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AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO THE MASTER MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 1998
BETWEEN
RWT HOLDINGS, INC.
AND
MERRILL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION
This Amendment to the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
dated as
of April 1, 1998 (the "Original Purchase Agreement") between RWT
Holdings, Inc.
("Purchaser") and Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation ("Seller"),
is made this 29th
day of July, 2003.
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller entered into the Original
Purchase
Agreement for the purposes of establishing between them certain
rights and
responsibilities as to the sale of certain residential mortgage
loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") from time to time; and
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller entered into an amendment to the
Original
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 14, 1999 (the "Amendment
No. 1"); and
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller entered into a second amendment to
the
Original Purchase Agreement dated as of September 1, 2002 (the
"Amendment No.
2"); and
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller entered into a third amendment to
the
Original Purchase Agreement dated as of June 26, 2003 (the
"Amendment No. 3,"
and together with the Original Purchase Agreement, Amendment No.
1 and Amendment
No. 2, the "Master Purchase Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller wish to further amend the Master
Purchase
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Purchaser and
Seller agree as
follows:
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The Master Purchase Agreement between Purchaser and Seller is
hereby
amended as follows:
1. Section 7 is modified by adding the following paragraphs:
However, from and after the Closing Date (as defined in the
Trust Agreement dated July 1, 2003, by and between Merrill
Lynch
Mortgage Investors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National
Association (the "Trust Agreement")), solely in connection with
the
MLCC 2003-D transaction, Purchaser and Seller hereby agree that
each
Mortgage Loan purchased on such Closing Date under the Master
Purchase
Agreement by Purchaser (the "MLCC 2003-D Loans"), will be
serviced and
administered not by Seller but by Cendant Mortgage
Corporation
("Cendant") pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Flow
Purchase,
Sale & Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2002,
between
Purchaser and Cendant, as amended or modified to the date hereof
(the
"Flow Purchase and Servicing Agreement") and the Additional
Collateral
Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2002, between
Purchaser and
Cendant, as amended or modified to the date hereof (the
"Additional
Collateral Servicing Agreement," and together with the Flow
Purchase
and Servicing Agreement, the "Cendant Agreements"). Capitalized
terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in
the Trust Agreement.
From and after the date hereof (i) the Seller and Cendant
shall recognize Purchaser as the owner of the MLCC 2003-D
Mortgage
Loans and (ii) Cendant will administer and service the MLCC
2003-D
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Cendant Agreements as if
the MLCC
2003-D Mortgage Loans had been sold to the Purchaser by
Cendant
pursuant to the Cendant Agreements. It is the intention of
the
Purchaser, the Seller and Cendant that to the extent of the MLCC
2003-D
Mortgage Loans purchased under the Master Purchase Agreement
in
connection with the MLCC 2003-D transaction and serviced
pursuant to
the Cendant Agreements, the Cendant Agreements shall be binding
upon
and for the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of
the
parties hereto; provided, however, that, with respect to the
Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loans:
(i) Seller, at its own cost and expense, shall administer
the Additional Collateral and the Control Agreement for the
benefit of
Purchaser (i) in a prudent and non-negligent manner and in
accordance
with the procedures it employs to administer Securities Accounts
for
its own benefit (as the same may be amended from time to time);
(ii) in
accordance with the terms of the related Pledge Agreements,
the
applicable Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement; and (iii)
in
accordance with applicable law;
(ii) Seller shall be released from its obligations to
administer the Additional Collateral, upon termination of the
related
Pledge Agreement. Purchaser Acknowledges that it shall no longer
be
afforded coverage under the terms and provisions of the Surety
Bond as
to any particular Additional Collateral
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Mortgage Loan at such time as Seller's obligation to administer
such
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan terminates pursuant to the
terms of
the related Pledge Agreement;
(iii) Seller may, without the consent of Purchaser, amend
or modify a Mortgage 100(sm) Pledge Agreement or a Parent
Power(R)
Agreement in any nonmaterial respect to reflect administrative
or
account changes; and
(iv) When a "Loss," as defined in the related Pledge
Agreement, is determined, the "cash collateral" necessary to
satisfy
the Loss up to the Maximum Amount (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement)
shall be sent to Cendant to apply in accordance with the
Mortgage Loan
Documents and held in accordance with the Cendant
Agreements.
2. With respect to the MLCC 2003-D Mortgage Loans only,
Section
5(b) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by the
following:
Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties to
Purchaser, as to each MLCC 2003-D Mortgage Loan, set forth in
Exhibit I
hereto, as of the Closing Date or such other date as may be
referred to
therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation and RWT
Holdings,
Inc. have caused this Amendment No. 4 to the Master Purchase
Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
this 29th day of
July, 2003.
RWT HOLDINGS, INC.
By:_________________________________________
Name:_______________________________________
Title:______________________________________
MERRILL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION
By:_________________________________________
Name:_______________________________________
Title:______________________________________
The foregoing Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted by:
CENDANT MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:___________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
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EXHIBIT I
MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE SELLER
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as
to each
Mortgage Loan, as of the Closing Date as follows:
(a) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
true and
correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date;
(b) As of the related Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan is not
delinquent
in payment more than 30 days and the Mortgage Loan has not been
dishonored;
there are no material defaults under the terms of the Mortgage
Loan; the Seller
has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly
received any advance
of funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged
Property subject to
the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any
amount required by
the Mortgage Loan;
(c) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, with respect to
those
Mortgage Loans as to which the Mortgagors are required to
deposit funds into an
escrow account for payment of taxes, assessments, insurance
premiums and similar
items as they become due, there are no delinquent taxes, ground
rents, water
charges, sewer rents, assessments or other outstanding charges
which constitute
a lien on the related Mortgaged Property, and all escrow
deposits have been
collected, are under the control of the Servicer, and have been
applied to the
payment of such items in a timely fashion, in accordance with
such Mortgage. No
escrow deposits or escrow payments or other charges or payments
due the Servicer
have been capitalized under the related Mortgage or Mortgage
Note. With respect
to those Mortgage Loans for which escrow deposits are not
required, to the best
of the Seller's knowledge, there are no delinquent taxes or
other outstanding
charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property which
constitute a lien on the
related Mortgaged Property;
(d) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by
written
instruments contained in the Mortgage File, approved, if
necessary, by the
insurer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and recorded
in all places
necessary to maintain the first priority of the lien, the
substance of which
waiver, alteration or modification is reflected on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in
connection with
an assumption agreement which assumption agreement is part of
the Mortgage File
and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(e) Neither the Mortgage Note nor the Mortgage is subject to any
right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the
defense of usury,
nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note
and the
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the
Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of
rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of
usury
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and to the best of the Seller's knowledge, no such right of
rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense has been asserted by any Person with
respect thereto;
(f) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are required to
be
insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire,
hazards of
extended coverage and such other hazards as are customarily
included in extended
coverage in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located,
pursuant to
standard hazard insurance policies in an amount which is equal
to the lesser of
(A) the replacement cost of the improvements securing such
Mortgage Loan or (B)
the principal balance owing on such Mortgage Loan. To the best
knowledge of the
Seller, all such standard hazard policies are in effect. On the
date of
origination, such standard hazard policies contained a standard
mortgagee clause
naming the Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan and
their respective
successors in interest as mortgagee and, to the best knowledge
of the Seller,
such clause is still in effect and, to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, all
premiums due thereon have been paid. If the Mortgaged Property
is located in an
area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special
flood hazards under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1994, as
amended, such
Mortgaged Property is cover
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