MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. Purchaser and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Company
Exhibit
99.16b
EXECUTION
COPY
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
Purchaser
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
Dated
as of April 1, 2006
Fixed
Rate and Adjustable Rate Prime Mortgage Loans
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I
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1
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE
II
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15
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15
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ARTICLE
III
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21
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH
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21
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ARTICLE
IV
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40
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ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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40
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ARTICLE
V
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58
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PAYMENTS
TO PURCHASER
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58
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ARTICLE
VI
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60
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GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURES
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60
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ARTICLE
VII
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65
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COMPANY
TO COOPERATE
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65
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ARTICLE
VIII
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66
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THE
COMPANY
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66
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ARTICLE
IX
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68
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AGENCY
SALES, SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS OR WHOLE LOAN
TRANSFERS
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68
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ARTICLE
X
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79
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DEFAULT
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79
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ARTICLE
XI
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81
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TERMINATION
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81
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ARTICLE
XII
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82
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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82
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Assignment and Conveyance Agreement
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Company Certification
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Exhibit
D
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Custodial
Agreement
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Exhibit
E
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Data
File
|
Exhibit
F
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Contents
of each Mortgage File
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Exhibit
G
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Form
of Opinion of Counsel
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Exhibit
H
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Servicing
Criteria to be addressed in the Assessment of
Compliance
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Exhibit
I
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Form
of Sarbanes Certification
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Exhibit
J
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List
of Xxxxxxx Mac Representations and Warranties
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Exhibit
K
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Form
of Indemnification Agreement
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This
is a Master Seller’s Warranties
and Servicing Agreement for fixed rate and adjustable rate residential, first
lien mortgage loans, dated and effective as of April 1, 2006, and is executed
between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), and
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as seller and servicer (the “Company”).
ARTICLE
I
Whenever
used herein, the following
words and phrases, unless the content otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
Accepted
Servicing
Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, those customary
mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which
service mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located.
Adjustable
Rate Mortgage
Loan: A Mortgage Loan that contains a provision pursuant to which
the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted periodically.
Adjustment
Date: As
to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date on which the Mortgage Interest
Rate is adjusted in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note
and
Mortgage.
Affiliate: Any
Person who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under direct
or indirect common control with such person. For the purposes of this
definition, the term “control” when used with respect to any Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person directly or
indirectly, whether thorough the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or
otherwise.
Agency/Agencies: Xxxxxx
Xxx,
Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA, or any of them as applicable.
Agency
Sale: Any sale
or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to an Agency
which sale or transfer is not a Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan
Transfer.
Agreement: This
Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement and all exhibits hereto,
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA: The
American
Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Appraised
Value: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i) the value set forth on the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan
as to the value of the related Mortgaged Property, or (ii) the purchase price
paid for the Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that in the
case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value shall be based solely on the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of such Mortgage
Loan.
Assignment
and Conveyance
Agreement: The agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
A attached hereto.
Assignment,
Assumption and
Recognition Agreement: The agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto.
Assignment
of
Mortgage: 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 the Purchaser or its designated assignee, or if the
related Mortgage has been recorded in the name of MERS or its designee, such
actions as are necessary to cause the Purchaser to be shown as the owner of
the
related Mortgage on the records of MERS for purposes of the system or recording
transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.
Assignment
of Mortgage Note and
Pledge Agreement: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, as
assignment of the Mortgage Note and Pledge Agreement.
Assignment
of Proprietary
Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, as assignment of the
Proprietary Lease sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Cooperative Apartment is located to effect the assignment of such
Proprietary Lease.
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Business
Day: Any day
other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings
and loan institutions in the State of Iowa, the State of California, the State
of Maryland, the State of South Carolina, the State of Minnesota or the State
of
New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
Buydown
Agreement: An
agreement between the Company and a Mortgagor, or an agreement among the
Company, a Mortgagor and a seller of a Mortgaged Property or a third party
with
respect to a Mortgage Loan which governs the payment by such Mortgagor, seller
or third party of, and the application of Buydown Funds.
Buydown
Funds: In
respect of any Buydown Mortgage Loan, any amount contributed by the seller
of a
Mortgaged Property subject to a Buydown Mortgage Loan, the buyer of such
property, the Company or any other source, plus interest earned thereon, in
order to enable the Mortgagor to reduce the payments required to be made from
the Mortgagor’s funds in the early years of a Mortgage Loan.
Buydown
Mortgage
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan in respect of which, pursuant to a
Buydown Agreement, (i) the Mortgagor pays less than the full monthly payments
specified in the Mortgage Note for a specified period, and (ii) the difference
between the payments required under such Buydown Agreement and the Mortgage
Note
is provided from Buydown Funds.
Buydown
Period: The
period of time when a Buydown Agreement is in effect with respect to a related
Buydown Mortgage Loan.
Closing
Date: The
date or dates, set forth in the related Commitment Letter, on which from time
to
time the Purchaser shall purchase and the Company shall sell the Mortgage Loans
listed on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule for each
Transaction.
Code: The
Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time or any successor
statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations
issued pursuant thereto.
Commission: The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Commitment
Letter: The commitment letter between the Purchaser to the
Company which sets forth, among other things, the Purchase Price for certain
Mortgage Loans described therein to be sold by the Company and purchased by
the
Purchaser on the Closing Date set forth therein.
Company: Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest or assigns, or any successor to the
Company under this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
Company
Certification: The certification delivered by the Company to the
Purchaser in the form substantially similar to Exhibit C of this
Agreement.
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Company
Information: As defined in Section 9.01(f)(i)(A).
Condemnation
Proceeds: 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 Mortgage Loan Documents.
Cooperative: The
entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable leasehold estate) to all of the
real property that the Project comprises, including the land, separate dwelling
units and all common areas.
Cooperative
Apartment: The specific dwelling unit relating to a Cooperative
Loan.
Cooperative
Lien Search: A search for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics’
liens, lis pendens, judgments of record or otherwise against (i) the
Cooperative, (ii) the seller of the Cooperative Apartment and (iii) the Company
if the Cooperative Loan is a refinanced Mortgage Loan, (b) filings of financing
statements and (c) the deed of the Project into the Cooperative.
Cooperative
Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is secured by Cooperative Shares and
a Proprietary Lease granting exclusive rights to occupy the related
Cooperative Apartment.
Cooperative
Shares: The shares of stock issued by a Cooperative, owned by the
Mortgagor, and allocated to a Cooperative Apartment.
Covered
Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as “Covered” pursuant to the
Standard & Poor’s Glossary for File Format for LEVELS® Version 5.6c,
Appendix E, as revised from time to time and in effect on each related Closing
Date.
Custodial
Account: The separate account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.04.
Custodial
Agreement: That certain custodial agreement, dated as of October
1, 2005, by and between the Purchaser, the Company and the Custodian, a copy
of
which is annexed hereto as Exhibit D.
Custodian: The
custodian under the Custodial Agreement, or its successor in interest or
assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement as
provided therein.
Cut-off
Date: With
respect to each Transaction, the first day of the month in which the Closing
Date occurs.
Data
File: The electronic data file prepared by the Company and
delivered to the Purchaser, including the data fields set forth on Exhibit
E with respect to each Mortgage Loan, in relation to each
Transaction.
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Deleted
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which is repurchased by the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which is, in the
case
of a substitution pursuant to Section 3.03, replaced or to be replaced with
a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Depositor: The
depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any
Securitization Transaction.
Determination
Date: The Business
Day immediately preceding the related Remittance Date.
Due
Date: The day of
the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive
of
any days of grace, as specified in the related Mortgage Note.
Due
Period: With
respect to each Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day of
the
month preceding the month in which the related Remittance Date occurs ending
on
the first day of the month in which the related Remittance Date
occurs.
Errors
and Omissions Insurance
Policy: An errors and omissions insurance policy to be maintained
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12.
Escrow
Account: The
separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
4.06.
Escrow
Payments: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance
premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any
other
payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant
to
the Mortgage or any other related document.
Event
of Default: Any
one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 10.01.
Exchange
Act: The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx
Xxx: The
Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.
FDIC: The
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
Fidelity
Bond: A
fidelity bond to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section
4.12.
Xxxxxxx
Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor
thereto.
GNMA: The
Government
National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.
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Gross
Margin: With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount
set
forth in the related Mortgage Note which is added to the Index in order to
determine the related Mortgage Interest Rate, as set forth in the respective
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
High
Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a “high cost” loan
under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) a “high cost
home,” “threshold,” “covered,”, “high risk home,” “predatory” or similar loan
under any other applicable state, federal or local law or (c) a Mortgage Loan
categorized as “High Cost” pursuant to the Standard & Poor’s Glossary for
File Format for LEVELS® Version 5.6c, Appendix E, as revised from time to time
and in effect on each related Closing Date.
Incremental
Interest: As to any Incremental Rate Mortgage Loan, the amount of
interest accrued on such Mortgage Loan attributable to the Incremental Rate;
provided, however, that with respect to any payment of interest received in
respect of such a Mortgage Loan (whether paid by the Mortgagor or received
as
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise) which is less than the full amount of
interest then due with respect to such Mortgage Loan, only that portion of
such
payment of interest that bears the same relationship to the total amount of
such
payment of interest as the Incremental Rate, if any, in respect of such Mortgage
Loan bears to the Mortgage Interest Rate shall be allocated to the Incremental
Interest with respect thereto.
Incremental
Rate: For an Incremental Rate Mortgage Loan, the per annum
increase to the initial Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the addendum to
the
related Mortgage Note, which increase takes effect upon the occurrence of
certain specified conditions prior to the first Adjustment Date and remains
in
effect until the first Adjustment Date.
Incremental
Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the related
Mortgage Note includes an addendum that allows for an increase to the initial
Mortgage Interest Rate upon the occurrence of certain specified
conditions.
Index: With
respect
to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index identified on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule and set forth in the related Mortgage Note for the
purpose of calculating the interest thereon.
Insurance
Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property,
including, without limitation, LPMI Proceeds, if applicable.
Interest
Only Mortgage
Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which an interest-only payment feature
is allowed during the interest-only period set forth in the related Mortgage
Note.
Lender
Paid Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy: A PMI Policy for
which the Company pays all premiums from its own funds, without reimbursement
therefor.
Letter
of Credit: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
guaranty issued to the Company by the Pledge Holder for the Pledged Value
Amount.
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Liquidation
Proceeds: Cash received in connection with the liquidation of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage
Loan, trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, sale of REO property or otherwise, or
the sale of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired
in satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan.
Loan
Package: As
defined in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio or
LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the original
loan amount of the Mortgage Loan at its origination (unless otherwise indicated)
to the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI
Proceeds: Proceeds of any Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance
Policy.
Master
Servicer: With respect to any Securitization Transaction, the
“master servicer,” if any, identified in the related transaction
document.
Maximum
Mortgage Interest Rate:
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
MERS: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
MERS
Mortgage
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS
System: The
system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by
MERS.
MIN: The
Mortgage
Identification Number used to identify mortgage loans registered under
MERS.
Minimum
Mortgage Interest Rate:
With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the absolute minimum
Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
MOM
Loan: Any
Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee, solely as nominee for
the
originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns.
Monthly
Advance: The
portion of each Monthly Payment that is delinquent with respect to each Mortgage
Loan at the close of business on the Determination Date that is required to
be
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 5.03.
Monthly
Payment: The
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan or in
the
case of an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, payments of (i) interest, or (ii)
principal and interest, as applicable, on a Mortgage Loan.
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Mortgage: The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which
creates a first lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real property
securing the Mortgage Note, or the Pledge Agreement securing the Mortgage Note
for a Cooperative Loan.
Mortgage
File: The
items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan referred to in Exhibit F
annexed hereto, and any additional documents required to be added to the
Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement or the Custodial
Agreement.
Mortgage
Impairment Insurance
Policy: A mortgage impairment or blanket hazard insurance policy
as described in Section 4.11.
Mortgage
Interest
Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Note in
accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
Loan: An
individual mortgage loan which is the subject of this Agreement and identified
on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes without
limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition
Proceeds and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from
or in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage
Loan Documents:
: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the documents listed as items 1
through 10 of Exhibit F attached hereto.
Mortgage
Loan Remittance
Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of
interest to be remitted to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to the related
Mortgage Interest Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate.
Mortgage
Loan
Schedule: With respect to each Transaction, a schedule of
Mortgage Loans setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan: (1) the Company’s Mortgage Loan number; (2) the city, state and
zip code of the Mortgaged Property; (3) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged
Property is a single family residence, two-family residence, three-family
residence, four-family residence, planned unit development or Cooperative
Apartment or condominium; (4) the current Mortgage Interest Rate; (5) the
Servicing Fee Rate; (6) the current Monthly Payment; (7) the original term
to
maturity; (8) the scheduled maturity date; (9) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date after deduction of payments of principal
due on or before the Cut-off Date whether or not collected; (10) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio; (11) the due date of the Mortgage Loan; (12) whether the
Mortgage Loan is convertible or not; (13) a code indicating the mortgage
guaranty insurance company; (14) with respect to each MERS Mortgage Loan, the
MIN; and (15) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, (a) the first
Adjustment Date and the Adjustment Date frequency; (b) the Gross Margin; (c)
the
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (d) the
Periodic Rate Cap; (e) the first Adjustment Date immediately following the
related Cut off Date; and (f) the Index.
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Mortgage
Note: The
note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a
Mortgage.
Mortgaged
Property: The real property securing repayment of the debt
evidenced by a Mortgage Note, or with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related
Cooperative Apartment.
Mortgagor: The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Officer’s
Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or
the Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President or an
Assistant Vice President and certified by the Treasurer or the Secretary or
one
of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Company, and
delivered to the Purchaser as required by this Agreement, a form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Opinion
of Counsel: A
written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of the Company, reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser.
Periodic
Interest Rate
Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the maximum
increase or decrease in the Mortgage Interest Rate on any Adjustment Date
pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note.
Person: Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge
Account: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, an
account that is managed by the Pledge Holder to secure a Letter of
Credit.
Pledge
Agreement: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the specific
agreement creating a first lien on and pledge of the Cooperative Shares and
the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease.
Pledge
Holder: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the entity that
holds the Pledge Account, manages the Pledge Account and provides the Letter
of
Credit.
Pledge
Instruments: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the Stock Power,
the Assignment of the Proprietary Lease and the Assignment of the Mortgage
Note
and Pledge Agreement.
Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has
pledged financial assets as partial collateral for the Mortgage Loan, in lieu
of
a cash down payment.
Pledged
Value Amount: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
minimum of 20% of the lower of the Purchase Price or Appraised Value of a
Mortgaged Property.
PMI
Policy: A policy
of primary mortgage guaranty insurance evidenced by an electronic form and
certificate number issued by a Qualified Insurer, as required by this Agreement
with respect to certain Mortgage Loans. The premiums on a PMI Policy
may be paid
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by
the
Mortgagor or by the Company from its own funds, without
reimbursement. If the premiums are paid by the Company, the PMI
Policy is an LPMI Policy.
Prepayment
Penalty: Payments penalties, fees or charges calculated pursuant
to the Mortgage Note and due pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan as
the
result of a Principal Prepayment of the Mortgage Loan, not otherwise due thereon
in respect of principal or interest.
Prime
Rate: The prime
rate announced to be in effect from time to time, as published as the average
rate in The Wall Street Journal.
Principal
Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a
Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including
any Prepayment Penalty or premium thereon and which is not accompanied by an
amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates
in
any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal
Prepayment
Period: The calendar month preceding the month in which the
related Remittance Date occurs.
Project: With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, all real property owned by the related
Cooperative including the land, separate dwelling units and all common
areas.
Proprietary
Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, a lease on a
Cooperative Apartment evidencing the possessory interest of the Mortgagor in
such Cooperative Apartment.
Purchase
Price: The purchase price for each Loan Package shall be the
purchase price specified in the related Commitment Letter.
Purchaser: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., or its successor in interest or any successor
to
the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein provided.
Qualified
Correspondent: Any Person from which the Company purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (i) such
Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an agreement between the Company
and
such Person that contemplated that such Person would underwrite mortgage loans
from time to time, for sale to the Company, in accordance with underwriting
guidelines designated by the Company (“Designated Guidelines”) or guidelines
that do not vary materially from such Designated Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage
Loans were in fact underwritten as described in clause (i) above and were
acquired by the Company within one hundred eighty (180) days after origination;
(iii) either (x) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage
Loans
were originated, used by the Company in origination of mortgage loans of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans for the Company’s own account or (y) the
Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were underwritten,
designated by the Company on a consistent basis for use by lenders in
originating mortgage loans to be purchased by the Company; and (iv) the Company
employed, at the time such Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Company,
pre-purchase or post-purchase quality assurance procedures (which may involve,
among other things, review of a sample of mortgage loans purchased during a
particular time period or through particular channels) designed
to
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ensure
that Persons from which it purchased mortgage loans properly applied the
underwriting criteria designated by the Company.
Qualified
Depository: A deposit account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution the deposits in which are
insured by the FDIC to the applicable limits and the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution that is a
subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations
of
such holding company) are rated A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or
Prime-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (or a comparable rating if another
rating agency is specified by the Purchaser by written notice to the Company)
at
the time any deposits are held on deposit therein; provided, however, that
in
the event any of the Mortgage Loans are subject to a Pass Through Transfer,
the
Company agrees that the holding company or other entity which maintains any
accounts subject to this definition, shall satisfy the rating requirements
established by any Rating Agency which rates securities issued as part of the
Securitization Transaction.
Qualified
Insurer: 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 Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac.
Qualified
Substitute Mortgage
Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be substituted by the Company
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, (i)
have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all scheduled payments
due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more
than
one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance),
not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(ii)
have a Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate not less than, and not more than two
percent (2%) greater, than the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than and
not
more than one year less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be of
the
same type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (v) comply with each representation
and warranty set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02.
Rating
Agency: Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Fitch, Inc. (doing
business as “Fitch Ratings”), or any other nationally recognized statistical
credit rating agency rating any security issued in connection with any
Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution: Any
Securitization Transaction, Agency Sale or Whole Loan Transfer.
Reconstitution
Agreement: The agreement or agreements entered into by the
Company and the Purchaser and/or certain third parties with respect to any
or
all of the Mortgage Loans serviced hereunder, in connection with a Whole Loan
Transfer or Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution
Date: The date on which any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced
under this Agreement may be removed from this Agreement and reconstituted as
part of an Agency Sale, Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer
pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof. The Reconstitution Date shall be
such date which the Purchaser shall designate.
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Regulation
AB: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and
subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the
Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act
Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff
of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from
time to time.
REMIC: A
“real
estate
mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the
Code.
REMIC
Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
a REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter
1,
Subtitle A of the Code, and related provisions, regulations, rulings or
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.
Remittance
Date: The
18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding
Business Day) of any month.
Remittance
Report
Date: The 10th day (or if such 10th day is not a Business Day,
the immediately preceding Business Day) of any month.
REO
Disposition: The
final sale by the Company of any REO Property.
REO
Disposition
Proceeds: All amounts received with respect to an REO Disposition
pursuant to Section 4.16.
REO
Property: A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Company on behalf of the Purchaser through
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in Section
4.16.
Repurchase
Price: Unless otherwise agreed by the Purchaser and the Company
(including without limitation as set forth in the related Commitment Letter),
a
price equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of
the
date on which such repurchase takes place, plus (ii) interest on such Stated
Principal Balance at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate from the date on which
interest has last been paid and distributed to the Purchaser through the last
day of the month in which such repurchase takes place, less amounts received
or
advanced in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held
in
the Custodial Account for distribution in the month of repurchase, plus (iii)
all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser arising out of or based upon
such breach, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in the
enforcement of the Company's repurchase obligation hereunder.
Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization
Transaction: Any transaction involving either (a) a sale or other
transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an
issuing entity in connection with an issuance of publicly offered or privately
placed, rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities
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or
(b) an
issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated securities,
the payments on which are determined primarily by reference to one or more
portfolios of residential mortgage loans consisting, in whole or in part, of
some or all of the Mortgage Loans.
Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 (50
U.S.C. App §§ 501-596).
Servicer: As
defined in Section 9.01(e)(iii).
Servicing
Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket”
costs and expenses other than Monthly Advances (including reasonable attorney’s
fees and disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Company of its
servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the
preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management
and liquidation of any REO Property and (d) compliance with the obligations
under Section 4.08 (excluding the Company’s obligation to pay the premiums on
LPMI Policies) and Section 4.10.
Servicing
Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
Servicing
Fee: With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual fee the Purchaser shall
pay to the Company, which shall, for a period of one full month, be equal to
one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable
monthly, computed on the basis of the same principal amount and period
respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is
received. The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is
limited to, and the Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds, to
the
extent permitted by Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payment collected by the
Company, or as otherwise provided under Section 4.05.
Servicing
Fee
Rate: The per annum percentage for each Mortgage Loan, as stated
in the related Commitment Letter.
Servicing
File: With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file retained by the Company consisting
of
originals of all documents in the Mortgage File which are not delivered to
the
Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents listed in the Custodial
Agreement the originals of which are delivered to the Custodian pursuant to
Section 2.03.
Servicing
Officer: Any officer of the Company involved in or responsible
for the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears
on
a list of servicing officers furnished by the Company to the Purchaser upon
request, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Stated
Principal
Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan, (i) the principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan on the Cut-off Date (and thereafter the related Due Date)
after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such date, whether
or not received, minus (ii) all amounts
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previously
distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
representing payments or recoveries of principal or advances in lieu
thereof.
Static
Pool Information: Static pool information as described in Item
1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Stock
Certificate: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, a certificate
evidencing ownership of the Cooperative Shares issued by the
Cooperative.
Stock
Power: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the
Stock Certificate or an assignment of the Cooperative Shares issued by the
Cooperative.
Subcontractor: Any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall
servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more
discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect
to
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Company or a
Subservicer.
Subservicer: Any
Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Company or any Subservicer
and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Subservicers
or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions
required to be performed by the Company under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB.
Subsidy
Account: An account maintained by the Company specifically to
hold all Subsidy Funds to be applied to individual Subsidy Loans.
Subsidy
Funds: With respect to any Subsidy Loans, funds contributed by
the employer of a Mortgagor in order to reduce the payments required from the
Mortgagor for a specified period in specified amounts.
Subsidy
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan subject to a temporary interest subsidy
agreement pursuant to which the monthly interest payments made by the related
Mortgagor will be less than the scheduled monthly interest payments on such
Mortgage Loan, with the resulting difference in interest payments being provided
by the employer of the Mortgagor. Each Subsidy Loan will be
identified as such in the related Data File.
Third-Party
Originator: Each Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent,
that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the Company.
Time$aver®
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which has been refinanced pursuant
to a Company program that allows a rate/term refinance of an existing Company
serviced loan with minimal documentation.
Underwriting
Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the Company,
applicable to each Loan Package, as provided by the Company to the
Purchaser.
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Whole
Loan
Transfer: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage
Loans by the Purchaser to a third party, which sale or transfer is not a
Securitization Transaction or an Agency Sale.
ARTICLE
II
Section
2.01
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Pursuant
to each Assignment and
Conveyance Agreement, on the related Closing Date, the Company, simultaneously
with the payment of Purchase Price by the Purchaser, shall thereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, but
subject to the terms of this Agreement and the related Assignment and Conveyance
Agreement, all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to the
Mortgage Loans listed on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule annexed to such
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement. The Company shall deliver the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule and the related Data File to the Purchaser at
least two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date. Pursuant to
Section 2.03, the Company shall deliver the Mortgage Loan Documents for each
Mortgage Loan comprising the related Loan Package to the Custodian.
In
addition to the documents delivered
to the Custodian, the Company shall maintain a Servicing File consisting of
a
copy of the contents of each Mortgage File and the originals of the documents
in
each Mortgage File not delivered to the Custodian. The possession of
each Servicing File by the Company is at the will of the Purchaser for the
sole
purpose of servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and
possession by the Company is in a custodial capacity only. Upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser pursuant to the Commitment Letter
and this Agreement, the ownership of each Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage
and the related Mortgage File and Servicing File shall vest immediately in
the
Purchaser, and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the
Company shall vest immediately in the Purchaser and shall be retained and
maintained by the Company, in trust, at the will of the Purchaser and only
in
such custodial capacity. The Company shall release its custody of the
contents of any Servicing File only in accordance with written instructions
from
the Purchaser, unless such release is required as incidental to the Company’s
servicing of the Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase or
satisfaction of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or
6.02. All such costs associated with the release, transfer and
re-delivery of any Mortgage Files and Servicing Files between the parties shall
be the responsibility of the party in possession of such file or
files.
In
addition, in connection with the
assignment of any MERS Mortgage Loan, the Company agrees that it will cause
the
MERS® System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans
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have
been
assigned by the Company to the Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement
by
including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased
in
accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files the information required
by the MERS® System to identify the Purchaser as beneficial owner of such
Mortgage Loans. Prior to the assignment of any MERS Mortgage Loan,
the Purchaser will provide the Company with Purchaser’s MERS registration
number. The Company further agrees that it will not alter the information
referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term
of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
From
and after the sale of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser in the related Loan Package on each Closing Date, all
rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, all
funds received on or in connection with such Mortgage Loans, shall be received
and held by the Company in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser as owner
of
the Mortgage Loans, and the Company shall retain record title to the related
Mortgages for the sole purpose of facilitating the servicing and the supervision
of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
The
sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be
reflected on the Company’s balance sheet and other financial statements as a
sale of assets by the Company. The Company shall be responsible for
maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and records for each
Mortgage Loan which shall be marked clearly to reflect the ownership of each
Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In particular, the Company shall
maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the Purchaser, or its
designee, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance
with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, and requirements
of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, including but not limited to documentation as
to
the method(s) used in determining the applicability of the provisions of the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, to each Mortgaged Property,
documentation evidencing insurance coverage and eligibility of any condominium
project for approval by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and records of periodic
inspections as required by Section 4.13. To the extent that original
documents are not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, documents maintained by the Company may be in the form
of
microfilm, microfiche, optical imagery techniques or such other reliable means
of recreating original documents, so long as the Company complies with the
requirements of the Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac Selling and Servicing Guide,
as
amended from time to time.
The
Company shall maintain with respect
to each Mortgage Loan and shall make available for inspection by any purchaser
or its designee the related Servicing File during the time the Purchaser retains
ownership of a Mortgage Loan and thereafter in accordance with applicable laws
and regulations.
The
Company shall keep at its servicing
office books and records in which the Company shall note transfers of Mortgage
Loans. No transfer of a Mortgage Loan may be made unless such
transfer is effected in compliance with the terms hereof. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be under no obligation to deal
with any Person with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans unless
the
books and records show such Person as the
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Purchaser
or subsequent owner of the Mortgage Loan. The Purchaser may, subject
to the terms of this Agreement, sell and transfer one or more of the Mortgage
Loans. The Purchaser also shall advise the Company of the
transfer. Upon receipt of notice of the transfer, the Company shall
xxxx its books and records to reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loans of
such assignee, and shall release the previous owner from its obligations
hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold or
transferred. Such notification of a transfer shall include a final
loan schedule which shall be received by the Company no fewer than five (5)
Business Days before the last Business Day of the month. If such
notification is not received as specified above, the Company’s duties to remit
and report as required by Section 5 shall begin with the next Due
Period.
On
each Closing Date with respect to
each Mortgage Loan comprising the related Loan Package, the Company shall have
delivered to the Custodian not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior to such
Closing Date those Mortgage Loan Documents as required by Exhibit F to
this Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
The
Custodian shall certify its receipt
of all such Mortgage Loan Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, as evidenced by the initial certification of the Custodian in the
form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The Purchaser will be
responsible for the fees and expenses of the Custodian.
The
Company shall forward to the
Custodian original documents evidencing an assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance
with
Section 4.01 or 6.01 within one (1) week of their execution; provided,
however, that the Company shall provide the Custodian with a certified
true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within ten (10) days
of
its execution, and shall provide the original of any document submitted for
recordation or a copy of such document certified by the appropriate public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original within sixty
(60) days of its submission for recordation.
In
the event the public recording
office is delayed in returning any original document, the Company shall deliver
to the Custodian within two hundred forty (240) days of its submission for
recordation, a copy of such document and an Officer’s Certificate, which shall
(i) identify the recorded document; (ii) state that the recorded document has
not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay by the public
recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally required by the
applicable recording office to record and return a document submitted for
recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded document will
be
delivered to the Custodian. The Company will be required to deliver
the document to the Custodian by the date specified in (iv) above. An
extension of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from the
Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
In
the event that new, replacement,
substitute or additional Stock Certificates are issued with respect to existing
Cooperative Shares, the Company immediately shall deliver to the Custodian
the
new Stock Certificates, together with the related Stock Powers in
blank. Such new
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Stock
Certificates shall be subject to the related Pledge Instruments and shall be
subject to all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this
Agreement.
Upon
the
Company’s receipt of the Purchase Price, the Company shall provide notification
to the Custodian to release the ownership of the Mortgage Loan Documents
specified above to the Purchaser. Such notification shall be in a
form of a written notice by facsimile or other electronic media, with a copy
sent to the Purchaser. Subsequent to such release, such Mortgage Loan
Documents shall be retained by the Custodian for the benefit of the
Purchaser.
Prior
to
the related Closing Date, the Company shall (a) deliver to the Purchaser in
escrow, for examination, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan, including
a
copy of the Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or (b)
make the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser for examination at the
Company’s offices or such other location as shall otherwise be agreed upon by
the Purchaser and the Company. Such examination may be made by the
Purchaser at any time before or after such Closing Date or by any prospective
purchaser of the Mortgage Loans from the Purchaser, at any time after such
Closing Date upon prior reasonable notice to the Company. The fact
that the Purchaser or any prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans has
conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the
Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser’s (or any of its successor’s)
rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided under
this
Agreement.
The
Company agrees and acknowledges that it shall, as a condition to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, make the representations
and warranties specified in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 as of each Closing
Date. The Company, without conceding that the Mortgage Loans are
securities, hereby makes the following additional representations, warranties
and agreements which shall be deemed to have been made as of the related Closing
Date:
Neither
the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept
a transfer, pledge or other disposition of any Mortgage Loans, any interest
in
any Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached
or negotiated with respect to any Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security with, any Person in any manner, or made
any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner,
or
taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage
Loans under the Securities Act or which would render the disposition of any
Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized or will
it
authorize any Person to act, in such manner with respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
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The
Purchaser, without conceding that the Mortgage Loans are securities, hereby
makes the following representations, warranties and agreements, which shall
have
been deemed to have been made as of the related Closing Date.
(i)
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the
Purchaser understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been registered
under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any
state;
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(ii)
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the
Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for its own account only
and not
for any other person;
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(iii)
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the
Purchaser considers itself a substantial, sophisticated institutional
investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Mortgage Loans;
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(iv)
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the
Purchaser has been furnished with all information regarding the Mortgage
Loans which it has requested from the Company;
and
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(v)
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neither
the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf offered, transferred,
pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loan, any interest
in
any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security to, or solicited
any offer
to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of any Mortgage
Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Mortgage
Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security
with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation
by means
of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other
action
which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under
the
Securities Act or which would render the disposition of any Mortgage
Loan
a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized or will
it
authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
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The
closing for the purchase and sale of each Loan Package, shall take place on
the
related Closing Date. At the Purchaser’s option, the closing shall be
either: by telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree;
or
conducted in person, at such place as the parties shall agree.
The
closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
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(i)
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all
of the representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement
shall be true and correct as of such respective Closing Date and
no event
shall have
occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute
an
Event of Default under this
Agreement;
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(ii)
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the
Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser’s attorneys shall have
received in escrow, all closing documents as specified in Section
2.08 of
this Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to
the
Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the Purchaser
as
required pursuant to the respective terms
thereof;
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(iii)
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the
Company shall have delivered to the Custodian all documents required
pursuant to this Agreement; and
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(iv)
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all
other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been complied
with.
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Subject
to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the Company on such
Closing Date the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the account designated by the Company and upon the Company’s receipt of such
Purchase Price the Company shall release all Mortgage Loan Documents pursuant
to
this Agreement.
With
respect to the initial Closing Date, the closing documents shall consist of
fully executed originals of the following documents:
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(i)
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this
Agreement, in two counterparts;
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(ii)
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the
Custodial Agreement, in three counterparts, attached as Exhibit D
to this Agreement;
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(iii)
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the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Loan Package, one copy to
be
attached to each counterpart of the related Assignment and Conveyance
Agreement, and to each counterpart of the Custodial Agreement, as
the
Mortgage Loan Schedule thereto;
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(iv)
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a
trust receipt and certification, as required under the Custodial
Agreement;
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(v)
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a
Company Certification;
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(vi)
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an
Opinion of Counsel of the Company, in the form of Exhibit G hereto;
and
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(vii)
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an
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement for the related Mortgage
Loans.
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On
each
subsequent Closing Date, the following documents:
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(i)
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the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Loan
Package;
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(ii) an
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement of Mortgage Loans for the related Loan
Package; and
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(iii)
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a
trust receipt and certification, as required under the Custodial
Agreement.
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ARTICLE
III
The
Company hereby represents and
warrants to the Purchaser that, as of the related Closing Date:
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The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United States 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 the laws of such state require licensing or
qualification in order to conduct business of the type conducted
by the
Company, and in any event the Company is in compliance with the laws
of
any such state to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability
of the
related Mortgage Loan and the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement; the Company has the
full
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
perform
its obligations in accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer
to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Company and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of the Company; and all requisite action has been taken
by the
Company to make this Agreement valid and binding upon the Company
in
accordance with its terms;
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The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
in the
ordinary course of business of the Company, which is in the business
of
selling and servicing loans, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance
of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Company pursuant to
this
Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory
provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
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(c)
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Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition of
the
Mortgage Loans by the Company, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to
the
Purchaser or the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment
of
or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement will
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, articles
of
incorporation or by-laws or any legal restriction or any agreement
or
instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it is
bound, or
constitute a default or result in the violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company or its
property
is subject, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on
the
Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage
Loans;
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(d)
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The
Company is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential
mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities,
procedures, and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing
of
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. The
Company is a HUD approved mortgagee and is in good standing to sell
mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change
in
insurance coverage, which would make the Company unable to comply
with
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac eligibility requirements or which would
require
notification to either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac;
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Servicing Fee represents
reasonable compensation for servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans
and that the entire Servicing Fee shall be treated by the Company,
for
accounting and tax purposes, as compensation for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
Agreement;
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(f)
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The
Company 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. The Company is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage
Loans will not cause the Company to become insolvent. The sale
of the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken to hinder, delay or defraud
any of
the Company’s creditors;
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There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened
against the Company which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate,
may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations,
financial condition, properties or assets of the Company, or in any
material impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry
on its
business substantially as now conducted, or
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in
any material liability on the part of the Company, or which would
draw
into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans
or of
any action taken or to be contemplated herein, or which would be
likely to
impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the
terms of
this Agreement;
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(h)
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No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance
by
the Company of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement or
the
sale of the Mortgage Loans as evidenced by the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if required, such
approval
has been obtained prior to the related Closing
Date;
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(i)
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The
Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding fixed rate or adjustable
rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Company’s mortgage banking
portfolio at the related Closing Date as to which the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.02 could be made and such selection was not
made in a manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the
Purchaser;
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Neither
this Agreement nor any statement, report or other document furnished
or to
be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of
fact or
omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein
not misleading;
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(k)
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The
Company has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant
to this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for accounting
and tax
purposes;
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(l)
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There
has been no material adverse change in the business, operations,
financial
condition or assets of the Company since the date of the Company’s most
recent financial statements;
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(m)
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The
Company has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or
other
Person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in
the
connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
and
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(n)
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MERS
Status.
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The
Company is a member of MERS in good
standing.
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As
to each Mortgage Loan, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that as of the related Closing
Date:
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The
information set forth in the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule and
the
information contained on the respective Data File delivered to the
Purchaser is true and correct;
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(b)
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All
payments required to be made up to the Cut-off Date for the Mortgage
Loan
under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and
credited. No payment under any Mortgage Loan has been thirty
(30) days delinquent more than one (1) time within the twelve (12)
months
prior to the related Closing Date;
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There
are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage, and
all
taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments,
water, sewer and municipal charges, which previously became due and
owing
have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an
amount
sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which
has
been assessed but is not yet due and payable. The Company has
not advanced funds, or induced, or solicited directly or indirectly,
the
payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for
interest accruing from the date of the related Mortgage Note or date
of
disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is later, to
the day
which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment
of
principal and interest;
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The
terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been impaired, waived,
altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument
which
has been recorded, if necessary, to protect the interests of the
Purchaser
and which has been delivered to the Custodian. The substance of
any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by
the
issuer of any related PMI Policy or LPMI Policy and the title insurer,
to
the extent required by the policy, and its terms are reflected on
the
respective Mortgage Loan Schedule. No Mortgagor has been
released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption
agreement
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approved
by the issuer of any related PMI Policy or LPMI Policy and the title
insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption
agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan Documents delivered to the
Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the respective
Mortgage
Loan Schedule;
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(e)
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The
Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense
of
usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage
Note or
the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either
the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part,
or
subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense,
including without limitation the defense of usury, and no such right
of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
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The
Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded,
in
whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released
from
the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument
been
executed that would effect any such satisfaction, release, cancellation,
subordination or rescission;
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The
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and related documents are genuine,
and each
is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof
enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to enter into the
Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been duly and
properly executed by such parties.
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With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Pledge
Agreement, and related documents are genuine, and each is the legal, valid
and
binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its
terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Pledge
Agreement, the Proprietary Lease, the Stock Power, Recognition Agreement and
the
Assignment of Proprietary Lease had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage
Loan and to execute and deliver such documents, and such documents have been
duly and properly executed by such parties;
No
error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud or similar
occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the
Company, or
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the
Mortgagor, or to the best of Company's knowledge, any appraiser, any builder,
or
any developer, or any other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage
Loan or in the application of any insurance in relation to such Mortgage
Loan;
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Any
and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including,
without
limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures,
consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity, disclosure,
or
predatory and abusive lending laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan
have
been complied with. All inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions
of the
Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of
the same,
including, but not limited to, certificates of occupancy and fire
underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities;
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The
Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a contiguous parcel of real
property with a detached single family residence erected thereon,
or a
two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in
a
condominium project, or a Cooperative Apartment, or an individual
unit in
a planned unit development or a townhouse, provided,
however, that any condominium project or planned unit development
shall conform to the requirements under the Underwriting Guidelines
of the
Company regarding such dwellings, and no residence or dwelling is
a mobile
home or manufactured dwelling. As of the respective appraisal
date for each Mortgaged Property, no portion of the Mortgaged Property
was
being used for commercial purposes outside of the Underwriting
Guidelines;
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Each
Mortgage Loan is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on
the
Mortgaged Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property
and
all installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and
air
conditioning systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and
all
additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect
to
the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only
to:
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(1)
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the
lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable;
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(2)
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covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of
the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to mortgage
lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in
the
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lender’s
title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the
Mortgage Loan and (i) referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal
made
for the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (ii) which do not adversely affect
the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal;
and
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(3)
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other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not
materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to
be
provided by the mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability
of
the related Mortgaged Property.
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Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related
to and
delivered in connection with each Mortgage Loan establishes and creates
a
valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Company has full
right
to sell and assign the same to the
Purchaser.
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With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, each Pledge Agreement creates a valid,
enforceable and subsisting first security interest in the Cooperative Shares
and
Proprietary Lease, subject only to (i) the lien of the related Cooperative
for
unpaid assessments representing the Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the
Cooperative’s payments for its blanket mortgage, current and future real
property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments
to
which like collateral is commonly subject and (ii) other matters to which like
collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Pledge Agreement;
provided, however, that the appurtenant Proprietary Lease may be subordinated
or
otherwise subject to the lien of any mortgage on the Project;
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The
proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, except for
escrows established or created due to seasonal weather conditions,
and
there is no requirement for future advances thereunder. All
costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage
Loan
and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is
not
entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage
Note
or Mortgage;
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Any
future advances made prior to the Cut-off Date, have been consolidated
with the outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and
the
secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest
rate
and single repayment term reflected on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated
principal amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority
by a
title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy
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insuring
the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title evidence
acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac; the consolidated principal
amount
does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
the
Company shall not make future advances after the Cut-off
Date;
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The
Company is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan
and
the related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not assigned or pledged,
and the Company has good and marketable title thereto and has full
right
and authority to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser. The Company is transferring the Mortgage Loan free
and clear of any and all encumbrances, liens, pledges, equities,
participation interests, claims, charges or security interests of
any
nature encumbering such Mortgage
Loan;
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The
Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, a
savings
bank, a commercial bank, a credit union, an insurance company, or
similar
institution that is supervised and examined by a federal or state
authority or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban
Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing
Act.
All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether
as
mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period
in
which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance
with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of
the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either (a)
organized under the laws of such state, or (b) qualified to do business
in
such state, or (c) federal savings and loan associations or national
banks
having principal offices in such state, or (d) not doing business
in such
state;
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Each
Mortgage Loan has an LTV as specified on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule. Except as indicated on such Mortgage Loan Schedule,
each Mortgage Loan with an LTV greater than 80%, at the time of
origination, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan is and will be insured as to payment defaults by a PMI
Policy. If the Mortgage Loan is insured by a PMI Policy for
which the Mortgagor pays all premiums, the coverage will remain in
place
until (i) the LTV decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI Policy is otherwise
terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12
USC
§4901, et seq. All provisions of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy
have been and are being complied with, such policy is in full force
and
effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. The
Qualified Insurer has a claims paying ability acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac. Any Mortgage Loan subject to a PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy obligates the Mortgagor or the Company thereunder to
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maintain
the PMI Policy or LPMI Policy, as applicable, and to pay all premiums
and
charges in connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest Rate for
the Mortgage Loan as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule
is
net of any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy insurance
premium;
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The
Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy (or in
the case of any Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located
in a
jurisdiction where such policies are generally not available, an
opinion
of counsel of the type customarily rendered in such jurisdiction
in lieu
of title insurance) or other generally acceptable form of policy
of
insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, issued by a title
insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to
do
business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located,
insuring the Company, its successors and assigns, as to the first
priority
lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (1), (2)
and (3)
of Paragraph (k) of this Section 3.02, and against any loss by reason
of
the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage
Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. The Company is the sole insured
of such
lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy
is in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender’s title
insurance policy, and no prior holder of the Mortgage, including
the
Company, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair
the
coverage of such lender’s title insurance
policy;
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There
is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing
under
the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage
of
time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period,
would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration,
and
neither the Company nor its predecessors have waived any default,
breach,
violation or event of acceleration;
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There
are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for
work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under
the law
could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property
which are or may be
liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related
Mortgage which are not insured against by the title insurance policy
referenced in Paragraph (q)
above;
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Except
as insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph
(q) above, all improvements which were considered in determining
the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the boundaries
and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property. No improvement located on or being part of the
Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation;
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(u)
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Except
with respect to the Interest Only Mortgage Loans, principal payments
commenced no more than sixty (60) days after the funds were disbursed
to
the Mortgagor in connection with the Mortgage Loan. The
Mortgage Loans have an original term to maturity of not more than
thirty
(30) years, with interest payable in arrears on the first day of
each
month. As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan on each
applicable Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Interest Rate will be adjusted
to
equal the sum of the Index plus the applicable Gross Margin, rounded
up or
down to the nearest multiple of 0.125% indicated by the Mortgage
Note;
provided that the Mortgage Interest Rate will not increase or decrease
by
more than the Periodic Interest Rate Cap on any Adjustment Date,
and will
in no event exceed the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate or be lower
than the
Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate listed on the Mortgage Note for such
Mortgage Loan. As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan that is
not an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, each Mortgage Note requires a
monthly
payment which is sufficient, during the period prior to the first
adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate, to fully amortize the
outstanding principal balance as of the first day of such period
over the
then remaining term of such Mortgage Note and to pay interest at
the
related Mortgage Interest Rate. As to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, if the related Mortgage Interest Rate changes on an
Adjustment Date, the then outstanding principal balance will be
reamortized over the remaining life of such Mortgage Loan. No
Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would result in
negative
amortization;
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The
Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and enforceable
provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof
adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the
case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead
or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere
with the
right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to
foreclose the Mortgage;
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As
of the date of origination, the Mortgaged Property was lawfully occupied
under applicable law;
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Except
in the case of a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan and as indicated on
the
related Data File, the Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured
by
any collateral, pledged account or other security except the lien
of the
corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable
security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in Paragraphs
(k);
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In
the event that the Mortgage is a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified
under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated
and
currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses
are or will become payable by the Mortgagee to the trustee under
the deed
of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the
Mortgagor;
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The
Company has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with
respect
to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the
Mortgagor’s credit standing that can reasonably be expected to cause
private institutional investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as an
unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent,
or
adversely affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage
Loan;
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As
to any Mortgage Loan which is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Assignment
of
Mortgage, upon the insertion of the name of the assignee and recording
information, is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording
under
the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located;
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The
Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth
movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect
adversely the
value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan
or the
use for which the premises were
intended;
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The
origination, servicing and collection practices used with respect
to the
Mortgage Loan have been in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices,
and have been in all material respects legal and proper. With
respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments
are in
the possession of the Company and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been
collected in full compliance with state and federal law. No
escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due
the
Company have been capitalized under the Mortgage
Note;
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There
is no proceeding pending or to the best of the Company’s knowledge
threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the related Mortgaged
Property;
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The
Servicing File includes an appraisal of the related Mortgaged
Property. As to each Time$aver® Mortgage Loan, the appraisal
may be from the original of the existing Company-serviced loan, which
was
refinanced via such Time$aver® Mortgage Loan. The appraisal was
conducted by an appraiser who had no interest, direct or indirect,
in the
Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof; and
whose
compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the
Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and the appraiser both satisfy the
applicable requirements of Title XI of the Financial Institution
Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
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The
Mortgaged Property securing each Mortgage Loan is insured by an insurer
acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire and
such
hazards as are covered under a standard extended coverage endorsement
and
such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to
the
requirements of Section 4.10, in an amount which is at least equal
to the
lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable value on a replacement cost basis
of
the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the greater
of
either (a) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
or (b)
an amount such that the proceeds of such insurance shall be sufficient
to
prevent the application to the Mortgagor or the loss payee of any
coinsurance clause under the policy. If the Mortgaged Property
is a condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded
by a
blanket policy for the project. If the improvements on the
Mortgaged Property are in an area identified in the Federal Register
by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards,
a
flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current
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guidelines
of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect with a generally
acceptable insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage
not less
than the least of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan, (B) the full insurable value and (C) the maximum
amount of insurance which was available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended. All individual insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Company and its successors
and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been
paid. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to
maintain a hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense,
and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the
Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost
and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding
obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will
be in
full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company has not acted so as to impair or failed
to act to avoid impairment of the coverage of any such insurance
policy or
the validity, binding effect and enforceability
thereof;
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The
Mortgagor has not notified the Company, and the Company has no knowledge
of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended or other similar state
statute;
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The
Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage
Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature. Except as indicated on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, no Mortgage Loan has a balloon payment
feature;
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(ii)
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No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (i) the construction or
rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or (ii) facilitating the trade-in
or exchange of a Mortgaged Property other than a construction-to-permanent
loan which has converted to a permanent Mortgage
Loan;
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Underwriting.
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Each
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting
Guidelines of the Company; and the Mortgage Note and Mortgage are
on forms
acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx
Mae;
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Bankruptcy.
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To
the
best of the Company’s knowledge, no Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or
federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was
originated and as of the related Closing Date and to the best of Company’s
knowledge, the Company has not received notice that any Mortgagor is a debtor
under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
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The
Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, has
fully
furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its
implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g.,
favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax,
Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the
credit
repositories), on a monthly basis;
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To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending action or
proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance
with any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue; there
is no
violation of any environmental law, rule or regulation with respect
to the
Mortgaged Property; and nothing further remains to be done to satisfy
in
full all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation constituting
a
prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said
property;
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(nn)
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No
Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered
Loan;
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No
Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit insurance policy
(e.g. life, disability, accident, unemployment or health insurance product)
or
debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the Mortgage
Loan. No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium credit insurance
policy (e.g. life, disability, accident, unemployment or health insurance
product) as part of the origination of the Mortgage Loan. No proceeds
from any Mortgage Loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance
policies or debt cancellation agreements as part of the origination of, or
as a
condition to closing, such Mortgage Loan;
The
Mortgage Loan Documents and any other documents required to be delivered by
the
Company under this Agreement for the Mortgage Loans have been delivered to
the
Custodian (except for those submitted for recordation). The Company
is in possession of a complete, true and accurate Mortgage File in
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compliance
with Exhibit F, except for such documents the originals of which have
been delivered to the Custodian or submitted for recordation;
Except
as
indicated on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, no Mortgage Loan is subject
to
the Company’s pledged asset program;
No
Mortgage Loan has a Prepayment Penalty feature;
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Buydown
Mortgage Loans.
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With
respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Buydown Mortgage
Loan:
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On
or before the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Company
and
the Mortgagor, or the Company, the Mortgagor and the seller of the
Mortgaged Property or a third party entered into a Buydown
Agreement. The Buydown Agreement provides that the seller of
the Mortgaged Property (or another third party) shall deliver to
the
Company temporary Buydown Funds in an amount equal to the aggregate
undiscounted amount of payments that, when added to the amount the
Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan is obligated to pay on each Due Date
in
accordance with the terms of the Buydown Agreement, is equal to the
full
scheduled Monthly Payment due on such Mortgage Loan. The
effective interest rate of a Buydown Mortgage Loan, if less than
the
interest rate set forth in the related Mortgage Note, will increase
within
the Buydown Period as provided in the related Buydown Agreement so
that at
the end of such Buydown Period the effective interest rate will be
equal
to the interest rate as set forth in the related Mortgage
Note. The Buydown Mortgage Loan satisfies the requirements of
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines or the Underwriting
Guidelines;
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The
Mortgage and Mortgage Note reflect the permanent payment terms rather
than
the payment terms of the Buydown Agreement. The Buydown
Agreement provides for the payment by the Mortgagor of the full amount
of
the Monthly Payment on any Due Date that the Buydown Funds are
available. The Buydown Funds were not used to reduce the
original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or to increase the
Appraised Value of
the Mortgaged Property when calculating the Loan-to-Value Ratios
for
purposes of the Agreement and, if the Buydown Funds were provided
by the
Company and if required under Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines
or
Underwriting Guidelines, the terms of the Buydown Agreement were
disclosed
to the appraiser of the Mortgaged
Property;
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The
Buydown Funds may not be refunded to the Mortgagor unless the Mortgagor
makes a principal payment of the outstanding balance of and all other
amounts due or accrued under the Mortgage
Loan;
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(iv)
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As
of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, the provisions of
the
related Buydown Agreement complied with the requirements of Xxxxxx
Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines or Underwriting Guidelines regarding buydown
agreements;
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(tt)
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Interest
on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a three hundred
sixty
(360)-day year consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30)-day
months;
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(uu)
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Due
on Sale.
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The
Mortgage or Mortgage Note contains an enforceable provision, to the extent
not
prohibited by federal law, for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property
is sold or transferred without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee
thereunder;
(vv)
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No
borrower with respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on or after August 1,
2004, agreed to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising out of
or
relating in any way to the Mortgage
Loan transaction;
(ww)
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Cooperative
Loans.
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With
respect to each Cooperative Loan
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(i)
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The
Cooperative Shares are held by a Person as a tenant-stockholder in
a
Cooperative. Each original UCC financing statement,
continuation statement or other governmental filing or recordation
necessary to create or preserve the perfection and priority of the
first
lien and security interest in the Cooperative Loan and Proprietary
Lease
has been timely and properly made. Any security agreement,
chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to the Cooperative
Loan
and delivered to Purchaser or its designee establishes in Purchaser
a
valid and subsisting perfected first lien
on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property described therein,
and
Purchaser has full right to sell and assign the same. The
Proprietary Lease term expires no less than five years after the
Mortgage
Loan term or such other term acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac;
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(ii)
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A
Cooperative Lien Search has been made by a company competent to make
the
same which company is acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and qualified to do
business in the jurisdiction where the Cooperative is
located;
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(iii)
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(a)
The term of the related Proprietary Lease is not less than the terms
of
the Cooperative Loan; (b) there is no provision in any Proprietary
Lease
which requires the Mortgagor to offer for sale the Cooperative Shares
owned by such Mortgagor first to the Cooperative; (c) there is no
prohibition in any Proprietary Lease against pledging the Cooperative
Shares or assigning the Proprietary Lease; (d) the Cooperative has
been
created and exists in full compliance with the requirements for
residential cooperatives in the jurisdiction in which the Project
is
located and qualifies as a cooperative housing corporation under
Section
210 of the Code; (e) the Recognition Agreement is on a form published
by
Aztech Document Services, Inc. or includes similar provisions; and
(f) the
Cooperative has good and marketable title to the Project, and owns
the
Project either in fee simple or under a leasehold that complies with
the
requirements of the Xxxxxx Xxx Guidelines; such title is free and
clear of
any adverse liens or encumbrances, except the lien of any blanket
mortgage;
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(iv)
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The
Company has the right under the terms of the Mortgage Note, Pledge
Agreement and Recognition Agreement to pay any maintenance charges
or
assessments owed by the Mortgagor;
and
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(v)
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Each
Stock Power (i) has all signatures guaranteed or (ii) if all signatures
are not guaranteed, then such Cooperative Shares will be transferred
by
the stock transfer agent of the Cooperative if the Company undertakes
to
convert the ownership of the collateral securing the related Cooperative
Loan;
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There
is
no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after October 1, 2002 and before
March 7, 2003, which is secured by property located in the State of
Georgia. There is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after
March 7, 2003, which is a “high cost home loan” as defined under the Georgia
Fair Lending Act; and
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There
is
no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after January 1, 2005, which is
a
“high cost home loan” as defined under the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act (I.C.
24-9).
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It
is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive
the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and the delivery of the related
Mortgage Loan Documents to the Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of
the
Purchaser, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any
Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine
any Mortgage File. Upon discovery by either the Company or the
Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties
which materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the
interest of the Purchaser (or which materially and adversely affects the
interests of Purchaser in the related Mortgage Loan in the case of a
representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other.
Within
ninety (90) days of the earlier
of either discovery by or notice to the Company of any breach of a
representation or warranty which materially and adversely affects the value
of
the Mortgage Loans or any individual Mortgage Loan, the Company shall use its
best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material respects and, if
such
breach cannot be cured, the Company shall, at the Purchaser’s option, repurchase
such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price. In the event that a
breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.01,
and such breach cannot be cured within ninety (90) days of the earlier of either
discovery by or notice to the Company of such breach, all of the Mortgage Loans
shall, at the Purchaser’s option, be repurchased by the Company at the
Repurchase Price. However, if the breach shall involve a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 and the Company discovers
or receives notice of any such breach within one hundred twenty (120) days
of
the Closing Date, the Company shall, if the breach cannot be cured, at the
Purchaser’s option and provided that the Company has a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above,
remove such Mortgage Loan (a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) and substitute in its
place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, provided that any such
substitution shall be effected not later than one hundred twenty (120) days
after the Closing Date. If the Company has no Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan(s), it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan within ninety
(90) days of the written notice of the breach. Any repurchase of a
Mortgage Loan or Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.03
shall be accomplished by deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount of
the
Repurchase Price for distribution to Purchaser on the Remittance Date
immediately following the Principal Repayment Period in which such Repurchase
Price is received, after deducting therefrom any amount received in respect
of
such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Loans and being held in the Custodial Account
for future distribution.
If
pursuant to the foregoing provisions
the Company repurchases a Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Company shall either (i) cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of
the
Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Company
on
behalf of the Purchaser and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from
registration
on the MERS® System in accordance with MERS’ rules and regulations or (ii) cause
MERS to designate on the MERS® System the Company as the beneficial holder with
respect to such Mortgage Loan.
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At
the time of repurchase or
substitution, the Purchaser and the Company shall arrange for the reassignment
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Company and the delivery to the Company
of
any documents held by the Custodian relating to the Deleted Mortgage
Loan. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, the Company
shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give written notice to the
Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken place, amend the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan from this Agreement, and, in the case of substitution, identify a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this
Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, the Company
shall be deemed to have made as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement except that all
such
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed
made
as of the date of such substitution. The Company shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Custodian for such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan the documents required by Section 2.03, with the Mortgage Note
endorsed as required by Section 2.03. Any substitution will be made
as of the first day of the Due Period beginning in the month in which such
substitution occurs. Accordingly, Monthly Payments due with respect
to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be
retained by the Company and the Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account
the Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due on such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans in the month following the date of such
substitution. With respect to any Deleted Mortgage Loan,
distributions to Purchaser shall include the Monthly Payment due on any Deleted
Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution, and the Company shall thereafter
be
entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received by the Company in respect
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For
any month in which the Company
substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan,
the Company shall determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of
substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Deleted
Mortgage Loans (after application of scheduled principal payments due in the
month of substitution). The amount of such shortfall shall be paid by
the Company to the Purchaser in the month of substitution pursuant to Section
5.01. Accordingly, on the date of such substitution, the Company
shall deposit from its own funds into the Custodial Account an amount equal
to
the amount of such shortfall.
In
addition to such repurchase or
substitution obligation, the Company shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold
it
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 the Company set forth in this Section 3.03 to cure, substitute
for or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the Purchaser
as
provided
in this Section 3.03 constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser respecting
a
breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
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Any
cause of action against the Company
relating to or arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties
made in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i)
discovery of such breach by the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Company
to
the Purchaser, (ii) failures by the Company to cure such breach or repurchase
such Mortgage Loan as specified above, and (iii) demand upon the Company by
the
Purchaser for compliance with this Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
The
Company, as an independent
contractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans and shall have
full
power and authority, acting alone or through the utilization of a Subcontractor
or Subservicer, as applicable, to do any and all things in connection with
such
servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable,
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, with Accepted Servicing Practices
and, in the case of any Mortgage Loan transferred to a REMIC, with the REMIC
Provisions. The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of
a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, and the Company’s utilization of
a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, shall in no way relieve the
liability of the Company under this Agreement.
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limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the
Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or
full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect
to
the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties when required,
consistent with the foregoing restrictions. If reasonably required by
the Company, the Purchaser shall furnish the Company with any powers of attorney
and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry
out
its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement.
In
servicing and administering the
Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ procedures (including collection
procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises
in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, giving due
consideration to Accepted Servicing Practices where such practices do not
conflict with the requirements of this Agreement, and the Purchaser’s reliance
on the Company.
The
Company is authorized and empowered
by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate
in
its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or
cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS®
System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all
instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to
such
assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee
for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company will
comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such
Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.
In
the event that any payment due under
any Mortgage Loan and not postponed pursuant to Section 4.01 is not paid when
the same becomes due and payable, or in the event that the Mortgagor fails
to
perform any other covenant or obligation under the Mortgage Loan and such
failure continues beyond any applicable grace period, the Company shall take
such action as (1) the Company would take under similar circumstances with
respect to a similar mortgage loan held for its own account for investment,
(2)
shall be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, (3) the Company shall
determine prudently to be in the best interest of Purchaser, and (4) is
consistent with any related PMI Policy or LPMI Policy. In the event
that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not postponed pursuant to
Section 4.01 and remains delinquent for a period of ninety (90) days or any
other default continues for a period of ninety (90) days beyond the expiration
of any grace or cure period, the Company shall commence foreclosure
proceedings. In the event the Purchaser objects to such foreclosure
action, the Company shall not be required to make Monthly Advances with respect
to such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to Section 5.03, and the Company’s obligation to
make such Monthly Advances shall terminate on the 90th day referred to
above. In such connection, the Company shall from its own funds make
all necessary and proper Servicing Advances, provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure
or towards the restoration or preservation of any Mortgaged Property, unless
it
shall determine (a) that such preservation,
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restoration
and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage
Loan to Purchaser after reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (b) that
such expenses will be recoverable by it either through Liquidation Proceeds
(respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the
Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05) or through Insurance Proceeds
(respecting which it shall have similar priority).
Notwithstanding
anything to the
contrary contained herein, in connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of
a
deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the Company has reasonable cause
to
believe that a Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, or if the Purchaser otherwise requests an environmental
inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property, such an inspection or review
is
to be conducted by a qualified inspector. The cost for such
inspection or review shall be borne by the Purchaser. Upon completion
of the inspection or review, the Company shall promptly provide the Purchaser
with a written report of the environmental inspection.
After
reviewing the environmental
inspection report, the Purchaser shall determine how the Company shall proceed
with respect to the Mortgaged Property. In the event (a) the
environmental inspection report indicates that the Mortgaged Property is
contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes and (b) the Purchaser
directs the Company to proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in
lieu
of foreclosure, the Company shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs
associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure
and any related environmental clean up costs, as applicable, from the related
Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation Proceeds are insufficient to fully
reimburse the Company, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
amounts in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof. In
the event the Purchaser directs the Company not to proceed with foreclosure
or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall be reimbursed
for
all Servicing Advances made with respect to the related Mortgaged Property
from
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof.
Continuously
from the date hereof until
the principal and interest on all Mortgage Loans are paid in full, the Company
shall proceed diligently to collect all payments due under each of the Mortgage
Loans when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices and shall take special care in ascertaining and estimating
Escrow Payments and all other charges that will become due and payable with
respect to the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property, to the end that the
installments payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges
as
and when they become due and payable.
The
Company shall segregate and hold
all funds collected and received in connection with a Mortgage Loan separate
and
apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish
and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, in the form of time deposit or
demand accounts, titled “Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in trust for the Purchaser
and/or subsequent purchasers of Mortgage Loans, - P & I.” The
Custodial Account shall be established with a Qualified
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Depository.
Upon request of the Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof, the Company
shall provide the Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such
Custodial Account. The Custodial Account shall at all times be
insured to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law. Funds
deposited in the Custodial Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance
with Section 4.05.
The
Company shall deposit in the
Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days of Company’s receipt, and retain
therein, the following collections received by the Company and payments made
by
the Company after the Cut-off Date, other than payments of principal and
interest due on or before the Cut-off Date, or received by the Company prior
to
the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent thereto:
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all
payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including
all
Principal Prepayments;
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(ii)
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all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted to
the
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
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(iii)
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all
Liquidation Proceeds;
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(iv)
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all
Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited pursuant
to
Section 4.10 (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 Section 4.14), Section 4.11 and
Section 4.15;
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(v)
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all
Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration or
repair
of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with
Section 4.14;
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(vi)
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any
amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant
to
Section 4.01, 5.03, 6.01 or 6.02;
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(vii)
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any
amounts payable in connection with the repurchase of any Mortgage
Loan
pursuant to Section 3.03 and all amounts required to be deposited
by the
Company in connection with a shortfall in principal amount of any
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.03;
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with
respect to each Principal Prepayment an amount (to be paid by the
Company
out of its funds) which, when added to all amounts allocable to interest
received in connection with the Principal Prepayment, equals one
month’s
interest on the amount of principal so prepaid at the Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate;
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(ix)
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any
amounts required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section
4.11
in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard insurance
policy;
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(x)
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any
amounts received with respect to or related to any REO Property and
all
REO Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section
4.16;
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(xi)
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with
respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan and Subsidy Loan, an amount
from the
Escrow Account that when added to the amount received from the Mortgagor
for such month, will equal the full Monthly Payment due under the
related
Mortgage Note; and
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(xii)
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with
respect to Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans, any amounts required to
be
deposited pursuant to Section 4.27 of this Agreement in connection
with a
Letter of Credit.
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The
foregoing requirements for deposit
into the Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed
that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature
of late payment charges and assumption fees, to the extent permitted by Section
6.01, and any amounts received with respect to or related to Incremental
Interest need not be deposited by the Company into the Custodial
Account. Any interest paid on funds deposited in the Custodial
Account by the depository institution shall accrue to the benefit of the Company
and the Company shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such interest from
the
Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05.
The
Company shall, from time to time,
withdraw funds from the Custodial Account for the following
purposes:
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(i)
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to
make payments to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner provided
for in Section 5.01;
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(ii)
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to
reimburse itself for Monthly Advances of the Company’s funds made pursuant
to Section 5.03, the Company’s right to reimburse itself pursuant to this
sub clause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the related
Mortgage
Loan which represent late Monthly Payments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts
as may be
collected by the Company respecting which any such advance was made,
it
being understood that, in the case of any such reimbursement, the
Company’s right thereto shall be prior to the rights of Purchaser, except
that, where the Company is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan
pursuant
to Section 3.03 or 6.02, the Company’s right to such reimbursement shall
be subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price
pursuant to such sections and all other amounts required to be paid
to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage
Loan;
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(iii)
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to
reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and for any
unpaid
Servicing Fees, the Company’s right to reimburse itself pursuant to this
sub clause (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited
to
related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds
and such other amounts as
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may be collected by the Company from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of any such reimbursement, the Company’s right thereto shall be prior to the rights of Purchaser, except that where the Company is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02, in which case the Company’s right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to such sections and all other amounts required to be paid to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
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(iv)
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to
pay itself interest actually earned on funds deposited in the Custodial
Account;
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(v)
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to
reimburse itself for expenses incurred and reimbursable to it pursuant
to
Section 8.01;
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(vi)
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to
pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.16 related
to any
REO Property, it being understood that, in the case of any such
expenditure or withdrawal related to a particular REO Property, the
amount
of such expenditure or withdrawal from the Custodial Account shall
be
limited to amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account with respect
to the
related REO Property;
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(vii)
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to
reimburse itself for any Servicing Advances or REO expenses after
liquidation of the Mortgaged Property not otherwise reimbursed
above;
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(viii)
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to
reimburse the trustee with respect to any Securitization Transaction
for
any unreimbursed Monthly Advances or Servicing Advances made by the
Trustee, as applicable, the right to reimbursement pursuant to this
sub
clause (viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to
related
Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds of REO Dispositions, Condemnation
Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by
the
Company from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage
Loan, it
being understood that, in the case of such reimbursement, such trustee’s
right thereto shall be prior to the rights of the Company to reimbursement
under (ii) and (iii) above, and prior to the rights of the Purchaser
under
(i) above;
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(ix)
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to
remove funds inadvertently placed in the Custodial Account by the
Company;
and
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(x)
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to
clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of
this
Agreement.
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In
the event that the Custodial Account
is interest bearing, on each Remittance Date, the Company shall withdraw all
funds from the Custodial Account except for those amounts which, pursuant
to Section 5.01, the Company is not obligated to remit on such Remittance
Date. The Company may use such withdrawn funds only for the purposes
described in this Section 4.05.
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The
Company shall segregate and hold
all funds collected and received pursuant to a Mortgage Loan constituting Escrow
Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and
shall establish and maintain one or more Escrow Accounts, in the form of time
deposit or demand accounts, titled, “Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in trust for the
Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers of Residential Mortgage Loans, and
various Mortgagors - T & I.” The Escrow Accounts shall be
established with a Qualified Depository, in a manner which shall provide maximum
available insurance thereunder. Upon request of the Purchaser and
within ten (10) days thereof, the Company shall provide the Purchaser with
written confirmation of the existence of such Escrow Account. Funds
deposited in the Escrow Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance
with Section 4.07.
The
Company shall deposit in the Escrow
Account or Accounts within two (2) Business Days of Company’s receipt, and
retain therein:
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(i)
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all
Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the
purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required
under
the terms of this Agreement;
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(ii)
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all
amounts representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds
which are
to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged
Property;
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(iii)
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all
payments on account of Buydown Funds or Subsidy Funds;
and
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(iv)
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all
Servicing Advances for Mortgagors whose Escrow Payments are insufficient
to cover escrow disbursements.
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The
Company shall make withdrawals from
the Escrow Account only to effect such payments as are required under this
Agreement, as set forth in Section 4.07. The Company shall be
entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the Escrow Account
by
the depository institution, other than interest on escrowed funds required
by
law to be paid to the Mortgagor. To the extent required by law, the
Company shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding
that the Escrow Account may be non-interest bearing or that interest paid
thereon is insufficient for such purposes. The Company shall
reimburse the Escrow Account for any losses incurred as a result of the
investment of amounts on deposit in the Escrow Account.
Withdrawals
from the Escrow Account or
Accounts may be made by the Company only:
(i)
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to
effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates,
mortgage insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and hazard
insurance premiums or other items constituting Escrow Payments for
the
related Mortgage;
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(ii)
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to
reimburse the Company for any Servicing Advances made by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.08 with respect to a related Mortgage Loan,
but only
from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent
late
collections of Escrow Payments
thereunder;
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(iii)
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to
refund to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the amounts
required under the terms of the related Mortgage
Loan;
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(iv)
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for
transfer to the Custodial Account and application to reduce the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the
related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note;
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(v)
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for
application to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
in
accordance with the procedures outlined in Section
4.14;
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(vi)
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to
pay to the Company, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by law,
any
interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow
Account;
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(vii)
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to
remove funds inadvertently placed in the Escrow Account by the
Company;
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(viii)
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to
transfer payment on account of Buydown Funds or Subsidy Funds to
the
Custodial Account, as applicable;
and
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(ix)
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to
clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this
Agreement.
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With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Company shall maintain accurate records reflecting the status of ground rents,
taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, and other charges which are or
may
become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and the status of PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy premiums and fire and hazard insurance coverage and shall obtain, from
time to time, all bills for the payment of such charges (including renewal
premiums) and shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty
or
termination date, employing for such purpose deposits of the Mortgagor in the
Escrow Account which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the Company
in
amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under the terms of the
Mortgage. The Company assumes full responsibility for the timely
payment of all such bills and shall effect timely payment of all such charges
irrespective of each Mortgagor’s faithful performance in the payment of same or
the making of the Escrow Payments, and the Company shall make advances from
its
own funds to effect such payments.
The
Company may transfer the Custodial
Account, Subsidy Account or the Escrow Account to a different Qualified
Depository from time to time, provided that the Company shall give notice to
the
Purchaser of such transfer.
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The
Company shall cause to be
maintained for each Mortgage Loan hazard insurance such that all buildings
upon
the Mortgaged Property are insured by an insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other
hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located,
in
an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable
value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements securing such Mortgage
Loan and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such insurance shall
be sufficient to prevent the application to the Mortgagor or the loss payee
of
any coinsurance clause under the policy. In the event a hazard
insurance policy shall be in danger of being terminated, or in the event the
insurer shall cease to be acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company
shall notify the Purchaser and the related Mortgagor, and shall use its best
efforts, as permitted by applicable law, to obtain from another qualified
insurer a replacement hazard insurance policy substantially and materially
similar in all respects to the original policy. In no event, however,
shall a Mortgage Loan be without a hazard insurance policy at any time, subject
only to Section 4.11 hereof.
If
the related Mortgaged Property is
located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available)
the Company shall cause the Mortgagor to maintain a flood insurance policy
meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier
acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac in an amount representing coverage
equal
to the lesser of (i) the minimum amount required, under the terms of coverage,
to compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement cost basis (or the unpaid
balance of the mortgage if replacement cost coverage is not available for the
type of building insured) and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance which is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended. If at any time during the term of the Mortgage Loan, the
Company determines, in accordance with applicable law, that a Mortgaged Property
is located in a special flood hazard area and is not covered by flood insurance
or is covered in an amount less than the amount required by the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended, the Company shall notify the related
Mortgagor that the Mortgagor must obtain such flood insurance coverage, and
if
said Mortgagor fails to obtain the require flood insurance coverage within
forty-five (45) days after such notification, the Company shall immediately
force place the required flood insurance on the Mortgagor’s behalf.
If
a Mortgage is secured by a unit in a
condominium project, the Company shall verify that the coverage required of
the
owner’s association, including hazard, flood, liability, and fidelity coverage,
is being maintained in accordance with then current Xxxxxx Mae requirements,
and
secure from the owner’s association its agreement to notify the Company promptly
of any change in the insurance coverage or of any condemnation or casualty
loss
that may have a material effect on the value of the Mortgaged Property as
security.
In
the event that any Purchaser or the
Company shall determine that the Mortgaged Property should be insured against
loss or damage by hazards and risks not covered by the insurance required to
be
maintained by the Mortgagor pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, the
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Company
shall communicate and consult with the Mortgagor with respect to the need for
such insurance and bring to the Mortgagor’s attention the required amount of
coverage for the Mortgaged Property and if the Mortgagor does not obtain such
coverage, the Company shall immediately force place the required coverage on
the
Mortgagor’s behalf.
All
policies required hereunder shall
name the Company as loss payee and shall be endorsed with standard or union
mortgagee clauses, without contribution, which shall provide for at least thirty
(30) days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in amount or
material change in coverage.
The
Company shall not interfere with
the Mortgagor’s freedom of choice in selecting either his insurance carrier or
agent, provided, however, that the Company shall not accept any such insurance
policies from insurance companies unless such companies are acceptable to Xxxxxx
Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac and are licensed to do business in the jurisdiction in
which
the Mortgaged Property is located. The Company shall determine that
such policies provide sufficient risk coverage and amounts, that they insure
the
property owner, and that they properly describe the property
address.
Pursuant
to Section 4.04, any amounts
collected by the Company under any such policies (other than amounts to be
deposited in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of
the
related Mortgaged Property, or property acquired in liquidation of the Mortgage
Loan, or to be released to the Mortgagor, in accordance with the Company’s
normal servicing procedures as specified in Section 4.14) shall be deposited
in
the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
4.05.
In
the event that the Company shall
obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring against losses arising from fire
and hazards covered under extended coverage on all of the Mortgage Loans, then,
to the extent such policy provides coverage in an amount equal to the amount
required pursuant to Section 4.10 and otherwise complies with all other
requirements of Section 4.10, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied
its obligations as set forth in Section 4.10. The Company shall
prepare and make any claims on the blanket policy as deemed necessary by the
Company in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. Any amounts
collected by the Company under any such policy relating to a Mortgage Loan
shall
be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
4.05. Such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case, in
the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged
Property a policy complying with Section 4.10, and there shall have been a
loss
which would have been covered by such policy, the Company shall deposit in
the
Custodial Account at the time of such loss the amount not otherwise payable
under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause, such amount to
be
deposited from the Company’s funds, without reimbursement
therefor. Upon request of the Purchaser, the Company shall cause to
be delivered
to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance and a statement from the insurer
thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated or materially
modified without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to such
Purchaser.
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The
Company shall maintain with
responsible companies, at its own expense, a blanket Fidelity Bond and an Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy, with broad coverage on all officers, employees
or other Persons acting in any capacity requiring such Persons to handle funds,
money, documents or papers relating to the Mortgage Loans (“Company
Employees”). Any such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy shall be in the form of the Mortgage Banker’s Blanket Bond and
shall protect and insure the Company against losses, including forgery, theft,
embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of such Company
Employees. Such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy also shall protect and insure the Company against losses in connection
with the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained
payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of
this Section 4.12 requiring such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy shall diminish or relieve the Company from its duties and
obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage
under any such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall
be
at least equal to the amounts acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac. Upon the request of any Purchaser, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance for such Fidelity Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and a statement from the surety and
the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy
shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without thirty (30)
days’
prior written notice to the Purchaser.
If
any Mortgage Loan is more than sixty
(60) days delinquent, the Company immediately shall inspect the Mortgaged
Property and shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices or as may be required by the primary mortgage guaranty
insurer. The Company shall keep a record of each such inspection and,
upon request, shall provide the Purchaser with such information.
The
Company need not obtain the
approval of the Purchaser prior to releasing any Insurance Proceeds or
Condemnation Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be applied to the restoration or
repair of the Mortgaged Property if such release is in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices. For claims greater than $15,000, at a minimum
the Company shall comply with the following conditions in connection with any
such release of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds:
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(i)
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the
Company shall receive satisfactory independent verification of completion
of repairs and issuance of any required approvals with respect
thereto;
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(ii)
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the
Company shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority of
the
lien of the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring waivers
with
respect to mechanics’ and materialmen’s
liens;
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(iii)
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the
Company shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default;
and
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(iv)
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pending
repairs or restoration, the Company shall place the Insurance Proceeds
or
Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow
Account.
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If
the Purchaser is named as an
additional loss payee, the Company is hereby empowered to endorse any loss
draft
issued in respect of such a claim in the name of the Purchaser.
Except
as indicated on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, each Mortgage Loan with an LTV in excess of 80% at
the
time of origination, the Company shall, without any cost to the Purchaser,
maintain or cause the Mortgagor to maintain in full force and effect a PMI
Policy insuring a portion of the unpaid principal balance of the First Lien
Mortgage Loan as to payment defaults. If the Mortgage Loan is insured
by a PMI Policy for which the Mortgagor pays all premiums, the coverage will
remain in place until (i) the LTV decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI Policy is
otherwise terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12
USC
§4901, et seq. In the event that such PMI Policy shall be terminated
other than as required by law, the Company shall obtain from another Qualified
Insurer a comparable replacement policy, with a total coverage equal to the
remaining coverage of such terminated PMI Policy. If the insurer
shall cease to be a Qualified Insurer, the Company shall determine whether
recoveries under the PMI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the
financial condition of such insurer, it being understood that the Company shall
in no event have any responsibility or liability for any failure to recover
under the PMI Policy for such reason. If the Company determines that
recoveries are so jeopardized, it shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor,
if required, and obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement insurance
policy. The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in full
force and effect any LPMI Policy issued by a Qualified Insurer with respect
to
each Mortgage Loan for which such coverage is in existence or is
obtained. The Purchaser shall notify the Company of any Mortgage Loan
covered under an LPMI Policy. The Company shall not take any action
which would result in noncoverage under any applicable PMI Policy or LPMI Policy
of any loss which, but for the actions of the Company would have been covered
thereunder. In connection with any assumption or substitution
agreement entered into or to be entered into pursuant to Section 6.01, the
Company shall promptly notify the insurer under the related PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in accordance
with the terms of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy and shall take all actions
which may be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of
coverage under such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy. If such PMI Policy or
LPMI Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of
liability, the Company shall obtain a replacement PMI Policy or LPMI Policy
as
provided above.
In
connection with its activities as
servicer, the Company agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself and
the
Purchaser, claims to the insurer under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy
in
a
timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy
and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be necessary to permit
recovery under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage
Loan. Pursuant to Section 4.04, any amounts
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collected
by the Company under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy shall be deposited in the
Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05.
Any
premiums payable on LPMI Policies will be paid from the Company’s own funds
without reimbursement.
In
the event that title to any
Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure,
the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Company,
or in
the event the Company is not authorized or permitted to hold title to real
property in the state where the REO Property is located, or would be adversely
affected under the “doing business” or tax laws of such state by so holding
title, or the perfection of the ownership or security interest of the Purchaser
in such REO Property would be adversely affected, the deed or certificate of
sale shall be taken in the name of such Person or Persons as shall be consistent
with an Opinion of Counsel obtained by the Company from any attorney duly
licensed to practice law in the state where the REO Property is
located. The Person or Persons holding such title other than the
Purchaser shall acknowledge in writing that such title is being held as nominee
for the Purchaser.
The
Company shall manage, conserve,
protect and operate each REO Property for the Purchaser solely for the purpose
of its prompt disposition and sale. The Company, either itself or
through an agent selected by the Company, shall manage, conserve, protect and
operate the REO Property in the same manner that it manages, conserves, protects
and operates other foreclosed property for its own account, and in the same
manner that similar property in the same locality as the REO Property is
managed. The Company shall attempt to sell the same (and may
temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than one year, except as
otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as the Company deems
to
be in the best interest of the Purchaser.
The
Company shall use its best efforts
to dispose of the REO Property as soon as possible and shall sell such REO
Property in any event prior to the close of the third calendar year beginning
after the year in which title has been taken to such REO Property, unless (i)
a
REMIC election has not been made with respect to the arrangement under which
the
Mortgage Loans and the REO Property are held, and (ii) the Company determines
that a longer period is necessary for the orderly liquidation of such REO
Property. If a period longer than three years is permitted under the
foregoing sentence and is necessary to sell any REO Property, (i) the Company
shall report monthly to the Purchaser as to the progress being made in selling
such REO Property and (ii) if a purchase money mortgage is taken in connection
with such sale, such purchase money mortgage shall name the Company as
mortgagee, and such purchase money mortgage shall not be held pursuant to this
Agreement.
The
Company shall also maintain on each
REO Property fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in amount which
is
at least equal to the maximum insurable value of the improvements
which are a part of such property, liability insurance and, to the extent
required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended, flood insurance in the amount required above.
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The
disposition of REO Property shall
be carried out by the Company at such price, and upon such terms and conditions,
as the Company deems to be in the best interests of the
Purchaser. The proceeds of sale of the REO Property shall be promptly
deposited in the Custodial Account. As soon as practical thereafter
the expenses of such sale shall be paid and the Company shall reimburse itself
for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid Servicing Fees and
unreimbursed advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. On the
Remittance Date immediately following the Principal Prepayment Period in which
such sale proceeds are received the net cash proceeds of such sale remaining
in
the Custodial Account shall be distributed to the Purchaser.
The
Company shall withdraw from the
Custodial Account funds necessary for the proper operation management and
maintenance of the REO Property, including the cost of maintaining any hazard
insurance pursuant to Section 4.10 and the fees of any managing agent of the
Company, or the Company itself. The Company shall make monthly
distributions on each Remittance Date to the Purchaser of the net cash flow
from
the REO Property (which shall equal the revenues from such REO Property net
of
the expenses described in this Section 4.16 and of any reserves reasonably
required from time to time to be maintained to satisfy anticipated liabilities
for such expenses).
If
REO Property is held by a REMIC,
then it shall be disposed of within the time required by the REMIC Provisions
unless an extension of such time is granted by the IRS.
Together
with the statement furnished
pursuant to Section 5.02, the Company shall furnish to the Purchaser on or
before the Remittance Date each month a statement with respect to any REO
Property covering the operation of such REO Property for the previous month
and
the Company’s efforts in connection with the sale of such REO Property and any
rental of such REO Property incidental to the sale thereof for the previous
month. That statement shall be accompanied by such other information
as the Purchaser shall reasonably request.
Upon
the foreclosure sale of any
Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by the Purchaser pursuant to
a
deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall submit to the Purchaser a
liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged Property.
Following
the foreclosure sale or
abandonment of any Mortgaged Property, the Company shall report such foreclosure
or abandonment as required pursuant to Section 6050J of the Code. The
Company shall file information reports with respect to the receipt of mortgage
interest received
in a trade or business and information returns relating to cancellation of
indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as required by the
Code. Such reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet
the reporting requirements imposed by the Code.
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The
Company shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without
the
Purchaser's prior written consent, the price paid by the Purchaser for the
Mortgage Loans, except to the extent that it is reasonable and necessary for
the
Company to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities
or
other governmental agencies. Each party agrees that it shall comply with all
applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy or security of Customer
Information shall maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical
safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of Customer
Information, including maintaining security measures designed to meet the
objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding
Customer Information, 66 Fed. Reg. 8616 (the “Interagency
Guidelines”). For purposes of this Section, the term “Customer
Information” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Interagency
Guidelines.
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the Company shall adjust the Mortgage Interest Rate on the
related Adjustment Date in compliance with the requirements of applicable law
and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. The Company shall execute
and deliver any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and
the
terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest
Rate adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Company or the receipt of
notice from the Purchaser that the Company has failed to adjust a Mortgage
Interest Rate in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the
Company shall immediately deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds
the amount of any interest loss or deferral caused the Purchaser
thereby.
The
Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, agrees to fully
furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and
unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union
Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis.
With
respect to each Buydown Mortgage
Loan, the Company shall have deposited into the Escrow Account, no
later than the last day of the month, Buydown Funds in an amount equal to the
aggregate undiscounted amount of payments that, when added to the amount the
Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan is obligated to pay on all Due Dates in
accordance with the terms of the Buydown Agreement, is equal to the full
scheduled Monthly Payments which are required to be paid by the Mortgagor under
the terms of the related Mortgage Note (without regard to the related Buydown
Agreement as if the Mortgage Loan were not subject to the terms of
the
Buydown Agreement). With respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan, the
Company will distribute to the Purchaser on each Remittance Date an amount
of
Buydown Funds equal to the amount that, when added to the amount required to
be
paid on such date by the related
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Mortgagor,
pursuant to and in accordance with the related Buydown Agreement, equals the
full Monthly Payment that would otherwise be required to be paid on such
Mortgage Loan by the related Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage
Note (as if the Mortgage Loan were not a Buydown Mortgage Loan and without
regard to the related Buydown Agreement).
If
the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage
Loan defaults on such Mortgage Loan during the Buydown Period and the Mortgaged
Property securing such Buydown Mortgage Loan is sold in the liquidation thereof
(either by the Company or the insurer under any related Primary Insurance
Policy) the Company shall, on the Remittance Date following the date upon which
Liquidation Proceeds or REO Disposition proceeds are received with respect
to
any such Buydown Mortgage Loan, distribute to the Purchaser all remaining
Buydown Funds for such Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Escrow
Account. Pursuant to the terms of each Buydown Agreement, any amounts
distributed to the Purchaser in accordance with the preceding sentence will
be
applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the related Buydown
Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan prepays such
Mortgage Loan in its entirety during the related Buydown Period, the Company
shall be required to withdraw from the Escrow Account any Buydown Funds
remaining in the Escrow Account with respect to such Buydown Mortgage Loan
in
accordance with the related Buydown Agreement. If a principal
prepayment by a Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan during the related Buydown
Period, together with any Buydown Funds then remaining in the Escrow Account
related to such Buydown Mortgage Loan, would result in a principal prepayment
of
the entire unpaid principal balance and all other amounts owed under the Buydown
Mortgage Loan, the Company shall distribute to the Purchaser on the Remittance
Date occurring in the month immediately succeeding the month in which such
Principal Prepayment is received, all Buydown Funds related to such Mortgage
Loan so remaining in the Escrow Account, together with any other amounts
required to be deposited into the Custodial Account.
The
Company shall segregate and hold all Subsidy Funds collected and received
pursuant to the Subsidy Loans separate and apart from any of its own funds
and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Subsidy Accounts,
in
the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled “Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in
trust for the Purchaser, its successors or assigns, and/or subsequent purchasers
of Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors.” The Subsidy
Account shall be an eligible deposit account established with a Qualified
Depository.
The
Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Subsidy Account for
the following purposes:
(i) to
deposit in the Custodial Account in the amounts and in the manner provided
for
in Section 4.04(xi);
(ii) to
transfer funds to another eligible institution in accordance with Section 4.09
hereof;
(iii) to
withdraw funds deposited in error; and
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(iv) to
clear and terminate the Subsidy Account upon the termination of this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding
anything to the
contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company may employ the Escrow Account
as the Subsidy Account to the extent that the Company can separately identify
any Subsidy Funds deposited therein.
The
Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer
to
fulfill any of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions of
paragraph (a) of this Section 4.25. The Company shall not hire or
otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, and shall not permit any
Subservicer to hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor,
to
fulfill any of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions of
paragraph (b) of this Section 4.25.
(a) The
Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer
with
respect to the Mortgage Loans without giving the Purchaser or its designee
fifteen (15) Business Days’ advance written notice of the effective date of such
hiring or utilization of a Subservicer, followed by written confirmation of
such
hiring or utilization of a Subservicer on the effective date of such engagement
and indicating the circumstances surrounding such hiring or
utilization. Any notices required by this Section 4.25(a) shall be
sent via telecopier or certified or registered mail to the addresses set forth
below: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Servicer Oversight Group, 0000 X-Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
000,
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Telecopy: 000-000-0000, and emailed to:
xxxxx_xxxxxxxx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, with a copy to Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Telecopy:
000-000-0000, Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx (or such other address as such Person
may otherwise specify to the Company). The Company shall cause any
Subservicer used by the Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of
the
Purchaser and any Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.25
and with Sections 6.04, 6.06, 9.01(e)(iii), 9.01(e)(v), 9.01(e)(vi),
9.01(e)(vii), 9.01(e)(viii) and 9.01(f) of this Agreement to the same extent
as
if such Subservicer were the Company, and to provide the information required
with respect to such Subservicer under Section 9.01(e)(iv) of this
Agreement. The Company shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subservicer and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any servicer
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
6.04 and any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered
by such Subservicer under Section 6.06 and any certification required to be
delivered to the Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes
Certification under Section 6.06 as and when required to be
delivered.
(b) It
shall not be necessary for the Company to seek the consent of the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or any Depositor to the utilization of any
Subcontractor. The Company shall promptly upon request provide to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any
Depositor (or any designee of the Depositor, such as an administrator) a written
description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, such Depositor
and such
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Master
Servicer) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the Company
or any Subservicer, specifying (i) the identity of each such Subcontractor,
(ii)
which (if any) of such Subcontractors are “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which
elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of
compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii)
of
this paragraph.
As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, the Company shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 6.06 and 9.01(e) of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the
Company. The Company shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subcontractor and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any assessment
of compliance and attestation and other certifications required to be delivered
by such Subcontractor under Section 6.06, in each case as and when required
to
be delivered.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall comply with all the
requirements of any Letter of Credit so as to assure the full benefit of such
Letter of Credit to the Purchaser.
The
Company shall take all steps necessary to make draws under any Letter of Credit
in accordance with the provisions thereof and shall draw on each Letter of
Credit all amounts payable thereunder within the time frame required by the
Letter of Credit or such shorter time within which the Company can effect such
draw (not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days) of (i) the date the related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan becomes ninety (90) days or more delinquent and
(ii) the receipt of notice of non-renewal from the Pledge Holder at any time
prior to the date that all amounts owed under the related Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan are less than or equal to 80% of the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property. The Company shall notify the Purchaser promptly
in writing upon receipt of notice from the Pledge Holder of non-renewal of
any
Letter of Credit. Upon receipt of any amounts as a result of a draw
on a Letter of Credit because of the non-renewal of such Letter of Credit or
as
a result of the Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan continuing in default for ninety
(90) or more days, the Company shall deposit such amounts in the Custodial
Account and such amount shall be treated as a payment of principal.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including, without limitation,
the
termination or transfer of the servicing rights and/or obligations of the
Company pursuant to Articles X and XI hereof), the Company, as
beneficiary under any Non-Assigned Letters of Credit, shall transfer and assign,
at no cost to the Purchaser, each Non-Assigned Letter of
Credit
to the Purchaser in accordance with the provisions thereof within ten (10)
Business Days of such termination or transfer. In addition, the
Company shall forward within one (1)
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Business
Day of receipt any notice received of non-renewal of any Letter of
Credit. Any funds received by the Company from draws on the
Non-Assigned Letters of Credit after the Company is no longer the servicer
hereunder shall be remitted by the Company to the successor servicer for deposit
into the Custodial Account.
Upon
a
default under the Letter of Credit by the Pledge Holder, the Company shall
take
possession of the assets securing the Letter of Credit and shall deposit such
assets or the proceeds thereof in the Custodial Account and apply them as a
prepayment of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan. If such
default described in the prior sentence occurs at any time that the Company
is
no longer the servicer of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Company
shall, upon knowledge of such default or notice from the successor servicer
of
such default with respect to any Non-Assigned Letter of Credit forward such
proceeds to the successor servicer for deposit into the Custodial
Account.
ARTICLE
V
On
each Remittance Date the Company
shall remit by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Purchaser
(a)
all amounts deposited in the Custodial Account as of the close of business
on
the Determination Date (net of charges against or withdrawals from the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 4.05), plus (b) all amounts, if any, which the
Company is obligated to distribute pursuant to Section 5.03, minus (c) any
amounts attributable to Principal Prepayments received after the applicable
Principal Prepayment Period which amounts shall be remitted on the following
Remittance Date, together with any additional interest required to be deposited
in the Custodial Account in connection with such Principal Prepayment in
accordance with Section 4.04(viii); minus (d) any amounts attributable to
Monthly Payments collected but due on a Due Date or Dates subsequent to the
first day of the month of the Remittance Date, and minus (e) any amounts
attributable to Buydown Funds being held in the Custodial Account, which amounts
shall be remitted on the Remittance Date succeeding the Due Period for such
amounts.
With
respect to any remittance received
by the Purchaser after the second (2nd) Business
Day
following the Business Day on which such payment was due, the Company shall
pay
to the Purchaser interest on any such late payment at an annual rate equal
to
the Prime Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change, plus three percentage
points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by applicable
law. Such interest shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the
Company on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period
commencing with the day following such second (2nd) Business
Day and
ending with the Business
Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such interest
shall be remitted along with the distribution payable on the next succeeding
Remittance Date. The payment by the
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Company
of any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or
a
waiver of any Event of Default by the Company.
Not
later than the Remittance Report
Date, the Company shall furnish to the Purchaser a monthly remittance advice,
in
an electronic form as mutually agreed to by the Company and Purchaser, with
a
trial balance report attached thereto, as to the remittance period ending on
the
last day of the preceding month.
In
addition, the Company shall provide
the Purchaser with such information as the Purchaser may reasonably request
from
time to time concerning the Mortgage Loans as is necessary for the Purchaser
to
prepare its federal income tax return and any and all other tax returns,
information statements or other filings required to be delivered to any
governmental taxing authority or to the Purchaser pursuant to any applicable
law
with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the transaction contemplated
hereby.
On
the Business Day immediately
preceding each Remittance Date, the Company shall deposit in the Custodial
Account from its own funds or from amounts held for future distribution an
amount equal to all Monthly Payments (with interest adjusted to the Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate) which were due on the Mortgage Loans during the applicable
Due Period and which were delinquent at the close of business on the immediately
preceding Determination Date or which were deferred pursuant to Section
4.01. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be
replaced by the Company by deposit in the Custodial Account on or before any
future Remittance Date if funds in the Custodial Account on such Remittance
Date
shall be less than payments to the Purchaser required to be made on such
Remittance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
be permitted to make any advances from amounts held for future distribution,
and
instead shall be required to make all advances from its own funds, unless the
Company, its parent, or their respective successors hereunder shall have a
long-term credit rating of at least “A” by Fitch, Inc. (doing business as Fitch
Ratings), “A” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and “A2” by Xxxxx’x Investors Service,
Inc. The Company’s obligation to make such Monthly Advances as to any
Mortgage Loan will continue through the last Monthly Payment due prior to the
payment in full of the Mortgage Loan, or through the last Remittance Date prior
to the Remittance Date for the distribution of all Liquidation Proceeds and
other payments or recoveries (including REO Disposition Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) with respect to the Mortgage Loan;
provided, however, that if requested by a Rating Agency in
connection with Securitization Transaction, the Company shall be obligated
to
make such advances through the Remittance Date prior to the date on which cash
is received in connection with the liquidation of REO Property; provided,
further, that such obligation shall cease if the Company determines, in its
sole
reasonable opinion, that advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan are
non-recoverable by the Company from Liquidation Proceeds, REO Disposition
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, or otherwise with respect to a particular Mortgage
Loan. In the event that the Company determines that any such advances
are non-recoverable, the
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Company
shall provide the Purchaser with a certificate signed by two officers of the
Company evidencing such determination.
The
Company shall not have an
obligation to advance amounts in respect to shortfalls relating to the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state or local laws.
ARTICLE
VI
The
Company shall use its best efforts
to enforce any “due-on-sale” provision contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage
Note and to deny assumption by the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property has
been or is about to be sold whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of
sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor remains liable on the Mortgage and the
Mortgage Note. When the Mortgaged Property has been conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Company shall, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance,
exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under
the
“due-on-sale” clause applicable thereto, provided, however, that the Company
shall not exercise such rights if prohibited by law from doing so or if the
exercise of such rights would impair or threaten to impair any recovery under
the related PMI Policy, if any.
If
the Company reasonably believes it
is unable under applicable law to enforce such “due-on-sale” clause, the Company
shall enter into (i) an assumption and modification agreement with the Person
to
whom such property has been conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes
liable under the Mortgage Note and the original Mortgagor remains liable thereon
or (ii) in the event the Company is unable under applicable law to require
that
the original Mortgagor remain liable under the Mortgage Note and the Company
has
the prior consent of the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, a substitution
of
liability agreement with the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to
which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and the purchaser of
the
Mortgaged Property is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note. If an assumption fee is collected by the Company for
entering into an assumption agreement the fee will be retained by the Company
as
additional servicing compensation. In connection with any such
assumption, neither the Mortgage Interest Rate borne by the related Mortgage
Note, the term of the Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan nor any other material terms shall be changed without Purchaser’s
consent.
To
the extent that any Mortgage Loan is
assumable, the Company shall inquire diligently into the credit worthiness
of
the proposed transferee, and shall use the underwriting criteria for approving
the credit of the proposed transferee which are used with respect to
underwriting mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loan. If
the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee does not meet such underwriting
criteria, the Company diligently shall, to the extent permitted
by the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and by applicable law, accelerate the
maturity of the Mortgage Loan.
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Upon
the payment in full of any
Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Company of a notification that payment
in
full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Company
shall
notify the Purchaser in the monthly remittance advice as provided in Section
5.02, and may request the release of any Mortgage Loan Documents. If
such Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Company is authorized to cause
the removal from the registration on the MERS System of such Mortgage and to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full release.
If
the Company satisfies or releases
the lien of the Mortgage without first having obtained payment in full of the
indebtedness secured by the Mortgage (other than as a result of a modification
of the Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or liquidation of the
Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) or should the
Company otherwise prejudice any rights the Purchaser may have under the mortgage
instruments, upon written demand of the Purchaser, the Company shall repurchase
the related Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price by deposit thereof in the
Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such demand by
the
Purchaser. The Company shall maintain the Fidelity Bond and Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy as provided for in Section 4.12 insuring the
Company against any loss it may sustain with respect to any Mortgage Loan not
satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
As
compensation for its services
hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to withdraw from the Custodial Account
the amount of its Servicing Fee. The Servicing Fee shall be payable
monthly and shall be computed on the basis of the same unpaid principal balance
and for the period respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage
Loan is received. The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the
Servicing Fee is limited to, and payable solely from, the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds, to
the
extent permitted by Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payments.
Additional
servicing compensation in
the form of assumption fees, to the extent provided in Section 6.01, and late
payment charges shall be retained by the Company to the extent not required
to
be deposited in the Custodial Account. The Company shall be required
to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities
hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement thereof except as
specifically provided for herein.
On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Company shall
deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is
the
master servicer, to the master servicer a statement of compliance addressed
to
the Purchaser and such Depositor, or
if
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer and signed
by an authorized officer of the Company, to the effect that (a) a review of
the
Company’s activities
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during
the immediately preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and
of
its performance under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
during such period has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (b) to
the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Company has
fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement in all material respects throughout such calendar
year
(or applicable portion thereof) or, if there has been a failure to fulfill
any
such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each such
failure known to such officer and the nature and the status
thereof.
Other
than with respect to any Mortgage
Loans that are the subject of a Securitization Transaction, on or before March
1
of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Company, at its expense, shall
cause a firm of independent public accountants which is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to each
Purchaser to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and
records relating to the servicing of the mortgage loans similar in nature and
that such firm is of the opinion that the provisions of this or similar
agreements have been complied with, and that, on the basis of such examination
conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers, nothing has come to their attention which would
indicate that such servicing has not been conducted in compliance therewith,
except for (i) such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be immaterial,
and
(ii) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such
statement. By providing Purchaser a copy of a Uniform Single
Attestation Program Report from their independent public accountant’s on an
annual basis, Company shall be considered to have fulfilled its obligations
under this Section 6.05.
With
respect to any Mortgage Loans that are the subject of a Securitization
Transaction, on or before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007,
the
Company shall:
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deliver
to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
is the
master servicer, to the master servicer a report (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, or if
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer) regarding the Company’s
assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the
immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18
and
15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such
report shall be addressed to the Purchaser and such Depositor, or
if Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer and
signed
by an authorized officer of the Company and shall address each of
the
“Applicable Servicing Criteria” specified on Exhibit H hereto (or
those Servicing Criteria otherwise mutually agreed to by the Purchaser,
the Company or any successor Person that will be responsible for
signing
any Sarbanes Certification with
respect to a Securitization Transaction in response to evolving
interpretations of Regulation
AB);
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(ii)
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deliver
to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
is the
master servicer, to the master servicer a report of a registered
public
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and such Depositor,
or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master
servicer that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance
made by the Company and delivered pursuant to the preceding
paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules
1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
and the
Exchange Act;
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cause
each Subservicer and each Subcontractor, determined by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.25(b) to be “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to
the Purchaser and any Depositor an assessment of compliance and
accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
of this Section 6.06; and
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(iv)
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deliver,
and cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor described in clause
(iii) above to deliver to the Purchaser, any Depositor, any Master
Servicer and any other Person that will be responsible for signing
the
certification (a “Sarbanes Certification”) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and
15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) on behalf of an asset-backed issuer with
respect to a Securitization Transaction a certification, signed by
the
appropriate officer of the Company, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
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The
Company acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iv) above may rely
on the certification provided by the Company pursuant to such clause in signing
a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission.
Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section 6.06(iii)
shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified substantially in the
form
of Exhibit H hereto delivered to the Purchaser concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement or, in the case of a Subservicer subsequently
appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such appointment. An
assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section
6.06(iii) need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than
those specified by the Company pursuant to Section 4.25.
(i) Any
failure by the Company, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party
Originator to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants’
letter or other material when and as required under Article IX, Section 4.25,
Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, or any breach by the Company of a representation
or warranty set forth in Section 9.01(e)(vi)(A), or in a writing furnished
pursuant to Section 9.01(e)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the
closing
date of the related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach
is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(e)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such
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closing
date, shall, except as provided in sub-clause (ii) of this Section, immediately
and automatically, without notice or grace period, constitute an Event of
Default with respect to the Company under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser or any Depositor,
as
applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and obligations
of
the Company as servicer under this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement to the contrary) of any
compensation to the Company (and, if the Company is servicing any of the
Mortgage Loans in a Securitization Transaction, the Purchaser or Depositor,
as
applicable, may appoint a successor servicer; provided that to the extent that
any provision of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
expressly provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations following
termination of the Company as servicer, such provision shall be given
effect.
(ii) Any
failure by the Company, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any
information, report, certification or accountants’ letter when and as required
under Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, including any failure by the Company to
identify any Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the
meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which continues unremedied for ten (10)
calendar days after the date on which such information, report, certification
or
accountants’ letter was required to be delivered shall constitute an Event of
Default with respect to the Company under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser or any Depositor,
as
applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and obligations
of
the Company under this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
without payment (notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary)
of
any compensation to the Company; provided that to the extent that any provision
of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly
provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations following termination
of the Company as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
(iii) The
Company shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or any designee of the
Purchaser), any Master Servicer and any Depositor, as applicable, for all
reasonable expenses incurred by the Purchaser (or such designee) or such
Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the
Company as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to
a
successor servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit
whatever rights the Purchaser or any Depositor may have under other provisions
of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement or otherwise,
whether in equity or at law, such as an action for damages, specific performance
or injunctive relief.
The
Purchaser, or its designee, shall
have the right to examine and audit any and all of the books, records, or other
information of the Company, whether held by the Company or by another on its
behalf, with respect to or concerning this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans,
during business hours or at such other times as may be reasonable under
applicable circumstances,
upon reasonable advance notice. The Purchaser shall pay its own
expenses associated with such examination.
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If
a REMIC election has been made with
respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans or any of them and
REO
Property are held, the Company shall not take any action, cause the REMIC to
take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that,
under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could
(i)
endanger the status of the REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition
of
a tax upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited
transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a) (2) of the Code and the tax on
“contributions” to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the
Company has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking
to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated action will not
endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any such
tax.
ARTICLE
VII
During
the term of this Agreement, the
Company shall furnish to the Purchaser such periodic, special, or other reports
or information, and copies or originals of any documents contained in the
Servicing File for each Mortgage Loan provided for herein. All other
special reports or information not provided for herein as shall be necessary,
reasonable, or appropriate with respect to the Purchaser or any regulatory
agency will be provided at the Purchaser’s expense. All such reports,
documents or information shall be provided by and in accordance with all
reasonable instructions and directions which the Purchaser may
give.
The
Company shall execute and deliver
all such instruments and take all such action as the Purchaser may reasonably
request from time to time, in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry
out
the terms of this Agreement.
In
connection with marketing the
Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser may make available to a prospective purchaser
a
Consolidated Statement of Operations of the Company for the most recently
completed two (2) fiscal years for which such a statement is available, as
well
as a Consolidated Statement of Condition at the end of the last two (2) fiscal
years covered by such Consolidated Statement of Operations. The
Company, upon request, also shall make available any comparable interim
statements to the extent any such statements have been prepared by or on behalf
of the Company (and are available upon request to members or stockholders of
the
Company or to the public at large).
The
Company also shall make available
to Purchaser or prospective purchasers a knowledgeable financial or accounting
officer for the purpose of answering questions respecting recent developments
affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company, and to
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permit
any prospective purchaser to inspect the Company’s servicing facilities for the
purpose of satisfying such prospective purchaser that the Company has the
ability to service the Mortgage Loans as provided in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
VIII
The
Company shall indemnify the
Purchaser and hold it harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Purchaser
may
sustain in any way related to the failure of the Company to perform its duties
and service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Company immediately shall notify the Purchaser if a
claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage
Loans, and assume (with the prior written consent of the Purchaser) the defense
of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including
counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree
which may be entered against it or the Purchaser in respect of such
claim. The Company shall follow any written instructions received
from the Purchaser in connection with such claim. The Purchaser
promptly shall reimburse the Company for all amounts advanced by it pursuant
to
the preceding sentence except when the claim is in any way related to the
Company’s indemnification pursuant to Section 3.03, or the failure of the
Company to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with
the terms of this Agreement.
The
Company shall keep in full effect
its existence, rights and franchises and shall obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification
is
or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this
Agreement.
Any
Person into which the Company may
be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Company shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Company, shall be the successor of the Company
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person
shall
be an institution which is a Xxxxxx Xxx/Xxxxxxx Mac-approved company in good
standing. Furthermore, in the event the Company transfers or
otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to an affiliate
of
the Company, such affiliate shall satisfy the condition above, and shall also
be
fully liable to the Purchaser for all of the Company’s obligations and
liabilities hereunder.
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Neither
the Company nor any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company shall be under any
liability to the Purchaser for any action taken or for refraining from the
taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors
in
judgment, provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Company
or any such Person against any breach of warranties or representations made
herein, or failure to perform its obligations in strict compliance with any
standard of care set forth in this Agreement or any other liability which would
otherwise be imposed under this Agreement. The Company and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company may rely in good faith
on
any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Company shall
not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action
which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability, provided, however, that the Company may, with the consent
of the Purchaser, undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto. In such event, the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement
from the Purchaser of the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such
action.
The
Purchaser has entered into this
Agreement with the Company and subsequent purchasers will purchase the Mortgage
Loans in reliance upon the independent status of the Company, and the
representations as to the adequacy of its servicing facilities, personnel,
records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial standing, and
the continuance thereof. Therefore, the Company shall neither assign
this Agreement or the servicing rights hereunder or delegate its rights or
duties hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 4.01) or any portion hereof
or
sell or otherwise dispose of all of its property or assets without the prior
written consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
The
Company shall not resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual consent of the
Company and the Purchaser or upon the determination that its duties hereunder
are no longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be
cured by the Company. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Company shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Purchaser which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form
and
substance acceptable to the Purchaser. No such resignation shall
become effective until a successor shall have assumed the Company’s
responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in Section
12.01.
Without
in any way limiting the
generality of this Section 8.04, in the event that the Company either shall
assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder or delegate
its duties hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 4.01) or any portion
thereof or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property
or assets, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, then the
Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon
notice given as set forth in Section 10.01, without payment of any penalty,
damages or termination fees, and without any liability whatsoever to the Company
or any third party.
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ARTICLE
IX
AGENCY
SALES, SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS OR WHOLE LOAN TRANSFERS
Section
9.01 Removal
of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion Under this Agreement
The
Purchaser and the Company agree
that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser, at its
sole option, may effect Whole Loan Transfers, Agency Sales or Securitization
Transactions, retaining the Company as the servicer thereof or as subservicer
if
a master servicer is employed, or as applicable the
“seller/servicer.” In the event that any Mortgage Loan transferred
pursuant to this Section 9.01 is rejected by the transferee, the Company shall
continue to service such rejected Mortgage Loan on behalf of the Purchaser
in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
The
Company shall cooperate with the
Purchaser in connection with each Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sales or
Securitization Transaction in accordance with this Section 9.01, provided that
no such Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sale or Securitization Transaction shall
create a greater obligation or cost on the part of the Company than otherwise
set forth in this Agreement. In connection therewith:
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(a)
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the
Company shall make all representations and warranties with respect
to the
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and with respect to the Company
itself as of the closing date of each Whole Loan Transfer, Agency
Sale or
Securitization Transaction. In the event of a Securitization
Transaction or Agency Sale for which Xxxxxxx Mac representations
and
warranties are required, the Company agrees to make the representations
and warranties listed on Exhibit J, as of the related Closing Date,
at the
time of such Securitization Transaction or Agency Sale, with respect
to
the Mortgage Loans included
therein;
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(b)
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the
Company shall negotiate in good faith and execute any seller/servicer
agreements required to effectuate the foregoing, including, without
limitation, an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement in
the
form attached hereto as Exhibit B; provided, such agreements create
no greater obligation or cost on the part of the Company than otherwise
set forth in this Agreement;
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(c)
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the
Company shall represent to the Purchaser, the depositor, the trustee,
and
the initial purchaser of the securities issued in connection with
any
Securitization Transaction that: (1) that the Company has
serviced the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and has otherwise complied with all covenants and obligations
hereunder, and (2) that the Company has taken no action that would,
nor
omitted to take any required action the omission of which would,
have the effect of impairing the mortgage insurance or guarantee
on the
Mortgage Loans;
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(d)
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the
Company shall deliver an opinion of counsel (which can be an opinion
of
in-house counsel to the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;
provided
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that
any out-of-pocket, third party expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with the foregoing shall be paid by the Purchaser;
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(e)
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in
connection with any Securitization Transaction the Company shall
(1)
within five (5) Business Days following request by the Purchaser
or any
Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor (or, as applicable,
cause each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer to provide),
in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser
and such Depositor, the information and materials specified in paragraphs
(i), (ii), (iii) and (vii) of this subsection (e), and (2) as promptly
as
practicable following notice to or discovery by the Company, provide
to
the Purchaser and any Depositor (in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) the
information specified in paragraph (iv) of this subsection
(e).
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(i)
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If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
such information regarding (1) the Company, as originator of the Mortgage
Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified
Correspondent), or (2) each Third-Party Originator, and (3) as applicable,
each Subservicer, as is requested for the purpose of compliance with
Items
1103(a)(1), 1105, 1110, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such information
shall include, at a minimum:
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(A)
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the
originator’s form of organization;
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(B)
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a
description of the originator’s origination program and how long the
originator has been engaged in originating residential mortgage loans,
which description shall include a discussion of the originator’s
experience in originating mortgage loans of a similar type as the
Mortgage
Loans; information regarding the size and composition of the originator’s
origination portfolio; and information that may be material, in the
good
faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to an analysis
of the
performance of the Mortgage Loans, including the originators’
credit-granting or underwriting criteria for mortgage loans of similar
type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as the Purchaser
or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance
with
Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
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(C)
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a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or
known to be contemplated) against the Company, each Third-Party Originator
and each Subservicer; and
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(D)
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a
description of any affiliation or relationship (of a type described
in
Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Company, each Third-Party
Originator, each Subservicer and any of the following parties to
a
Securitization Transaction, as such parties are
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identified
to the Company by the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in
advance of a Securitization Transaction:
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(1)
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the
sponsor;
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(2) the
depositor;
(3) the
issuing entity;
(4) any
servicer;
(5) any
trustee;
(6) any
originator;
(7) any
significant obligor;
(8) any
enhancement or support provider; and
(9) any
other material transaction party.
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(ii)
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If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
(or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide)
Static
Pool Information with respect to the mortgage loans (of a similar
type as
the Mortgage Loans, as reasonably identified by the Purchaser as
provided
below) originated by (1) the Company, if the Company is an originator
of
Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a
Qualified Correspondent), and/or (2) each Third-Party
Originator. Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared by
the Company (or Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its reasonable,
good faith interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3)
of
Regulation AB. To the extent that there is reasonably available
to the Company (or Third-Party Originator) Static Pool Information
with
respect to more than one mortgage loan type, the Purchaser or any
Depositor shall be entitled to specify whether some or all of such
information shall be provided pursuant to this
paragraph. The content of such Static Pool Information
may be in the form customarily provided by the Company, and need
not be
customized for the Purchaser or any Depositor. Such Static Pool
Information for each vintage origination year or prior securitized
pool,
as applicable, shall be presented in increments no less frequently
than
quarterly over the life of the mortgage loans included in the vintage
origination year or prior securitized pool. The most recent
periodic increment must be as of a date no later than 135 days prior
to
the date of the prospectus or other offering document in which the
Static
Pool Information is to be included or incorporated by
reference. The Static Pool Information shall be provided in an
electronic format that provides a permanent record of the information
provided, such as a portable document format (pdf) file, or other
such
electronic format reasonably required by the Purchaser or the Depositor,
as applicable.
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Promptly
following notice or discovery of a material error in Static Pool Information
provided pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph (including an omission
to include therein information required to be provided pursuant to such
paragraph), the Company shall provide
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corrected
Static Pool Information to the Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in
the
same format in which Static Pool Information was previously provided to such
party by the Company.
If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall provide (or,
as
applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide), at the expense of
the
requesting party (to the extent of any additional incremental expense associated
with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon procedures letters
of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser or
Depositor, as applicable, pertaining to Static Pool Information relating to
prior securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after January 1, 2006
or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect to the Company’s or
Third-Party Originator’s originations or purchases, to calendar months
commencing January 1, 2006, as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably
request. Such statements and letters shall be addressed to and be for
the benefit of such parties as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall designate,
which may include, by way of example, any sponsor, any Depositor and any broker
dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser with respect
to a Securitization Transaction. Any such statement or letter may
take the form of a standard, generally applicable document accompanied by a
reliance letter authorizing reliance by the addressees designated by the
Purchaser or such Depositor.
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(iii)
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If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
such information regarding the Company, as servicer of the Mortgage
Loans,
and each Subservicer (each of the Company and each Subservicer, for
purposes of this paragraph, a “Servicer”), as is requested for the purpose
of compliance with Items 1108, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall include, at a
minimum:
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(A)
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the
Servicer’s form of organization;
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(B)
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a
description of how long the Servicer has been servicing residential
mortgage loans; a general discussion of the Servicer’s experience in
servicing assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion
of the
Servicer’s experience in, and procedures for, the servicing function it
will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements;
information regarding the size, composition and growth of the Servicer’s
portfolio of residential mortgage loans of a type similar to the
Mortgage
Loans and
information on factors related to the Servicer that may be material,
in
the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to any
analysis
of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans or the related asset-backed
securities, as applicable, including, without
limitation:
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(1)
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whether
any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of a type similar to
the
Mortgage Loans involving the Servicer have defaulted or experienced
an
early amortization or other performance triggering event because
of
servicing during the three-year period immediately preceding the
related
Securitization Transaction;
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(2)
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the
extent of outsourcing the Servicer
utilizes;
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(3)
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whether
there has been previous disclosure of material noncompliance with
the
applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations
of
residential mortgage loans involving the Servicer as a servicer during
the
three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
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(4)
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whether
the Servicer has been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage
loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application
of a servicing performance test or trigger;
and
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(5)
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such
other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably
request
for the purpose of compliance with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation
AB;
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(C)
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a
description of any material changes during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction to the
Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function
it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements
for
mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage
Loans;
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(D)
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information
regarding the Servicer’s financial condition, to the extent that there is
a material risk that an adverse financial event or circumstance involving
the Servicer could have a material adverse effect on the performance
by
the Company of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or
any
Reconstitution Agreement;
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(E)
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information
regarding advances made by the Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and
the
Servicer’s overall servicing portfolio of residential mortgage loans for
the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction, which may be limited to a statement by an authorized
officer
of the Servicer to the effect that the Servicer has made all advances
required to be
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made
on residential mortgage loans serviced by it during such period, or,
if such statement would not be accurate, information regarding the percentage
and type of advances not made as required, and the reasons for such failure
to
advance;
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(F)
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a
description of the Servicer’s processes and procedures designed to address
any special or unique factors involved in servicing loans of a similar
type as the Mortgage Loans;
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(G)
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a
description of the Servicer’s processes for handling delinquencies,
losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as through liquidation
of
mortgaged properties, sale of defaulted mortgage loans or
workouts;
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(H)
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information
as to how the Servicer defines or determines delinquencies and
charge-offs, including the effect of any grace period, re-aging,
restructuring, partial payments considered current or other practices
with
respect to delinquency and loss
experience;
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(I)
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a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or
known to be contemplated) against the Servicer;
and
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(J)
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a
description of any affiliation or relationship between the Servicer
and
any of the following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as
such
parties are identified to the Servicer by the Purchaser or any Depositor
in writing in advance of a Securitization
Transaction:
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(1) the
sponsor;
(2) the
depositor;
(3) the
issuing entity;
(4) any
servicer;
(5) any
trustee;
(6) any
originator;
(7) any
significant obligor;
(8) any
enhancement or support provider; and
(9) any
other material transaction party.
(iv)
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For
the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange
Act
with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Company
shall
(or shall cause each Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to) (1)
provide prompt notice to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any
Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental
proceedings pending against the Company, any Subservicer or any
Third-Party Originator, (B) any affiliations or relationships that
develop
following the closing date of a Securitization Transaction between
the
Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and any of
the
parties specified
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in
Section 9.01(e)(i)(D) (and any other parties identified in writing by
the requesting party) with respect to such Securitization Transaction, (C)
any
Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement, (D) any merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the
assets of the Company, and (E) the Company’s entry into an agreement with a
Subservicer to perform or assist in the performance of any of the Company’s
obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement and (2) provide
to the Purchaser and any Depositor a description of such proceedings,
affiliations or relationships.
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(v)
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As
a condition to the succession to the Company or any Subservicer as
servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Company or such Subservicer
may
be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor
to the Company or any Subservicer, the Company shall provide to the
Purchaser and any Depositor, at least fifteen (15) calendar days
prior to
the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written
notice
to the Purchaser and any Depositor of such succession or appointment
and
(y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the
Purchaser and such Depositor, all information reasonably requested
by the
Purchaser or any Depositor in order to comply with is reporting obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities.
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(vi)
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(A)
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The
Company shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser, any Master
Servicer
and to any Depositor, as of the date on which information is first
provided to the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A.
is the master servicer, to the master servicer under this Section
9.01(e)
that, except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser and such Depositor,
or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master
servicer prior to such date: (1) the Company is not aware and has
not
received notice that any default, early amortization or other performance
triggering event has occurred as to any other securitization due
to any
act or failure to act of the Company; (2) the Company has not been
terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization,
either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing
performance test or trigger; (3) no material noncompliance with the
applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations
of
residential mortgage loans involving the Company as servicer has
been
disclosed or reported by the Company; (4) no material changes to
the
Company’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it
will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreement
for
mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred
during the three-year period immediately preceding the
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related
Securitization Transaction; (5) there are no aspects of the Company’s
financial condition that could have a material adverse effect on
the
performance by the Company of its servicing obligations under this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (6) there are no material
legal
or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated)
against
the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator; and (7)
there
are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the
Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator with respect
to any
Securitization Transaction and any party thereto identified by the
related
Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation
AB.
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(B)
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If
so requested by the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor
on any
date following the date on which information is first provided to
the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor under this Section
9.01(e), the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days following
such
request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in sub clause (A) above or, if any such
representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date of such
request, provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent
facts, in
writing, to the requesting party.
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(vii) In
addition to such information as the Company, as servicer, is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by
the
Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall provide such information regarding
the performance or servicing of the Mortgage Loans as is reasonably required
to
facilitate preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121
of
Regulation AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently with
the monthly reports otherwise required to be delivered by the servicer under
this Agreement, commencing with the first such report due not less than ten
(10)
Business Days following such request.
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(f)
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The
Company shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the Purchaser,
and each of the following parties participating in a Securitization
Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; each Person (including,
but
not limited to, any Master Servicer, if applicable) responsible for
the
preparation, execution or filing of any report required to be filed
with
the Commission with respect to such Securitization Transaction, or
for
execution of a certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d)
under the Exchange Act with respect to such Securitization Transaction;
each broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial
purchaser, each Person who controls any of such parties or the Depositor
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section
20 of
the Exchange Act); and the respective present and former directors,
officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each of the foregoing
and of
the Depositor
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(each,
an “Indemnified Party”), and shall hold each of them harmless from and
against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
legal
fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs,
fees
and expenses that any of them may sustain arising out of or based
upon:
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(i)
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(A)
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any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained
in any information, report, certification, data, accountants’ letter or
other material provided in written or electronic form under Sections
4.25,
6.04, 6.06 and 9.01(f) by or on behalf of the Company, or provided
under
Sections 4.25, 6.04, 6.06 and 9.01(f) by or on behalf of any Subservicer,
Subcontractor or Third-Party Originator (collectively, the “Company
Information”), or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Company Information a material fact required to be stated in the
Company
Information or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of this
paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the Company
Information and not to any other information communicated in connection
with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether
the
Company Information or any portion thereof is presented together
with or
separately from such other
information;
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(ii)
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any
breach by the Company of its obligations under this Section 9.01(f),
including particularly any failure by the Company, any Subservicer,
any
Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to deliver any information,
report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material when and as
required under Sections 4.25, 6.04, 6.06 and 9.01(e), including any
failure by the Company to identify any Subcontractor “participating in the
servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB;
or
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(iii)
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any
breach by the Company of a representation or warranty set forth in
Section
9.01(e)(vi)(A) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(e)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the closing date of
the
related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach
is not
cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(e)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such
closing
date; or
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(iv)
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the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Company in connection
with its performance under Sections 4.25, 6.04, 6.06 or 9.01(e).
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In
the
case of any failure of performance described in sub-clause (ii) of this Section
9.01(f), the Company shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser, any Depositor,
as
applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation, execution or filing
of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to such
Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification
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pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to
such
Securitization Transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by each such
party
in order to obtain the information, report, certification, accountants’ letter
or other material not delivered as required by the Company, any Subservicer,
any
Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
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(g)
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The
Purchaser shall indemnify the Company, each affiliate of the Company,
each
Person who controls any of such parties or the Company (within the
meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange
Act)
and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees
and
agents of each of the foregoing and of the Company, in an Indemnification
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K attached hereto,
and
shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related
costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them
may
sustain arising out of or based
upon:
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(i)
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any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained
in any offering materials related to a Securitization Transaction,
including without limitation the registration statement, prospectus,
prospectus supplement, any private placement memorandum, any offering
circular, any computational materials, and any amendments or supplements
to the foregoing (collectively, the “Securitization Materials”)
or
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(ii)
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the
omission or alleged omission to state in the Securitization Materials
a
material fact required to be stated in the Securitization Materials
or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading,
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but
only
to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission is other than a statement or omission arising out of,
resulting from, or based upon the Company Information; provided however,
that notwithstanding the forgoing, the parties agree that for the
purposes
of this Section 9.01(g), the Purchaser shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage
Capital Inc. and provided further that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc. shall have no liability under this Section 9.01 (g) with respect to
information included in or omitted from any Securitization Materials prepared
in
connection with (i) a Securitization Transaction which occurs after
the Mortgage Loans have been sold in a Whole Loan Transfer to a third
party which is not Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. or an Affiliate of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. or (ii) any Securitization Transaction
in
which the issuer, depositor or transferor is an entity other than Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc. or an Affiliate of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc.
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This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
The
Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Section
9.01(e) is to facilitate compliance by the Purchaser and any Depositor with
the
provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the
Commission. Although Regulation AB is applicable by its terms only to
offerings of asset-backed securities that are registered under the Securities
Act, the Company acknowledges that investors in privately offered securities
may
require that the Purchaser or any Depositor provide comparable disclosure in
unregistered offerings. References in this Agreement to compliance
with Regulation AB also apply to comparable disclosure in private
offerings.
Neither
the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall exercise its right to request delivery
of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good
faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or
the
provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required under
the Securities Act). The Company acknowledges that interpretations of
the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to
interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among
participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or
otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Purchaser and any
Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master
servicer in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on
the
basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection
with any Securitization Transaction, the Company shall cooperate fully with
the
Purchaser and any Master Servicer to deliver to the Purchaser (including any
of
its assignees or designees), any Master Servicer and any Depositor, any and
all
statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary
in the good faith determination of the Purchaser and any Depositor, or if Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer, to the master servicer to permit the
Purchaser and such Depositor, or if Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master
servicer, to the master servicer to comply with the provisions of Regulation
AB,
together with such disclosures relating to the Company, any Subservicer, any
Third-Party Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans, reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any Depositor to be necessary
in
order to effect such compliance.
The
Purchaser shall cooperate with the Company by providing timely notice of
requests for information under this Article IX and by reasonably limiting such
requests to information necessary, in the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, to
comply with Regulation AB.
In
the event that the Purchaser has
elected to have the Company hold record title to the Mortgages, prior to the
date of any Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sale of Securitization Transaction
the
Company shall prepare an Assignment of Mortgage in blank or to the trustee
from
the Company acceptable to the trustee for each Mortgage Loan that is part of
the
Whole Loan Transfers, Agency Sales or Securitization
Transactions. The Purchaser shall pay all preparation and recording
costs associated therewith, if the Assignments of Mortgage have not been
previously prepared and recorded in the name of the Purchaser or its
designee. The
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Company
shall execute each Assignment of Mortgage, track such Assignments of Mortgage
to
ensure they have been recorded and deliver them as required by the trustee
upon
the Company’s receipt thereof. Additionally, the Company shall
prepare and execute, at the direction of the Purchaser, any note endorsements
in
connection with any and all seller/servicer agreements.
All
Mortgage Loans (i) not sold or
transferred pursuant to Whole Loan Transfers, Agency Sales or Securitization
Transactions or (ii) that are subject to a Securitization Transaction for which
the related trust is terminated for any reason, shall remain subject to this
Agreement and shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms of
this
Agreement and with respect thereto this Agreement shall remain in full force
and
effect.
ARTICLE
X
Each
of the following shall constitute
an Event of Default on the part of the Company:
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(i)
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any
failure by the Company to remit to the Purchaser any payment required
to
be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a
period of five days after the date upon which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given
to the
Company by the Purchaser; or
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failure
by the Company duly to observe or perform in any material respect
any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company set
forth
in this Agreement or in the Custodial Agreement which continues unremedied
for a period of ninety (90) days after the date on which written
notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been
given to
the Company by the Purchaser or by the Custodian;
or
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(iii)
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failure
by the Company to maintain its license to do business in any jurisdiction
where the Mortgaged Property is located if such license is required;
or
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(iv)
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a
decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, including bankruptcy,
marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for
the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been
entered against the Company and such decree or order shall have remained
in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;
or
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(v)
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the
Company shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of
assets
and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Company
or of
or relating to all or substantially all of its property;
or
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the
Company shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally
as
they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization statute, make an assignment
for
the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations or cease its normal business operations for three Business
Days; or
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(vii)
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the
Company ceases to meet the qualifications of a Xxxxxx Xxx/Xxxxxxx
Mac
servicer; or
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(viii)
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the
Company attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation hereunder
or to assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder
or
to delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof in violation
of
Section 8.04; or
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(ix)
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the
taking of any action by the Company, any Company Employee, any Affiliate
or any director or employee thereof that constitutes fraud or criminal
activity in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement
or the
indictment of any of the foregoing Persons for criminal activity
related
to the mortgage origination or servicing activities of the Company,
in
each case, where such indictment materially and adversely affects
the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement
(subject to the condition that such indictment is not dismissed within
ninety (90) days); or
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an
Event of Default as defined in Section
6.07.
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In
each and every such case, so long as
an Event of Default shall not have been remedied, in addition to whatever rights
the Purchaser may have at law or equity to damages, including injunctive relief
and specific performance, the Purchaser, by notice in writing to the Company,
may terminate all the rights and obligations of the Company under this
Agreement, subject to Section 12.01, and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the
proceeds thereof. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, in the event the Company is terminated pursuant to the terms
of
this Section 10.01, no liquidated damages shall be payable to the Company
pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof.
Upon
receipt by the Company of such
written notice, all authority and power of the Company under this Agreement,
whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and
be
vested in the successor appointed pursuant to Section 12.01. Upon
written request from any Purchaser, the Company shall prepare, execute and
deliver to the successor entity designated by the Purchaser any and all
documents and other instruments, place in such successor’s
possession all Mortgage Files, and do or cause to be done all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, including but not limited to the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, at the Company’s sole
expense. The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser and such
successor in effecting the termination of the Company’s responsibilities and
rights hereunder, including without limitation, the transfer to such successor
for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited
by the Company to the Custodial Account, Subsidy Account or Escrow Account
or
thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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If
any of the Mortgage Loans are MERS
Mortgage Loans, in connection with the termination or resignation (as described
in Section 8.04) of the Company hereunder, either (i) the successor servicer
shall represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and
shall agree to comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures
of
MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered
with MERS, or (ii) the Company shall cooperate with the successor servicer
either (x) in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage
in
recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Purchaser and to
execute and deliver such other notices, documents and other instruments as
may
be necessary to remove such Mortgage Loan(s) from the MERS® System or (y) in
causing MERS to designate on the MERS® System the successor servicer as the
servicer of such Mortgage Loan.
By
a written notice, the Purchaser may
waive any default by the Company in the performance of its obligations hereunder
and its consequences. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default
shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
ARTICLE
XI
This
Agreement shall terminate upon
either: (i) the later of the final payment or other liquidation (or
any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan or the disposition
of any REO Property with respect to the last Mortgage Loan and the remittance
of
all funds due hereunder; (ii) mutual consent of the Company and the Purchaser
in
writing; or (iii) termination pursuant to Section 10.01 or 11.02.
The
Purchaser may terminate, at its
sole option, any rights the Company may have hereunder, without cause as
provided in this Section 11.02. Any such notice of termination shall
be
in
writing and delivered to the Company and any Rating Agency by registered mail
as
provided in Section 12.05.
Other
than with respect to a
termination of the Company, as servicer, pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof,
the
Company shall be entitled to receive, as such liquidated damages, upon the
transfer of the servicing rights, an amount equal to 2.75% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the termination date
paid by the Purchaser to the Company
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with
respect to all of the Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .250%
is
paid per annum.
ARTICLE
XII
Prior
to termination of the Company’s
responsibilities and duties under this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.04,
10.01, 11.01 (ii) or pursuant to Section 11.02 the Purchaser shall, (i) succeed
to and assume all of the Company’s responsibilities, rights, duties and
obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) appoint a successor having the
characteristics set forth in Section 8.02 and which shall succeed to all rights
and assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Company
under this Agreement simultaneously with the termination of Company’s
responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this Agreement. In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the Purchaser may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree. In the event that the
Company’s duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement should
be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned sections, the Company shall
discharge such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date
it
acquires knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with
the
same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under
this Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or
prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor. The
resignation or removal of the Company pursuant to the aforementioned sections
shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant to
this
Section 12.01 and shall in no event relieve the Company of liability for the
representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and
the
remedies available to the Purchaser under Section 3.03, it being understood
and
agreed that the provisions of such Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 and 8.01 shall
be
applicable to the Company notwithstanding any such sale, assignment, resignation
or termination of the Company, or the termination of this
Agreement.
Any
successor appointed as provided
herein shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
Purchaser an instrument accepting such appointment, wherein the successor shall
make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.01, except for
subsection (h) with respect to the sale of the Mortgage Loans and subsections
(i) and (k) thereof, whereupon such successor shall become fully vested with
all
the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of
the
Company, with like effect as if originally named as a party to this
Agreement. Any termination or resignation of the Company or
termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.04, 10.01, 11.01 or 11.02 shall not affect
any
claims that any Purchaser may have against the Company arising out of the
Company’s actions or failure to act prior to any such termination or
resignation.
The
Company shall deliver promptly to
the successor servicer the funds in the Custodial Account, Subsidy Account
and
Escrow Account and all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements
held
by it hereunder and the Company shall account for all funds and shall
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execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required to more fully and definitively vest in the successor all such rights,
powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the
Company.
Upon
a successor’s acceptance of
appointment as such, the Company shall notify by mail the Purchaser of such
appointment in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
12.05.
This
Agreement may be amended from time
to time by written agreement signed by the Company and the
Purchaser.
This
Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations, rights
and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with
such laws.
Each
of the Company and the Purchaser
hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally waives any and all rights it
may
have to a trial by jury with respect to, or any litigation based on, or arising
out of, under, or in connection with, this Agreement, or any other documents
and
instruments executed in connection herewith, or any course of conduct, course
of
dealing, statements (whether oral or written), or actions of the Company or
the
Purchaser. This provision is a material inducement for the Purchaser
to enter into this Agreement.
This
Agreement shall continue in
existence and effect until terminated as herein provided. This
Agreement shall continue notwithstanding transfers of the Mortgage Loans by
the
Purchaser.
All
demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed
as follows:
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(i)
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if
to the Company with respect to servicing
issues:
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Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home
Campus
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Xxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx, MAC X2401-042
Fax:
515/000-0000
(ii) if
to the Company with respect to all other issues:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Structured
Finance Manager, MAC X3906-012
Fax: 301/000-0000
In
each
instance, with a copy to:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home Campus
Xxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General
Counsel
MAC X2401-06T
Fax:
515/000-0000
or
such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the Purchaser in writingby the Company;
(ii) if
to Purchaser:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Whole
Loan Operations Manager
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
or
such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the Company in writingby the Purchaser;
If
any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be held invalid for
any
reason whatsoever, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall
be
deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability
of
the other provisions of this Agreement.
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Nothing
herein contained shall be
deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties
hereto and the services of the Company shall be rendered as an independent
contractor and not as agent for the Purchaser.
This
Agreement may be executed in one
or more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an
original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Subject to Section 8.04, this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by, the Company and
the
Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns, including without
limitation, any trustee appointed by the Purchaser with respect to any Whole
Loan Transfer, Agency Sale or Securitization Transaction. The parties
agree that this Agreement and signature pages thereof may be transmitted between
them by facsimile and that faxed signatures may constitute original signatures
and that a faxed signature page containing the signature (faxed or original)
is
binding on the parties.
To
the extent permitted by applicable
law, as to each Mortgage Loan which is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, each of the
Assignments of Mortgage is subject to recordation in all appropriate public
offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated,
and
in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation
to be effected at the Company’s expense in the event recordation is either
necessary under applicable law or requested by the Purchaser at its sole
option.
The
Purchaser shall have the right,
without the consent of the Company to assign, in whole or in part, its interest
under this Agreement with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, and
designate any person to exercise any rights of the Purchaser hereunder, by
executing an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement substantially
in
the form attached as Exhibit B, and the assignee or designee shall accede
to the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser with respect to such
Mortgage Loans. All references to the Purchaser in this Agreement
shall be deemed to include its assignee or designee.
Section
12.11 Solicitation of
Mortgagor.
Neither
party shall, after the Closing Date, take any action to solicit the refinancing
of any Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed that neither (i)
promotions undertaken by either party or any affiliate which are directed to
the
general public at large, including, without limitation, mass mailings based
upon
commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio, television advertisements
nor (ii) serving the refinancing needs of a Mortgagor who, without solicitation,
contacts either party in connection with the refinance of such Mortgage or
Mortgage Loan, shall constitute solicitation under this Section.
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Section
12.12 Further
Agreements.
The
Purchaser and the Company each agree to execute and deliver to the other such
additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
Each
Master Servicer shall be considered a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement,
entitled to all the rights and benefits hereof as if it were a direct party
to
this Agreement.
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX | XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A. |
MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. | |
Purchaser | Company |
By: __________________________ | By: _____________________ |
Name: _______________________ | Name: ___________________ |
Title: _________________________ | Title: ____________________ |
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STATE OF | ) |
) ss: | |
COUNTY OF ___________ | ) |
On
the _____ day of _______________,
20___ before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared
_________________, known to me to be _______________________ of Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., the corporation that executed the within instrument and also known
to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and
acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within
instrument.
_____________________________ | |
Notary Public | |
My Commission expires __________ |
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STATE OF | ) |
) ss: | |
COUNTY OF ___________ | ) |
On
the _____ day of _______________,
20___ before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared
_____________________________________, known to me to be the
______________________________ of ______________________________, the
corporation that executed the within instrument and also known to me to be
the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
_____________________________ | |
Notary Public | |
My Commission Expires | |
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OFASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
On
this _____ day of __________, 20___,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the "Company") as the Company under that certain Master
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of
April
1, 2006, as may be amended from time to time, does hereby sell, transfer,
assign, set over and convey to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. as the
Purchaser (the "Purchaser") under the Agreement, and Purchaser hereby
accepts from Company, without recourse, but subject to the terms of the
Agreement, all right, title and interest of, in and to the Mortgage Loans listed
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A, together with
the Mortgage Files and all rights and obligations arising under the documents
contained therein. Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Agreement, the
Company has delivered to the Custodian the Mortgage Loan Documents for each
Mortgage Loan to be purchased. The Servicing Files retained by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Agreement shall be appropriately marked to
clearly reflect the sale of the related Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Agreement.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. | Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Purchaser | Company |
By: __________________________ | By: _____________________ |
Name: _______________________ | Name: ___________________ |
Title: _________________________ | Title: ____________________ |
Exhibit
A
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
THIS
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated _____________, 20__,
(“Agreement”) among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
(“Assignor”), [_____________________] (“Assignee”) and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A. (the “Company”):
For
and
in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged,
and
of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. The
Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns to the Assignee
all of the right, title and interest of the Assignor, as purchaser, in, to
and
under (a) those certain mortgage loans listed on the schedule (the “Mortgage
Loan Schedule”) attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loans”)
and (b) except as described below, that certain Master Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as April 1, 2006,
between the Assignor, as purchaser, and the Company, as seller, solely insofar
as the Purchase Agreement relates to the Mortgage Loans.
The
Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the Assignee hereunder
any
and all right, title and interest in, to and under and any obligations of the
Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the Purchase Agreement
which are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and
are
not the subject of this Agreement.
Recognition
of the Company
2. From
and after the date hereof (the “Closing Date”), the Company shall and
does hereby recognize that the Assignor will transfer the Mortgage Loans and
assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement (solely to the extent set forth
herein) to the Assignee [and that the Assignee will thereafter transfer the
Mortgage Loans and assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement and this
Agreement to [________________] (the “Trust”) created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [________________] (the “Pooling
Agreement”), among the Assignor, [________________], as trustee (including
its successors in interest and any successor trustees under the Pooling
Agreement, the “Trustee”) and [________________], as servicer (including
its successors in interest and any successor servicer under the Pooling
Agreement, the “Servicer”)]. The Company hereby acknowledges
and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i) the [Assignee] [Trust] will
be the owner of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Company shall look solely to the
[Assignee] [Trust] for performance of any obligations of the Assignor [insofar
as they relate to the enforcement of the representations, warranties and
covenants with respect to the Mortgage Loans], (iii) the [Assignee] [Trust
(including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf)] shall
have all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as they
relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the Purchase Agreement, including, without
limitation, the enforcement of the document delivery requirements set forth
in
Section [___] of the Purchase Agreement, and shall be entitled to enforce all
of
the obligations of the Company thereunder insofar as they relate to the Mortgage
Loans, and (iv) all references to the Purchaser [(insofar as they relate to
the
rights, title and interest and, with respect to obligations of the Purchaser,
only insofar as they relate to the enforcement of the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company)] under the Purchase Agreement insofar
as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, shall be deemed to refer to the [Assignee]
[Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust’s
behalf)]. [Neither the Company nor the Assignor shall amend or agree
to amend, modify, waiver, or otherwise alter any of the terms or provisions
of
the Purchase Agreement which amendment, modification, waiver or other alteration
would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the Company’s performance under
the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the prior
written consent of the Trustee.]
3. Notwithstanding
any statement to the contrary in Section 2 above, the Company shall and does
hereby acknowledge that the indemnification provisions set forth in the sixth
paragraph of Section 3.03, Section 8.01 and Section 9.01(e) of the Purchase
Agreement shall be available to and for the benefit of the Assignor, the
Assignee [and the Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the
Trust’s behalf)], as provided in the Purchase Agreement.
[SECTIONS
4 AND 5 TO BE INCLUDED WITH RESPECT TO WHOLE LOAN TRANSFERS
ONLY]
Representations
and Warranties of the Assignor
4. The
Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignee as of the date hereof
that:
a. The
Assignor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the full right to
transfer the Mortgage Loans free from any and all claims and encumbrances
whatsoever;
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b. The
Assignor has not received notice of, and has no knowledge of, any offsets,
counterclaims or other defenses available to the Company with respect to the
Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage Loans;
c. The
Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under, or agreed to any
amendment or other modification of, the Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage
Loans, including without limitation the transfer of the servicing obligations
under the Purchase Agreement. The Assignor has no knowledge of, and
has not received notice of, any waivers under or amendments or other
modifications of, or assignments of rights or obligations under, the Purchase
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans; and
d. Neither
the Assignor nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept
a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest
in
the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached
or negotiated with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made
any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner,
or
taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage
Loans under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “33 Act”) or which would
render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5 of the
33
Act or require registration pursuant thereto.
5. The
Assignee warrants and represents to the Assignor and the Company as of the
date
hereof that:
a. The
Assignee agrees to be bound, as Purchaser, by all of the terms, covenants and
conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the Mortgage Loans, and from and after
the date hereof, the Assignee assumes for the benefit of each of the Company
and
the Assignor all of the Assignor’s obligations as purchaser
thereunder;
b. The
Assignee understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been registered under
the
33 Act or the securities laws of any state;
c. The
Assignee is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for investment for its own account
only
and not for any other person. In this connection, neither the
Assignee nor any person authorized to act therefor has offered to sell the
Mortgage Loans by means of any general advertising or general solicitation
within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of US Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulation D, promulgated under the 1933 Act;
d. The
Assignee considers itself a substantial sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Mortgage
Loans;
e. The
Assignee has been furnished with all information regarding the Mortgage Loans
that it has requested from the Assignor or the Company;
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f. Neither
the Assignee nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or
accepted a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in
the
Mortgage Loans or any other similar security with, any person in any manner
which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the 33 Act
or
which would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section
5 of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such manner with
respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
g. Either
(1) the Assignee is not an employee benefit plan (“Plan”) within the
meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (“ERISA”) or a plan (also “Plan”) within the meaning of
section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”), and the
Assignee is not directly or indirectly purchasing the Mortgage Loans on behalf
of, investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as Trustee of, or with assets
of, a Plan; or (2) the Assignee’s purchase of the Mortgage Loans will not result
in a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the
Code.]
6. The
Assignee’s address for purposes of all notices and correspondence related to the
Mortgage Loans and the Purchase Agreements is:
[
Attention:
_______________
7. The
Assignee’s wire transfer instructions for purposes of all remittances and
payments related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase Agreement
is:
[
Attention:
_________________
8. This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to conflicts of law principles, and the obligations, rights
and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with
such laws.
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9. No
term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver
or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver
or modification is sought to be enforced.
10. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of [(i)] the successors and assigns of
the
parties hereto [and (ii) the Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer
acting on the Trust’s behalf)]. Any entity into which Assignor, Assignee or
Company may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement for any
further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee or Company, respectively,
hereunder.
11. Each
of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall survive the conveyance of
the
Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Purchase Agreement (solely with respect
to the Mortgage Loans) by Assignor to Assignee and nothing contained herein
shall supersede or amend the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
12. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts. Each
counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
13. In
the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision
of
the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the terms of this
Agreement shall control.
14. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) but not
defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
By:
Name:
Its:
[____________________________]
By:
Name:
Its:
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
By:
Name:
Its:
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF COMPANY CERTIFICATION
I,
____________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected ____________ of Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., an institution organized under the laws of the United States
(the "Company") and state as follows:
1.
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Attached
hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the
articles of association of the Company which are in full force and
effect
on the date hereof.
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2.
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Attached
hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the
bylaws of the Company which are in effect on the date
hereof.
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3.
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Attached
hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the
resolutions of the Mortgage Banking Committee of the Board of Directors
of
the Company authorizing the Company to execute and deliver each of
the
Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement dated as of _________
by and between the Company and the Purchaser (the “Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement”) and the Custodial Agreement among the Purchaser, the
Company and ____________ as (“Custodian”), collectively (the
“Agreements”), by original signature, and to endorse the Mortgage Notes
and execute the Assignments of Mortgages by original or facsimile
signature, and each such resolutions are in effect on the date
hereof.
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5.
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Either
(i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the
Agreements or the sale of the Mortgage Loans or the consummation
of the
transactions contemplated by the Agreements; or (ii) any required
consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the
Company.
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6.
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To
the best of my knowledge, neither the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Agreements,
conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach
of,
or constitutes or will constitute a default under, the charter or
by-laws
of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
or to
which it is subject, or any statute or order, rule, regulation, writ,
injunction or decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory
body to which the Company is subject or by which it is
bound.
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7.
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There
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of my
knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company that would
materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to perform
its
obligations under the Agreements. No proceedings looking toward
merger, consolidation or liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of
the
Company are pending or
contemplated.
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8.
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The
Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions described
and
contemplated by the Agreements.
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9.
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Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
in the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement.
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Dated: | By:_____________________________ |
Name:___________________________ | |
[Seal] | Title:____________________________ |
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I,
_____________, ______________ of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., hereby certify
that _____________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting _____________
of the Company and that the signature appearing above is his genuine
signature.
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Dated: | By:_____________________________ |
Name:___________________________ | |
Title:____________________________ |
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EXHIBIT
D
CUSTODIAL
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
E
DATA
FILE
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(1)
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the
Company’s Mortgage Loan identifying
number;
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(2)
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the
street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state,
county
and zip code;
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(3)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a single family
residence, a 2-4 family dwelling, a PUD, a cooperative, a townhouse,
manufactured housing or a unit in a condominium
project;
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(4)
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the
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off
Date;
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(5)
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the
current Monthly Payment;
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(6)
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loan
term, number of months;
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(7)
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the
stated maturity date;
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(8)
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the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business
on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due
on or
before the Cut-off Date;
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(9)
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the
Loan-to-Value Ratio;
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(10)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Interest Only Mortgage
Loan;
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(11)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a temporary buydown
(Y or
N);
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(12)
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the
Servicing Fee Rate;
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(13)
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a
code indicating the mortgage insurance provider and percent of coverage,
if applicable;
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(14)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by lender-paid
mortgage insurance (Y or N);
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(15)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Time$aver® Mortgage Loan (Y
or N);
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(16)
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the
Mortgagor's first and last name;
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(17)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
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(18)
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the
remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, based on the
original
amortization schedule;
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(19)
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the
date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
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(20)
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the
actual next Due Date of the Mortgage
Loan;
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(21)
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the
last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied to
the
actual principal balance;
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(22)
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the
original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan;
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(23)
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a
code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, financing,
rate/term refinancing, cash-out
refinancing);
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(24)
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the
Mortgage Interest Rate at
origination;
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(25)
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the
amount on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
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(26)
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a
code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full (providing two
years
employment verification - 2 years W-2’s and current pay stub or 2 years
1040’s for self employed borrowers), alternative or
reduced);
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(27)
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a
code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is subject to a PMI
Policy;
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(28)
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the
Appraised Value of the Mortgage
Property;
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(29)
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the
sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable;
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(30)
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the
Mortgagor’s Underwriting FICO
Score;
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(31)
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term
of prepayment penalty in years;
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(32)
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a
code indicating the product type;
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(33)
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a
code indicating the credit grade of the Mortgage
Loan;
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(34)
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the
unpaid balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of all payments of
principal;
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(35)
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the
Note date of the Mortgage Loan;
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(36)
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the
mortgage insurance certificate number and percentage of coverage,
if
applicable;
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(37)
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the
Mortgagor’s and Co-Mortgagor’s (if any) date of
birth;
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(38)
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if
the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the MIN Number for each
MERS
Mortgage Loan;
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(39)
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employer
name;
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(40)
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subsidy
program code;
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(41)
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servicer
name;
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(42)
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the
combined Loan-to-Value Ratio;
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(43)
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the
total Loan-to-Value Ratio;
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(44)
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whether
the Mortgage Loan is convertible (Y or
N);
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(45)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a relocation loan (Y
or
N);
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(46)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a leasehold loan (Y
or
N);
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(47)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Alt A loan (Y or
N);
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(48)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a no ratio loan (Y or
N);
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(49)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan
(Y or N);
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(50)
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effective
LTV percentage for Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loans;
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(51)
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citizenship
type code;
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(52)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a conforming or
non-conforming loan, based on the original loan
balance;
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(53)
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the
name of the client for which the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
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(54)
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the
program code;
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(55)
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the
loan sub doc code;
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(56)
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a
code indicating amortization type (1 or
2);
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(57)
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interest
only note payment;
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(58)
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first
full amortization payment
date;
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(59)
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interest
only term, number of months;
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(60)
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remaining
interest only term, number of
months;
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(61)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a 2nd
lien (Y or
N);
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(62)
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a
code indicating borrower verification of assets or lender verification
of
assets (L or B);
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(63)
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combined
current loan balance;
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(64)
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the
remaining interest-only term for Interest Only Mortgage
Loans;
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(65)
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the
schedule of the payment delinquencies in the prior twelve (12) months,
if
applicable;
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(66)
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the
appraisal type;
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(67)
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the
appraisal date;
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(68)
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with
respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income
ratio;
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The
Company shall provide the following
For
the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA):
(69)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
ethnicity;
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(70)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
race;
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(71)
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lien
status;
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(72)
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for
cash-out refinance loans, the cash
purpose;
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(73)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
gender;
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(74)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable) social security
numbers;
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(75)
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the
number of units for the property;
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(76)
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the
year in which the property was
built;
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(77)
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the
qualifying monthly income of the
Mortgagor;
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(78)
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the
number of bedrooms contained in the
property;
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(79)
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a
code indicating first time buyer (Y or
N);
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(80)
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the
total rental income, if any;
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The
Seller shall provide the following
for
the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans (if applicable):
(81)
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the
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage
Note;
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(82)
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the
Periodic Interest Rate Cap;
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(83)
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the
Index;
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(84)
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the
next interest rate and payment Adjustment
Date;
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(85)
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the
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment cap and all subsequent interest
rate
Adjustment Dates;
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(86)
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the
Gross Margin;
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(87)
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the
lifetime interest rate cap; and
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(88)
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code
for Incremental Rate Mortgage
Loans.
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EXHIBIT
F
CONTENTS
OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage File shall include each of the following items, which shall be
available for inspection by the Purchaser and any prospective Purchaser, and
which shall be retained by the Company in the Servicing File or delivered to
the
Custodian pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached (the
“Agreement”):
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1.
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The
original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed
“Pay
to the order of without recourse” and signed in the name of
the Company by an authorized officer (in the event that the Mortgage
Loan
was acquired by the Company in a merger, the signature must be in
the
following form: “[Company], successor by merger to [name of
predecessor]”; and in the event that the Mortgage Loan was acquired or
originated by the Company while doing business under another name,
the
signature must be in the following form: “[Company], formerly
known as [previous name]”).
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2.
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The
original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage
Note.
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3.
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If
the Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage,
with
evidence of recording thereon or a certified true and correct copy
of the
Mortgage sent for recordation. If in connection with any
Mortgage Loan, the Company cannot deliver or cause to be delivered
the
original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or prior
to the
Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office
where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because
such
Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording office retains
the
original recorded Mortgage, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be
delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together
with
(i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office,
an
Officer’s Certificate of the Company stating that such Mortgage has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation
and
that the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified
by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of
the
original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian
upon receipt thereof by the Company; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage
where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage
or
in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office or by the title insurance company that issued the
title
policy to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage.
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Further,
with respect to MERS Mortgage Loans, (a) the Mortgage names MERS
as the
Mortgagee and (b) the requirements set forth in the Electronic Tracking
Agreement have been satisfied, with a conformed recorded copy to
follow as
soon as the same is received by the
Company.
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4.
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The
originals or certified true copies of any document sent for recordation
of
all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements,
with
evidence of recording thereon.
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5.
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If
the Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Assignment
of
Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance acceptable
for
recording (except for the insertion of the name of the assignee and
recording information). The Assignment of Mortgage must be duly
recorded only if recordation is either necessary under applicable
law or
commonly required by private institutional mortgage investors in
the area
where the Mortgaged Property is located or on direction of the
Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the
Mortgage shall be assigned to the Purchaser. If the Assignment
of Mortgage is not to be recorded, the Assignment of Mortgage shall
be
delivered in blank. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the
Company in a merger, the Assignment of Mortgage must be made by
“[Company], successor by merger to [name of predecessor].” If
the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Company while
doing
business under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be by
“[Company], formerly know as [previous
name].”
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6.
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Originals
or certified true copies of documents sent for recordation of all
intervening assignments of the Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not been returned
from
the applicable recording office or has been lost or if such public
recording office retains the original recorded assignments of mortgage,
the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian,
a
photocopy of such intervening assignment, together with (i) in the
case of
a delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer’s Certificate of
the Company 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 or by the title insurance company that issued
the
title policy to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
intervening assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to
the
Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Company; or (ii) in the case
of an
intervening assignment where a public recording office retains the
original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
intervening assignment.
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7.
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The
electronic form of PMI Policy as identified by certificate
number.
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8.
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The
original mortgagee policy of title insurance or evidence of title
or, in
the event such original title policy is unavailable, a certified
true copy
of the related
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policy
binder or commitment for title certified to be true and complete by the
title insurance company.
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9.
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Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent executed in connection
with the Mortgage.
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10.
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Original
or a copy of a power of attorney, if
applicable.
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With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicing File shall include each of the
following items to the extent in the possession of the Company or in the
possession of the Company’s agent(s):
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11.
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The
original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law, flood insurance
policy, in accordance with Section 4.10 of the
Agreement.
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12.
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Residential
loan application.
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13.
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Mortgage
Loan closing statement.
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14.
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Verification
of employment and income, unless originated under the Company’s Limited
Documentation program, Xxxxxx Xxx Timesaver
Plus.
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15.
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Verification
of acceptable evidence of source and amount of down
payment.
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16.
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Credit
report on the Mortgagor.
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17.
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Residential
appraisal report.
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18.
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Photograph
of the Mortgaged Property.
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19.
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Survey
of the Mortgage property, if required by the title company or applicable
law.
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20.
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Copy
of each instrument necessary to complete identification of any exception
set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy, i.e. map
or plat,
restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home association declarations,
etc.
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21.
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All
required disclosure statements.
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22.
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If
available, termite report, structural engineer’s report, water potability
and septic certification.
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23.
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Sales
contract, if applicable.
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24.
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Evidence
of payment of taxes and insurance premiums, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files, and
all
other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which
are
customarily
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contained
in a mortgage loan file and which are required to document the Mortgage
Loan or to service the Mortgage
Loan.
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25.
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Amortization
schedule, if available.
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26.
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Payment
history for any Mortgage Loan that has been closed for more than
90
days.
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In
the event an Officer’s Certificate
of the Company is delivered to the Custodian because of a delay caused by the
public recording office in returning any recorded document, the Company shall
deliver to the Custodian, within 240 days of the Closing Date, an Officer’s
Certificate which shall (i) identify the recorded document, (ii) state that
the
recorded document has not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay
caused by the public recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally
required by the applicable recording office to record and return a document
submitted for recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded
document will be delivered to the Custodian. The Company shall be
required to deliver to the Custodian the applicable recorded document by the
date specified in (iv) above. An extension of the date specified in
(iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
EXHIBIT
G
FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
Re:
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Mortgage
Loan Sale by Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Company”) to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc. (the “Purchaser”) of fixed rate and adjustable rate
first lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loan”) pursuant to that certain
Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement by and between the
Company and the Purchaser, dated as of April 1,
2006
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Dear
Sir/Madam:
I
am
Associate General Counsel of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and have acted as counsel
to
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Company”), with respect to certain matters in
connection with the sale by the Company of Mortgage Loans pursuant to that
certain Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement by and between the
Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. (the “Purchaser”), dated as of
April 1, 2006, (the “Agreement”), which sale is in the form of whole mortgage
loans. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Agreement.
I
have
examined the following documents:
1. the
Agreement;
2. the
Custodial Agreement;
4. the
form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
5. such
other documents, records and papers as I have deemed necessary and relevant
as a
basis for this opinion.
To
the
extent I have deemed necessary and proper, I have relied upon the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the
Agreement. I have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted
to me as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of
natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all
documents.
Based
upon the foregoing, it is my opinion that;
1.
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The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United
States.
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2.
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The
Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated
by the
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement and all requisite power, authority
and
legal right to execute and deliver the Agreement, the Custodial Agreement
and the Mortgage Loans, and to perform and observe the terms and
conditions of such instruments.
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3.
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Each
person who, as an officer or attorney-in-fact of the Company,
signed (a) the Agreement, each dated as of
___________________, 20__, by and between the Company and
the Purchaser, and (b) any other document delivered prior
hereto or on the date hereof in connection with the sale and servicing
of
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Agreement was, at the respective
times of such signing and delivery, and is, as of the date hereof,
duly
elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or
attorney-in-fact, and the signatures of such persons appearing on
such
documents are their genuine
signatures.
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4.
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Each
of the Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, and the Mortgage Loans,
has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is
a
legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with
its
terms, subject to the effect of insolvency, liquidation, conservatorship
and other similar laws administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation affecting the enforcement of contract obligations of
insured
banks and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including
those respecting the availability of specific performance, none of
which
will materially interfere with the realization of the benefits provided
thereunder or with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage
Loans.
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5.
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The
Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to
execute
any and all documents by original or facsimile signature in order
to
complete the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the Custodial
Agreement and in order to execute the endorsements to the Mortgage
Notes
and the assignments of the Mortgages, and the original or facsimile
signature of the officer at the Company executing the Agreement,
the
Custodial Agreement, the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the
assignments of the Mortgages represents the legal and valid signature
of
said officer of the Company.
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6.
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Either
(i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the sale and delivery of the
Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the
Agreement and the Custodial Agreement; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the
Company.
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7.
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Neither
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the fulfillment
of the terms of the Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, will conflict
with or results in or will result in a breach of or constitutes or
will
constitute a default under the charter or
by-
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laws
of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
or to
which it is subject, or violates any statute or order, rule, regulations,
writ, injunction or decree of any court, governmental authority or
regulatory body to which the Company is subject or by which it is
bound.
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8.
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There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the
best of
my knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in my opinion,
either
in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Company or in any material impairment
of the
right or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially
as
now conducted or in any material liability on the part of the Company
or
which would draw into question the validity of the Agreement and
the
Custodial Agreement, or of any action taken or to be taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated thereby, or which would be likely
to
impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the
terms of
the Agreement and the Custodial
Agreement.
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9.
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For
purposes of the foregoing, I have not regarded any legal or governmental
actions, investigations or proceedings to be “threatened” unless the
potential litigant or governmental authority has manifested to the
legal
department of the Company (either directly or to an officer of the
Company
who has relayed such information to the legal department) or an employee
of the Company responsible for the receipt of process a present intention
to initiate such proceedings; nor have I regarded any legal or
governmental actions, investigations or proceedings as including
those
that are conducted by state or federal authorities in connection
with
their routine regulatory activities. The sale of each Mortgage
Note and Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by the Agreement
is
sufficient fully to transfer all right, title and interest of the
Company
thereto as noteholder and mortgagee, apart from the rights to service
the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
Agreement.
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10.
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The
form of endorsement that is to be used with respect to the Mortgage
Loans
is legally valid and sufficient to duly endorse the Mortgage Notes
to the
Purchaser. Upon the completion of the endorsement of the
Mortgage Notes and the completion of the assignments of the Mortgages,
and
the recording thereof, the endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the
delivery
to the Custodian of the completed assignments of the Mortgages, and
the
delivery of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Custodian
would be
sufficient to permit the entity to which such Mortgage Note is initially
endorsed at the Purchaser’s direction, and to whom such assignment of
Mortgages is initially assigned at the Purchaser’s direction, to avail
itself of all protection available under applicable law against the
claims
of any present or future creditors of the Company, and would be sufficient
to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation
of the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being
enforceable.
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This
opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or entity
is
entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to which you
initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this opinion as
if
it were addressed to them as of its date.
Sincerely,
___________________
___________________
___________________/___________________
EXHIBIT
H
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Company][Name of Subservicer]
shall address, as a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable
Servicing Criteria”
Reg
AB
Reference
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Servicing
Criteria
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Applicable
Servicing
Criteria
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Inapplicable
Servicing
Criteria
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General
Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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X
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the mortgage loans are maintained.
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X
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
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A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with
the
terms of the transaction agreements.
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X
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
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Payments
on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank
accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business
days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
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The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts
or
accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth
in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes
of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
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Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared
the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared
in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the
Servicer.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
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X
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Pool
Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements
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X
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in
the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments
on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with
the
related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor
records maintained no more than two business days after receipt,
or such
other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and
allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in
accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's mortgage loans
(e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a
mortgage
loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other
period
specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for
example,
phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or
unemployment).
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X
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable
rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan
documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan
documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified
in
the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or
credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the
obligor
within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage
loans,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such
support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the Servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days
to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth
in
the transaction agreements.
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X
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EXHIBIT
I
SARBANES
CERTIFICATION
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Re:
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The
[ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the “Agreement”), among [IDENTIFY
PARTIES]
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I,
________________________________, the _______________________ of [Name of
Servicer] (the “Servicer”), certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the
[Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers,
with
the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification,
that:
(1) I
have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer provided in
accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the
report on assessment of the Servicer’s compliance with the servicing criteria
set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided
in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the
“Servicing Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation
report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange
Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and all
servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer during 200[ ] that were
delivered by the Servicer to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities
Administrator] [Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the “Servicer
Servicing Information”);
(2) Based
on my knowledge, the Servicer Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
of
time covered by the Servicer Servicing Information;
(3) Based
on my knowledge, all of the Servicer Servicing Information required to be
provided by the Servicer under the Agreement has been provided to the
[Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee];
(4) I
am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer under
the
Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in
preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance
Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Servicer
has
fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects;
and
(5) The
Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to the
Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to
be
provided by the Servicer and by any Subservicer and Subcontractor pursuant
to
the Agreement have been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any
material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been
disclosed to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instance of
noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such
reports.
Date:
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
J
XXXXXXX
MAC REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1.
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Eligible
Products.
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With
respect to each mortgage loan underlying the security, the borrower was not
encouraged or required to select a mortgage loan product offered by the mortgage
loan’s originator which is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy
borrowers, taking into account such facts as, without limitation, the mortgage
loan’s requirements and the borrower’s credit history, income, assets and
liabilities. For a borrower who seeks financing through a mortgage
loan originator’s higher-priced subprime lending channel, the borrower should be
directed towards or offered the mortgage loan originator’s standard mortgage
line if the borrower is able to qualify for one of the standard
products.
2.
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Borrower’s
Ability to Repay.
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The
methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for each mortgage
loan
in the trust did not rely on the extent of the borrower’s equity in the
collateral as the principal determining factor in approving such extension
of
credit. The methodology employed objective criteria that related such
facts as, without limitation, the borrower’s credit history, income, assets or
liabilities, to the proposed mortgage payment and, based on such methodology,
the mortgage loan’s originator made a reasonable determination that at the time
of origination the borrower had the ability to make timely payments on the
mortgage loan.
3.
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Points
and Fees.
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No
borrower under a mortgage loan in the trust was charged “points and fees” in an
amount greater than (a) $1,000 or (b) 5% of the principal amount of such
mortgage loan, whichever is greater. For purposes of this
representation, “points and fees” (x) include origination, underwriting,
broker and finder’s fees and charges that the lender imposed as a condition of
making the mortgage loan, whether they are paid to the lender or a third party;
and (y) exclude bona fide discount points, fees paid for actual services
rendered in connection with the origination of the mortgage (such as attorneys’
fees, notaries fees and fees paid for property appraisals, credit reports,
surveys, title examinations and extracts, flood and tax certifications, and
home
inspections); the cost of mortgage insurance or credit-risk price adjustments;
the costs of title, hazard, and flood insurance policies; state and local
transfer taxes or fees; escrow deposits for the future payment of taxes and
insurance premiums; and other miscellaneous fees and charges that, in total,
do
not exceed 0.25 percent of the loan amount.
EXHIBIT
K
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
Indemnification
Agreement dated as of
___________, 200__ (the “Agreement”) between Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Company”),
___________ (the “Trust/Issuer” and _____________________ (the
“Depositor”).
Reference
is made to the issuance of
____________________, Series ________, Asset-Backed Certificates (the
“Certificates”), pursuant to a [Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Trust
Agreement], dated as of _______________ (the “[Pooling and Servicing
Agreement/Trust Agreement”), among the Depositor as depositor, _________________
as master servicer and _____________________ as trustee. The
Depositor will sell certain of the Certificates to _______________ (the
“Underwriter”) for offer and sale pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting
Agreement, dated ______________, ____, between the Depositor and the
Underwriter. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Reference
is also made to the
information provided by the Company contained in the Prospectus Supplement,
under the caption, “The Originators—______________” and “The
Servicer—“__________” and any information furnished by the Company to facilitate
the Purchaser’s compliance with Regulation AB of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended from time to time, and included in or incorporated by reference in
the
Prospectus Supplement (collectively, the “Company Information”).
1. (a) Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust/Issuer and Depositor and each
of
its directors and officers and affiliates and each person, if any, who controls
the Depositor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Depositor Indemnified Party”), against any and
all actual losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities to which the
Depositor Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in
respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
(ii)
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Company
Information or omission to state therein, a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading (in each
case, regardless of whether a final judgment has been entered by a finder of
fact); provided, by way of clarification, that clause (ii) of this
paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the Company Information
and
not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase
of securities, without regard to whether the Company Information or any portion
thereof is presented together with or separately from such other
information. The Company will reimburse any such reasonable legal or
other expenses actually incurred by the Depositor Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which Company may otherwise have.
(b) The
Depositor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its
directors and officers and affiliates and each person, if any, who controls
the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of
the Exchange Act (each, a “Company Indemnified Party” and collectively with any
Depositor Indemnified Party, “Indemnified Parties”), against any and all actual
losses,
claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities to which the Company Indemnified Party may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus, prospectus supplement,
any private placement memorandum, any offering circular, any computational
materials, and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing other than with
respect to the Company Information, or omission to state therein a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein
not misleading (in each case, regardless of whether a final judgment has been
entered by a finder of fact); and will reimburse such reasonable legal or other
expenses actually incurred by the Company Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the
Depositor may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Party under this Section 1 of notice of any
claim or the commencement of any action described therein, such Indemnified
Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 1, notify the indemnifying party of such claim or
the
commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party
will
not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to the
Indemnified Party (a) under this Agreement except to the extent that the
omission to notify the indemnifying party with respect to this Agreement has
a
material adverse effect on the indemnifying party’s ability to interpose an
adequate defense to such action or (b) other than under this Agreement. In
case
any such action is brought against the Indemnified Party, and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party will
be
entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish to do
so,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party
(who shall not, except with the consent of the Indemnified Party, be counsel
to
the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to the
Indemnified Party under this Section 1, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified
Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation.
The
Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of the Indemnified Party unless: (i) the employment thereof has been
specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in writing (which
authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld); (ii) a conflict or potential
conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the Indemnified Party) between
the Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying
party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf
of
the Indemnified Party) or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume
the
defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party, in which case, if the Indemnified Party notifies the
indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the
expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party,
it being understood, however, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection
with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions
in
the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one
separate firm of attorneys at any time for the Indemnified Party, which firm
shall be designated in writing by the Company, in the case of Company
Indemnified Parties, or by the Depositor, in the case of Depositor Indemnified
Parties.
The
Indemnified Party, as a condition
of the indemnity agreements contained in Section 1(a), Section 1(b) and Section
1(c), shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in
the
defense of any such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall not be liable
for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its
written consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such
action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability (to the extent set
forth in Section 1(a), Section 1(b) or Section 1(c) as applicable) by reason
of
such settlement or judgment.
2. All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, or transmitted by facsimile or electronic
mail
and confirmed by similar mailed writing as follows:
(i) if
to the Company:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Structured
Finance Manager, MAC X3906-012
Fax: 301/000-0000
(ii) with
a copy to:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home Campus
Xxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General
Counsel
MAC X2401-06T
Fax:
515/000-0000
or
such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the Depositor in writing by the Company;
(iii) if
to the Depositor:
@
@
@
@
or
such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the Company in writing by the Depositor.
(iv) if
to the Trust/Issuer:
@
@
@
@
or
such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the Company in writing by the Trust/Issuer.
3. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall
together constitute one instrument.
4. This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
__________________________________
Depositor
By:______________________________
Name:
Title: