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by
Agent in connection with the appointment and activities of such
receiver.
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Agent
may
enforce its rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial process or
hearing, and Seller hereby expressly waives, to the extent permitted by law,
any
right such Person might otherwise have to require Agent to enforce its rights
by
judicial process. Seller also waives, to the extent permitted by law,
any defense such Person might otherwise have to the Obligations, arising from
use of nonjudicial process, enforcement and sale of all or any portion of the
Purchased Assets and any other collateral or from any other election of
remedies. Seller recognizes that nonjudicial remedies are consistent
with the usages of the trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are
the
result of a bargain at arm’s length.
In
addition to all the rights and remedies specifically provided herein, Agent
shall have all other rights and remedies provided by applicable federal, state,
foreign, and local laws, whether existing at law, in equity or by statute,
including without limitation, all rights and remedies available to a
purchaser/secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall have, except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, the right to exercise any of its rights
and/or remedies without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any
kind other than as expressly set forth herein, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by Seller.
14. DELAY
NOT WAIVER; REMEDIES ARE CUMULATIVE. No failure on the part of
Agent or any Principal to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right,
power
or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single
or
partial exercise by Agent or any Principal of any right, power or remedy
hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any
other right, power or remedy. All rights and remedies of Agent and
Principals provided for herein are cumulative and in addition to any and all
other rights and remedies provided by law, the Transaction Documents and the
other instruments and agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, and are not
conditional or contingent on any attempt by Agent or any Principal to exercise
any of its rights under any other related document. Agent may
exercise at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default one or more remedies, as it so desires, and may thereafter
at
any time and from time to time exercise any other remedy or
remedies.
15. USE
OF
EMPLOYEE PLAN ASSETS. No assets of an employee benefit plan
subject to any provision of ERISA shall be used by any party hereto in a
Transaction.
16. EXPENSES;
INDEMNITY.
(a) Seller
agrees, upon receipt of a written invoice, to pay or cause to be paid, and
to
save each Principal and Agent harmless against liability for the payment of,
all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’,
accountant’s and other third parties’ fees and expenses, any rating agency fees,
any filing fees and expenses incurred by officers or employees of each Principal
and Agent, but excluding salaries and similar overhead costs of each Principal
and Agent which are incurred notwithstanding the execution and performance
of
this Agreement) incurred by or on behalf of any Principal and Agent (i) in
connection with the negotiation, execution, delivery and preparation of the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated by or undertaken
pursuant to or in connection herewith or therewith (including, without
limitation, the perfection or protection of the Eligible Mortgage Loans) and
(ii) from time to time (a) relating to any requested amendments,
waivers or consents under the Transaction Documents requested by Seller,
(b) arising in connection with the Principals’ or Agent’s or their
enforcement or preservation of their respective rights (including, without
limitation, the perfection and protection of the Eligible Mortgage Loans) under
the Transaction Documents, or (c) arising in connection with any audit,
dispute, disagreement, litigation or preparation for litigation involving the
Transaction Documents, which audit, dispute, disagreement, litigation or
preparation for litigation directly results from Seller’s failure to comply with
Seller’s obligations (as Seller or Servicer) under the Transaction Documents
(collectively, the “Transaction Costs”).
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(b) Without
limiting any other rights which Agent or the Principals may have hereunder
or
under applicable law, Seller hereby agrees to indemnify each Principal, Agent
and the APA Purchasers and any successors and permitted assigns and their
respective officers, directors and employees (collectively, “Indemnified
Parties”), from and against any and all damages, losses, claims,
liabilities, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees (which such attorneys may be employees of the APA Purchasers or
Agent, as applicable) and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively
referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”), arising out of or in
connection with:
(i) any
dispute, action, suit, litigation or proceeding arising out of or as a result
of
(x) this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the ownership or
maintenance by Agent, any Principal or any APA Purchaser of the Eligible
Mortgage Loans, (y) the use of proceeds of Transactions by Seller, or
(z) any Eligible Mortgage Loan; provided that no Indemnified Party
shall have the right to be indemnified under this paragraph (i) in respect
of any litigation instituted by (x) any person (a “Participant”)
participating in the interest of any APA Purchaser under the Asset Purchase
Agreement against any APA Purchaser or Agent, (y) any APA Purchaser against
any Participant, any APA Purchaser or Agent, or (z) any holder of any
security of any APA Purchaser (in its capacity as such) against any APA
Purchaser, to the extent any such litigation does not arise out of any
misconduct (alleged in good faith by such APA Purchaser) by or on behalf of
Seller.
(ii) any
representation or warranty (other than a representation or warranty in
Annex II hereof) made by Seller (including, in its capacity as Servicer) or
any officers of Seller (including, in its capacity as Servicer) under or in
connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents, any
Servicer Report or any other information or report delivered by Seller or
Servicer pursuant hereto, which shall have been false or incorrect in any
material respect when made or deemed made;
(iii) the
failure by Seller (including, in its capacity as Servicer) to comply with any
applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Eligible Mortgage Loan
or
the nonconformity of any Eligible Mortgage Loan with any such applicable law,
rule or regulation;
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(iv) any
claim
resulting from the sale of merchandise or services by Seller, any Affiliate
of
Seller or any designee of Seller to the related Borrower with respect to
any Eligible Mortgage Loan or the furnishing or failure to furnish
such merchandise or services by Seller, any Affiliate of Seller or any designee
of Seller;
(v) the
transfer of an ownership interest in any mortgage loan other than an Eligible
Mortgage Loan;
(vi) the
failure by Seller (individually or as Servicer) to comply with any term,
provision or covenant contained in this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party or to perform any of its respective
duties under any Eligible Mortgage Loan;
(vii) the
Aggregate Purchase Price exceeds the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price at any
time;
(viii) the
failure of Seller to pay when due any taxes, including without limitation,
sales, excise or personal property taxes payable by Seller in connection with
any of the Eligible Mortgage Loans;
(ix) any
repayment by any Indemnified Party of any amount previously distributed in
reduction of Aggregate Purchase Price which such Indemnified Party believes
in
good faith is required to be made;
(x) any
inability to obtain any judgment in or utilize the court or other adjudication
system of, any state in which a Borrower may be located as a result of the
failure of Seller to qualify to do business or file any notice of business
activity report or any similar report; or
(xi) any
action taken by Seller, or Servicer (if Seller or any Affiliate or designee
of
Seller) in the enforcement or collection of any Eligible Mortgage
Loan;
provided
that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder
(x) for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction, (y) for any lost profits of such
Indemnified Party, or (z) any claim for punitive damages claimed by such
Indemnified Party against Seller.
(c) Without
limitation on the provisions of Section 3, if any payment of the Repurchase
Price of any Transaction is made by Seller other than on the then Scheduled
Repurchase Date thereto as a result of an acceleration of the Repurchase Date
pursuant to Section 13 or for any other reason, Seller shall, upon demand
by Agent, pay to Agent for the benefit of the applicable Principals any Breakage
Costs incurred by such Principals as of a result of such payment.
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(d) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of Seller hereunder, the
covenants and obligations of Seller contained in this Section shall survive
the payment in full of the Repurchase Price and all other amounts payable
hereunder or any other Transaction Document and delivery of the Purchased Assets
by Agent against full payment therefor.
17. WAIVER
OF REDEMPTION AND DEFICIENCY RIGHTS. Seller hereby expressly
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, every statute of limitation
on a
deficiency judgment, any reduction in the proceeds of any Purchased Assets
as a
result of restrictions upon Agent or Custodian contained in the Transaction
Documents or any other instrument delivered in connection therewith, and any
right that it may have to direct the order in which any of the Purchased Assets
shall be disposed of in the event of any disposition pursuant hereto or pursuant
to the terms of any other Transaction Document.
18. INCREASED
COSTS; TAXES; ETC.
(A) (i) If
after the date hereof, the adoption of any law or bank regulatory guideline
or
any amendment or change in the interpretation of any existing or future Law
or
bank regulatory guideline by any Official Body charged with the administration,
interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance with any directive
of
any Official Body (in the case of any bank regulatory guideline, whether or
not
having the force of Law):
(1) shall
subject Agent, any Principal or any other Person (including any bank or other
financial institution providing liquidity and/or credit support to any Conduit
Principal in connection with its securitization program (each, an “Affected
Person”) to any tax, duty or other charge (other than Excluded Taxes) with
respect to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the ownership,
maintenance or financing of the Eligible Mortgage Loans or payments of amounts
due hereunder, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Affected
Person of amounts payable in respect of this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents, the ownership, maintenance or financing of the Eligible Mortgage
Loans or payments of amounts due hereunder or its obligation to advance funds
hereunder, under the Asset Purchase Agreement or the credit support furnished
by
the Affected Person or otherwise in respect of this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents, the ownership, maintenance or financing of the Eligible
Mortgage Loans (except for changes in the rate of general corporate, franchise,
net income or other income tax imposed on such Affected Person by the
jurisdiction in which such Affected Person’s principal executive office is
located);
(2) shall
impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by
the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) against assets of, deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Affected Person or shall
impose on any Affected Person or on the United States market for certificates
of
deposit or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the ownership, maintenance or
financing of the Eligible Mortgage Loans or payments of amounts due hereunder
or
its obligation to advance funds hereunder under the Asset Purchase Agreement
or
the credit support provided by such Affected Person or otherwise in respect
of
this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, or the ownership, maintenance
or financing of the Eligible Mortgage Loans; or
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(3) imposes
upon any Affected Person any other expense (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, and expenses of litigation or
preparation therefor in contesting any of the foregoing) with respect to this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the ownership, maintenance or
financing of the Eligible Mortgage Loans or payments of amounts due hereunder
or
its obligation to advance funds hereunder, under the Asset Purchase Agreement
or
the credit support furnished by the Program Bank or otherwise in respect of
this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, or the ownership, maintenance or
financing of the Eligible Mortgage Loans, and the result of any of the foregoing
is to increase the cost to such Affected Person with respect to this Agreement,
the other Transaction Documents, the ownership, maintenance or financing of
the
Eligible Mortgage Loans, the obligations hereunder, the funding of any purchases
hereunder or the Asset Purchase Agreement, by an amount deemed by such Affected
Person to be material, then, within ten (10) days after demand by such Affected
Person through Agent, Seller shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of such
Affected Person, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Affected Person for such increased cost or reduction.
(ii) If
any
Affected Person shall have determined that after the date hereof, the adoption
of any applicable law or bank regulatory guideline regarding capital adequacy,
or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation thereof by any
Official Body, or any directive regarding capital adequacy (in the case of
any
bank regulatory guideline, whether or not having the force of law) of any such
Official Body, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on
capital of such Affected Person (or its parent) as a consequence of such
Affected Person’s obligations hereunder or with respect hereto to a level below
that which such Affected Person (or its parent) could have achieved but for
such
adoption, change, request or directive (taking into consideration its policies
with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Affected Person
to
be material, then from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by such
Affected Person through Agent, Seller shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of
such Affected Person, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such
Affected Person (or its parent) for such reduction. For the avoidance
of doubt, any interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) (including, without
limitation, FASB Interpretation No. 46), shall constitute an adoption,
change, request or directive subject to this Section.
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Agent
will promptly notify Seller of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring
after the date hereof, which will entitle an Affected Person to compensation
pursuant to this Section. A notice by Agent or the applicable
Affected Person claiming compensation under this Section and setting forth
the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, Agent
or any applicable Affected Person may use any reasonable averaging and
attributing methods.
(B) All
payments made hereunder by Seller or Servicer (each, a “payor”) to any
Affected Person (each, a “recipient”) shall be made free and clear of and
without deduction for any present or future income, excise, stamp or franchise
taxes and any other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other charges of any
nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority on any recipient (or any
assignee of such parties) (such nonexcluded items being called
“Taxes”), but excluding franchise taxes and taxes imposed on or measured
by the recipient’s net income or gross receipts (“Excluded
Taxes”). In the event that any withholding or deduction from any
payment made by the payor hereunder is required in respect of any Taxes (other
than Excluded Taxes), then such payor shall:
(i) pay
directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to be so withheld
or
deducted;
(ii) promptly
forward to Agent an official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to
Agent evidencing such payment to such authority; and
(iii) pay
to
the recipient such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that
the net amount actually received by the recipient will equal the full amount
such recipient would have received had no such withholding or deduction been
required.
Moreover,
if any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) are directly asserted against any
recipient with respect to any payment received by such recipient hereunder,
the
recipient may pay such Taxes and the payor will promptly pay such additional
amounts (including any penalties, interest or expenses) as shall be necessary
in
order that the net amount received by the recipient after the payment of such
Taxes (including any Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount
such recipient would have received had such Taxes not been
asserted.
If
the
payor fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or
fails to remit to the recipient the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the payor shall indemnify the recipient for any
incremental Taxes, interest, or penalties that may become payable by any
recipient as a result of any such failure.
Seller
shall pay to each Affected Person, as applicable, upon the request of such
Affected Person or Agent on its behalf, such amount or amounts as shall
compensate such Affected Person for any actual loss (including loss of profit),
cost or expense incurred by such Affected Person (as reasonably determined
by
such Affected Person) as a result of (x) any payment or repayment of any
Purchase Price related to a Transaction (or portion thereof) other than on
the
maturity date of the source of funds obtained or utilized by such Affected
Person to fund or maintain such Purchase Price or (y) any failure by Seller
to commence a Transaction (including the continued maintenance of, or any
increase with respect to any Purchase Prince related thereto, or portion
thereof), requested by Seller hereunder, in either case, such compensation
to
include, without limitation, an amount equal to any loss or expense suffered
by
such Affected Person during the period from the date of receipt of such
repayment or failure to commence a Transaction, as the case may be, to (but
excluding) the maturity date of such source of funds, if the rate of interest
obtained by such Affected Person upon the redeployment of an amount of funds
equal to the amount of such repayment or failure to commence a Transaction,
as
the case may be, is less than the interest rate that would have been applicable
thereon, hereunder through the applicable maturity thereof. The
determination by any Affected Person of the amount of any such loss or expense
shall be set forth in a written notice to Seller in reasonable detail and shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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19. FURTHER
ASSURANCES. Seller agrees to do such further acts and things and
to execute and deliver to Agent such additional assignments, acknowledgments,
agreements, powers and instruments as are reasonably required by Agent or any
Principal to carry into effect the intent and purposes of this Agreement and
the
other Transaction Documents, to perfect the interests of Agent in the Purchased
Assets or to better assure and confirm unto Agent its rights, powers and
remedies hereunder.
20. ENTIRE
AGREEMENT; PRODUCT OF NEGOTIATION. This Agreement supersedes and
integrates all previous negotiations, contracts, agreements and understandings
between the parties relating to a sale and repurchase of Purchased Assets,
and
it, together with the other Transaction Documents, and the other documents
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, contains the entire final agreement of
the
parties. No prior negotiation, agreement, understanding or prior
contract shall have any validity.
21. TERMINATION;
COMMITMENT REDUCTION.
(a) This
Agreement shall remain in effect until the Termination Date. However,
no such termination shall affect Seller’s outstanding obligations to Agent, any
Principal, any Affected Person or any Indemnified Party at the time of such
termination. Seller’s obligations to indemnify Agent, each Principal,
each Affected Person and each Indemnified Party pursuant to this Agreement
and
the other Transaction Documents shall survive the termination hereof and
thereof.
(b) Upon
at
least 10 Business Days’ prior irrevocable written notice or telecopy notice to
Agent and each Bank Principal, Seller may at any time in whole permanently
terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the Commitments;
provided that (i) each partial reduction shall be made in an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000
and (ii) Seller shall not be entitled to make any such permanent
termination or reduction that would reduce (x) the aggregate amount of the
Commitments to any amount less than the Aggregate Purchase Price at such time
or
(y) the Commitment of any Principal to an amount less than such Principal’s
Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Purchase Price at such time, unless, with
respect to this subclause (y), a replacement for such Principal acceptable
to
Agent and Seller assumes such Principal’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement.
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(c) Each
reduction in the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price shall be made ratably among
the Principals in accordance with their respective
Commitments. Seller shall pay on the effective date of a termination
or a reduction in the Commitments, to Agent for the account of the Principals,
the Fees accrued to such effective date, based on the amount of the Commitments
prior to giving effect to such termination or reduction, together with any
Breakage Costs incurred in connection therewith.
(d) Seller
may advise Agent and each Bank Principal in writing of its desire to extend
the
Termination Date with respect to each Principal for an additional period of
up
to 364 days; provided such request is made not more than sixty (60) days
prior to, and not less than thirty (30) days prior to, the then current
Termination Date. Each Bank Principal shall promptly notify Agent of
its decision to extend the then Termination Date. In the event that
all of the Principals are agreeable to such extension, Agent shall so notify
Seller in writing (it being understood that each of the Principals may
accept or decline such a request in its sole discretion and on such terms as
it
may elect) not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the then current Termination
Date and Seller, Agent and the Principals shall enter into such documents as
the
Principals may deem necessary or appropriate to reflect such extension, and
all
reasonable costs and expenses for services delivered by outside professionals
incurred by the Principals and Agent in connection therewith (including
reasonable attorneys’ costs) shall be paid by Seller. In the event
any Principal declines the request for such extension, such Principal (or the
applicable Bank Principal on its behalf) shall so notify Seller and Agent of
such determination.
22. ASSIGNMENT
BY PRINCIPALS. A Principal may assign any of its rights and
obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, to any other
Person with the prior written consent of Seller (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, that Agent
shall maintain, for review by Seller upon written request, a register of
assignees and a copy of an executed assignment and acceptance (in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent) by Agent, each such assigning Principal and
each assignee (“Assignment and Acceptance”), specifying a constant, and
not a varying, percentage or portion of such rights and obligations assigned
and
the amount being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of
the
date of the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement with respect to such
assignment), which shall in no event be less than the lesser of
(x) $5,000,000 and (y) all of the assigning Principal’s
Commitment. Upon such assignment, (a) such assignee shall be a
party hereto and to each Transaction Document to the extent of the percentage
or
portion set forth in the Assignment and Acceptance, and shall succeed to the
applicable rights and obligations of a Principal hereunder, and (b) such
Principal shall, to the extent that such rights and obligations have been so
assigned by it to another Person which assumes the obligations of such
Principal, be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents accruing thereafter. Unless otherwise stated in
the Assignment and Acceptance, Seller shall continue to take directions solely
from Agent unless otherwise notified by Agent in writing. Agent may
distribute to any prospective assignee any document or other information
delivered to Agent by Seller; provided, further that on and after
the occurrence and continuation of any Event of Default, a Principal may,
without the consent of Seller or any other Person, as assign any of its rights
hereunder and under any other Transaction Document, to any
Person. The entries in the register referred to above shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and Seller,
Servicer, Agent and the Principals may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in such register as a Principal under this Agreement for all purposes of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
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A
Conduit
Principal may, without notice to, or the consent of, Seller or any of its
Affiliates, assign and grant a security interest in all of its right, title
and
interest in, to and under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to
any liquidity bank, program support provider or any the collateral trustee
acting for the benefit of such parties and the holders of such Conduit
Principal’s Short-Term Notes, and any successor in such capacity, to secure such
Conduit Principal’s obligations under or in connection with the Short-Term
Notes, any related Asset Purchase Agreement, any credit agreement provided
to
such Conduit Principal by any applicable program support provider, and certain
other obligations of such Conduit Principal incurred in connection with the
funding and maintenance of the Transactions hereunder.
23. AMENDMENTS,
ETC. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document nor any consent to any failure
to comply herewith or therewith shall in any event be effective unless the
same
shall be in writing and signed by Seller, Agent and the Required Principals,
and
then such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only
in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided, however, that no material amendment to this Agreement
shall be effective unless (solely to the extent required by the documents
governing the securitization program of any applicable Conduit Principal),
the
Bank Principal (or its agent) for such Conduit Principal shall have received
written confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating such Conduit
Principal’s Short-Term Notes, that such action, event or condition will not
cause the then current rating of such notes to be suspended, downgraded or
withdrawn; and provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each
Principal: (a) change (directly or indirectly) the definitions
of “Eligible Mortgage Loan”, “Portfolio Criteria”, “Purchase Price Percentage”
or “Required Principals”, (b) reduce fees payable by Seller to any
Principal, or delay the dates on which such fees are payable, (c) change
any Event of Default or Servicer Default or (d) change any of the
provisions of this Section and provided, further, that
(i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall increase the Commitment of any
Principal unless in writing and signed by such Principal and (ii) no
amendment of any definition or any provision contained in this Agreement that
specifically relates to the rights or obligations of the Custodian under this
Agreement, if the effect of such amendment would materially and adversely affect
the Custodian, without the Custodian’s prior written consent.
Seller
shall provide each rating agency then rating any Short-Term Notes with written
notice of each amendment. The costs and expenses associated with any
such amendment shall be borne by the party requesting the
amendment.
24. SEVERABILITY. If
any provision of any Transaction Document is declared invalid by any court
of
competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision
of
the Transaction Documents, and each Transaction Document shall be enforced
to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
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25. BINDING
EFFECT: GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be binding
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns, except that Seller may not assign or transfer any of its respective
rights or obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
without the prior written consent of Agent. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (EXCEPT
FOR SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW).
26. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION. SELLER HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY
JURY. SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR IN THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SELLER
HEREBY SUBMITS TO, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY HAVE TO, NON-EXCLUSIVE
PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX AND
THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WITH RESPECT
TO ANY DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS.
27. SINGLE
AGREEMENT. Seller, Agent and each Principal acknowledge that, and
have entered hereinto and will enter into each Transaction hereunder and under
the other Transaction Documents in consideration of and in reliance upon the
fact that, all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business and
contractual relationship and have been made in consideration of each
other. Accordingly, Seller, Agent and each Principal each agree
(i) to perform all of its respective obligations in respect of each
Transaction hereunder, and that a default in the performance of any such
obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect of all Transactions
hereunder, and (ii) that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by
any of them in respect of any Transaction shall be deemed to have been made
in
consideration of payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect of any
other Transaction hereunder, and the obligations to make any such payments,
deliveries and other transfers may be applied against each other and
netted.
28. INTENT. Seller,
each Principal and Agent recognize that each Transaction is a “repurchase
agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United
States Code, as amended (“Bankruptcy Code”). It is understood
that Agent’s right to liquidate the Purchased Assets delivered to it in
connection with the Transactions hereunder or to exercise any other remedies
pursuant to Section 13 hereof is a contractual right to liquidate such
Transaction as described in Section 559 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
29. NOTICES
AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. Notices and other communications
provided for in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document shall be
in
writing and shall be delivered or mailed (or in the case of telegraphic
communication, if by telegram, delivered to the telegraph company and, if by
telex, telecopy, graphic scanning or other telegraphic communications equipment
of the sending party hereto, delivered by such equipment) addressed, if to
Agent, to it at Barclays Bank PLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Telephone: (000) 000-0000,
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000, if to Seller, to it at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx, Mail Stop PCLG, Xx. Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
Telephone: (000) 000-0000,
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000, with a copy to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
General Counsel, or if to a Principal, to it at its address set forth beneath
its signature to this Agreement (or in the agreement pursuant to which it became
a party hereunder), or such other address as such party may from time to time
designate by giving written notice to the other parties
hereunder. All notices and other communications given to any party
hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
to
have been given on the fifth Business Day after the date when sent by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, if by mail, or
when delivered to the telegraph company, charges prepaid, if by telegram, or
when receipt is acknowledged, if by any telecopier or telegraphic communications
equipment of the sender, in each case addressed to such party as provided in
this Section or in accordance with the latest unrevoked written direction
from such party. Information required to be delivered hereunder may
also be delivered by electronic communication pursuant to procedures approved
by
Agent.
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30. CONFIDENTIALITY. Each
of Agent and the Principals agrees to keep confidential all non-public
information provided to it by Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document that is designated by such Person as confidential;
provided that nothing herein shall prevent Agent or any Principal from
disclosing any such information (a) to Agent, any other Principal or any
affiliate of any Principal, (b) to any participant or assignee (each, a
“Transferee”) of a Principal or prospective Transferee which agrees to
comply with the provisions of this Section 30, (c) to any of its
employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional
advisors, (d) upon the request or demand of any governmental or regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over it, (e) in response to any order of any
court or other governmental authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant
to any requirement of law, (f) if requested or required to do so in
connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) which has been
publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Section 30, (h) to the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization
or
any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information
about a Principal’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with
respect to such Principal’s commercial paper or (i) in connection with the
exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document.
31. NO
PROCEEDINGS; LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. Seller agrees not to cause
the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or other similar proceeding against
any
Conduit Principal so long as any Short-Term Notes or other senior indebtedness
issued by such Conduit Principal shall be outstanding or there shall not have
elapsed one year plus one day since the last day on which any such commercial
paper, promissory notes or other senior indebtedness shall have been
outstanding.
Notwithstanding
any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, a Conduit Principal
shall not, and shall be under no obligation to, pay any amount, if any, payable
by it pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless
(i) such Conduit Principal has received funds which may be used to make
such payment and which funds are not required to repay such Conduit Principal’s
Short-Term Notes when due and (ii) after giving effect to such payment,
either (x) such Conduit Principal could issue Short-Term Notes to refinance
all of its outstanding Short-Term Notes (assuming such outstanding Short-Term
Notes matured at such time) in accordance with the program documents governing
such Conduit Principal’s securitization program or (y) all of such Conduit
Principal’s Short-Term Notes are paid in full. Any amount which any
Conduit Principal does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding
sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the
Bankruptcy Code) against or company obligation of such Conduit Principal for
any
such insufficiency unless and until such Conduit Principal satisfies the
provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) above. The
provisions of this Section 31 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
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32. POWER
OF ATTORNEY. Seller hereby authorizes Agent to file such
financing statement or statements relating to the Purchased Assets without
their
respective signatures thereon as Agent, at its option, may deem
appropriate. Seller hereby appoints Agent as its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any such financing statement or statements in its
name and to perform all other acts which Agent deems appropriate to perfect
and
continue its ownership interest in and/or the security interest granted hereby,
if applicable, and to protect, preserve and realize upon the Purchased Assets,
including, but not limited to, the right to endorse notes, complete blanks
in
documents, transfer servicing, and sign assignments on behalf of Seller as
its
agent and attorney-in-fact. This agency and power of attorney is
coupled with an interest and is irrevocable without Agent’s
consent. Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing
statement or statements prepared pursuant to this Section.
33. RECORDING
OF COMMUNICATIONS. Agent, each Principal and Seller shall have
the right (but not the obligation) from time to time to make or cause to be
made
tape recordings of communications between its employees and those of the other
party with respect to Transactions. Agent, each Principal and Seller
consent to the admissibility of such tape recordings in any court, arbitration,
or other proceedings. The parties agree that a duly authenticated
transcript of such a tape recording shall be deemed to be a writing conclusively
evidencing the parties’ agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller, Agent and each Principal have caused their
names to be signed to this Agreement by their respective officers thereunto
duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Seller
By: /s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
Taxpayer
ID:
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BARCLAYS
BANK PLC, as Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title: Director
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BARCLAYS
BANK PLC, as a Bank Principal
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title: Director
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxx
Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
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SHEFFIELD
RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as a Conduit Principal
By
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as attorney-in-fact
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Director
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Sheffield
Receivables Corporation
c/o
Barclays Bank PLC
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxx
Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
Commitment: (a) during
the period commencing on (and including) the Effective Date and ending
on
(but excluding) November 30, 2007, Five Hundred Fifty-Million Dollars
($550,000,000) and (b) during the period commencing on (and
including) November 30, 2007 and ending on (but excluding) the Termination
Date, Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars
($275,000,000)
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