MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
Exhibit
99.9b
EXECUTION
COPY
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.,
Purchaser
INDYMAC
BANK, F.S.B.,
Seller
Dated
as
of September 1, 2006
Conventional,
Adjustable
and Fixed Rate,
Residential
Mortgage Loans
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS.
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1
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SECTION
2.
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AGREEMENT
TO PURCHASE.
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14
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SECTION
3.
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MORTGAGE
SCHEDULES.
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14
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SECTION
4.
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PURCHASE
PRICE.
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15
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SECTION
5.
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EXAMINATION
OF MORTGAGE FILES.
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15
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SECTION
6.
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CONVEYANCE
FROM SELLER TO PURCHASER.
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16
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SECTION
7.
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SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
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18
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SECTION
8.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASER
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19
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SECTION
9.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLER; REMEDIES FOR
BREACH.
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19
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SECTION
10.
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CLOSING.
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38
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SECTION
11.
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CLOSING
DOCUMENTS.
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39
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SECTION
12.
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COSTS.
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41
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SECTION
13.
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COOPERATION
OF SELLER WITH A RECONSTITUTION.
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41
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SECTION
14.
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THE
SELLER.
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43
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SECTION
15.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
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43
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SECTION
16.
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MANDATORY
DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
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44
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SECTION
17.
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NOTICES.
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44
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SECTION
18.
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SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
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45
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SECTION
19.
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COUNTERPARTS.
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45
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SECTION
20.
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GOVERNING
LAW.
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45
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SECTION
21.
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INTENTION
OF THE PARTIES.
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46
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SECTION
22.
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SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS; ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
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00
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XXXXXXX
00.
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WAIVERS.
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46
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SECTION
24.
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EXHIBITS.
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46
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SECTION
25.
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GENERAL
INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES.
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47
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SECTION
26.
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REPRODUCTION
OF DOCUMENTS.
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47
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SECTION
27.
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FURTHER
AGREEMENTS.
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47
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SECTION
28.
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RECORDATION
OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE.
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48
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SECTION
29.
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NO
SOLICITATION.
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48
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SECTION
30.
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WAIVER
OF TRIAL BY JURY.
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48
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SECTION
31.
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SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.
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48
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SECTION
32.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION AB
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49
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SECTION
33.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
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CONTENTS
OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
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EXHIBIT
B
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SERVICING
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
C
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FORM
OF SELLER’S OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT
D
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FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
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EXHIBIT
E
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FORM
OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
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EXHIBIT
F
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FORM
OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
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EXHIBIT
G
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FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
H
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UNDERWRITING
GUIDELINES
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EXHIBIT
I
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CONTENTS
OF EACH CREDIT FILE
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EXHIBIT
J
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RECONSTITUTION
REPRESENTATIONS
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EXHIBIT
K
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FORM
OF BAILEE AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
L
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FORM
OF INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
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This
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated
as of September 1, 2006, by and between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc., a New York corporation, having an office at 0000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the “Purchaser”) and IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., a federal
savings bank, having an office at 0000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Seller”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Seller desires to sell, from time to time, to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser desires to purchase, from time to time, from the Seller, certain
conventional, adjustable and fixed rate, residential first mortgage
loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) on a servicing retained basis as described
herein, and which shall be delivered in pools of whole loans (each, a
“Mortgage Loan Package”) on various dates as provided herein (each, a
“Closing Date”);
WHEREAS,
each Mortgage Loan is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other security
instrument creating a first lien on a residential dwelling located in the
jurisdiction indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Mortgage
Loan Package;
WHEREAS,
the Purchaser and the Seller wish to prescribe the manner of the conveyance,
servicing and control of the Mortgage Loans; and
WHEREAS,
following its purchase of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller, the Purchaser
desires to sell some or all of the Mortgage Loans to one or more purchasers
as a
whole loan transfer or a public or private, rated or unrated mortgage
pass-through transaction;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Seller
agree
as follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions.
For
purposes of this Agreement the following capitalized terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below. Other capitalized terms used in
this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Servicing Agreement.
Accepted
Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan those
mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which
service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located and incorporating
the Delinquency Collection Policies and Procedures.
Act: The
National Housing Act, as amended from time to time.
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Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this
Agreement, the Mortgage Interest Rate of which is adjusted from time to time
in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Affiliate: With
respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled
by
or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes
of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly
or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
Agency
Transfer: A Xxxxxx Mae Transfer or a Xxxxxxx Mac
Transfer.
Agreement: This
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto.
ALTA: The
American Land Title Association, and its successors in interest.
Ancillary
Income: All late charges, assumption fees, escrow account
benefits, reinstatement fees, and similar types of fees arising from or in
connection with any Mortgage, to the extent not otherwise payable to the
Mortgagor under applicable law or pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
Appraised
Value: The value set forth in an appraisal made in connection
with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as the value of the Mortgaged
Property.
Appropriate
Federal Banking Agency: As defined in Section 1813(q) of
Title 12 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.
Assignment
and Conveyance Agreement: As defined in
Subsection 6.01.
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.
Balloon
Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan (a) that requires only
payments of interest until the stated maturity date of the Mortgage Loan or
(b)
for which Monthly Payments of principal (not including the payment due on its
stated maturity date) are based on an amortization schedule that would be
insufficient to fully amortize the principal thereof by the stated maturity
date
of the Mortgage Loan.
Business
Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or
(ii) a day on which banking and savings and loan institutions, in (a) the
State of New York, (b) the state in which the Seller’s servicing operations are
located or (c) the State in which the Custodian’s operations are located,
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Closing
Date: Shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Purchase Price and
Terms Agreement.
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Code: Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission: The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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.
Convertible
Mortgage Loan: Any individual Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a provision whereby the
Mortgagor is permitted to convert the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan to a fixed
rate Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
Co-op: A
private, cooperative housing corporation, having only one class of stock
outstanding, which owns or leases land and all or part of a building or
buildings, including apartments, spaces used for commercial purposes and common
areas therein and whose board of directors authorizes the sale of stock and
the
issuance of a Co-op Lease.
Co-op
Lease: With respect to a Co-op Loan, the lease with respect to a
dwelling unit occupied by the Mortgagor and relating to the stock allocated
to
the related dwelling unit.
Co-op
Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock allocated to
a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation and a
collateral assignment of the related Co-op Lease.
Credit
File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan referred
to in Exhibit I annexed hereto, and any additional documents required to
be added to the Credit File pursuant to this Agreement.
Custodial
Account: The separate trust account created and maintained
pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Servicing Agreement (with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, as specified therein).
Custodial
Agreement: The agreement governing the retention of the originals
of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage and other Mortgage
Loan
Documents. If more than one Custodial Agreement is in effect at any
given time, all of the Individual Custodial Agreements shall collectively be
referred to as the “Custodial Agreement.”
Custodian: LaSalle
Bank, National Association, or its successor in interest or permitted assigns,
or any successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement as therein
provided. If at any time there is no Custodial Agreement in effect with respect
to a Mortgage Loan, all references to the Custodian herein and in the Servicing
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Purchaser (or its designee) with
respect to such Mortgage Loan.
Cut-off
Date: Shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Purchase Price and
Terms Agreement.
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Deemed
Material and Adverse Representation: Each representation and
warranty identified as such in Subsection 9.02 of this Agreement.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or replaced or
to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan by the Seller in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Depositor: The
depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any
Securitization Transaction.
Determination
Date: The date specified in the Servicing Agreement (with respect
to each Mortgage Loan as specified therein).
Due
Date: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on
a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due
Period: With respect to each Remittance Date and any Mortgage
Loan, the period commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding
the month of the Remittance Date for such Mortgage Loan and ending on the first
day of the month of the Remittance Date.
Equity
Take-Out Refinanced Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan used to
refinance an existing mortgage loan, the proceeds of which were in excess of
the
outstanding principal balance of the existing mortgage loan.
Escrow
Account: The separate account created and maintained pursuant to
Section 2.06 of the Servicing Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, as specified therein).
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
document.
Exchange
Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx
Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association, or any successor
thereto.
Xxxxxx
Mae Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx’ Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae
Servicers’ Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.
Xxxxxx
Xxx Transfer: As defined in Section 13
hereof.
FDIC: The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its successors in
interest.
Fitch: Fitch,
Inc., and its successors in interest.
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FHA: The
Federal Housing Administration, an agency within HUD, and its successors in
interest, and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary
of
Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA
Regulations.
FHA
Approved Mortgagee: A corporation or institution approved as a
mortgagee by the FHA under the National Housing Act, and applicable HUD
regulations, and eligible to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA
insured mortgage loans.
Fixed
Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate mortgage loan purchased pursuant
to this Agreement.
Xxxxxxx
Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Xxxxxxx
Mac Transfer: As defined in Section 13
hereof.
Gross
Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which amount
is
added to the Index in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note
to
determine on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date the Mortgage Interest Rate
for
such Mortgage Loan.
High
Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan (a) covered by the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 (“HOEPA”), (b) with an “annual percentage
rate” or total “points and fees” payable by the related Mortgagor (as
each such term is calculated under HOEPA) that exceed the thresholds set forth
by HOEPA and its implementing regulations, including 12 C.F.R. § 226.32(a)(1)(i)
and (ii), (c) classified as a “high cost home,” “threshold,” “covered,”
(excluding New Jersey “Covered Home Loans” as that term was defined in clause
(1) of the definition of that term in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security
Act
of 2002 that were originated between November 26, 2003 and July 7, 2004), “high
risk home,” “predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable state,
federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology
under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal
liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points
and/or fees) or (d) categorized as High Cost pursuant to the then current
Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s Glossary. For avoidance of doubt,
the parties agree that this definition shall apply to any law regardless of
whether such law is presently, or in the future becomes, the subject of judicial
review or litigation.
the
then current Standard & Poor’s Glossary (which is now Version 5.6(d)
Revised, Appendix E). For avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that
this definition shall apply to any law regardless of whether such law is
presently, or in the future becomes, the subject of judicial review or
litigation.
HUD: The
Department of (Housing and Urban Development, or any federal agency or official
thereof which may from time to time succeed to the functions thereof with regard
to FHA Mortgage Insurance. The term “HUD,” for purposes of
this Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as the
FHA
and Government National Mortgage Association.
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Index: The
index indicated in the related Mortgage Note for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan.
Insurance
Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged
Property.
Interest
Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage Note and the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is
adjusted.
Interim
Funder: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Person named on the MERS System as the interim funder pursuant to the MERS
Procedures Manual.
Investor: With
respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Person named on the MERS
System as the investor pursuant to the MERS Procedures Manual.
Lifetime
Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the terms
of each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage
Interest Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
by more than the Lifetime Rate Cap set forth as an amount per annum on the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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 or otherwise or the sale of the related
Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of
the
Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan as of the related origination date (unless otherwise indicated), to the
lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination
and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the
related Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property.
Manufactured
Home: A single family residential unit that is constructed in a factory in
sections in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards adopted on July 15, 1976, by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (“HUD Code”), as amended in 2000, which preempts state and
local building codes. Each unit is identified by the presence of a
HUD Plate/Compliance Certificate label. The sections are then
transported to the site and joined together and affixed to a pre-built permanent
foundation (which satisfies the manufacturer’s requirements and all state,
county, and local building codes and regulations). The manufactured
home is built on a non-removable, permanent frame chassis that supports the
complete unit of walls, floors, and roof. The underneath part of the
home may have running gear (wheels, axles, and brakes) that enable it to be
transported to the permanent site. The wheels and hitch are removed
prior to anchoring the unit to the permanent foundation. The
manufactured home must be classified as real estate and taxed
accordingly. The permanent foundation may be on land owned by the
mortgager or may be on leased land.
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MERS: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors in interest.
MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan: Mortgage Loans for which (a) the Seller
has designated or will designate MERS as, and has taken or will take such action
as is necessary to cause MERS to be, the mortgagee of record, as nominee for
the
Seller, in accordance with the MERS Procedures Manual and (b) the Seller has
designated or will designate the Purchaser as the Investor on the MERS
System.
MERS
Identification Number: The eighteen digit number permanently
assigned to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan.
MERS
Procedures Manual: The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MERS
Report: The report from the MERS System listing MERS Designated
Mortgage Loans and other information.
MERS
System: MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as more
particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
Monthly
Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest
on a Mortgage Loan.
Moody’s: Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.
Mortgage: With
respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, 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;
except that with respect to real property located in jurisdictions in which
the
use of leasehold estates for residential properties is a widely-accepted
practice, the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing the Mortgage
Note may secure and create a first lien upon a leasehold estate of the
Mortgagor. With respect to a Co-op Loan, the Security Agreement.
Mortgage
File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan referred
to in Exhibit A annexed hereto, and any additional documents
required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage
Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage
Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage
Interest Rate Cap: With respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as set forth in the
related Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of this
Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan
includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Credit File, the Servicing
File, the Monthly Payments, Principal
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Prepayments,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, and all other
rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with
such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased mortgage
loans.
Mortgage
Loan Documents: The documents required to be delivered to the
Custodian pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof with respect to any Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage
Loan Package: Each pool of Mortgage Loans, which shall be
purchased by the Purchaser from the Seller from time to time on each Closing
Date.
Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate of interest remitted to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to
the
Mortgage Interest Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule: The schedule of Mortgage Loans setting forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Loan Package: (1) the Seller’s Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(2) the Mortgagor’s first and last name; (3) the street address of the
Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code; (4) a code
indicating the Mortgagor’s race and/or ethnicity; (5) a code indicating whether
the Mortgagor is self-employed; (6) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged
Property is owner-occupied, investment property or a second home; (7) the number
and type of residential units constituting the Mortgaged Property
(e.g. single family residence, a two- to four-family dwelling,
condominium, planned unit development or cooperative); (8) the original
months to maturity or the remaining months to maturity from the related Cut-off
Date, in any case based on the original amortization schedule and, if different,
the maturity expressed in the same manner but based on the actual amortization
schedule; (9) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (10) the
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the related Cut-off Date; (11) the date on
which the Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is
not
consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date; (12) the
stated maturity date; (13) the amount of the Monthly Payment as of the
related Cut-off Date; (14) the last payment date on which a payment was
actually applied to the outstanding principal balance; (15) the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (16) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the related Cut-off Date, after
deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or before the related
Cut-off Date; (17) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (18) with respect to Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (19) with respect to Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note;
(20) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code indicating the
type of Index; (21) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., Fixed Rate, Adjustable
Rate); (22) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, rate
and term refinance, equity take-out refinance); (23) a code indicating the
documentation style (i.e. no documents, full, alternative or reduced, no
income/no asset, stated income, no ration, reduced or NIV); (24) the loan
credit classification (as described in the Underwriting Guidelines);
(25) whether such Mortgage Loan provides for a Prepayment Penalty; (26) the
Prepayment Penalty period of such Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (27) a
description of the Prepayment Penalty, if applicable; (26) the Mortgage
Interest Rate as of origination; (29) the credit risk score (FICO score);
(30) the date of origination; (31) with respect to Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (32) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage
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Interest
Rate adjustment percentage; (33) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (34) the Mortgage Interest Rate
calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple interest, other); (35) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Rate Cap as of the
first
Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (36) a code indicating whether the Mortgage
Loan is a Balloon Mortgage Loan; (37) the Due Date for the first Monthly
Payment; (38) the original Monthly Payment due; (39) a code indicating
whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by a PMI Policy and, if so, identifying
the
PMI Policy provider; (40) in connection with a condominium unit, a code
indicating whether the condominium project where such unit is located is
low-rise or high-rise; (41) delinquency status as of the related Cut-off Date;
(42) asset verification (Y/N); (43) with respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan provides for negative
amortization; (44) Appraised Value; (45) appraisal type; (46) automated
valuation model (AVM); (47) appraisal date; (48) with respect to the
related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (49) the MERS Identification
Number, if applicable; (50) whether the Mortgage Loan has Monthly Payments
that
are interest-only for a period of time, and the interest-only period, if
applicable; (51) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan with
negative amortization, the negative amortization limit;
and (52) a code indicating the PMI Policy provider and
percentage of coverage, if applicable. With respect to the Mortgage
Loans in the aggregate, the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information, as of the related Cut-off Date: (1) the number of
Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the
Mortgage Loans; (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans;
(5) the average principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (6) the applicable
Cut-off Date; and (7) the applicable Closing Date.
Mortgage
Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged
Property: With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op
Loan, the underlying real property (or leasehold estate, if applicable) securing
repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note. With respect to a
Co-op Loan, the stock allocated to a dwelling unit in the residential
cooperative housing corporation that was pledged to secure such Co-op Loan
and
the related Co-op Lease.
Mortgagor: The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Non-Convertible
Mortgage Loan: Any individual Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement which does not contain a provision pursuant
to which the Mortgagor may convert the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan to a Fixed
Rate Mortgage Loan.
OCC: Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency, and its successors in interest.
Officer’s
Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or
the Vice Chairman of the Board or a President or a Vice President and by the
Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Seller, and delivered to the Purchaser as required by this
Agreement.
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Opinion
of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Seller, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, provided that any Opinion
of
Counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any account required to be
maintained pursuant to this Agreement as an Eligible Account,
(b) qualification of the Mortgage Loans in a REMIC or (c) compliance
with the REMIC Provisions, must be (unless otherwise stated in such Opinion
of
Counsel) an opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of the Seller
and any servicer of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does not have any material
direct or indirect financial interest in the Seller or any servicer of the
Mortgage Loans or in an Affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with
the Seller or any servicer of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee,
director or person performing similar functions.
OTS: Office
of Thrift Supervision, and its successors in interest.
Periodic
Rate Cap: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
provision of each Mortgage Note which provides for an absolute maximum amount
by
which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or decrease on an Interest
Rate Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in
effect.
Person: Any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
PMI
Policy: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by
a Qualified Insurer.
Preliminary
Mortgage Schedule: As defined in
Section 3.
Prepayment
Penalty: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the fee, if any, payable upon
the prepayment, in whole or in part, of such Mortgage Loan, as set forth in
the
related Mortgage Note.
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 (Northeast
edition).
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.
Purchase
Price: The price paid on the related Closing Date by the
Purchaser to the Seller in exchange for the Mortgage Loans purchased on such
Closing Date as calculated in Section 4 of this
Agreement.
Purchase
Price and Terms Agreement: With respect to each pool of Mortgage
Loans purchased pursuant to this Agreement the related agreement setting forth
the general terms and conditions of the purchase transaction and identifying
the
Mortgage Loans to be purchased thereunder, by and between the Seller and the
Purchaser.
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Purchaser: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors in
interest and assigns, and any successor to the Purchaser under this Agreement
as
herein provided.
Qualified
Correspondent: Any Person from which the Seller purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an
agreement between the Seller and such Person that contemplated that such Person
would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time, for sale to the Seller,
in
accordance with underwriting guidelines designated by the Seller (“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 Seller 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 Seller in origination
of
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans for the Seller’s own
account or (y) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans
were underwritten, designated by the Seller on a consistent basis for use by
lenders in originating mortgage loans to be purchased by the Seller; and (iv)
the Seller employed, at the time such Mortgage Loans were acquired by the
Seller, 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
ensure that Persons from which it purchased mortgage loans properly applied
the
underwriting criteria designated by the Seller.
Qualified
Appraiser: An appraiser, duly appointed by the Seller, who had no
interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made
on
the security thereof, and whose compensation was not affected by the approval
or
disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and such appraiser and the appraisal made
by
such appraiser both satisfied the requirements of Title XI of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was
originated.
Qualified
Insurer: An insurance company duly qualified as such under the
laws of the states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, duly
authorized and licensed in such states to transact the applicable insurance
business and to write the insurance provided, approved as an insurer by Xxxxxx
Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac (or such other rating as may be required by a Rating Agency
in connection with a Securitization Transaction in order to achieve the desired
ratings for the securities to be issued in connection with such Securitization
Transaction).
Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Seller 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 outstanding
principal balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall
will
be deposited in the Custodial Account by the Seller in the month of
substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage Interest Rate not less than and not
more than 1% greater than the Mortgage Interest Rate of the
Deleted
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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 (i.e., fixed rate or adjustable rate
with
same Mortgage Interest Rate Cap and Index); and (v) comply with each
representation and warranty (respecting individual Mortgage Loans) set forth
in
Section 9 hereof.
Rating
Agency: Any of Fitch, Xxxxx’x or Standard & Poor’s, or their
respective successors designated by the Purchaser.
Reconstitution: Any
Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer.
Reconstitution
Agreements: The agreement or agreements entered into by the
Seller and the Purchaser and/or certain third parties on the Reconstitution
Date
or Dates with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans sold hereunder, in
connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Transfer or a Securitization
Transaction pursuant to Section 13, including, but not limited to, a
seller’s warranties and servicing agreement with respect to a Whole Loan
Transfer, and a pooling and servicing agreement and/or seller/servicer
agreements and related custodial/trust agreement and documents with respect
to a
Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution
Date: As defined in Section 13.
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 and regulations,
rulings or pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
Remittance
Date: The date specified in the Servicing Agreement (with respect
to each Mortgage Loan, as specified therein).
Repurchase
Price: As defined in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement.
RESPA: Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as amended from time to time.
Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization
Transaction: Any transaction involving either (1) 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 or (2) an issuance of
publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated
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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.
Security
Agreement: The agreement creating a security interest in the
stock allocated to a dwelling unit in the residential cooperative housing
corporation that was pledged to secure such Co-op Loan and the related Co-op
Lease.
Seller: IndyMac
Bank, F.S.B., and its successors in interest.
Servicing
Agreement: The Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement, attached as
Exhibit L hereto, between the Purchaser and the Seller, pursuant to
which the Seller will service the Mortgage Loans..
Servicing
Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to the Servicing
Agreement, a fee payable monthly equal to one-twelfth of the product of
(a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the aggregate scheduled principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly and
shall be pro-rated for any portion of a month during which the Mortgage Loan
is
serviced by the Seller under the Servicing Agreement. 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, Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds, to the extent permitted by this Agreement) of such Monthly Payment
collected by the Seller, or as otherwise provided under this
Agreement.
Servicing
Fee Rate: 37.5 basis points (0.375%) per annum or such other rate
as may be set forth in the Purchase Price and Terms Agreement.
Servicing
File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file retained by
the Seller consisting of originals of all documents in the Mortgage File which
are not delivered to the Purchaser or the Custodian and copies of the Mortgage
Loan Documents set forth in Section 2 of the Custodial
Agreement.
Sponsor: The
sponsor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any
Securitization Transaction.
Standard
& Poor’s: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division
of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc., and its successors in interest.
Standard &
Poor’s Glossary: The Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary,
as may be
in effect from time to time.
Stated
Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan on any date of
determination, (i) the principal balance of each Mortgage Loan at the
related Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or
before such date, whether or not received, minus (ii) all amounts
previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal on such Mortgage
Loan.
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Successor
Servicer: Any servicer of one or more Mortgage Loans designated
by the Purchaser as being entitled to the benefits of the indemnifications
set
forth in Subsections 9.03 and 14.01.
Static
Pool Information: Static pool information as described in Item
1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Successor
Servicer: Any servicer of one or more Mortgage Loans designated
by the Purchaser as being entitled to the benefits of the indemnifications
set
forth in Subsections 9.03 and 14.01.
Third-Party
Originator: Each Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent,
that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the Seller.
Underlying
Mortgaged Property: With respect to each Co-op Loan, the
underlying real property owned by the related residential cooperative housing
corporation.
Underwriting
Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the Seller, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit H and a then-current copy of which
shall be attached as an exhibit to the related Assignment and
Conveyance.
VA
Approved Lender: A lender which is approved by the VA to act as a
lender in connection with the origination of VA guaranteed mortgage
loans.
Whole
Loan Agreement: Any Reconstitution Agreement in respect of a
Whole Loan Transfer.
Whole
Loan Transfer: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans, other than a Securitization Transaction.
SECTION
2. Agreement
to Purchase.
The
Seller agrees to sell from time to time, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase
from time to time, Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal balance on
the
Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement, or in such other amount as agreed by the Purchaser and the Seller
as
evidenced by the actual aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
accepted by the Purchaser on each Closing Date.
SECTION
3. Mortgage
Schedules.
The
Seller from time to time shall provide the Purchaser with certain information
constituting a preliminary listing of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on
each
Closing Date in accordance with the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement
and this Agreement (each, a “Preliminary Mortgage
Schedule”).
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The
Seller is obligated to deliver those Mortgage Loans owned by the Seller pursuant
to the original terms of the Seller’s commitment to the
Mortgagor. The Seller shall deliver the Mortgage Loan Schedule for
the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on a particular Closing Date to the Purchaser
at least two (2) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date. The Mortgage
Loan Schedule shall be the related Preliminary Mortgage Schedule with those
Mortgage Loans which have not been funded prior to the Closing Date
deleted.
SECTION
4. Purchase
Price.
The
Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan shall be the percentage of par as stated
in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement (subject to adjustment as
provided therein), multiplied by the aggregate principal balance, as of the
related Cut-off Date, of the Mortgage Loans, after application of scheduled
payments of principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date, whether or
not
collected. The initial principal amount of the Mortgage Loans shall
be the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans, so computed as of
the
related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the related Purchase Price
and Terms Agreement, portions of the Mortgage Loans shall be priced
separately.
In
addition to the Purchase Price as described above, the Purchaser shall pay
to
the Seller, at closing, accrued interest on the current principal amount of
the
related Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-off Date at the weighted average
Mortgage Interest Rate of those Mortgage Loans, net of the Servicing Fee Rate,
from the Cut-off Date through the day prior to the Closing Date,
inclusive. The Purchase Price plus accrued interest as set forth in
the preceding paragraph shall be paid to the Seller by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Seller in
writing.
The
Purchaser shall be entitled to (1) all scheduled principal due after the
related Cut-off Date, (2) all other recoveries of principal collected on or
after the related Cut-off Date, (3) all payments of interest on the
Mortgage Loans net of applicable Servicing Fees (minus that portion of any
such
payment which is allocable to the period prior to the related Cut-off Date),
and
(4) all Prepayment Penalties (unless the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement indicates otherwise) collected on or after the related Cut-off Date
(minus the portion of any such payment which is allocable to the period prior
the related Cut-off Date). The outstanding principal balance of each
Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date is determined after application
of
payments of principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date, whether or
not
collected, together with any unscheduled principal prepayments collected prior
to the such Cut-off Date; provided, however, that payments of scheduled
principal and interest paid prior to such Cut-off Date, but to be applied on
a
Due Date beyond the related Cut-off Date shall not be applied to the principal
balance as of the related Cut-off Date. Such prepaid amounts shall be
the property of the Purchaser. The Seller shall deposit any such
prepaid amounts into the Custodial Account, which account is established for
the
benefit of the Purchaser for subsequent remittance by the Seller to the
Purchaser.
SECTION
5. Examination
of Mortgage Files.
At
least
ten (10) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller shall
make
the related Credit File available to the Purchaser for examination at such
location as shall
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be
agreed
upon by the Seller and the Purchaser. Such examination of the
Mortgage Files may be made by the Purchaser or its designee at any reasonable
time before or after the related Closing Date. If the Purchaser makes
such examination prior to the related Closing Date and determines, in its sole
discretion, that any Mortgage Loans do not conform to any of the requirements
set forth in the Purchase Price and Terms Agreement and Exhibit A thereto,
the
Purchaser may delete such Mortgage Loans from the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, and such Deleted Mortgage Loan (or Loans) may be replaced by a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or Loans) acceptable to the
Purchaser. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to the
Seller, purchase some or all of the Mortgage Loans without conducting any
partial or complete examination. The fact that the Purchaser or its
designee has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete
examination of the Mortgage Files or the Credit Files shall not impair in any
way the Purchaser’s (or any of its successor’s) rights to demand repurchase,
substitution or other remedy as provided in this Agreement. In the event that
the Seller fails to deliver the Credit Files with respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the Seller shall, upon the request of the Purchaser, repurchase such Mortgage
Loan as the price and in the manner specified in
Subsection 9.03.
SECTION
6. Conveyance
from Seller to Purchaser.
Subsection
6.01 Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Servicing Files.
The
Seller, simultaneously with the delivery of the Mortgage Loans Schedule with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package to be purchased on each Closing
Date, shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Conveyance Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Assignment and Conveyance
Agreement”). The Seller shall cause the Servicing File retained
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement to be appropriately identified in
the
Seller’s
computer system and/or books and records, as appropriate, to clearly reflect
the
sale of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Seller shall
release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File retained by it
only
in accordance with this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement.
Subsection
6.02 Books
and Records.
Record
title to each Mortgage as of the related Closing Date shall be in the name
of
the Seller, an Affiliate of the Seller, the Purchaser or one or more designees
of the Purchaser, as the Purchaser shall select. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each Mortgage and related Mortgage Note shall be possessed solely
by
the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may
be. All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but not
limited to, all funds received by the Seller after the related Cut-off Date,
net
of any funds due the Seller, on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall
be
vested in the Purchaser or one or more designees of the Purchaser; provided,
however, that all funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall
be received and held by the Seller in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser
or
the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be, as the owner
of
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
The
sale
of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Seller’s balance sheet and other
financial statements as a sale of assets by the Seller.
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The
Seller 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 Seller shall maintain in its possession, available for
inspection by the Purchaser, 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 used in determining the applicability
of the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
to
the Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage and periodic
inspection reports, as required by the Servicing Agreement and Xxxxxx Mae
Guides. To the extent that original documents are not required for
purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, documents
maintained by the Seller may be in the form of microfilm or microfiche so long
as the Seller complies with the requirements of the Xxxxxx Xxx
Guides.
Subsection
6.03 Delivery
of Mortgage Loan Documents.
The
Seller or its designee shall deliver and release to the Custodian no later
than
five (5) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date those documents and
instruments in the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan that are required to
be
delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.
The
Custodian shall certify its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan Documents required
to be delivered pursuant to the Custodial Agreement for the related Closing
Date, as evidenced by the certification and trust receipt of the Custodian
in
the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The Seller shall comply
with the terms of the Custodial Agreement and the Purchaser shall pay all fees
and expenses of the Custodian from and after the Closing Date.
The
Seller shall forward to the Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser
shall designate in writing, original documents evidencing an assumption,
modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into
in
accordance with this Agreement within two weeks of their execution, provided,
however, that the Seller shall provide the Custodian, or to such other Person
as
the Purchaser shall designate in writing, with a certified true copy of any
such
document submitted for recordation within two (2) weeks of its execution, and
shall promptly 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 one hundred twenty (120)
days
of its submission for recordation.
In
the
event any document required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the
preceding paragraph, including an original or copy of any document submitted
for
recordation to the appropriate public recording office, is not so delivered
to
the Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in
writing, within one hundred twenty (120) days following the related Closing
Date
(other than with respect to the Assignments of Mortgage which shall be delivered
to the Custodian in blank on or prior to the Closing Date and recorded
subsequently by the Purchaser or its designee), and in the event that the Seller
does not cure such failure within thirty (30) days of discovery or receipt
of
written notification of such failure from the Purchaser, the related Mortgage
Loan shall, upon the request of the Purchaser, be repurchased by the Seller
at
the price and in the manner specified in
Subsection 9.03. The
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foregoing
repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that the Seller cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to
the
appropriate public recording office within the specified period due to a delay
caused by the recording office in the applicable jurisdiction; provided that
(i)
the Seller shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate of a servicing officer of the
Seller, confirming that such documents have been delivered for recording, (upon
request of the Purchaser and delivery by the Purchaser to the Seller of a
schedule of the related Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall reissue and deliver
to
the Purchaser or its designee said officer’s certificate relating to the related
Mortgage Loans), and (ii) such document is delivered within twelve (12) months
of the Closing Date.
The
Seller shall pay all initial recording fees, if any, for the Assignments of
Mortgage up to $30 per Mortgage Loan and any other fees or costs in transferring
all original documents to the Custodian or, upon written request of the
Purchaser, to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s
designee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not be required
to pay recording fees in connection with any Mortgage Loan secured by a
Mortgaged Property located in the State of California, or any other state,
provided that Seller shall, upon request of the Purchaser and at the Seller’s
expense, cause to be furnished to the Purchaser and its designees an opinion
of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser to the effect that recordation
is not necessary in such states to protect the Purchaser’s (or its designees’)
interest in such Mortgage Loans. If such opinion of counsel is not
available by the Closing Date, the Seller will pay $30 per Mortgage Loan, to
be
netted from the Purchase Price on the Closing Date. The Purchaser or
the Purchaser’s designee shall be responsible for recording the Assignments of
Mortgage.
Subsection
6.04 Quality
Control Procedures.
The
Seller shall, or shall have an internal quality control program that verifies
in
a manner consistent with accepted industry procedures, on a regular basis,
the
existence and accuracy of the legal documents, credit documents, property
appraisals, and underwriting decisions. The program shall include
evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of the Seller’s loan production
and the servicing activities of the Seller. The program is to ensure
that the Mortgage Loans are originated and serviced in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices and the Underwriting Guidelines, guard against dishonest,
fraudulent, or negligent acts, and guard against errors and omissions by
officers, employees, or other authorized persons.
Subsection
6.05 MERS
Designated Mortgage Loans.
With
respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, on or prior
to
the related Closing Date, designate the Purchaser as the Investor and the
Custodian as custodian, and no Person shall be listed as Interim Funder on
the
MERS System. In addition, on or prior to the related Closing Date,
the Seller shall provide the Custodian and the Purchaser with a MERS Report
listing the Purchaser as the Investor, the Custodian as custodian and no Person
as Interim Funder with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage
Loan.
SECTION
7. Servicing
of the Mortgage Loans.
The
Mortgage Loans have been sold by the Seller to the Purchaser on a servicing
retained basis.
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The
Purchaser shall retain the Seller as independent contract servicer of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
contained in the Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser and Seller shall execute
the
Servicing Agreement on the Closing Date.
Pursuant
to the Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall begin servicing the Mortgage Loans
on behalf of the Purchaser and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and any
Ancillary Income with respect to such Mortgage Loans from the related Closing
Date until the termination of the Servicing Agreement with respect to any of
the
Mortgage Loans as set forth in the Servicing Agreement. The Seller
shall service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Servicing
Agreement.
SECTION
8. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Purchaser
Subsection
8.01 Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Purchaser.
The
Purchaser represents, warrants and covenants to the Seller that as of the date
hereof and as of each Closing Date that the execution, delivery and performance
by the Purchaser of this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by
all
necessary corporate action. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid
and enforceable obligation of the Purchaser.
SECTION
9. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Seller; Remedies for Breach.
Subsection
9.01 Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Seller.
The
Seller represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser that as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Due
Organization and Authority. The Seller is a federal savings bank
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and has all licenses necessary to
carry on its business as now being conducted and is licensed, qualified and
in
good standing in each state wherein it owns or leases any material properties
or
where a Mortgaged Property is located, if the laws of such state require
licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the type conducted
by
the Seller, and in any event the Seller 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 and the Servicing Agreement; the Seller has the full
corporate power, authority and legal right to hold, transfer and convey the
Mortgage Loans and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder; the execution, delivery and performance
of
this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant
to this Agreement) by the Seller and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized; this
Agreement and all agreements contemplated hereby have been duly executed and
delivered and constitute the valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligations
of the Seller, regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law; and all requisite corporate action has been taken by the
Seller to make this Agreement and all agreements contemplated hereby valid
and
binding upon the Seller in accordance with their terms;
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(b) Ordinary
Course of Business. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the
Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and
the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the
bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
(c) No
Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the acquisition or origination of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller, the sale
of
the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a breach of any
of
the terms, conditions or provisions of the Seller’s charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents or any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument
to which the Seller is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a
default or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result
in
the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Seller or its property is subject, or result in the creation or imposition
of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would have an adverse effect upon any
of
its properties pursuant to the terms of any mortgage, contract, deed of trust
or
other instrument, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on the
Mortgage Loans, impair the value of the Mortgage Loans, or impair the ability
of
the Purchaser to realize the full amount of any insurance benefits accruing
pursuant to this Agreement;
(d) Ability
to Service. Seller has the facilities, procedures, and
experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of
the
same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Seller is duly qualified,
licensed, registered and otherwise authorized under all applicable federal,
state and local laws, and regulations, if applicable, meets the minimum capital
requirements set forth by HVD, the OTS, the OCC or the FDIC, if applicable,
and
is in good standing to enforce, originate, sell mortgage loans to, and service
mortgage loans in the jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged Properties are
located;
(e) Reasonable
Servicing Fee. The Seller acknowledges and agrees that the
Servicing Fee represents reasonable compensation for performing such services
and that the entire Servicing Fee shall be treated by the Seller, for accounting
and tax purposes, as compensation for the servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement;
(f) Ability
to Perform; Solvency. The Seller does not believe, nor does it
have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every
covenant contained in this Agreement. The Seller is solvent and the
sale of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the Seller to become
insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with the
intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of Seller’s creditors;
(g) No
Litigation Pending. There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or threatened against the Seller, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or which, either in any one instance or in the
aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller, or in
any
material impairment of the right or ability of
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the
Seller to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any
material liability on the part of the Seller, or which would draw into question
the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken
or
to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Seller contemplated
herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Seller
to perform under the terms of this Agreement;
(h) No
Consent Required. No consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental
agency or body including HUD, the FHA or the Department of Veterans Affairs
is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of or
compliance by the Seller with this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, the delivery
of a portion of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian or the sale of the Mortgage
Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
or
if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the related Closing
Date;
(i) Selection
Process. The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the
outstanding one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Seller’s portfolio at the
related Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties set forth
in
Subsection 9.02 could be made and such selection was not made in a
manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the Purchaser;
(j) Delivery
to the Custodian. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment
of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with respect to
each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, shall be delivered
to
the Custodian all in compliance with the specific requirements of the Custodial
Agreement. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Seller will be in
possession of a complete Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit A
hereto, except for such documents as will be delivered to the
Custodian;
(k) Mortgage
Loan Characteristics. The characteristics of the related Mortgage
Loan Package are as set forth on the description of the pool characteristics
for
the applicable Mortgage Loan Package delivered pursuant to Section 11 on
the related Closing Date in the form attached as Exhibit B to each
related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement;
(l) No
Untrue Information. Neither this Agreement nor any information,
statement, tape, diskette, report, form, or other document furnished or to
be
furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including any
Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer) contains or will contain
any
untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state a fact necessary to
make
the statements contained herein or therein not misleading;
(m) No
Brokers. The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment
banker, agent or other person that may be entitled to any commission or
compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(n) Sale
Treatment. The Seller expects to be advised by its independent
certified public accountants that under generally accepted accounting principles
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans will be treated as a sale on the books and
records of the Seller and the Seller has
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determined
that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement will
be
afforded sale treatment for tax and accounting purposes;
(o) Owner
of Record. The Seller is the owner of record of each Mortgage and
the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note, except for the Assignments
of
Mortgage which have been sent for recording, and upon recordation the Seller
will be the owner of record of each Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced
by
each Mortgage Note, and upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser,
the Seller will retain the Mortgage Files with respect thereto in trust only
for
the purpose of servicing and supervising the servicing of each Mortgage
Loan;
(p) Reasonable
Purchase Price. The consideration received by the Seller upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement constitutes fair consideration
and reasonably equivalent value for the Mortgage Loans; and
(q) Seller’s
Origination. The Seller’s decision to originate any mortgage loan
or to deny any mortgage loan application is an independent decision based upon
the Underwriting Guidelines, and is in no way made as a result of Purchaser’s
decision to purchase, or not to purchase, or the price Purchaser may offer
to
pay for, any such mortgage loan, if originated.
Subsection
9.02 Representations
and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans.
The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as to each Mortgage
Loan, as of the related Closing Date for such Mortgage Loan:
(a) Mortgage
Loans as Described. The information set forth in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct;
(b) Payments
Current. All payments required to be made up to the related
Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have
been made and credited. No payment required under the Mortgage Loan
is 30 days or more delinquent nor has any payment under the Mortgage Loan
been 30 days or more delinquent at any time since the origination of the
Mortgage Loan;
(c) No
Outstanding Charges. There are no defaults in complying with the
terms of the Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground
rents
which previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds
has
been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which
remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and
payable. The Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or
knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor,
directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under the
Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note
or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier,
to
the day which precedes by one month the related Due Date of the first
installment of principal and interest;
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(d) Original
Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the date of
origination except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary
to protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has been delivered to
the
Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing,
and the terms of which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and
the
title insurer, if any, to the extent required by the policy, and its terms
are
reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, if applicable. No
Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with
an
assumption agreement, approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and
the
title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption
agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Custodian or to
such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing and the terms
of
which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e) No
Defenses. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the
defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage
Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either
the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto, and no Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or Federal
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
(f) Hazard
Insurance. Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all buildings
or other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a generally
acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such
other hazards as are provided for in the Underwriting Guidelines, as well as
all
additional requirements set forth in Section 2.10 of the Servicing
Agreement. If required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended, each Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting
the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration as in effect which policy conforms with the Underwriting
Guidelines, as well as all additional requirements set forth in
Section 2.10 of the Servicing Agreement. All individual
insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller and
its
successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been
paid. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the
hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the
Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain
and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek
reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state
law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the
carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a
“master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering a
condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities
of a
planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid
and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will
be
in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor’s having
engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any such
policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the validity
and
binding effect of either including, without limitation, no unlawful fee,
commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind
has
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been
or
will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person
or
entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized
by
the Seller;
(g) Compliance
with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any federal, state or
local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity,
disclosure laws, predatory, fair lending or abusive lending laws applicable
to
the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, any provisions relating to
the
Illinois Interest Act and Prepayment Penalties have been complied with, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the
violation of any such laws or regulations, and the Seller shall maintain in
its
possession, available for the Purchaser’s inspection, and shall deliver to the
Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements. This
representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse
Representation;
(h) No
Satisfaction of Mortgage. 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 release,
cancellation, subordination or rescission. The Seller has not waived
the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to
perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has
the
Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the
Mortgagor;
(i) Location
and Type of Mortgaged Property. As to Mortgage Loans that are not
Co-op Loans and that are not secured by an interest in a leasehold estate,
the
Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule and consists of a single parcel of real property with a detached
single family residence erected thereon, or a townhouse, or a two-to four-family
dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in a condominium project, or an
individual unit in a planned unit development or a de minimis planned unit
development, provided, however, that no residence or dwelling is a
mobile home, log home, geodesic dome or other unique property
type. As of the date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged
Property was used for commercial purposes, and, since the date of origination
no
portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used for commercial purposes, except
as permitted under the Underwriting Standards. In
the case of any Mortgaged Properties that are manufactured homes (a
“Manufactured
Home Mortgage Loan”),
(i)
such Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan conforms with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx
or
Xxxxxxx Mac requirements regarding mortgage loans related to manufactured
dwellings, (ii) the related manufactured dwelling is permanently affixed to
the
land, (iii) the related manufactured dwelling and the related land are subject
to a Mortgage properly filed in the appropriate public recording office and
naming Seller as mortgagee, (iv) the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in
which the related Mortgaged Property is located will deem the manufactured
dwelling located on such Mortgaged Property to be a part of the real property
on
which such dwelling is located, and (v) such Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan
is
(x) a qualified mortgage under Section 860G(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended and (y) secured by manufactured housing treated as
a
single family residence under Section 25(e)(10) of the Code. As
of
the date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property was used for
commercial purposes, and since the date of origination, no portion of the
Mortgaged
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Property
has been used for commercial purposes; provided, that Mortgaged Properties
which
contain a home office shall not be considered as being used for commercial
purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not been altered for commercial
purposes and is not storing any chemicals or raw materials other than those
commonly used for homeowner repair, maintenance and/or household
purposes;
(j) Valid
First Lien. The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and
perfected, first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings and
improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed
to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at
any
time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is
subject only to:
(A) the
lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable;
(B) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of
the
public record as of the date of recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending
institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender’s title
insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and
(a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made
for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely
affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such
appraisal; and
(C) other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially
interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the
Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged
Property.
Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Seller has full right to
sell
and assign the same to the Purchaser.
With
respect to any Co-op Loan, the related Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and
enforceable first priority security interest on the related cooperative shares
securing the Mortgage Note, subject only to (a) liens of the related residential
cooperative housing corporation for unpaid assessments representing the
Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the related residential cooperative housing
corporation’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 (b) other matters to which like
collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security interest intended to be provided by the related
Security Agreement;
(k) Validity
of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any
other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in connection with a
Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the maker thereof enforceable in
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accordance
with its terms (including, without limitation, any provisions therein relating
to Prepayment Penalties). All parties to the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage and any other such related agreement had legal capacity to enter into
the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage
and
any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such
related agreement have been duly and properly executed by other such related
parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or
similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part
of the Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in
the
application of any insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan. No
fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence
with
respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including
without limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer,
or
any other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the
application for any insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan. The
Seller has reviewed all of the documents constituting the Servicing File and
has
made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy
of
the representations set forth herein;
(l) Full
Disbursement of Proceeds. The Mortgage Loan has been closed and
the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no
requirement for future advances thereunder, and any and all requirements as
to
completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of
any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and
expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording
of
the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of
any
amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(m) Ownership. The
Seller is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the
indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note and upon the sale of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller will retain the Mortgage Files or any part
thereof with respect thereto not delivered to the Custodian, the Purchaser
or
the Purchaser’s designee, in trust only for the purpose of servicing and
supervising the servicing of each Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan is
not assigned or pledged, and the Seller has good, indefeasible and marketable
title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to
the
Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest,
lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and
authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any
other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement
and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser will own such
Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest,
lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest. The Seller intends
to relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor the Mortgage
Loan. After the Closing Date, the Seller will have no right to modify
or alter the terms of the sale of the Mortgage Loan and the Seller will have
no
obligation or right to repurchase the Mortgage Loan, except as provided in
this
Agreement;
(n) Doing
Business. All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage
Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during
the
period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in
compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of
the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either
(i) organized under the laws of such state, or (ii) qualified to do
business in such state, or (iii) a
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federal
savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank having a
principal office in such state, or (3) not doing business in such
state;
(o) LTV,
PMI Policy. No Mortgage Loan has an LTV greater than
100%. Any Mortgage Loan that had at the time of origination an LTV in
excess of 80% is insured as to payment defaults by a PMI Policy. Any
PMI Policy in effect covers the related Mortgage Loan for the life of such
Mortgage Loan. All provisions of such PMI Policy have been and are
being complied with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums
due thereunder have been paid. No action, inaction, or event has
occurred and no state of facts exists that has, or will result in the exclusion
from, denial of, or defense to coverage. Any Mortgage Loan subject to
a PMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the PMI Policy
and
to pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith. The Mortgage
Interest Rate for the Mortgage Loan as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
is net of any such insurance premium;
(p) Title
Insurance. With respect to a Mortgage Loan which is not a Co-op
Loan, the Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy,
or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx
Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and each such title insurance policy is issued by a title
insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business
in
the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Seller,
its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in
the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or to the extent a Mortgage
Note
provides for negative amortization, the maximum amount of negative amortization
in accordance with the Mortgage), subject only to the exceptions contained
in
clauses (1) and (2) of paragraph (j) of this
Subsection 9.02, and in the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans,
against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien
resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the
Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state
law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the
carrier of the required mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such
lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and
against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest
therein. The Seller, its successor and assigns, are the sole insureds
of such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance
policy is valid and remains in full force and effect and will be in force and
effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender’s title
insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the
Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage
of such lender’s title insurance policy, including without limitation, no
unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value
of
any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney,
firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been received,
retained or realized by the Seller;
(q) No
Defaults. Other than payments due but not yet 30 days or
more delinquent, there is no default, breach, violation or event which would
permit acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no
event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of
any
grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
which would permit acceleration, and neither the Seller nor any of its
affiliates nor any of their respective predecessors, have waived any default,
breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration;
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(r) No
Mechanics’ Liens. There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or
claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are
outstanding that under law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related
Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate
with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(s) Location
of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements which were
considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lay
wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged
Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the
Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation;
(t) Origination;
Payment Terms. The Mortgage Loan was originated by a mortgagee
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company
or other similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal
or
state authority. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no
more than seventy days after funds were disbursed in connection with the
Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Interest Rate as well as the Lifetime
Rate Cap and the Periodic Cap are as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule. Unless specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as an interest only
loan or a Balloon Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable in equal monthly
installments of principal and interest, which installments of interest, with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, are subject to change due to the
adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest Rate Adjustment
Date,
with interest calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the
Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original term of not
more than fifteen years from commencement of amortization. Unless
otherwise specified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Loan
is
payable on the first day of each month. There are no Convertible
Mortgage Loans which contain a provision allowing the Mortgagor to convert
the
Mortgage Note from an adjustable interest rate Mortgage Note to a fixed interest
rate Mortgage Note;
(u) Customary
Provisions. The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable
provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof
adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits
of
the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan
and foreclosure on, or trustee’s sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the
proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver
good
and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no
homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere
with
the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to
foreclose the Mortgage, subject to applicable federal and state laws and
judicial precedent with respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar
law;
(v) Conformance
with Agency and Underwriting Guidelines. The Mortgage Loan was
underwritten substantially in accordance with the Seller’s Underwriting
Guidelines (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit H), subject to
the exception guidelines and processes they include. The Mortgage
Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or
Fannie
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and
no representations have been made to a Mortgagor that are inconsistent with
the
mortgage instruments used;
(w) Occupancy
of the Mortgaged Property. As of the related Closing Date the
Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. All
inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with
respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect
to
the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates
of
occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from
the appropriate authorities. Unless otherwise specified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgagor represented at the time of origination
of
the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy the Mortgaged Property as
the
Mortgagor’s primary residence;
(x) No
Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not been
secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and
the
security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage
referred to in clause (j) above;
(y) Deeds
of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust,
a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser
to
the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale
after default by the Mortgagor;
(z) Acceptable
Investment. There are no circumstances or conditions with respect
to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor, the Mortgage File or
the
Mortgagor’s credit standing that can reasonably be expected to cause private
institutional investors who invest in prime mortgage loans similar to the
Mortgage Loan to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable investment, cause
the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect the value or
marketability of the Mortgage Loan, or cause the Mortgage Loans to prepay during
any period materially faster or slower than the mortgage loans originated by
the
Seller generally;
(aa)
(bb) Delivery
of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered under
the Custodial Agreement for each Mortgage Loan have been delivered to the
Custodian. The Seller is in possession of a complete, true and
accurate Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit A attached hereto,
except for such documents the originals of which have been delivered to the
Custodian;
(cc) Georgia
Loans. No Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002
through March 6, 2003 is governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act and no
Mortgage Loan originated on or after March 7, 2003, is a “high cost home loan”
as defined under the Georgia Fair Lending Act;
(dd) Transfer
of Mortgage Loans. The Assignment of Mortgage with respect to
each Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under
the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located. The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage
Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller are not subject to the bulk transfer
or
similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
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(ee) Due-On-Sale. With
respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage contains an enforceable
provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance
of
the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or
transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder,
and
to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, such provision is
enforceable;
(ff) Assumability. With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Documents
provide that after the related first Interest Rate Adjustment Date, a related
Mortgage Loan may only be assumed if the party assuming such Mortgage Loan
meets
certain credit requirements stated in the Mortgage Loan Documents;
(gg) No
Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent
Interests. The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant
to which Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in
any
separate account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf
of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor nor does it
contain any other similar provisions which may constitute a “buydown”
provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan
and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent
interest feature;
(hh) Consolidation
of Future Advances. Any future advances made to the Mortgagor
prior to the applicable Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the outstanding
principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount,
as
consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment
term. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal
amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority by a title insurance
policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee’s consolidated
interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx
Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(ii) Mortgaged
Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings. There is no
proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the
Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste,
fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty
so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for
the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended and each
Mortgaged Property is in good repair. There have not been any
condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property;
(jj) Collection
Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate Adjustments. The
origination, servicing and collection practices used by the Seller with respect
to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in compliance with Accepted
Servicing Practices, applicable laws and regulations, and have been in all
respects legal and proper. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow
Payments, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the control
of,
the Seller and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which
customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. All
Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state and federal
law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage. An
escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and has been established
in
an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains unpaid and has been
assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits or Escrow
Payments or other charges or payments due the
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Seller
have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. All
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict compliance with
state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note
on
the related Interest Rate Adjustment Date. If, pursuant to the terms
of the Mortgage Note, another index was selected for determining the Mortgage
Interest Rate, the same index was used with respect to each Mortgage Note which
required a new index to be selected, and such selection did not conflict with
the terms of the related Mortgage Note. The Seller executed and
delivered any and all notices required under applicable law and the terms of
the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and
the
Monthly Payment adjustments. Any interest required to be paid
pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and
credited;
(kk) Conversion
to Fixed Interest Rate. No Mortgage Loan is a Convertible
Mortgage Loan;
(ll) Other
Insurance Policies. No action, inaction or event has occurred and, to the
best of the Seller’s knowledge, no state of facts exists or has existed that has
resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage
under any applicable, special hazard insurance policy, PMI Policy or bankruptcy
bond, irrespective of the cause of such failure of coverage. In
connection with the placement of any such insurance, no commission, fee, or
other compensation has been or will be received by the Seller or by any officer,
director, or employee of the Seller or any designee of the Seller or any
corporation in which the Seller or any officer, director, or employee had a
financial interest at the time of placement of such insurance;
(mm) No
Violation of Environmental Laws. To the best of the Seller’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 Mortgage 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;
(nn) Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not notified the
Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed
to
the Mortgagor under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 as
amended, or other similar state statute;
(oo) Appraisal. The
Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property signed
prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application by a Qualified Appraiser,
duly appointed by the Seller, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the
Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose
compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage
Loan, and the appraisal and appraiser both satisfy the requirements of Xxxxxx
Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery,
and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all
as
in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(pp) Disclosure
Materials. The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect
that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by, and the
Seller has
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complied
with, all applicable law with respect to the making of the Mortgage
Loans. The Seller shall maintain such statement in the Mortgage File
or the Credit File;
(qq) Construction
or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No Mortgage Loan was
made in connection with the construction (other than a “construct-to-perm” loan)
or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or
exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(rr) [Reserved];
(ss) No
Defense to Insurance Coverage. No action has been taken or failed
to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed
on or prior to the Closing Date (whether or not known to the Seller on or prior
to such date) which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from, denial
of,
or defense to coverage under any primary mortgage insurance (including, without
limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit or reduce
the
availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise
due
thereunder to the insured), provided this shall not include the failure of
such
insurer to pay by reason of such insurer’s breach of such insurance policy or
such insurer’s financial inability to pay;
(tt) Escrow
Analysis. If applicable, with respect to each Mortgage, the
Seller has within the last twelve (12) months (unless such Mortgage was
originated within such twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow
Payments for each Mortgage and adjusted the amount of such payments so that,
assuming all required payments are timely made, any deficiency will be
eliminated on or before the first anniversary of such analysis, or any overage
will be refunded to the Mortgagor, in accordance with RESPA and any other
applicable law;
(uu) Prior
Servicing. Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all material
respects in strict compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices;
(vv) Credit
Information. As to each consumer report (as defined in the Fair
Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit information furnished
by the Seller to the Purchaser, the Seller has full right and authority and
is
not precluded by law or contract from furnishing such information to the
Purchaser and the Purchaser is not precluded from furnishing the same to any
subsequent or prospective purchaser of such Mortgage. The Seller has
and shall in its capacity as servicer, for each Mortgage Loan, 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. This
representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse
Representation;
(ww) Leaseholds. If
the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term residential lease, (1) the ground
lease is assignable or transferable; (2) the ground lease will not terminate
earlier than five years after the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan; (3) the
ground lease does not provide for termination of the lease in the event of
lessee’s default without the mortgagee being entitled to receive written notice
of, and a reasonable opportunity to cure the default; (4) the ground lease
permits the mortgaging of the related Mortgaged Property; (5) the ground
lease
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protects
the mortgagee’s interests in the event of a property condemnation; and (6) all
ground lease rents, other payments, or assessments that have become due have
been paid;
(xx) Prepayment
Penalty. Each Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Prepayment
Penalty as provided in the related Mortgage Note is identified on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a
Prepayment Penalty feature, each such Prepayment Penalty is enforceable and
will
be enforced by the Seller for the benefit of the Purchaser (unless the related
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement indicates otherwise), and each Prepayment
Penalty is permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each
such Prepayment Penalty is in an amount not more than the maximum amount
permitted under applicable law and no such Prepayment Penalty may provide for
a
term in excess of five (5) years with respect to Mortgage Loans originated
prior
to October, 1, 2002. With respect to Mortgage Loans originated on or
after October 1, 2002, the duration of the Prepayment Penalty period shall
not
exceed three (3) years from the date of the Mortgage Note unless the
Mortgage Loan was modified to reduce the Prepayment Penalty period to no
more than three (3) years from the date of the related Mortgage Note and the
Mortgagor was notified in writing of such reduction in Prepayment Penalty
period. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision
permitting imposition of a Prepayment Penalty upon a prepayment prior to
maturity: (i) the Mortgage Loan provides some benefit to the Mortgagor
(e.g., a rate or fee reduction) in exchange for accepting such
Prepayment Penalty, (ii) prior to the Mortgage Loan’s origination, the Mortgagor
was offered the option of obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment
of such a penalty, (iii) the Prepayment Penalty was adequately disclosed to
the
Mortgagor in the mortgage loan documents pursuant to applicable state, local
and
federal law, and (iv) notwithstanding any state, local or federal law to the
contrary, the Seller shall not impose such Prepayment Penalty in any instance
when the mortgage debt is accelerated or paid off in connection with the workout
of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or as a result of the Mortgagor’s default in
making the Mortgage Loan payments. This representation and warranty
is a Deemed Material and Adverse Representation;
(yy) Predatory
Lending Regulations. No Mortgage Loan is (a) a “high cost” loan
under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a “high cost,”
“threshold,” “covered” or “predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable
state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different
terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional
legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates,
points and/or fees); provided that any Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged
Property in Illinois characterized as a “threshold” loan shall not be a “high
cost” loan unless it is characterized as “predatory” under applicable local law.
This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse
Representation;
(zz) Single-premium
credit insurance policy. No Mortgagor was required to purchase
any single premium credit insurance policy (e.g. live, mortgage, disability,
accident, unemployment, or health insurance product) or debt cancellation
agreement in connection with 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. This representation and
warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse Representation;
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(aaa) Qualified
Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a qualified mortgage under
Section 860G(a)(3)
of the
Code;
(bbb) Tax
Service Contract. Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid in full, life of
loan, tax service contract issued by First American Real Estate Tax Service,
and
such contract is transferable;
(ccc) Origination. No
predatory or deceptive lending practices, including, without limitation, the
extension of credit without regard to the ability of the Mortgagor to repay
and
the extension of credit which has no apparent benefit to the Mortgagor, were
employed in the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
(ddd) Recordation. Each
original Mortgage was recorded and all subsequent assignments of the original
Mortgage (other than the assignment to the Purchaser) have been recorded in
the
appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect
the
lien thereof as against creditors of the Seller, or is in the process of being
recorded;
(eee) Compliance
with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Seller has complied with all
applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without
limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (collectively, the “Anti-Money
Laundering Laws”); the Seller has established an anti-money laundering
compliance program as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted
the requisite due diligence in connection with the origination of each Mortgage
Loan for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with respect
to
the legitimacy of the applicable Mortgagor and the origin of the assets used
by
the said Mortgagor to purchase the property in question, and maintains, and
will
maintain, sufficient information to identify the applicable Mortgagor for
purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Additionally, no Mortgage Loan
is
subject to nullification pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (the “Executive
Order”) or the regulations promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the United States Department of Treasury (the “OFAC Regulations”) or in
violation of the Executive Order or the OFAC Regulations; and no Mortgagor
is
subject to the provisions of such Executive Order or the OFAC Regulations nor
listed as a “blocked person” for purposes of the OFAC Regulations;
(fff) Co-op
Loans. With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a Co-op Loan, the
stock that is pledged as security for the Mortgage Loan is held by a person
as a
tenant-stockholder (as defined in Section 216 of the Code) in a cooperative
housing corporation (as defined in Section 216 of the Code);
(ggg) No
Prior Offer. The Mortgage Loan has not previously been offered
for sale;
(hhh) HOEPA.
No Thresholds Applicable to all Loans. No refinance or purchase money mortgage
loan in the trust has an APR or total points and fees that exceed the thresholds
set by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (“HOEPA”) and its
implementing regulations, including 12 CFR § 226.32(a)(1)(i) and
(ii);
(iii) No
Arbitration. No Mortgagor with respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on or
after August 1, 2004 is required under the Mortgage or Mortgage Note to submit
to
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arbitration
to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the mortgage
loan transaction;
(jjj) Borrower’s
Ability to Repay. The methodology used in underwriting the extension of
credit for each Mortgage Loan in the trust did not rely solely on the extent
of
the Mortgagor’s equity in the collateral as the principal determining factor in
approving such extension of credit. The methodology employed objective criteria
such as the Mortgagor’s income, assets and liabilities, to the proposed mortgage
payment and, based on such methodology, the originator made a reasonable
determination that at the time of origination the Mortgagor had the ability
to
make timely payments on the Mortgage Loan. Such underwriting methodology
confirmed that at the time of origination (application/approval) the related
Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to make timely payments on the Mortgage
Loan. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and
Adverse Representation;
(kkk) Points
and Fees. No Mortgagor 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, which
miscellaneous fee and charges, in total, do not exceed 0.25 percent of the
loan
amount. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse
Representation;
(lll) Disclosure
of Fees and Charges. All fees and charges (including finance
charges), whether or not financed, assessed, collected or to be collected in
connection with the origination and servicing of each Mortgage Loan, have been
disclosed in writing to the Mortgagor in accordance with applicable state and
federal law and regulation. This representation and warranty is a
Deemed Material and Adverse Representation;
(mmm) Mortgagor
Selection. The Mortgagor was not encouraged or required to select
a Mortgage Loan product offered by the Seller which is a higher cost product
designed for less creditworthy mortgagors, unless at the time of the Mortgage
Loan’s origination, such Mortgagor did not qualify taking into such facts as,
without limitation, the Mortgage Loan’s requirements and the Mortgagor’s credit
history, income, assets and liabilities and debt-to-income ratios for a
lower-cost credit product then offered by the Seller or any Affiliate of the
Seller. If, at the time of loan application, the Mortgagor may have
qualified for a lower-cost credit product then offered by any mortgage lending
Affiliate of the Seller, the Seller referred the related Mortgagor’s application
to such Affiliate for underwriting consideration. For a Mortgagor who
seeks financing through a Mortgage Loan originator’s higher-priced subprime
lending channel, the Mortgagor was directed towards or offered the Mortgage
Loan
originator’s standard mortgage
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line
if
the Mortgagor was able to qualify for one of the standard
products. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and
Adverse Representation;
(nnn) No
Failure to Cure Default. The Seller has not received a written
notice of default of any senior mortgage loan related to the Mortgaged Property
which has not been cured; and
(ooo) Xxxxxx
Mae Guides Anti-Predatory Lending Eligibility: Each Mortgage Loan
is in compliance with the anti-predatory lending eligibility for purchase
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx Guides. This representation and warranty
is a Deemed Material and Adverse Representation.
Subsection
9.03 Remedies
for Breach of Representations and Warranties.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Subsections 9.01 and 9.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser 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 Seller or the Purchaser of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other.
Within
60
days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Seller of any breach
of a representation or warranty which materially and adversely affects the
value
of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Purchaser therein (or which
materially and adversely affects the value of the applicable Mortgage Loan
or
the interest of the Purchaser therein in the case of a representation and
warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the Seller shall use its
best
efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material respects and, if such
breach cannot be cured, the Seller shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price, together with all expenses incurred by the Purchaser as a
result of such repurchase unless the Purchaser has otherwise notified the Seller
in writing before the end of the related cure period. Notwithstanding
the above sentence, (i) within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by,
or
notice to, the Seller of any breach of the representations or warranties set
forth in clauses (g), (i), (ww), (bb), (yy), (jj) (uu), (xx), (yy), (hhh),
(iii)
or (jjj) of Subsection 9.02, the Seller shall repurchase
such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price, together with all expenses incurred
by the Purchaser as a result of such repurchase and (ii) any breach
of a Deemed Material and Adverse Representation shall automatically be deemed
to
materially and adversely affect the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest
of the Purchaser therein. In the event that a breach shall involve
any representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 9.01, and
such breach cannot be cured within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery
by
or notice to the Seller of such breach, all of the Mortgage Loans affected
by
such breach shall, at the Purchaser’s option, be repurchased by the Seller at
the Repurchase Price. However, if the breach shall involve a
representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 9.02 (other than
the representations and warranties set forth in clauses (g), (i), (ww), (bb),
(yy), (jj) (uu), (xx), (yy), (hhh), (iii) or (jjj) of such Subsection or any
Deemed Material Breach Representation) and the Seller discovers or receives
notice of any such breach within 120 days of the related Closing Date, the
Seller may, provided that it has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather
than repurchase the Mortgage
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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 120 days after
the related Closing Date. If the Seller does not substitute a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or
Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 9.03
shall be accomplished by either (a) if the Servicing Agreement has been
entered into and is in effect, deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount
of
the Repurchase Price for distribution to the Purchaser on the next scheduled
Remittance Date, 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 or (b) if the Servicing Agreement has not been
entered into or is no longer in effect, by direct remittance of the Repurchase
Price to the Purchaser or its designee in accordance with the Purchaser’s
instructions.
At
the
time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the Seller shall arrange
for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and the delivery
to the Seller of any documents held by the Custodian relating to the Deleted
Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, the
Seller 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 Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the
addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this
Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, the Seller 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 Seller shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Custodian or to such other party as the
Purchaser may designate in writing for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
the documents required by Subsection 6.03 herein and the Custodial
Agreement, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by
Subsection 6.03 herein and the Custodial Agreement. No
substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date
for
such month. The Seller shall remit directly to the Purchaser, or its
designee in accordance with the Purchaser’s instructions the Monthly Payment
less the Servicing Fee due, if any, on such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans in the month following the date of such
substitution. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be retained by
the
Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to the Purchaser
shall include the Monthly Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month
of substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all
amounts subsequently received by the Seller in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan.
For
any
month in which the Seller substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Seller 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 distributed by the Seller directly to the Purchaser or its designee in
accordance with the Purchaser’s instructions within two (2) Business Days of
such substitution.
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Accordingly,
on the date of such substitution, the Seller will deposit from its own funds
into the Custodial Account an amount equal to the amount of such shortfall
plus
one month’s interest thereon at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate.
In
addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the Seller shall
indemnify the Purchaser and present and former directors, officers, employees
and agents and any Successor Servicer and its present and former directors,
officers, employees and agents and hold such parties harmless against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal
fees and related costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from
any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting
from, a breach of the Seller representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement (including, without limitation, any
alleged breach of any such representations and warranties arising out of or
based upon any term or provision of any Mortgage Loan alleged to be not in
conformity with any state or local law as a result of an assertion of federal
preemption or an assertion that the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Seller
is located apply to a Mortgage Loan secured by Mortgaged Property in another
jurisdiction). It is understood and agreed that the obligations of
the Seller set forth in this Subsection 9.03 to cure, substitute for
or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the Purchaser as
provided in this Subsection 9.03 constitute the sole remedies of the
Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and
warranties.
Any
cause
of action against the Seller relating to or arising out of the breach of any
representations and warranties made in Subsections 9.01 and 9.02
shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by
the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser,
(ii) failure by the Seller to cure such breach or repurchase such Mortgage
Loan as specified above, and (iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser
for compliance with this Agreement.
Subsection
9.04 Repurchase
of Mortgage Loans With First Payment Defaults.
In
the
event that any Mortgage Loan becomes 30 days delinquent following the first
scheduled payment of principal and interest to be made by the Mortgagor to
the
Purchaser following the related Closing Date, the Seller, at the Purchaser’s
option, shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Purchaser at a price equal
to the percentage of par as stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement (subject to adjustment as provided therein) multiplied by the then
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon from the date to which interest had last been paid through
the
date of such repurchase at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate, less any
Servicing Fees due the Seller, plus any outstanding advances owed to any
servicer in connection with such Mortgage Loan. The Purchaser shall notify
the
Seller and request any such repurchase within 60 days after the date the
Purchaser receives the Remittance Report which describes the related delinquency
and the Seller shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan within 30 days of receipt
of
such notice.
SECTION
10. Closing.
The
closing for the purchase and sale of each Mortgage Loan Package shall take
place
on the related Closing Date. At the Purchaser’s option, each Closing
shall be either (i) by
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telephone,
confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree, or (ii) conducted
in person, at such place as the parties shall agree.
The
closing for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each Closing Date shall be
subject to each of the following conditions:
(1) at
least two Business Days prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller shall
deliver to the Purchaser via electronic medium acceptable to the Purchaser,
a
listing on a loan-level basis of the necessary information to compute the
Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loans delivered on such Closing Date (including
accrued interest), and prepare a Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(2) all
of the representations and warranties of the Seller under this Agreement and
under the Servicing Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, as specified
therein) shall be true and correct as of the related Closing Date and no event
shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute
a default under this Agreement or an Event of Default under the Servicing
Agreement;
(3) the
Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser’s attorneys shall have received
in escrow, all closing documents as specified in Section 11 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 terms hereof;
(4) the
Seller shall have delivered and released to the Custodian all documents required
pursuant to the Custodial Agreement; and
(5) all
other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related Purchase Price
and
Terms Agreement shall have been complied with.
Subject
to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller on the
related Closing Date the Purchase Price, plus accrued interest pursuant to
Section 4 of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by the Seller.
SECTION
11. Closing
Documents.
The
Closing Documents for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each Closing Date
shall consist of fully executed originals of the following
documents:
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1.
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this
Agreement (to be executed and delivered only for the initial Closing
Date);
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2.
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the
Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Initial Cut-off Date (to be
executed
and delivered only for the Initial Closing
Date);
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3.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, the Custodial Agreement, dated
as of
the initial Cut-off Date;
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4.
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the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule (one copy to be attached to the Custodian’s
counterpart of the Custodial Agreement in connection with the Initial
Closing Date, and one copy to be attached to the related Assignment
and
Conveyance as the Mortgage Loan Schedule
thereto);
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5.
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a
Custodian’s Certification, as required under the Custodial Agreement, in
the form of Exhibit 2 to the Custodial
Agreement;
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6.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, a Custodial Account Letter Agreement
or a Custodial Account Certification, as applicable, as required
under the
Servicing Agreement;
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7.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, an Escrow Account Letter Agreement
or
an Escrow Account Certification, as applicable, as required under
the
Servicing Agreement;
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8.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, an Officer’s Certificate, in the form
of Exhibit C hereto with respect to the Seller, including all
attachments thereto; with respect to subsequent Closing Dates, an
Officer’s Certificate upon request of the
Purchaser;
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9.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, an Opinion of Counsel of the
Seller
(who may be an employee of the Seller), in the form of
Exhibit D hereto (“Opinion of Counsel of the Seller”)
with respect to subsequent Closing Dates, an Opinion of Counsel of
the
Seller upon request of the
Purchaser;
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10.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, an Opinion of Counsel of the
Custodian (who may be an employee of the Custodian), in the form
of an
exhibit to the Custodial Agreement;
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11.
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a
Security Release Certification, in the form of Exhibit E or F, as
applicable, hereto executed by any person, as requested by the
Purchaser, if any of the Mortgage Loans have at any time been subject
to
any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the benefit of
such
person;
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12.
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a
certificate or other evidence of merger or change of name, signed
or
stamped by the applicable regulatory authority, if any of the Mortgage
Loans were acquired by the Seller by merger or acquired or originated
by
the Seller while conducting business under a name other than its
present
name, if applicable;
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13.
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with
respect to the initial Closing Date, the Underwriting Guidelines
to be
attached hereto as Exhibit
H;
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14.
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Exhibit B
to the related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement;
and
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15.
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Assignment
and Conveyance Agreement in the form of Exhibit G
hereto.
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The
Seller shall bear the risk of loss of the closing documents until such time
as
they are received by the Purchaser or its attorneys.
SECTION
12. Costs.
The
Purchaser shall pay any commissions due its salesmen and the legal fees and
expenses of its attorneys and custodial fees. All other costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the transfer and delivery of the Mortgage
Loans including recording fees, fees for title policy endorsements and
continuations, fees for recording Assignments of Mortgage as set forth in
Subsection 6.03, and the Seller’s attorney’s fees, shall be paid by
the Seller.
SECTION
13. Cooperation
of Seller with a Reconstitution.
The
Seller and the Purchaser agree that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage
Loans, after each Closing Date, on one or more dates (each a “Reconstitution
Date”) at the Purchaser’s sole option, the Purchaser may effect a sale
(each, a “Reconstitution”) of some or all of the Mortgage Loans then
subject to this Agreement, without recourse, to:
(1) Xxxxxx
Xxx under its Cash Purchase Program or MBS Program (Special Servicing Option)
(each a “Xxxxxx Mae Transfer”); or
(2) Xxxxxxx
Mac (the “Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer”); or
(3) one
or more third party purchasers in one or more Whole Loan Transfers;
or
(4) one
or more trusts or other entities to be formed as part of one or more
Securitization Transactions.
The
Seller agrees to execute (i) in connection with any Agency Transfer, any and
all
pool purchase contracts, and/or agreements reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser and the Seller among the Purchaser, the Seller, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx
Mac (as the case may be) and any servicer, (ii) in connection with a Whole
Loan
Transfer, an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Seller and Purchaser, and (iii) in connection
with
a Securitization Transaction, a pooling and servicing agreement in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller and Purchaser (collectively the
agreements referred to herein are designated, the “Reconstitution
Agreements”).
With
respect to each Whole Loan Transfer and each Securitization Transaction entered
into by the Purchaser, the Seller agrees (1) to cooperate fully with the
Purchaser and any prospective purchaser with respect to all reasonable requests
and due diligence procedures; (2) to execute, deliver and perform all
Reconstitution Agreements required by the Purchaser as set forth below;
(3) to restate the representations and warranties set forth in
Subsection 9.01, Subsection 9.02 (other than the representations
and warranties in subclauses (b), (c), (m), (q), (r), (w), (z), (ii), (nn),
and
(ggg) thereof) and on Exhibit J hereto or make the representations and
warranties set forth in the related selling/servicing guide of the servicer
or
such representations or warranties as may be required by any rating agency
or
prospective purchaser of the related securities or such Mortgage Loans
(collectively, the “Reconstitution Representations”) as of
the
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settlement
or closing date in connection with such Reconstitution that occurs on or prior
to the date which is six (6) months following the related Closing
Date. The Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to make
available to such master servicer or issuer, as the case may be, and any other
participants or purchasers in such Reconstitution: (i) any and
all information and appropriate verification of information which may be
reasonably available to the Seller or its affiliates, whether through letters
of
its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the Purchaser or any such other
participant shall request; (ii) such additional reasonable representations,
warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters from auditors, and
certificates of public officials or officers of the Seller as are believed
necessary by the Purchaser or any such other participant; and (iii) to
execute, deliver and satisfy all conditions set forth in any indemnity agreement
required by the Purchaser or any such participant that is satisfactory to the
Seller, including, without limitation, an Indemnification and Contribution
Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
L. Moreover, the Seller agrees to cooperate with all reasonable
requests made by the Purchaser to effect such Reconstitution
Agreements. The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser, each Affiliate
designated by the Purchaser, each placement agent or underwriter participating
in the Reconstitution, and each Person who controls the Purchaser, such
Affiliate, underwriter or placement agent and their respective present and
former directors, officers, employees and agents and hold each of them harmless
from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and expenses and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that each
of
them may sustain arising out of or based upon in any way related to any untrue
statements, alleged untrue statement or omissions of a material fact contained
in the information provided by or on behalf of the Seller regarding the Seller,
the Seller’s or other originator’s static pool information servicing practices
or performance, the Mortgage Loans or the Underwriting Guidelines set forth
in
any offering document prepared in connection with any
Reconstitution. If such indemnification is not available, Seller
shall contribute to such losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses (x) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the Seller’s relative benefit on the one hand (measured relative to
the Purchase Price) and the Purchaser on the other hand (measured relative
to
the underwriting discount received in connection with the Whole Loan Transfer
and/or Securitization Transaction); or (y) if the allocation provided by clause
(x) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(x)
but also the relative faults of the Seller, on the one hand, and the Purchaser,
on the other hand, as well as any other equitable
considerations. But, in no event shall the Seller be obligated to any
greater extent under a Reconstitution Agreement than it is under this
Agreement. For purposes of this section, “Purchaser” shall mean the
Person then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons
who previously were “Purchasers” under this Agreement.
All
Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to a Reconstitution shall remain
subject to this Agreement and, if the Servicing Agreement shall remain in effect
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package, shall continue to be serviced
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement
and
with respect thereto this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
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SECTION
14. The
Seller.
Subsection
14.01 Additional
Indemnification by the Seller; Third Party Claims.
The
Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any and all
claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses
(including (without limitation) legal fees incurred in connection with the
enforcement of the Seller’s indemnification obligation under this
Subsection 14.01) 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 Seller to perform its duties under this Agreement and to service the
Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement
or
any Reconstitution Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 13 or
any breach of any of Seller’s representations, warranties and covenants set
forth in this Agreement. The Seller immediately shall notify the
Purchaser if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement
or
any Reconstitution Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, 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 Purchaser promptly shall
reimburse the Seller for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding
sentence, except when the claim is in any way related to the Seller’s
indemnification pursuant to Section 9, or is in any way related to
the failure of the Seller to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in strict
compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement. For purposes of this section, “Purchaser” shall mean the
Person then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons
who previously were “Purchasers” under this Agreement.
Subsection
14.02 Merger
or Consolidation of the Seller.
The
Seller will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation except as permitted
herein, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
shall
be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement,
or
any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this
Agreement.
Any
Person into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller
shall
be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Seller, shall be
the
successor of the Seller 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 have a net worth of at least $25,000,000.
SECTION
15. Financial
Statements.
The
Seller understands that in connection with the Purchaser’s marketing of the
Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser shall make available to prospective purchasers
audited financial statements of the Seller for the most recently completed
three
(3) fiscal years respecting which such statements are available, as well as
a
Consolidated Statement of Condition of the Seller at the end of the last two
(2)
fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
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The
Seller shall also make available any comparable interim statements to the extent
any such statements have been prepared by the Seller (and are available upon
request to members or stockholders of the Seller or the public at
large). The Seller, if it has not already done so, agrees to furnish
promptly to the Purchaser copies of the statements specified
above. The Seller shall also make available information on its
servicing performance with respect to loans serviced for others, including
delinquency ratios.
The
Seller also agrees to allow reasonable access to a knowledgeable financial
or
accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions asked by any
prospective purchaser regarding recent developments affecting the Seller or
the
financial statements of the Seller.
SECTION
16. Mandatory
Delivery; Grant of Security Interest.
The
sale
and delivery on the related Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on
the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule is mandatory from and after the date of the
execution of the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, it being
specifically understood and agreed that each Mortgage Loan is unique and
identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of money damages would be
insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses and damages incurred
by
the Purchaser (including damages to prospective purchasers of the Mortgage
Loans) in the event of the Seller’s failure to deliver (i) each of the
related Mortgage Loans or (ii) one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans or (iii) one or more Mortgage Loans otherwise acceptable to the
Purchaser on or before the related Closing Date. The Seller hereby
grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing security interest in each
Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument evidencing each such Mortgage
Loan to secure the performance by the Seller of its obligations under the
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, and the Seller agrees that it shall hold
such Mortgage Loans in custody for the Purchaser subject to the Purchaser’s
(i) right to reject any Mortgage Loan (or Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan) under the terms of this Agreement and to require another Mortgage Loan
(or
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan) to be substituted therefor, and
(ii) obligation to pay the Purchase Price for the Mortgage
Loans. All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement
are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or remedies under
this
Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all such rights and remedies may
be
exercised concurrently, independently or successively.
SECTION
17. Notices.
All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given, if mailed, by overnight or express mail,
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or, if by other means,
when received by the other party at the address as follows:
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(1) if
to the Seller:
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IndyMac
Bank, F.S.B.
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Capital
Markets
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0000
X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Secondary
Marketing
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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(2) if
to the Purchaser:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
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1221
Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx - Whole Loan Operations
Manager
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Fax: 000-000-0000
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Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like
notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be
deemed to have been received on the date delivered to or received at the
premises of the addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified
mail, by the date noted on the return receipt).
SECTION
18. Severability
Clause.
Any
part,
provision representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited
or
unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall
be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of such prohibition
or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and
any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction as to any Mortgage
Loan
shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties
hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or
unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any part,
provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any party
of the economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the parties
shall negotiate, in good-faith, to develop a structure the economic effect
of
which is nearly as possible the same as the economic effect of this Agreement
without regard to such invalidity.
SECTION
19. Counterparts.
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.
SECTION
20. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be deemed in effect when a fully executed counterpart thereof
is
received by the Purchaser in the State of New York and shall be deemed to have
been
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made
in
the State of New York. The 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 the substantive
laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles),
except to the extent preempted by Federal law.
SECTION
21. Intention
of the Parties.
It
is the
intention of the parties that the Purchaser is purchasing, and the Seller is
selling the Mortgage Loans and not a debt instrument of the Seller or another
security. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat the
transaction for Federal income tax purposes as a sale by the Seller, and a
purchase by the Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the
arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans are held shall be consistent with
classification of such arrangement as a grantor trust in the event it is not
found to represent direct ownership of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall
have the right to review the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Loan Files
to determine the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the
Federal income tax consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller
shall cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course
of such review.
SECTION
22. Successors
and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase Agreement.
This
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Seller and the Purchaser and the respective permitted successors and assigns
of
the Seller and the successors and assigns of the Purchaser. This
Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Seller to a
third party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which consent
may be withheld by the Purchaser in its sole discretion. This
Agreement may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Purchaser in whole
or
in part, and with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans, without the
consent of the Seller. There shall be no limitation on the number of
assignments or transfers allowable by the Purchaser with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and this Agreement. In the event the Purchaser assigns this Agreement,
and
the assignee assumes any of the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder, the Seller
acknowledges and agrees to look solely to such assignee, and not to the
Purchaser, for performance of the obligations so assumed and the Purchaser
shall
be relieved from any liability to the Seller with respect thereto.
SECTION
23. Waivers.
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.
SECTION
24. Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and
are an integral part of this Agreement.
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SECTION
25. General
Interpretive Principles.
For
purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(a) the
terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this
Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any
gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
(b) accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) references
herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” “Subsections,” “Paragraphs,” and other
subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles,
Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this
Agreement;
(d) reference
to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such
Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears,
and
this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other subdivisions;
(e) the
words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision; and
(f) the
term “include” or “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of
enumeration.
SECTION
26. Reproduction
of Documents.
This
Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation,
(a) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed,
(b) documents received by any party at the closing, and (c) financial
statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter
furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm,
micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. The
parties agree that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as
the
original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not
the
original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a
party in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile
or
further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in
evidence.
SECTION
27. Further
Agreements.
The
Seller and the Purchaser each agree to execute and deliver to the other such
reasonable and appropriate additional documents, instruments or agreements
as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
28. Recordation
of Assignments of Mortgage.
To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Assignments of Mortgage is
subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or their 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
Seller’s expense pursuant to this Agreement in the event recordation is either
necessary under applicable law or requested by the Purchaser at its sole
option.
SECTION
29. No
Solicitation.
From
and
after the related Closing Date, the Seller agrees that it will not take any
action or permit or cause any action to be taken by any of its agents or
affiliates, or by any independent contractors on the Seller’s behalf, to
personally, by telephone or mail (via electronic means or otherwise), solicit
the borrower or obligor under any Mortgage Loan for any purpose whatsoever,
including to refinance a Mortgage Loan, in whole or in part, without the prior
written consent of the Purchaser. It is understood and agreed that
all rights and benefits relating to the solicitation of any Mortgagors and
the
attendant rights, title and interest in and to the list of such Mortgagors
and
data relating to their Mortgages (including insurance renewal dates) shall
be
transferred to the Purchaser pursuant hereto on the related Closing Date and
the
Seller shall take no action to undermine these rights and
benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed
that promotions undertaken by the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller which
are directed to the general public at large, including, without limitation,
mass
mailing based on commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and
television advertisements shall not constitute solicitation under this
Section 29.
SECTION
30. Waiver
of Trial by Jury.
THE
SELLER AND THE PURCHASER EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES
TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION
31. Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers.
The
Seller hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(A) SUBMITS
FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT
THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;
(B) CONSENTS
THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES
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ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT
IN AN
INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(C) AGREES
THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY
MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR
AT
SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED;
AND
(D) AGREES
THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN
ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO XXX IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
SECTION
32. Compliance
with Regulation AB.
Subsection
32.01 Intent
of the Parties; Reasonableness.
The
Purchaser and the Seller acknowledge and agree that the purpose of
Section 34 of this Agreement 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 Seller 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 include provision of 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 Seller 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 reasonable requests made by the Purchaser
or any Depositor 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 Seller
shall cooperate fully with the Purchaser to deliver to the Purchaser (including
any of its assignees or designees) and any Depositor, any and all statements,
reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the
good
faith determination of the Purchaser or any Depositor to permit the Purchaser
or
such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with
such disclosures relating to the Seller, 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.
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The
Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees) shall cooperate with
the
Seller by providing timely notice of requests for information under these
provisions and by reasonably limiting such requests to information required,
in
the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, to comply with Regulation AB.
Subsection
32.02 Additional
Representations and Warranties of the Seller.
(a) The
Seller shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser and to any Depositor,
as of
the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any
Depositor under Subsection 32.03 that, except as disclosed in writing to the
Purchaser or such Depositor prior to such date: (i) there are no
material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated)
against the Seller; and (ii) there are no affiliations, relationships or
transactions relating to the Seller 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.
(b) If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor on any date following the date
on
which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under
Subsection 32.03, the Seller shall, within five (5) Business Days following
such
request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and warranties
set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 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.
Subsection
32.03 Information
to Be Provided by the Seller.
In
connection with any Securitization Transaction the Seller shall (i) within
five (5) Business Days following request by the Purchaser or any Depositor,
provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor, in writing and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, the
information and materials specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or
discovery by the Seller, 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 (d) of this
Section.
(a) If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Seller shall provide such
information regarding the Seller, as originator of the Mortgage Loans
(including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent),
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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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
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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 Seller;
and
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(D)
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a
description of any affiliation or relationship between the Seller
and any
of the following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as such
parties
are identified to the Seller by the Purchaser or any Depositor in
writing
in advance of such 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.
(b) If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Seller shall 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 the Seller, if the Seller is an originator of Mortgage Loans
(including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified
Correspondent). Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser by the Seller 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 Seller 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. 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 one hundred thirty-five (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.
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 Seller shall provide corrected Static Pool Information to the
Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in the
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same
format in which Static Pool Information was previously provided to such party
by
the Seller.
If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Seller shall 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
Seller’s originations or purchases, to calendar months commencing January 1,
2006, as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably
request. Such 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.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor for the purpose of satisfying
its
reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of
asset-backed securities, the Seller shall (i) notify the Purchaser and any
Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings
pending against the Seller and (B) any affiliations or relationships that
develop following the closing date of a Securitization Transaction between
the
Seller and any of the parties specified in clause (D) of paragraph (a) of this
Section (and any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party)
with respect to such Securitization Transaction, and (ii) provide to the
Purchaser and any Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations
or
relationships.
Subsection
32.04 Indemnification;
Remedies.
(a) The
Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the Purchaser, the
Depositor and each of the following parties participating in a Securitization
Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; 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 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 and agents of each of the
foregoing and of the Depositor, 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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other material provided in written or electronic form under this Section 32.04 by or on behalf of the Seller, (the “Seller Information”), or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Seller Information a material fact required to be stated in the Seller 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 Seller Information and not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Seller Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other information; |
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any
failure by the Seller to deliver any information, report, certification,
accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under this
Section 32.04; or
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any
breach by the Seller of a representation or warranty set forth in
Subsection 32.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection
32.02(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 Seller of a representation
or
warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection 32.02(b) to
the
extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing
date.
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In
the
case of any failure of performance described in clause (a)(ii) of this
Section, the Seller 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 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 Seller.
(b) Any
failure by the Seller to deliver any information, report, certification,
accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under this
Section 34, or any breach by the Seller of a representation or warranty set
forth in Subsection 32.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection
32.02(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 Seller of a representation or warranty in
a
writing furnished pursuant to Subsection 32.02(b) to the extent made as of
a
date subsequent to such closing date, shall immediately and automatically,
without notice or grace period, constitute an Event of Default with respect
to
the Seller under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement,
and
shall entitle the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion
to terminate the rights and obligations of the Seller as servicer under the
Servicing 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 Seller;
provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement and/or any
applicable Reconstitution Agreement
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expressly
provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations following termination
of the Seller as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
SECTION
33. Confidentiality. Each
of the Purchaser and the Seller shall employ proper procedures and standards
designed to maintain the confidential nature of the terms of this Agreement,
except to the extent: (a) the disclosure of which is reasonably
believed by such party to be required in connection with regulatory requirements
or other legal requirements relating to its affairs; (b) disclosed to any
one or more of such party’s employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys or
accountants who would have access to the contents of this Agreement and such
data and information in the normal course of the performance of such Person’s
duties for such party, to the extent such party has procedures in effect to
inform such Person of the confidential nature thereof; (c) that is
disclosed in a prospectus, prospectus supplement or private placement memorandum
relating to a securitization of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser (or an
affiliate assignee thereof) or to any Person in connection with the resale
or
proposed resale of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans by such party in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and (d) that is reasonably
believed by such party to be necessary for the enforcement of such party’s
rights under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding
any other express or implied agreement to the contrary, each of the Purchaser
and the Seller agree and acknowledge that each of them and each of their
employees, representatives, and other agents may disclose to any and all
persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure
of
the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other
tax
analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to such tax treatment and
tax structure, except to the extent that confidentiality is reasonably necessary
to comply with U.S. federal or state securities laws. For purposes of
this paragraph, the terms “tax treatment” and “tax structure” have the meanings
specified in Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4(c).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the
date first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
MORTGAGE
CAPITAL
INC.
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INDYMAC BANK,
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Exhibit
A
EXHIBIT
A
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 delivered to the Custodian, or
to
such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, pursuant to
Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement to which
this Exhibit is attached (the “Agreement”):
(a) the
original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed “Pay to
the order of _________, without recourse” and signed in the name of the last
endorsee (the “Last Endorsee”) by an authorized officer. To
the extent that there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes for
endorsements, the endorsement may be contained on an allonge, if state law
so
allows and the Custodian is so advised by the Seller that state law so
allows. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger,
the endorsement must be by “[Last Endorsee], successor by merger to [name of
predecessor]”. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the
Last Endorsee while doing business under another name, the endorsement must
be
by “[Last Endorsee], formerly known as [previous name]”;
(b) the
original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage
Note;
(c) with
respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the original Mortgage (or
certified copy thereof from the applicable recording office), with evidence
of
recording thereon. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the
Seller 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 Seller 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 Seller (or certification by the title
company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating that such Mortgage has
been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation and that
the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by
the
Seller; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage where a public recording office
retains the original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost
after recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of
the
original recorded Mortgage. With respect to any Co-op Loan, an original or
copy
of the Security Agreement;
(d) the
originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension
agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon;
(e) with
respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the original Assignment
of
Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance acceptable
for
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recording.
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 as provided in this Agreement. The Assignment of
Mortgage shall be delivered in blank. If the Mortgage Loan was
acquired by the Seller in a merger, the Assignment of Mortgage must be made
by
“[Seller], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]”. If the
Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Seller while doing business
under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be by “[Seller], formerly
known as [previous name]”. With respect to any Co-op Loan, an original or copy
of the assignment of the Security Agreement endorsed in blank, together with
all
intervening assignments thereof;
(f) with
respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the originals of all
intervening assignments of mortgage (if any) evidencing a complete chain of
assignment from the originator to the Last Endorsee with evidence of recording
thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not been returned from the
applicable recording office or has been lost or if such public recording office
retains the original recorded assignments of mortgage, the Seller 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 Seller (or certification by
the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating that such
intervening assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that such original recorded intervening
assignment of mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of mortgage
certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will be
promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Seller; or
(ii) in the case of an intervening assignment where a public recording
office retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in the case
where
an intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public recording
office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment;
(g) with
respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the original mortgagee
policy of title insurance, if any;
(h) with
respect to any Co-op Loan: (i) a copy of the Co-op Lease and the assignment
of
such Co-op Lease, with all intervening assignments showing a complete chain
of
title and an assignment thereof by Seller; (ii) the stock certificate together
with an undated stock power relating to such stock certificate executed in
blank; (iii) the recognition agreement of the interests of the mortgagee with
respect to the Co-op Loan by the residential cooperative housing corporation,
the stock of which was pledged by the related Mortgagor to the originator of
such Co-op Loan; (iv) copies of the financial statement filed by the originator
as secured party and, if applicable, a filed UCC-3 Assignment of the subject
security interest showing a complete chain of title, together with an executed
UCC-3 Assignment of such security interest by the Seller in a form sufficient
for filing; and
(i) security
agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with
the Mortgage.
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In
the
event an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller is delivered to the Purchaser
because of a delay caused by the public recording office in returning any
recorded document, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser, within 120 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.
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Exhibit
B
EXHIBIT
B
SERVICING
AGREEMENT
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Exhibit
C
EXHIBIT
C
SELLER’S
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
I,
____________________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected [Vice] President
of ________________[COMPANY], a [state] [federally] chartered institution
organized under the laws of the [state of ____________] [United States] (the
“Company”) and further as follows:
1. Attached
hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true, correct and complete copy of the charter
of the Company which is in full force and effect on the date hereof and which
has been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since
___________.
2. Attached
hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, correct and complete copy of the bylaws of
the Company which are in effect on the date hereof and which have been in effect
without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since
___________.
3. Attached
hereto as Exhibit 3 is an original certificate of good standing of the
Company, and no event has occurred since the date thereof which would impair
such standing.
4. Attached
hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true, correct and complete copy of the corporate
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the Company
to
execute and deliver each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of _______ __, 200_, by and between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc. (the “Purchaser”) and the Company (the “Purchase Agreement”),
the Servicing Agreement, dated as of _______ __, 200_, by and between the
Company and the Purchaser (the “Servicing Agreement”) [and to endorse the
Mortgage Notes and execute the Assignments of Mortgages by original [or
facsimile] signature], and such resolutions are in effect on the date hereof
and
have been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since
____________.
5. 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 Purchase
Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, 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.
6. Neither
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of
the
terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement 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, regulations, writ,
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injunction
or decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body to which
the
Company is subject or by which it is bound.
7. To
the best of my knowledge, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation
pending or threatened against the Company which, in my judgment, 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 Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, or the mortgage
loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability
of the Company to perform under the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the
Servicing Agreement.
8. Each
person listed on Exhibit 5 attached hereto who, as an officer or
representative of the Company, signed (a) the Purchase Agreement,
(b) the Servicing Agreement and (c) any other document delivered or on
the date hereof in connection with any purchase described in the agreements
set
forth above was, at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and
is
now, a duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting officer or representative
of the Company, who holds the office set forth opposite his or her name on
Exhibit 5, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents
are their genuine signatures.
9. The
Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions described and
contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the
Company.
Dated:____________________ | By:___________________________ |
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Name:_________________________
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[Seal]
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Title:
[Vice]
President
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I,
________________________, an [Assistant] Secretary of ______________[COMPANY],
hereby certify that ____________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting
[Vice] President of the Company and that the signature appearing above is [her]
[his] genuine signature.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated:____________________ | By:___________________________ |
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Name:_________________________
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[Seal]
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Title:
[Assistant]
Secretary
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C-3
EXHIBIT
5
to
Company’s
Officer’s Certificate
NAME
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TITLE
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SIGNATURE
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C-4
Exhibit
D
EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
(date)
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear
Sirs:
You
have
requested [our] [my] opinion, as [Assistant] General Counsel to
___________________ (the “Company”), with respect to certain matters in
connection with the sale by the Company of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to that
certain Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, by and between the
Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. (the “Purchaser”), dated
as of _________ __, 200_ (the “Purchase Agreement”) which sale is in the
form of whole loans, delivered pursuant to a Bailee Agreement dated as of _____
__, 200_ among the Purchaser, the Company, and ______________________[CUSTODIAN]
(the “Bailee Agreement”) and serviced pursuant to a Servicing Agreement,
dated as of ______ __, 200_ by and between the Company, as servicer, and the
Purchaser (the “Servicing Agreement,” and, collectively with the Purchase
Agreement and the Bailee Agreement, the
“Agreements”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement.
[We]
[I]
have examined the following documents:
1. the
Purchase Agreement;
2. the
Servicing Agreement;
3. the
Bailee Agreement;
4. the
form of Assignment of Mortgage;
5. the
form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
6. such
other documents, records and papers as we have deemed necessary and relevant
as
a basis for this opinion.
To
the
extent [we] [I] have deemed necessary and proper, [we] [I] have relied upon
the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Purchase
Agreement and in the Servicing Agreement, as applicable. [We] [I]
have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to [us] [me] as
originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural
persons and the conformity to the originals of all documents.
D-1
Based
upon the foregoing, it is [our] [my] opinion that:
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1.
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The
Company is a [type of entity] duly organized, validly existing and
in good
standing under the laws of the [United States] and is qualified to
transact business in, and is in good standing under, the laws of
[the
state of incorporation/formation].
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2.
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The
Seller has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated by
the
Agreements and all requisite power, authority and legal right to
execute
and deliver the Agreements and to perform and observe the terms and
conditions of the Agreements.
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3.
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Each
of the Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the
Company, and is a legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable
in
accordance with its respective terms against the Company, subject
to
bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general application affecting
rights of creditors 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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4.
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The
Seller has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to execute
any and all documents by original signature in order to complete
the
transactions contemplated by the
Agreements.
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[i)
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The
Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to
execute
by original [or facsimile] signature the endorsements to the Mortgage
Notes and the Assignments of Mortgages, and the original [or facsimile]
signature of the officer at the Company executing the endorsements
to the
Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of 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
Agreements and the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Company 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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7.
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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 violates any statute or
order,
rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any
court,
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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
[our] [my] knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in [our]
[my]
judgment, 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
Agreements or the Mortgage Loans 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 Agreements.
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9.
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The
sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated
by the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Bailee
Agreement is sufficient to fully transfer to the Purchaser all right,
title and interest of the Company thereto as noteholder and
mortgagee.
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10.
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The
Mortgages have been duly assigned and the Mortgage Notes have been
duly
endorsed as provided in the Bailee Agreement. The Assignments
of Mortgage are in recordable form, except for the insertion of the
name
of the assignee, and upon the name of the assignee being inserted,
are
acceptable for recording under the laws of the state where each related
Mortgaged Property is located. The endorsement of the Mortgage
Notes, the delivery to the Purchaser, or its designee, of the Assignments
of Mortgage, and the delivery of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes
to
the Purchaser, or its designee, are sufficient to permit the Purchaser
to
avail itself of all protection available under applicable law against
the
claims of any present or future creditors of the Company, and are
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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Except
as
otherwise set forth in the Agreements, I assume no obligation to revise this
opinion or alter its conclusions to update or support this letter to reflect
any
facts or circumstances that may hereafter develop.
D-3
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 the date of this opinion.
Very truly yours, | |||
[Name] | |||
[Assistant]
General Counsel
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D-4
Exhibit
E
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
___________________,
200__
[Federal
Home Loan Bank of
______(the
“Association”)]
________________________
________________________
________________________
Attention:
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___________________________
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___________________________ |
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Re:
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Notice
of Sale and Release of
Collateral
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Dear
Sirs:
This
letter serves as notice that ________________________[COMPANY] a [type of
entity], organized pursuant to the laws of [the state of incorporation] (the
“Company”) has committed to sell to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
under an Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of ______
__,
200_, certain mortgage loans originated by the Association. The
Company warrants that the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage
Capital Inc. are in addition to and beyond any collateral required to secure
advances made by the Association to the Company.
The
Company acknowledges that the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc. shall not be used as additional or substitute collateral
for advances made by the Association. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
understands that the balance of the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio may be
used as collateral or additional collateral for advances made by the
Association, and confirms that it has no interest therein.
Execution
of this letter by the Association shall constitute a full and complete release
of any security interest, claim, or lien which the Association may have against
the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital
Inc.
E-1
Very truly yours, | |||
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By:
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
Date: |
Acknowledged and approved: |
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[FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF] | |||||
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By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
Date: | |||||
E-2
Exhibit
F
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
I. Release
of Security Interest
The
financial institution named below hereby relinquishes any and all right, title
and interest it may have in all Mortgage Loans to be purchased by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc. from the Company named below pursuant to that certain
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of ______ __, 200_,
and certifies that all notes, mortgages, assignments and other documents in
its
possession relating to such Mortgage Loans have been delivered and released
to
the Company named below or its designees, as of the date and time of the sale
of
such Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
Name
and
Address of Financial Institution
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(name)
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(Address)
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By: | ||||||
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F-1
II. Certification
of Release
The
Company named below hereby certifies to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
that, as of the date and time of the sale of the above-mentioned Mortgage Loans
to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. the security interests in the Mortgage
Loans released by the above-named financial institution comprise all security
interests relating to or affecting any and all such Mortgage
Loans. The Company warrants that, as of such time, there are and will
be no other security interests affecting any or all of such Mortgage
Loans.
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By:
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
Date: |
F-2
EXHIBIT
G
ASSIGNMENT
AND CONVEYANCE
On
this
___ day of __________, ____, ___________________ (“Seller”), as
(i) the Seller under that certain Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, dated
as of ___________, _____ (the “PPTA”), and (ii) the Seller under that
certain Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of ________,
____ (the “Purchase Agreement”), does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set
over and convey to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. (“Purchaser”) as
the Purchaser under the Agreements (as defined below), without recourse, but
subject to the terms of the Agreements, all right, title and interest of, in
and
to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto
as
Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loans”), together with the Mortgage
Files and all rights and obligations arising under the documents contained
therein. Each Mortgage Loan subject to the Agreements was
underwritten in accordance with, and conforms to, the Underwriting Guidelines
attached hereto as Exhibit . Pursuant to Section 6 of the
Purchase Agreement, the Seller has delivered to the Custodian the documents
for
each Mortgage Loan to be purchased as set forth in the Purchase
Agreement. The contents of each Servicing File required to be
retained by ______________________ (“Servicer”), as Servicer under that
certain Servicing Agreement, dated as of ________, ____ (the “Servicing
Agreement”) to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement and thus not delivered to the Purchaser are and shall be held in
trust
by the Servicer for the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner
thereof. The Servicer’s possession of any portion of the Servicing
File is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of facilitating
servicing of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Servicing Agreement,
and
such retention and possession by the Servicer shall be in a custodial capacity
only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and the contents
of the Mortgage File and Servicing File is vested 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 Seller or the Servicer
shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall be retained and maintained,
in
trust, by the Seller at the will of the Purchaser in such custodial capacity
only. The PPTA, the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement
shall collectively be referred to as the “Agreements” herein.
The
Mortgage Loan Package characteristics of the Mortgage Loans subject hereto
are
set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
In
accordance with Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser accepts
the Mortgage Loans listed on Exhibit A attached
hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing the Purchaser does not waive
any rights or remedies it may have under the Agreements.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth
in
the Purchase Agreement.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
G-1
[SELLER] | |||
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By:
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
[SERVICER] | |||
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By:
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
Accepted and Agreed: |
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE
CAPITAL
INC.
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By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
G-2
EXHIBIT
A
TO
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
THE
MORTGAGE LOANS
G-A-1
EXHIBIT
B
TO
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE POOL
CHARACTERISTICS
OF EACH MORTGAGE LOAN PACKAGE
Pool
Characteristics of the Mortgage Loan Package as delivered on the related Closing
Date:
No
Mortgage Loan has: (1) an outstanding principal balance less than
$_________; (2) an origination date earlier than _ months prior to the related
Cut-off Date; (3) a CLTV of greater than _____%; (4) a FICO Score of less than
___; or (5) a debt-to-income ratio of more than __%. Each First Lien
Loan has a Mortgage Interest Rate of at least ___% per annum and an outstanding
principal balance less than $_________. Each Second Lien Loan has a
Mortgage Interest Rate of at least ______% per annum and an outstanding
principal balance less than $________. Each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan has an Index of [_______].
G-B-1
EXHIBIT
C
TO
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
UNDERWRITING
GUIDELINES
G-C-1
Exhibit
H
EXHIBIT
H
SELLER’S
UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
H-1
Exhibit
I
EXHIBIT
I
CONTENTS
OF EACH CREDIT FILE
(a) An
original policy binder or commitment for title or a certified true and complete
copy.
(b) A
copy of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent executed in
connection with the Mortgage.
(c) The
original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law, flood insurance
policy.
(d) Residential
loan application.
(e) Mortgage
Loan closing statement.
(f) Verification
of employment, except for Mortgage Loans originated under the Seller’s “No Doc”
documentation program.
(g) Verification
of income except for Mortgage Loans originated under the Seller’s “No Doc,
Reduced Doc, and No Ratio” documentation programs.
(h) Verification
of acceptable evidence of source and amount of downpayment except for Mortgage
Loans originated under the Seller’s “No Doc” program.
(i) Credit
report on the Mortgagor.
(j) Residential
appraisal report.
(k) Photograph
of the Mortgaged Property.
(l) Survey
of the Mortgaged Property, if any.
(m) 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.
(n) All
required disclosure statements.
(o) If
available, termite report, structural engineer’s report, water potability and
septic certification.
(p)
Sales contract, if applicable.
(q) Tax
receipts, insurance premium receipts, ledger sheets, payment history from date
of origination, insurance claim files, correspondence, current and historical
computerized data files, and all other processing, underwriting and closing
papers and records
I-1
which
are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required to document
the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage Loan.
(r) Amortization
schedule.
(s) the
original PMI Policy or certificate of insurance, where required pursuant to
the
Agreement.
I-2
Exhibit
J
EXHIBIT
J
RECONSTITUTION
REPRESENTATIONS
(t) Mortgage
Loans as Described. The information set forth in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct;
(u) Payments
Current. All payments required to be made up to the
Reconstitution Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the
Mortgage Note have been made and credited. No payment required under
the Mortgage Loan is 30 days or more delinquent nor has any payment under
the Mortgage Loan been 30 days or more delinquent at any time since the
origination of the Mortgage Loan;
(v) No
Outstanding Charges. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there
are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage, and all taxes,
governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal
charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and
owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount
sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been
assessed but is not yet due and payable. The Seller has not advanced
funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by
a
party other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of
any
amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from
the
date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds,
whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date of
the
first installment of principal and interest;
(w) Original
Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage
have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the
date of origination except by a written instrument which has been recorded,
if
necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has been
delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall
designate in writing, and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage
Loan
Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and
the
title insurer, if any, to the extent required by the policy, and its terms
are
reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, if applicable. No Mortgagor
has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption
agreement, approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and the title
insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement
is
part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Custodian or to such other
Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing and the terms of which are
reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(x) Hazard
Insurance. Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all buildings or other
improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a generally acceptable
insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other
hazards as are provided for in the Xxxxxx Mae Guides or by Xxxxxxx Mac, as
well
as all additional requirements set forth in Section 2.10 of the Servicing
Agreement. If required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended, each Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting
the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration as in effect which
J-1
Exhibit
J
policy
conforms to Xxxxxx Mae Guides or by Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all additional
requirements set forth in Section 2.10 of the Servicing
Agreement. All individual insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Seller and its successors and assigns as mortgagee,
and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s
cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder
of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost
and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor
has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard
insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket”
hazard insurance policy covering a condominium, or any hazard
insurance policy
covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The
hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer,
is
in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to
the
benefit of the Purchaser upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The Seller has not engaged in, and has no
knowledge of the Mortgagor’s having engaged in, any act or omission which would
impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided
for herein, or the validity and binding effect of either including, without
limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation
or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by
any
attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been
received, retained or realized by the Seller;
(y) No
Satisfaction of Mortgage. 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 release,
cancellation, subordination or rescission. The Seller has not waived
the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to
perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has
the
Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the
Mortgagor;
(z) LTV,
PMI Policy. No Mortgage Loan has an LTV greater than
100%. Any Mortgage Loan that had at the time of origination an LTV in
excess of 80% is insured as to payment default by a PMI
Policy. Any PMI Policy in effect covers the related Mortgage
Loan for the life of such Mortgage Loan. All provisions of such PMI
Policy have been and are being complied with, such policy is in full force
and
effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. No action,
inaction, or event has occurred and no state of facts exists that has, or will
result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage. Any
Mortgage Loan subject to a PMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to
maintain the PMI Policy and to pay all premiums and charges in connection
therewith. The Mortgage Interest Rate for the Mortgage Loan as set
forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is net of any such insurance
premium;
(aa) Title
Insurance. With respect to a Mortgage Loan which is not a Co-op Loan, the
Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or other
generally acceptable form of policy or insurance acceptable under the
Underwriting Guidelines and each such title insurance policy is issued by a
title insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines and qualified to
do
business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring
the Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the
Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or to the extent
a Mortgage Note provides
J-2
Exhibit
J
for
negative amortization, the maximum amount of negative amortization in accordance
with the Mortgage), subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (1)
and (2) of paragraph (j) of this Subsection 9.02, and in the
case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by reason of the
invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of
the
Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly
Payment. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has
been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title
insurance. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or upon
the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Seller, its
successor and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender’s title insurance
policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is valid and remains in full
force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made
under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related
Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which
would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy, including
without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful
compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or
realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful
items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller;
(bb) No
Defaults. As of the Reconstitution Closing Date, other than
payments due but not yet 30 days or more delinquent, there is no default,
breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration existing under the
Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time
or
with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute
a
default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration, and neither
the Seller nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective predecessors,
have waived any default, breach, violation or event which would permit
acceleration;
(cc) No
Mechanics’ Liens. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there
are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work,
labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law could give
rise
to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be
liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related
Mortgage;
(dd) Occupancy
of the Mortgaged Property. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, the
Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. All
inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with
respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect
to
the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates
of
occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from
the appropriate authorities. Unless otherwise specified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgagor represented at the time of origination
of
the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy the Mortgaged Property as
the
Mortgagor’s primary residence;
(ee) Acceptable
Investment. There are no circumstances or conditions with respect
to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor, the Mortgage File or
the
Mortgagor’s credit standing that can reasonably be expected to cause private
institutional investors who invest in prime mortgage loans similar to the
Mortgage Loan to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable
investment;
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Exhibit
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(ff) Mortgaged
Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings. To the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, there is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is
undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood,
tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged
Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises
were intended and each Mortgaged Property is in good repair. There
have not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged
Property and the Seller has no knowledge of any such proceedings in the
future;
(gg) Collection
Practices; Escrow Deposits. The origination, servicing and
collection practices used by the Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have
been in all respects in compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable
laws and regulations, and have been in all respects legal and
proper. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such
payments are in the possession of, or under the control of, the Seller and
there
exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements
for repayment thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have
been collected in full compliance with state and federal law and the provisions
of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage. An escrow of funds is not
prohibited by applicable law and has been established in an amount sufficient
to
pay for every item that remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet
due
and payable. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges
or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the
Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict
compliance with state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage
and
Mortgage Note on the related Interest Rate Adjustment Date. If,
pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note, another index was selected for
determining the Mortgage Interest Rate, the same index was used with respect
to
each Mortgage Note which required a new index to be selected, and such selection
did not conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note. The
Seller executed and delivered any and all notices required under applicable
law
and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage
Interest Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. Any interest
required to be paid pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly
paid and credited;
(hh) Other
Insurance Policies. No action, inaction or event has occurred
and, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no state of facts exists or has
existed that has resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial of,
or
defense to coverage under any applicable special hazard insurance policy, PMI
Policy or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such failure of
coverage. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no
commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by the
Seller or by any officer, director, or employee of the Seller or any designee
of
the Seller or any corporation in which the Seller or any officer, director,
or
employee had a financial interest at the time of placement of such
insurance;
(ii) No
Violation of Environmental Laws. To the best of the Seller’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 Mortgage 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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Exhibit
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(jj) Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not notified the
Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed
to
the Mortgagor under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, or other similar state statute;
(kk) No
Defense to Insurance Coverage. No action has been taken or failed
to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed
on or prior to the Closing Date (whether or not known to the Seller on or prior
to such date) which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from, denial
of,
or defense to coverage under any primary mortgage insurance (including, without
limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit or reduce
the
availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise
due
thereunder to the insured), provided this shall not include the failure of
such
insurer to pay by reason of such insurer’s breach of such insurance policy or
such insurer’s financial inability to pay;
(ll) Escrow
Analysis. If applicable, with respect to each Mortgage, the
Seller has within the last twelve months (unless such Mortgage was originated
within such twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow Payments for
each
Mortgage and adjusted the amount of such payments so that, assuming all required
payments are timely made, any deficiency will be eliminated on or before the
first anniversary of such analysis, or any overage will be refunded to the
Mortgagor, in accordance with RESPA and any other applicable law;
and
(mm) Prior
Servicing. Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all material
respects in strict compliance with Accepted Servicing
Practices.
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Exhibit
K
EXHIBIT
K
FORM
OF BAILEE AGREEMENT
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Exhibit
J
FORM
OF INDEMNIFICATION
AND
CONTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
THIS
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT dated _________, 200_
(“Agreement”) among [______________], a [______________] (the
“Depositor”), [______________], a [______________] (the
“Underwriter”), [______________], a [______________] (the “Initial
Purchaser”) and [______________], a [______________] (the “Indemnifying
Party”).
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Indemnifying Party and the Depositor are parties to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (as defined herein);
WHEREAS,
the Indemnifying Party originated or acquired the Mortgage Loans and
subsequently sold the Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
(the “Purchaser”), an affiliate of the Depositor, in anticipation of the
securitization transaction;
WHEREAS,
the Indemnifying Party also stands to receive substantial financial benefits
in
its capacity as servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS,
as an inducement to the Depositor to enter into the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Underwriter to enter into the Underwriting Agreement (as
defined herein), the Indemnifying Party wishes to provide for indemnification
and contribution on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain
Defined Terms. The following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
1933
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1934
Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
ABS
Informational and Computational Material Any written communication as
defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act,
as
may be amended from time to time.
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Agreement: This
Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, as the same may be amended in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Free
Writing Prospectus: Any written communication that constitutes a
“free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933
Act.
Indemnified
Parties: As defined in Section 3.1.
Indemnifying
Party Information: [(A)] All information in the Prospectus
Supplement, the Offering Circular or any Free Writing Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto (i) contained under the headings
“Summary—Relevant Parties—Responsible Party [and Servicer,”] “The Mortgage Loan
Pool—Underwriting Guidelines” [and “The Servicer”] and (ii) regarding the
Mortgage Loans, the related mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties
(but in the case of this clause (ii), only to the extent any untrue statement
or
omission arose from or is based upon errors or omissions in the information
concerning the Mortgage Loans, the related mortgagors and/or the related
Mortgaged Properties, as applicable, provided to the Depositor or any affiliate
by or on behalf of the Indemnifying Party) [and (B) static pool information
regarding mortgage loans originated or acquired by the Seller [and included
in
the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, the ABS Informational and
Computational Materials or the Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto][incorporated by reference from the website located at
___________]].
Offering
Circular: The offering circular, dated [_______], 200___,
relating to the private offering of the Privately Offered Certificates,
including any structural term sheets, collateral terms sheets and computational
materials used in connection with such offering.
Person: Any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of ___________, 200_, among the Depositor, the Indemnifying Party,
as
responsible party and servicer, and [______________].
Privately
Offered Certificates: [______________], Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series [_______], Class [__] issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Prospectus
Supplement: The preliminary prospectus supplement, dated
___________, 200_, together with the final prospectus supplement, dated
___________, 200_, relating to the offering of the Publicly Offered
Certificates, including any structural term sheets, collateral terms sheets
and
computational materials used in connection with such offering.
Publicly
Offered Certificates: [______________], Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series [_______], Class [__], Class [__], Class [__], Class [__],
Class [__], Class [__] and Class [__] issued pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
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Purchase
Agreement: The Purchase Agreement, dated ___________, 200_,
between the Depositor and the Initial Purchaser, relating to the sale of the
Privately Offered Certificates.
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.
Underwriting
Agreement: The Underwriting Agreement, dated ___________, 200_,
between the Depositor and the Underwriter, relating to the sale of the Publicly
Offered Certificates.
1.2 Other
Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
(a) Each
party hereto represents and warrants that it has all requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(b) Each
party hereto represents and warrants this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such party;
(c) Each
party hereto represents and warrants that assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by each other party hereto, this Agreement constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party; and
(d) The
Indemnifying Party hereto represents that the Indemnifying Party Information
satisfies the requirements of the applicable provisions of Regulation
AB.
ARTICLE
III
INDEMNIFICATION
3.1 Indemnification
by the Indemnifying Party of the Depositor and the
Underwriter. (a) The Indemnifying Party shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Underwriter and the Initial
Purchaser and their respective affiliates, and their respective present and
former directors, officers, employees, agents and each Person, if any, that
controls the Depositor, the Underwriter or such affiliate, within the meaning
of
either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties”), against any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures or liabilities, joint or several, to which each such Indemnified
Party may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, to
the extent that such
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losses,
claims, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any breach of the
representation and warranty set forth in Article II(d) above or (ii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, the ABS Informational and
Computational Materials, any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in
which
they were made, not misleading, to the extent that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relates to information
set forth in the Indemnifying Party Information, and the Indemnifying Party
shall in each case reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other
costs, fees, or expenses reasonably incurred and as incurred by such Indemnified
Party in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, penalty, fine, forfeiture, liability or action. The
Indemnifying Party’s liability under this Section 3.1 shall be in addition to
any other liability that the Indemnifying Party may otherwise have.
(b) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 3.1 shall for any reason be
unavailable to an Indemnified Party under this Section 3.1 (other than due
to
indemnification not being applicable under Section 3.1(a)), then the party
which
would otherwise be obligated to indemnify with respect thereto, on the one
hand,
and the parties which would otherwise be entitled to be indemnified, on the
other hand, shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims,
damages, penalty, fine, forfeiture, costs, fees and expenses of the nature
contemplated herein and incurred by the parties hereto in such proportions
that
are appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor or the
Underwriter, on the one hand, and the Indemnifying Party, on the other hand,
in
connection with the applicable misstatements or omissions as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the 1900 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person that
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of
this Section 3.1, each director of a party to this Agreement and each Person,
if
any, that controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of Section
15 of
the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
party.
3.2 Notification;
Procedural Matters. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified
Party under Section 3.1 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any
action, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the Indemnifying Party (or if a claim for contribution is to be
made against another party) under Section 3.1, notify the Indemnifying Party
(or
other contributing party) in writing of the claim or the commencement of such
action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Party
(or
other contributing party) shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may
have under Section 3.1 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced
by
such failure; and provided, further, however, that the failure to notify the
Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
to
any Indemnified Party (or to the party requesting contribution) otherwise than
under Section 3.1. In case any such action is brought against any
Indemnified Party and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the commencement
thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate therein and,
to
the extent that, by written notice delivered to the Indemnified Party
promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Party,
the
Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense thereof, it may participate
with
counsel
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reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that if the
defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or parties shall reasonably have
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it or them and/or other
Indemnified Parties that are different from or additional to those available
to
the Indemnifying Party, or if the use of counsel chosen by the Indemnifying
Party to represent the Indemnified Parties would present such counsel with
a
conflict of interest, the Indemnified Party or parties shall have the right
to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Party
or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the Indemnifying Party to such
Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the Indemnified Party of such counsel, the Indemnifying Party shall
not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this paragraph for any legal
or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection
with the defense thereof, unless (i) the Indemnified Party shall have employed
separate counsel (plus any local counsel) in connection with the assertion
of
legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall not have employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party within
a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the
Indemnifying Party shall have authorized the employment of counsel for the
Indemnified Party at the expense of the Indemnifying Party. No party
shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. In no event shall the Indemnifying Party be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel)
separate from its own counsel for all Indemnified Parties in connection with
any
one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.
ARTICLE
IV
GENERAL
4.1 Survival. This
Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder shall survive the
purchase and sale of the Publicly Offered Certificates and Privately Offered
Certificates.
4.2 Successors. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto,
each Indemnified Party and their respective successors and assigns, and no
other
Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
4.3 Applicable
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
principles of conflict of laws.
4.4 Miscellaneous. Neither
this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated except by a writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of
such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original, which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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4.5 Notices. All
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given when delivered to:
In
the
case of the Depositor:
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[______________]
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[______________]
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[______________]
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Attention:
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Telephone:
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with
a
copy to:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
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1600
Xxxxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attention: Whole
Loans Operations Manager
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Telephone:
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In
the
case of the Underwriter:
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[______________]
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[______________]
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[______________]
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Attention:
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Telephone:
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In
the
case of the Indemnifying Party:
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[______________]
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[______________]
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[______________]
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Attention:
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[Signature
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement by their duly
authorized officers as of the date first above written.
[DEPOSITOR] | |||
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Title: | |||
[UNDERWRITER] | |||
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
[INDEMNIFYING PARTY] | |||
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