Exhibit 99.2
AMENDMENT TO MASTER MORTGAGE LOAN
PURCHASE AND INTERIM SERVICING AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT TO MASTER MORTGAGE
LOAN PURCHASE AND INTERIM SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of
[•] (this “Amendment”), is made by and among
First NLC Financial Services, LLC (“First NLC”), MHC I,
Inc. (“MHC I”), NLC Finance I, LLC (“NLC Finance
I”), NLC Funding I, LLC (“NLC Funding I”), First
NLC, Inc. (“FNI”) and NLC, LLC (“NLC”)
(each of First NLC, MHC I, NLC Finance I, NLC Funding I FNI, NLC
and any affiliate of First NLC, MHC I, NLC Finance I, NLC Funding I
FNI or NLC designated as Initial Purchaser in the related Trade
Confirmation and, in the case of any affiliate of First NLC, MHC I,
NLC Finance I, NLC Funding I, FNI or NLC, the related Letter
Agreement (each, as defined herein), an “Initial
Purchaser”, and the Initial Purchaser or the Person, if any,
to which the Initial Purchaser has assigned its rights and
obligations hereunder as Purchaser with respect to a Mortgage Loan,
and each of their respective successors and assigns, the
“Purchaser”) and [•] (the
“Seller”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , Purchaser and Seller are parties to the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim Servicing Agreement, dated as of
[•], 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
prior to the date hereof, the “Purchase Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS , Purchaser and Seller have agreed to make
certain amendments to the Purchase Agreement to accommodate the
requirements of Regulation AB as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions . Capitalized terms
used, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement.
2. Amendments
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(a)
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The following
defined terms (in proper alphabetical order) are hereby added to
(and made part of) the list of defined terms set forth in
Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement:
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Commission
: The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Exchange Act
. The Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Public Pass-Through
Transfer : A Pass-Through
Transfer that is part of a publicly issued mortgage-backed
securities transaction.
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 the Underwriting Guidelines designated
by the Seller or guidelines that do not vary materially from such
Underwriting Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage Loans were in fact
underwritten as described in clause (i) above and were
acquired by the Seller within 180 days after origination;
(iii) either (x) the Underwriting 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
Underwriting 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.
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.
Securities Act
: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Servicing Criteria
: The “servicing
criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as
such may be amended from time to time.
Seller Information
: As defined in
Section 21(a).
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 functions identified in
Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans
under the direction or authority of the Seller or a
Subservicer.
Subservicer
: Any Person that services Mortgage
Loans on behalf of the Seller or any Subservicer and is responsible
for the performance (whether directly or through Subservicers or
Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing
functions required to be performed by the Seller under this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in
Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Third-Party Originator
: Each Person, other than a
Qualified Correspondent, that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by
the Seller.
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(b)
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The Purchase
Agreement is amended by replacing the heading “Section 12.
Removal of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion under this Agreement
upon a Whole Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer on One or
More Reconstitution Dates ” with “Section 12.
Whole Loan Transfers or Pass-Through Transfers
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(c)
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The Purchase
Agreement is amended by adding the heading “Subsection 12.01.
Removal of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion under this Agreement
upon a Whole Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer on One or
More Reconstitution Dates ” before the first sentence of
Section 12.
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(d)
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The Purchase
Agreement is amended by adding the following provisions to
Section 12:
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Subsection
12.02 Information to be Provided by the
Seller in connection with a Public Pass-Through Transfer
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In connection with any Public
Pass-Through Transfer, the Seller shall (i) within five
Business Days following a request by the Purchaser, provide to the
Purchaser (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator and
each Subservicer to provide), in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, the information and
materials specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and
(f) below, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following
notice to or discovery by the Seller, provide to the Purchaser (in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser) the information specified in paragraph
(d) below.
(a) If so requested by the
Purchaser, the Seller shall provide such information regarding
(i) the Seller, 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 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, 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 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 Seller, each Third-Party Originator and
each Subservicer; and
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(D) a description of any affiliation
or relationship between the Seller, each Third-Party Originator,
each Subservicer and any of the following parties to a Public
Pass-Through Transfer, as such parties are identified to the Seller
by the Purchaser in writing in advance of such Public Pass-Through
Transfer:
(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, the Seller 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 Seller, if the Seller 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
Seller (or Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its reasonable,
good faith interpretation of the requirements of
Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) of Regulation AB. To the extent that
there is reasonably available to the Seller (or Third-Party
Originator) Static Pool Information with respect to more than one
mortgage loan type, the Purchaser 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 Seller, and need not be
customized for the Purchaser. 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, as applicable.
Promptly following notice or
discovery of a material error in Static Pool Information provided
pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph (including
an
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omission to include therein
information required to be provided pursuant to such paragraph),
the Seller shall provide corrected Static Pool Information to the
Purchaser in the same format in which Static Pool Information was
previously provided to such party by the Seller.
If so requested by the Purchaser,
the Seller shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party
Originator to provide), at the expense of the requesting party (to
the extent of any additional incremental expense associated with
delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon procedures
letters of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to
the Purchaser, 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 or Third-Party
Originator’s originations or purchases, to calendar months
commencing January 1, 2006, as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request. Such letters shall be addressed to and be for the benefit
of such parties as the Purchaser shall designate, which may
include, by way of example, any Sponsor and any broker dealer
acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser with
respect to a Public Pass-Through Transfer. 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.
(c) If so requested by the
Purchaser, the Seller shall provide such information regarding the
Seller, as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, and each Subservicer
(each of the Seller and each Subservicer, for purposes of this
paragraph, a “Servicer”), as is 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 good faith judgment of the Purchaser, 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 the
related Public Pass-Through Transfer;
(2) the extent of outsourcing the
Servicer utilizes;
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(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 related Public
Pass-Through Transfer;
(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
(5) such other information as the
Purchaser 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
related Public Pass-Through Transfer 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 an adverse financial event or circumstance
involving the Servicer could have a material adverse effect on the
performance by the Seller 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 related Public
Pass-Through Transfer, 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) If so requested by the Purchaser
for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the
Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities,
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the Seller shall (or shall cause
each Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to) (i) notify the
Purchaser in writing of (A) any material litigation or
governmental proceedings pending against the Seller, any
Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and (B) any
affiliations or relationships that develop following the closing
date of a Public Pass-Through Transfer between the Seller, 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 identified in writing by the requesting
party) with respect to such Public Pass-Through Transfer, and
(ii) provide to the Purchaser a description of such
proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
(e) As a condition to the succession
to the Seller or any Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under
this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person
(i) into which the Seller or such Subservicer may be merged or
consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to
the Seller or any Subservicer, the Seller shall provide to the
Purchaser, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of
such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the
Purchaser of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing
and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser,
all information reasonably requested by the Purchaser in order to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form
8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities.
(f) In addition to such information
as the Seller, as servicer, is obligated to provide pursuant to
other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the
Purchaser, the Seller shall provide such information regarding the
performance or servicing of the Mortgage Loans as is reasonably
required to facilitate preparation of distribution reports in
accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such information
shall be provided concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise
required to be delivered by the servicer under this Agreement,
commencing with the first such report due not less than ten
Business Days following such request.
Subsection
12.03 Additional Representations and
Warranties of the Company in connection with a Public Pass-Through
Transfer .
(a) The Seller shall be deemed to
represent to the Purchaser, as of the date on which information is
first provided to the Purchaser under Section 12.02 that,
except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser prior to such date:
(i) the Seller 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 Seller; (ii) the Seller 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 Seller as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the
Seller; (iv) no material changes to the Seller’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
related Public Pass-Through Transfer; (v) there are no aspects
of the
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Seller’s financial condition
that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the
Seller 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 Seller, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator;
and (vii) there are no affiliations, relationships or
transactions relating to the Seller, any Subservicer or any
Third-Party Originator with respect to any Public Pass-Through
Transfer of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation
AB.
(b) If so requested by the Purchaser
on any date following the date on which information is first
provided to the Purchaser under Section 12.02, the Seller
shall, within five 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.
(c) The Purchase Agreement is
amended by adding the following provisions as Section 18 (and
Sections 18 through 32