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Exhibit 99.3
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT REG AB
TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
This is Amendment Reg AB ("Amendment Reg AB"), dated as of March
1,2006, by
and between National City Mortgage Co. (the "Company"), and J.P.
Morgan Mortgage
Acquisition Corp. (the "Purchaser") to that certain Flow Master
Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
February 24, 2004 by
and between the Company and the Purchaser (as amended, modified
or supplemented,
the "Existing Agreement").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser have agreed, subject to
the terms
and conditions of this Amendment Reg AB that the Existing
Agreement be amended
to reflect agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing
Agreement.
Accordingly, the Company and the Purchaser hereby agree, in
consideration
of the mutual premises and mutual obligations set forth herein,
that the
Existing Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall
have the
meanings set forth in the Existing Agreement. The Existing
Agreement is hereby
amended by adding the following definitions in their proper
alphabetical order:
Commission: The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Company Information: As defined in Section 13.05.
Depositor: The depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation
AB, with
respect to any Securitization Transaction.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Qualified Correspondent: Any Person from which the Company
purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such
Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an agreement between
the Company and
such Person that contemplated that such Person would underwrite
mortgage loans
from time to time, for sale to the Company, in accordance with
underwriting
guidelines designated by the Company ("Designated Guidelines")
or guidelines
that do not vary materially from such Designated Guidelines;
(ii) such Mortgage
Loans were in fact underwritten as described in clause (i) above
and were
acquired by the Company within 180 days after origination; (iii)
either (x) the
Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were
originated,
used by the Company in origination of mortgage loans of the same
type as the
Mortgage Loans for the Company's own account or (y) the
Designated Guidelines
were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were underwritten,
designated by the
Company on a consistent basis for use by lenders in originating
mortgage loans
to be purchased by the Company; and (iv) the Company employed,
at the time such
Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Company, pre-purchase or
post-purchase
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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
Company. For the avoidance of doubt, a "Qualified Correspondent"
includes a
"table broker" or mortgage lender that originates loans
underwritten and funded
by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
Reconstitution: Any Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan
Transfer.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. Sections 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.
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
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.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item
1122(d) of
Regulation AB, for which the Company is responsible in its
capacity as Servicer
and as identified on Exhibit Q hereto.
Static Pool Information: Static pool information as described in
Item
1105(a) (1)(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is
not
responsible for the overall servicing (as "servicing" is
commonly understood by
participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of
Mortgage Loans but
performs one or more discrete material functions identified in
Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction
or authority of
the Company or a Subservicer.
Subservicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf
of the
Company or any Subservicer and is responsible for the
performance (whether
directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a
substantial portion of
the material servicing functions identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB
that are required to be performed by the Company under this
Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement; provided, however, that the term
"Subservicer" shall
not include any master servicer, or any special servicer engaged
at the request
of a Depositor, Purchaser or investor in a Securitization
Transaction.
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Third-Party Originator: Each Person, other than a Qualified
Correspondent,
that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the Company and shall
not include a
mortgage broker that does not fund loans.
2. The Purchaser and the Company agree that the Existing
Agreement is
hereby amended by adding the following provisions as a new
Article XIII:
ARTICLE XIII. COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
Section 13.01. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.
The Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the
purpose
of Article XIII 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 Company
acknowledges that
investors in privately offered securities may require that the
Purchaser or
any Depositor provide comparable disclosure in unregistered
offerings.
References in this Agreement to compliance with Regulation AB
include
provision of comparable disclosure in private offerings to the
extent such
comparable disclosure in unregistered offerings becomes
consistent with
industry practices.
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 that are applicable to any Securitization
Transaction
(or the provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable
to that
required under the Securities Act to the extent such comparable
disclosure
in unregistered offerings becomes consistent with industry
practices). The
Company acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of
Regulation
AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance
provided by
the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in
the
asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or
otherwise, and
agrees to comply with reasonable requests made by the Purchaser,
any Master
Servicer 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 Company
shall
cooperate fully with the Purchaser to deliver to the Purchaser
(including
any of its assignees or designees), any Master Servicer and any
Depositor,
any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any
other
information reasonably necessary in the good faith determination
of the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor to permit the
Purchaser,
any Master Servicer or such Depositor to comply with the
provisions of
Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the
Company, any
Subservicer, any Third-Party Originator and the Mortgage Loans,
or the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans, reasonably believed by the
Purchaser or
any Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such
compliance.
The Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees)
shall
cooperate with the Company by providing timely notice of
requests for
information under these
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provisions and by reasonably limiting such requests to
information
required, in the Purchaser's reasonable judgment, to comply with
Regulation
AB.
Section 13.02. Additional Representations and Warranties of
the
Company.
(a) The Company 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 Section 13.03 that, except as
disclosed in
writing to the Purchaser or such Depositor prior to such date
and unless
otherwise disclosed in such information provided under Section
13.03: (i)
the Company is not aware and has not received notice that any
default,
early amortization or other performance triggering event has
occurred as to
any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the
Company;
(ii) the Company has not been terminated as servicer in a
residential
mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default
or to
application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no
material
noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with
respect to other
securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the
Company as
servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Company; (iv) no
material
changes to the Company's policies or procedures with respect to
the
servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and
any
Reconstitution Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to
the
Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period
immediately
preceding the scheduled closing date of the related
Securitization
Transaction; (v) there are no aspects of the Company's financial
condition
that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse
effect on the
performance by the Company of its servicing obligations under
this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (vi) there are no
material legal
or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be
contemplated) against
the Company, or to the knowledge of the Company, any Subservicer
or any
Third-Party Originator; and (vii) there are no affiliations,
relationships
or transactions relating to the Company, any Subservicer or any
Third-Party
Originator with respect to any Securitization Transaction and
any party
thereto identified in writing to the Company 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 Section 13.03, the Company shall, within
10 calendar
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.
Section 13.03. Information to Be Provided by the Company.
In connection with any Securitization Transaction the Company
shall
(i) within ten calendar days following request by the Purchaser
or any
Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor (or, as
applicable,
cause each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer to
provide), in
writing, or in a mutually agreed upon electronic format, and in
form and
substance reasonably
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satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, the
information and
materials specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) of this
Section,
and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or
discovery by the
Company, provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor (in writing,
or in a
mutually agreed upon electronic format, 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 reasonably requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, the
Company shall provide (or cause each Third-Party Originator or
Subservicer,
as applicable, to provide) such information regarding (i) the
Company, as
originator of the Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of
Mortgage
Loans from a Qualified Correspondent), or (ii) each Third-Party
Originator,
and (iii) as applicable, each Subservicer, as is reasonably
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:
(A) the originator's form of organization;
(B) a description of the originator's origination program and
how long
the originator has been engaged in originating residential
mortgage loans,
which description shall include a discussion of the originator's
experience
in originating mortgage loans of a similar type as the Mortgage
Loans;
information regarding the size and composition of the
originator's
origination portfolio; and information that may be material, in
the good
faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to an analysis
of the
performance of the Mortgage Loans, including the
originators'
credit-granting or underwriting criteria for mortgage loans of
similar
type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as the
Purchaser
or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of
compliance with
Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a description of any material legal or governmental
proceedings
pending (or known to be contemplated) against the Company, or to
the
knowledge of the Company, each Third-Party Originator and each
Subservicer;
and
(D) a description of any affiliation or relationship between
the
Company, each Third-Party Originator, each Subservicer and any
of the
following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as such
parties are
identified to the Company by the Purchaser or any Depositor in
writing in
advance of such Securitization Transaction:
(1) the sponsor;
(2) the depositor;
(3) the issuing entity;
(4) any servicer;
(5) any trustee;
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(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
Company
shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party
Originator to
provide) Static Pool Information with respect to the mortgage
loans (of a
similar type as the Mortgage Loans, as reasonably identified by
the
Purchaser as provided below) originated by (i) the Company, if
the Company
is an originator of Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of
Mortgage
Loans from a Qualified Correspondent), and/or (ii) each
Third-Party
Originator. Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared by
the Company
(or Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its reasonable, good
faith
interpretation of the requirements of Item l105(a)(l)-(3) of
Regulation AB.
To the extent that there is reasonably available to the Company
(or
Third-Party Originator) Static Pool Information with respect to
more than
one mortgage loan type, the Purchaser or any Depositor shall be
entitled to
specify whether some or all of such information shall be
provided pursuant
to this paragraph. The content of such Static Pool Information
may be in
the form customarily provided by the Company, and need not be
customized
for the Purchaser or any Depositor. Such Static Pool Information
for each
vintage origination year or prior securitized pool, as
applicable, shall be
presented in increments no less frequently than quarterly over
the life of
the mortgage loans included in the vintage origination year or
prior
securitized pool. The most recent periodic increment must be as
of a date
no later than 135 days prior to the date of the prospectus or
other
offering document in which the Static Pool Information is to be
included or
incorporated by reference. The Static Pool Information shall be
provided in
an electronic format that provides a permanent record of the
information
provided, such as a portable document format (pdf) file, or
other such
electronic format reasonably required by the Purchaser or the
Depositor, as
applicable.
Promptly following notice or discovery of a material error in
the
information provided pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph
(including an omission to include therein information required
to be
provided pursuant to such paragraph), the Company shall provide
corrected
information to the Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in
the same
format in which information was previously provided to such
party by the
Company.
If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company
shall
provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to
provide),
at the expense of the requesting party (to the extent of any
additional
incremental expense associated with such request pursuant to
this
Agreement), such statements and agreed-upon procedures letters
of certified
public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser or
Depositor, as
applicable, pertaining to Static Pool Information relating to
prior
securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after January
1, 2006
or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect to the
Company's or
Third-Party Originator's
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originations or purchases, to calendar months commencing January
1, 2006,
as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably request.
Such
statements and letters shall be addressed to and be for the
benefit of such
parties as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall designate,
which may
include, by way of example, any Sponsor, any Depositor and any
broker
dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial
purchaser with
respect to a Securitization Transaction, and shall also be
address to and
for the benefit of the Company and such Third Party Originator.
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) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the
Company
shall provide such information regarding the Company, as
servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, and cause each Subservicer to so provide such
information
(each of the Company and each Subservicer, for purposes of this
paragraph,
a "Servicer"), as is reasonably requested for the purpose of
compliance
with Item 1108 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include,
at a
minimum:
(A) the Servicer's form of organization;
(B) a description of how long the Servicer has been
servicing
residential mortgage loans; a general discussion of the
Servicer's
experience in servicing assets of any type as well as a more
detailed
discussion of the Servicer's experience in, and procedures for,
the
servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and
any
Reconstitution Agreements; information regarding the size,
composition and
growth of the Servicer's portfolio of residential mortgage loans
of a type
similar to the Mortgage Loans and information on factors related
to the
Servicer that may be material, in the reasonable good faith
judgment of the
Purchaser or any Depositor, to any analysis of the servicing of
the
Mortgage Loans or the related asset-backed securities, as
applicable,
including, without limitation:
(1) whether any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of a
type
similar to the Mortgage Loans involving the Servicer have
defaulted or
experienced an early amortization or other performance
triggering event
because of servicing during the three-year period immediately
preceding
scheduled closing date of the related Securitization
Transaction;
(2) the extent of outsourcing the Servicer utilizes;
(3) whether there has been previous disclosure of material
noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with
respect to other
securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the
Servicer as a
servicer during the three-year period immediately preceding the
scheduled
closing date of the related Securitization Transaction;
(4) whether the Servicer has been terminated as servicer in
a
residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a
servicing default
or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger;
and
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(5) such other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor
may
reasonably request for the purpose of compliance with Item
1108(b)(2) of
Regulation AB;
(C) a description of any material changes during the three-year
period
immediately preceding the scheduled closing date of the
related
Securitization Transaction to the Servicer's policies or
procedures with
respect to the servicing function it will perform under this
Agreement and
any Reconstitution Agreements for mortgage loans of a type
similar to the
Mortgage Loans;
(D) information regarding the Servicer's financial condition, to
the
extent that there is a material risk that the effect on one or
more aspects
of servicing resulting from such financial condition would have
a material
impact on pool performance the performance by the Company of its
servicing
obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement;
(E) information regarding advances made by the Servicer on
the
Mortgage Loans and the Servicer's overall servicing portfolio
of
residential mortgage loans for the three-year period immediately
preceding
the scheduled closing date of the related Securitization
Transaction, which
may be limited to a statement by an authorized officer of the
Servicer to
the effect that the Servicer has made all advances required to
be made on
residential mortgage loans serviced by it during such period,
or, if such
statement would not be accurate, information regarding the
percentage and
type of advances not made as required, and the reasons for such
failure to
advance;
(F) a description of the Servicer's processes and procedures
designed
to address any special or unique factors involved in servicing
loans of a
similar type as the Mortgage Loans;
(G) a description of the Servicer's processes for handling
delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as
through
liquidation of mortgaged properties, sale of defaulted mortgage
loans or
workouts; and
(H) information as to how the Servicer defines or determines
delinquencies and charge-offs, including the effect of any grace
period,
re-aging, restructuring, partial payments considered current or
other
practices with respect to delinquency and loss experience.
(d) For the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under
the
Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities, the
Company shall upon discovery (or shall cause each Subservicer
and
Third-Party Originator to, upon discovery) (i) promptly notify
the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor in writing of
(A) any
material litigation or governmental proceedings pending against
the
Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator, (B)
any
affiliations or relationships that develop following the closing
date of a
Securitization Transaction between the Company, any Subservicer
or any
Third-Party Originator and any of the parties specified in
clause (D) of
paragraph (a) of this Section (and any other parties
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identified in writing by the requesting party) with respect to
such
Securitization Transaction, (C) any Event of Default under the
terms of
this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any
merger,
consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company,
and (E) the Company's entry into an agreement with a Subservicer
to perform
or assist in the performance of any of the Company's obligations
under this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement and (ii) provide to
the Purchaser
and any Depositor a description of such proceedings,
affiliations or
relationships.
(e) As a condition to the succession to the Company or any
Subservicer
as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution
Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Company or such
Subservicer may
be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a
successor to
the Company or any Subservicer, the Company shall provide to the
Purchaser,
any Master Servicer and any Depositor, at least 10 calendar days
prior to
the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x)
written notice to
the Purchaser and any Depositor of such succession or
appointment and (y)
in writiting and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the
Purchaser and such Depositor, all information reasonably
requested by the
Purchaser or any Depositor in order to comply with its reporting
obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to the related
Securitization
Transaction.
(f) In addition to such information as the Company, as servicer,
is
obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this
Agreement, if so
requested by the Purchaser, Master Servicer or any Depositor,
the Company
shall provide such information regarding the performance or
servicing of
the Mortgage Loans as is reasonably required to facilitate
preparation of
distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation
AB as
applicable to the Company. The Company shall also provide a
monthly report,
in the form of Exhibit N hereto, or such other form as is
mutually
acceptable to the Company, the Purchaser and any Master
Servicer, Exhibit P
with respect to defaulted mortgage loans or such other form as
is mutually
acceptable to the Company, the Purchaser and any Master
Servicer, and
Exhibit O, with respect to realized losses and gains, or such
other form as
is mutually acceptable to the Company, the Purchaser and any
Master
Servicer, with each such report. Such information shall be
provided
concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise required to be
delivered by
the Company under this Agreement, commencing with the first such
report due
not less than ten Business Days following such request.
(g) In addition to such information as the Company, as servicer,
is
obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this
Agreement, not
later than ten days prior to the deadline for the filing of
any
distribution report on Form 10-D in respect of any
Securitization
Transaction that includes any of the Mortgage Loans serviced by
the Company
or any Subservicer, the Company or such Subservicer, as
applicable, shall,
to the extent the Company or such Subservicer has knowledge,
provide to the
party responsible for filing such report (including, if
applicable, the
Master Servicer) notice of the occurrence of any of the
following events
along with all information, data, and materials related thereto
as may be
required to be included in the related distribution report on
Form l0-D (as
specified in the provisions of Regulation AB referenced
below):
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(i) any material modifications, extensions or waivers of
pool
asset terms, fees, penalties or payments during the
distribution
period or that have cumulatively become material over time
(Item
1121(a)(11) of Regulation AB);
(ii) material breaches of pool asset representations or
warranties or transaction covenants (Item 1121(a)(12) of
Regulation
AB); and
(iii) information regarding any pool asset changes (such as,
additions, substitutions or repurchases), and any material
changes in
origination or underwriting of pool assets as it relates to
a
substitution (Item 1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB).
(h) The Company shall provide, as may be reasonably requested by
the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor, evidence of
the
authorization of the person signing any certification or
statement, copies
or other evidence of Fidelity Bond Insurance and Error and
Omissions
Insurance Policies, financial information and reports, and such
other
information related to the Company or any Subservicer or the
Company or
such Subservicer's performance hereunder to the Purchaser, any
Master
Servicer and any Depositor.
Section 13.04. Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.
The Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of
any
Subservicer to fulfill any of the obligations of the Company as
servicer
under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the
Company
complies with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section.
The Company
shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any
Subcontractor, and
shall not permit any Subservicer to hire or otherwise utilize
the services
of any Subcontractor, to fulfill any of the obligations of the
Company as
servicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement
unless the
Company complies with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section.
(a) It shall not be necessary for the Company to seek the
consent of
the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor to the
utilization of
any Subservicer. The Company shall cause any Subservicer used by
the
Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser
and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Section and with
Sections
13.02, 13.03(c), (e), (f) and (g), 6.04, 6.05, and 13.05 of this
Agreement
to the same extent as if such Subservicer were the Company, and
to provide
the information required with respect to such Subservicer under
Section
13.03(d) of this Agreement. The Company shall be responsible for
obtaining
from each Subservicer and delivering to the Purchaser and any
Depositor any
servicer compliance statement required to be delivered by such
Subservicer
under Section 6.04, any assessment of compliance and attestation
required
to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 6.05 and
any
certification required to be delivered to the Person that will
be
responsible for signing the Sarbanes Certification under Section
6.05 as
and when required to be delivered.
(b) It shall not be necessary for the Company to seek the
consent of
the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor to the
utilization of
any
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Subcontractor. The Company shall promptly upon request provide
to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor (or any
designee of the
Depositor, such as an administrator) a written description (in
form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and
such
Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor
utilized by the
Company or any Subservicer, specifying (i) the identity of each
such
Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors
are
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of
Item 1122
of Regulation AB as reasonably determined by the Company, and
(iii) which
elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in
assessments of
compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to
clause
(ii) of this paragraph.
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor
determined to
be "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning
of Item
1122 of Regulation AB, the Company shall cause any such
Subcontractor used
by the Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the
Purchaser and
any Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 6.05 and
13.05 of
this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were
the
Company. The Company shall be responsible for obtaining from
each
Subcontractor and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor
any
assessment of compliance and attestation and the other
certifications
required to be delivered by such Subservicer and such
Subcontractor under
Section 6.05, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
Section 13.05. Indemnification; Remedies.
(a) The Company shall indemnify the Purchaser, the Master
Servicer,
each affiliate of the Purchaser, and each of the following
parties
participating in a Securitization Transaction: the Depositor,
each sponsor
and issuing entity; each Person (including but not limited to
any Master
Servicer, if applicable) responsible for the preparation,
execution or
filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission
with respect
to such Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a
certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange
Act with
respect to such Securitization Transaction; each broker dealer
acting as
underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser, each Person
who controls
any of such parties or the Depositor (within the meaning of
Section 15 of
the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act); and the
respective
present and former directors, officers, employees, agents and
affiliates of
each of the foregoing and of the Depositor (each, an
"Indemnified Party"),
and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any
claims, losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses
and related
costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that
any of them
may sustain arising out of or based upon:
(i)(A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or
alleged to
be contained in any information, report, certification, data,
accountants'
letter or other material provided under this Article XIII by or
on behalf
of the Company, or provided under this Article XIII by or on
behalf of any
Subservicer, Subcontractor or Third-Party Originator
(collectively, the
"Company Information"), or (B) the omission or alleged omission
to state
in the Company Information a material fact required to be stated
in the
Company Information or necessary in order to make the statements
therein,
in the light of
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the circumstances under which they were provided, not
misleading; provided,
by way of clarification, that clause (B) of this paragraph shall
be
construed solely by reference to the Company Information and not
to any
other information communicated in connection with a sale or
purchase of
securities, without regard to whether the Company Information or
any
portion thereof is presented together with or separately from
such other
information;
(ii) any breach by the Company of its obligations under this
Article
XIII including but not limited to any failure by the Company,
any
Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to
deliver any
information, report, certification, accountants' letter or other
material
when and as required under this Article XIII, including any
failure by the
Company to identify pursuant to Section 13.04(b) any
Subcontractor
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of
Item 1122
of Regulation AB;
(iii) any breach by the Company of a representation or warranty
set
forth in Section 13.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to
Section
3.02(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 Company of a
representation or
warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section 13.02(b) to
the extent
made as of a date subsequent to such closing date.
If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party, then the
Company agrees
that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified
Party as a result of any claims, losses, damages or liabilities
incurred by
such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the
relative fault of such Indemnified Party on the one hand and the
Company on
the other.
In the case of any failure of performance described in clause
(a)(ii)
of this Section, the Company shall promptly reimburse the
Purchaser, any
Depositor, as applicable, and each Person responsible for the
preparation,
execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the
Commission
with respect to such Securitization Transaction, or for
execution of a
certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under
the
Exchange Act with respect to such Securitization Transaction,
for all costs
reasonably incurred by each such party in order to obtain the
information,
report, certification, accountants' letter or other material not
delivered
as required by the Company, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor
or any
Third-Party Originator.
This indemnification shall survive the termination of this
Agreement
or the termination of any party to this Agreement.
(b) Notification and Cooperation. The parties hereto further
agree,
and any Indemnified Party not a party hereto is deemed to agree,
as a
condition to its reliance on such indemnification, that the
Company's
indemnification obligations under this Section 13.05 are subject
to the
following terms and conditions:
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(i) An Indemnified Party seeking indemnification hereunder shall
give
written notice to the Company within a reasonable time after
the
Indemnified Party receives notice of an indemnifiable claim;
provided that
failure to give such notice within a reasonable time shall not
invalidate
the Company's obligations to indemnify such Indemnified Party
unless, and
then only to the extent that, such failure materially prejudices
the
Indemnifying Party or its ability to defend such claim, and
the
Indemnifying Party shall have the burden of proving such
material
prejudice;
(ii) The Company shall undertake the defense of the action or
claim
with counsel or other representatives of its own choosing and
reasonably
acceptable to the Indemnified Party (which counsel shall not,
except with
the consent of the Indemnified Party, be counsel to the
Indemnifying
Party);
(iii) The Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate
and
assist in, but not control, the defense of such claim and employ
separate
counsel in any action or claim at the expense of the Indemnified
Party
(i.e. at its own expense), provided that, if the interests of
the Company
and the Indemnified Party diverge, the Indemnified Party shall
be entitled
to separate counsel at the Company's reasonable expense; and
(iv) The Company shall not settle or compromise any claim, suit
or
action against the Indemnified Party without the express prior
written
consent of the Indemnified Party.
(c) Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the
contrary, in no event shall the Company be obligated under this
Section
13.05 to indemnify an Indemnified Party otherwise entitled to
indemnity
hereunder in respect of any indemnifiable claims or losses to
the extent
that such claims or losses result directly from the willful
misconduct, bad
faith or grossly negligent acts or omissions of the Indemnified
Party.
(d) Exclusive Remedy. Except for remedies under the Agreement
and
remedies that cannot be waived as a matter of law and injunctive
relief,
the rights under this Section 13.05 shall be the exclusive
remedy for
breaches of this Section 13.05 (including any covenant,
obligation,
representation or warranty contained herein or therein).
(e) (i) Any material failure by the Seller, any Subservicer,
any
Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to deliver any
information,
report, certification, accountants' letter or other material
when and as
required under this Section 13, or any material breach by the
Seller of a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 13.02(a) or in a
writing
furnished pursuant to Section l3.02(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 Section
13.02(b) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such
closing date,
shall, except as provided in clause (ii) of this paragraph,
immediately and
automatically constitute an Event of Default with respect to the
Seller
under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution
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Agreement, if such failure or breach is not cured within three
(3) Business
Days after the Seller receives written notice of such failure or
breach
(which may be provided by e-mail), and shall entitle the
Purchaser, any
Master Servicer or any Depositor, as applicable, in its sole
discretion to
terminate the rights and obligations of the Seller as servicer
under this
Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement without
payment
(notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any
applicable
Reconstitution Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation to
the Seller
(and if the Company is servicing any of the Mortgage Loans in
a
Securitization Transaction, appoint a successor servicer
reasonably
acceptable to any Master Servicer for such Securitization
Transaction);
provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement
and/or any
applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the
survival of
certain rights or obligations following termination of the
Seller as
servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
(ii) Any material failure by the Seller, any Subservicer or
any
Subcontractor to deliver any information, report, certification
or
accountants' letter when and as required under Section 6.04 or
6.05,
including (except as provided below) any material failure by the
Seller to
identify pursuant to Section 13.04(b) any Subcontractor
"participating in
the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB,
which continues unremedied for ten calendar days after the date
on which
receipt by the Company of written notice from the Master
Servicer or any
Depositor of such failure to deliver such information,
report,
certification or accountants' letter was required to be
delivered shall
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Seller under
this
Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement, and shall
entitle
the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or Depositor, as applicable,
in its sole
discretion to terminate the rights and obligations of the Seller
as
servicer under this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution
Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to
the contrary) of any compensation to the Seller (except to the
extent
provided in Section 13.05(b)(iv) below), and if the Seller is
servicing any
of the Mortgage Loans in a Securitization Transaction, appoint a
successor
servicer reasonably acceptable to any Master Servicer for
such
Securitization Transaction; provided that to the extent that any
provision
of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
expressly
provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations
following
termination of the Seller as servicer, such provision shall be
given
effect.
(iii) The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or
any
designee of the Purchaser, such as a master servicer) and any
Depositor, as
applicable, for all reasonable expenses incurred by the
Purchaser (or such
designee) or such Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection
with the
termination of the Seller as servicer and the transfer of
servicing of the
Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer. The provisions of this
paragraph
shall not limit whatever rights the Purchaser or any Depositor
may have
under other provisions of this Agreement and/or any
applicable
Reconstitution Agreement or otherwise, whether in equity or at
law, such as
an action for damages, specific performance or injunctive
relief.
(iv) In the event the Seller is terminated pursuant to this
Section
13, the Purchaser hereby agrees to pay the Seller any accrued
and
outstanding servicing fees
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owing to the Seller to the date of such termination and to cause
the
successor servicer to agree to reimburse the Seller for any
Servicing
Advances that the Seller actually made as servicer pursuant to
this
Agreement which the successor recovers from the related
Mortgagor.
(f) For the purposes of this Article XIII and any related
provisions
thereto, each Master Servicer shall be considered a third-party
beneficiary
of this agreement, entitled to all the rights and benefits
hereof as if it
were a direct party to this agreement.
Section 13.06. Responsible Officers.
Any reference in this Article XIII to the Company's
knowledge,
discovery or awareness, or notice or identification to the
Company, or a
request to the Company, shall be in each case be deemed to refer
solely to
the knowledge or awareness of, or notice or identification to,
or request
of, a Responsible Officer of the Company. For purposes of this
Section,
Responsible Officer shall mean, means any vice president, any
managing
director, any director, any associate, any assistant vice
president, any
assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer or any other
officer or
employee of the Company customarily performing functions similar
to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also to
whom, with
respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because
of such
officer's or employee's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular
subject and in each case who shall have direct responsibility
for the
administration of the Agreement.
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