Exhibit 10.33
SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
Purchaser,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
NEW YORK BRANCH
Administrative Agent,
PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Seller and Servicer,
and
PHH CORPORATION
Guarantor
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN
REPURCHASE AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT
dated as of June 30, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE II SALE OF ELIGIBLE LOANS; POSSESSION OF
MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF
DOCUMENTS
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Transfer of
Eligible Loans.
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Transfer
Limits.
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All Transfers;
Possession of Mortgage Loan Files; Maintenance of Mortgage Loan
Files.
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Determination
of Transfer Price; Deposit by Seller.
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Transfer
Commitment Term.
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Books and
Records; Transfers of Eligible Loans; Custodial
Agreement.
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Selection of
Interest Rates and Interest Periods; Eurodollar Protection;
Illegality.
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Seller's
Obligation to Pay Carrying Costs.
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Allocation of
Collections.
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Seller's Option
to Repurchase Eligible Loans.
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Margin Payment
Obligation; Margin Call Account; Withdrawals.
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Liquidation
Settlement Procedures.
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Protection of
Ownership Interest of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners).
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Fees.
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Optional
Reduction of Maximum Net Investment; Optional Margin
Payment.
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Mandatory
Repurchase Under Certain Circumstances.
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Payments and
Computations, Etc.; Allocation of Collections.
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Repurchase
Procedures.
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[RESERVED]
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Conditions to
Initial Transfer.
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Conditions to
Incremental Transfers
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Principal
Account.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; REMEDIES AND
BREACH
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Representations
and Warranties of The Company.
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Representations
and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans; Eligibility
Representations.
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Remedies for
Breach of Representations and Warranties.
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Conditions to
Closing.
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Covenants of
the Company.
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ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF ELIGIBLE LOANS
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The Company to
Act as Servicer; Servicing and Administration of the Eligible
Loans.
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Sales and
Securitizations.
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Liquidation of
Eligible Loans.
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Collection of
Eligible Loan Payments.
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Establishment
of, and Deposits to, Collection Account.
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Permitted
Withdrawals From Collateral Account, Principal Account or Margin
Call Account; Deposits into Collateral Account.
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Establishment
of, and Deposits to, Escrow Account.
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Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
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Payment of
Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
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Protection of
Accounts; Investment of Funds.
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Maintenance of
Hazard Insurance.
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Maintenance of
Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
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Maintenance of
Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
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Inspections.
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Restoration of
Mortgaged Property.
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Maintenance of
PMI Policy; Claims.
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Title,
Management and Disposition of REO Property.
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Servicer
Reports.
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Real Estate
Owned Reports.
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Liquidation
Reports.
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Reports of
Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.
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ARTICLE V
SERVICER ADVANCES
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[RESERVED].
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ARTICLE VI
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES
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Transfers of
Mortgaged Property.
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Satisfaction of
Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Loan Files.
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Servicing
Compensation.
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
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Annual
Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
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Right to
Examine Servicer Records.
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ARTICLE VII
REPURCHASE OBLIGATION
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Servicer's
Purchase Obligations.
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ARTICLE VIII
SERVICER TO COOPERATE
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Provision of
Information.
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ARTICLE IX THE
SERVICER
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Indemnification
of Third-Party Claims.
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Corporate
Existence of the Servicer.
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Limitation on
Liability of Servicer and Others.
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Limitation on
Resignation and Assignment by the Servicer.
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Limitation on
Assignment of Right.
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ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
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Servicer Events
of Default.
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Waiver of
Defaults.
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATION
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Termination of
Agreement.
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Termination of
Transfer Obligations.
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Termination of
Servicing With Respect to Any Eligible Loan.
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Liquidation of
Eligible Loans.
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Additional
Rights Upon the Occurrence of Certain Events.
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ARTICLE XII
INDEMNIFICATION; EXPENSES; RELATED MATTERS
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Indemnities by
the Seller.
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Indemnity for
Taxes, Reserves and Expenses.
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Taxes.
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Other Costs,
Expenses and Related Matters.
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Successor to
Servicer.
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Amendment.
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Governing
Law.
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Duration of
Agreement.
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Notices.
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Severability of
Provisions.
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Relationship of
Parties.
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Execution;
Successors and Assigns.
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Recordation of
Assignments of Mortgage.
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[RESERVED]
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Non-Petition
Agreement.
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Waiver of
Offset.
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Limited
Recourse.
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ARTICLE XIV PHH
CORPORATION GUARANTEE
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Guarantee of
Seller's Representations and Warranties, Servicer's Performance and
Payment Obligations.
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FORM OF NOTICE
OF LIQUIDATION
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FORM OF NOTICE
OF TERMINATION
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FORM OF
REPURCHASE NOTICE
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FORM OF
REPURCHASE SUPPLEMENT
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FORM OF
SERVICER REPORT
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FORM OF
TRANSFER NOTICE
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FORM OF
TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT
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FORM OF
CREDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN
REPURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time
to time, the “ Agreement ” or the “
Repurchase Agreement ”), among Sheffield Receivables
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as Purchaser (the “
Purchaser ”), PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation (the “ Company ”), as Seller and
Servicer (in its capacity as Seller hereunder, the “
Seller ” and, in its capacity as Servicer hereunder,
the “ Servicer ”), Barclays Bank PLC, New York
Branch, as Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative
Agent ”), and PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as
Guarantor of the Servicer’s obligations (the “
Guarantor ”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Company and the
Administrative Agent have entered in that certain mortgage loan
repurchase and servicing agreement, dated as of December 11,
1998 (the “ Original Repurchase Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, the Original Repurchase Agreement was
amended by those certain amendment agreements, respectively dated
as of (i) March 30, 2001 (the “ First Amendment
Agreement ”), (ii) December 28, 2001 (the “
Amended and Restated Repurchase Agreement ”),
(iii) December 16, 2002 (the “ Second Amended
and Restated Repurchase and Servicing Agreement ”),
(iv) January 14, 2005 (the “ Third Amended and
Restated Repurchase and Servicing Agreement ” and,
together with the Original Repurchase Agreement, the First
Amendment Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Repurchase and
Servicing Agreement and the Third Amended and Restated Repurchase
and Servicing Agreement, the “ Amended Repurchase
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended Repurchase
Agreement, the Purchaser and the Company, as Seller and Servicer,
hereby prescribe the manner of sale of each Eligible Loan and the
management, control and servicing of the Eligible Loans, including
the method and manner by which the Seller will repurchase each
Eligible Loan;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Company and the
Administrative Agent desire to amend and restate the Amended
Repurchase Agreement in its entirety;
WHEREAS, this Repurchase Agreement amends and
restates the Amended Repurchase Agreement in all respects, and from
and after the date hereof, constitutes the governing instrument of
such Purchaser; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices
: The Servicer’s Customary
Servicing Procedures and the servicing practices required by the
Guidelines.
Accrued Interest Component
: For any Collection Period, that
portion of the Interest Component of all Related Commercial Paper
outstanding at any time during such Collection Period that accrued
from the first day through the last day of such Collection Period
whether or not such Related Commercial Paper matures during such
Collection Period, based on the actual number of days in such
Collection Period that such Related Commercial Paper was
outstanding.
Additional Collateral : With respect to any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan, collateral that consists of either
(i) marketable securities owned by the borrower and deposited
in an account held by Merrill, subject to a security interest in
favor of the Company pursuant to a security agreement or
(ii) with respect to a loan to a borrower that is subject to a
guaranty, (a) marketable securities owned by the guarantor and
deposited in an account held by Merrill, subject to a security
interest in favor of the Company pursuant to a security agreement
or (b) a home equity line of credit to fund such guaranty that
is secured by a lien on residential real estate owned by such
guarantor subject to a security interest in favor of the Company
pursuant to a security agreement; provided , however
, that the amount available to be drawn under the home equity line
of credit supporting such guaranty must be at least equal to the
Original Additional Collateral Requirement for such Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan.
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan
: The meaning ascribed to
“Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,” as such term is
defined in the Surety Bond. The underwriting guidelines for the
Mortgage 100 SM and Parent Power SM programs will not be materially
altered without prior consent of the Administrative
Agent.
Additional Collateral Transfer
Agreement : That certain
additional collateral transfer and servicing agreement, dated as of
November 1, 2001, between MLCC and the Company.
Adjusted LIBOR Rate : With respect to any period during which the
return to any APA Purchaser is to be calculated by reference to the
London interbank offered rate, a rate which is 0.75% in excess of a
rate per annum equal to the sum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of (A) the rate obtained by dividing
(i) the applicable LIBOR Rate by (ii) a percentage equal
to 100% minus the sum of (A) the maximum reserve requirement
as specified in Regulation D (including, without limitation,
any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves)
that is applicable to the Agent during such period in respect of
eurocurrency or eurodollar funding, lending or liabilities (or, if
more than one percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average
of such percentage for those days in such period during which any
such percentage shall be applicable) and (B) the then daily
net annual assessment rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/16th of 1%) as estimated by the Agent for determining the
current annual assessment payable by the Agent to the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation in respect of eurocurrency or
eurodollar funding, lending or liabilities.
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Adjusted Mark to Market Price
: For a mortgage loan on any day,
the product of (x) the Advance Percentage on such day and
(y) the Mark to Market Price of such mortgage loan on such
day.
Adjusted Net Investment:
At any time, the Net Investment
minus the amount, if any, equal to the sum of the amounts on
deposit in the Collateral Account, the Principal Account and the
Margin Call Account. The Adjusted Net Investment shall be
calculated by the Servicer on or before the second Business Day
after the Net Investment (as most recently computed) exceeds the
Aggregate Adjusted Mark to Market Price. In computing the Adjusted
Net Investment, the Servicer shall use the Administrative Agent
information contained in the last Servicer Report (or any more
recently delivered information) delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
Administration Agreement
: The Amended and Restated
Administration Agreement, dated as of December 12, 1991,
between the Purchaser and the Administrative Agent, as the same may
be at any time amended, modified or supplemented.
Administrative Agent : Barclays Bank, PLC, New York Branch, as
Administrative Agent under the Administration Agreement.
Advance Percentage : On any day, a percentage equal to 100%
minus the Loss Percentage on such day.
Adverse Claim : A lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance, or other right or claim in, of or on any
Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person
(including any UCC financing statement or any similar instrument
filed against such Person’s assets or properties).
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 (including, without limitation, partnership
interests), by contract or otherwise and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agency : Any of GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC, as
applicable.
Agency Custodial Agreement
: The custodial agreement, among
Sheffield, GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC, as applicable, and the Custodian,
pursuant to which the Custodian will act as document custodian for
a pool or pools of mortgage loans to be formed to back Agency
Securities, as such agreement may at any time be amended, modified
or supplemented.
Agency Securities : Securities backed by a pool or pools of
mortgage loans owned by the Seller, which are issued and guaranteed
by the applicable Agency.
Agent : Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch, as agent
for the APA Purchasers under the Revolving Asset Purchase
Agreement.
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Aggregate Adjusted Mark to Market
Price : On any day, the
aggregate sum of the Adjusted Mark to Market Price of all Eligible
Loans on such day (excluding Defaulted Loans).
Aggregate Interest Component
: The aggregate sum of the Interest
Components of all issued and outstanding Related Commercial
Paper.
Aggregate Unpaids : At any time, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) the aggregate accrued and unpaid Carrying Costs with
respect to all Collection Periods at such time, (ii) the Net
Investment at such time, (iii) all fees accrued and unpaid
hereunder or under the Fee Letter at such time and (iv) all
other amounts owed (whether due or accrued) hereunder by the Seller
to the Owners at such time.
Agreement or Repurchase Agreement
: This Second Amended and Restated
Mortgage Loan Repurchase and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto, including as the context requires,
any Transfer Supplement.
AMBAC : Ambac Indemnity Corporation.
APA Purchaser : Each party (or assignee thereof) who has
executed a signature page of the Revolving Asset Purchase
Agreement, which execution obligates such party to become a
purchaser or an assignee of all or any part of the
Purchaser’s interest in the Eligible Loans at any time,
pursuant to the Revolving Asset Purchase Agreement or an assignee
of the Purchaser’s obligations to purchase Eligible Loans
from the Seller.
Appraised Value : The value set forth in an appraisal made in
connection with the origination of the related Eligible Loan as the
value of the Mortgaged Property.
Approved Seller/Servicer
: An approved seller and servicer
under the Guidelines.
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.
Base Rate : For any day, the higher of (i) the prime
rate in the United States announced from time to time by Barclays
Bank PLC, New York Branch in effect on such day, and (ii) the sum
of (x) the rate equal to the weighted average of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for
such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
or, if such rate is not so published for such day, the average of
the quotations for such day for such transactions received by
Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch from three Federal funds brokers
of recognized standing selected by it, and (y) one-half of one
percent ( 1
/ 2 %).
Best’s : The meaning specified in Section 4.11 of
this Agreement.
BIF :
The Bank Insurance Fund or any successor thereto.
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Business Day : Any day other than (i) Saturday and
Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking institutions or foreign
exchange markets in New York City are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to be closed for
business.
Calculation Agent : The Servicer.
Carrying Costs : For a Collection Period, the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the Accrued Interest Component of Related
Commercial Paper with respect to such Collection Period whether or
not such amount is payable during such Collection Period (for
purposes of this clause (i), Related Commercial Paper shall include
Commercial Paper issued to fund the Net Investment even if such
Commercial Paper is issued in an amount in excess of the Net
Investment), (ii) all interest amounts accrued in accordance
with Sections 2.7(c), (d) and (e) hereof whether or
not such amount is payable during such Collection Period,
(iii) any Servicing Fees due to any successor Servicer,
(iv) any amounts owed to the Indemnified Parties pursuant to
Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 hereof, (v) the
Program Fee and the Transfer Availability Fee accrued from the
first day through the last day of such Collection Period,
(vi) interest on any other borrowings by the Purchaser to fund
small dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated in the
commercial paper market that accrued from the first day through the
last day of such Collection Period whether or not such amount is
payable during such Collection Period, and (vii) any past due
Carrying Costs owing in respect of any prior Collection Period,
together with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) at a rate equal to the sum of the Base Rate and
2.00% per annum for the period from and including the original due
date for such past due Carrying Costs to but excluding the date on
which they are paid in full together with such interest
thereon.
Carrying Costs Account: The account listed under the signature of the
Administrative Agent on the signature page hereof as the
“Carrying Costs Account” or such other account
designated in writing to the Seller and the Servicer by the
Administrative Agent.
Closing Date : The Closing Date specified in any Transfer
Supplement as the date on which the purchase of any Eligible Loan
by the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) is designated
to occur.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may
be amended from time to time or any successor statute thereto, and
applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations issued
pursuant thereto.
Collateral Account : The account listed under the signature of the
Administrative Agent on the signature page hereof as the
“Collateral Account” or such other account designated
in writing to the Seller and the Servicer by the Administrative
Agent.
Collection : The meaning specified in Section 4.5
hereof.
Collection Period : The calendar month preceding the Payment Date,
or in the case of the first Collection Period, the period
commencing on December 15, 1998 to the end of the calendar
month preceding the first Payment Date.
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Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio
: With respect to any HELOC, the
ratio expressed as a percentage of (i) the Credit Limit of the
HELOC plus the amount of any related senior mortgage loans to the
lesser of (ii)(a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property and
(b) if the HELOC was made to finance the acquisition of the
related Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property.
Commercial Paper or Commercial Paper
Notes : The short-term
promissory notes of the Purchaser issued pursuant to the Issuing
and Paying Agency Agreement.
Commitment Fee : The meaning assigned to such term in
Section 15.1 hereof.
Company : PHH Mortgage Corporation, as Seller and
Servicer of the Eligible Loans sold to the Administrative Agent (on
behalf of the Owners) pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
Company Employees : The meaning specified in Section 4.13
hereof.
Condemnation Proceeds : As to any Eligible Loan, 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
Loan Documents.
Conforming Loan : An Eligible Loan which conforms to the
Guidelines of GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC, as amended for the
Seller.
CP Dealer : Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., Goldman Sachs
& Co., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc. each as a Commercial Paper
dealer pursuant to the Program Documents.
Credit Limit : The maximum amount a borrower is permitted to
draw down the credit line under a Home Equity Line
Agreement.
Custodian : JP Morgan, N.A., in its capacity as Custodian
under the Custodial Agreement, or any successor Custodian under the
Custodial Agreement.
Custodial Agreement : The Custodial Agreement, dated as of
December 11, 1998, as amended as of April 12, 2002, among
Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, PHH
Mortgage Corporation, as Seller and Servicer, and the Custodian, as
such agreement may at any time thereafter be amended, modified or
supplemented.
Customary Servicing Procedures
: Procedures (including collection
procedures) that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in
servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and
arranging for the sale and Securitization of mortgage loans and
which are in accordance with accepted mortgage servicing practices
of prudent lending institutions in the jurisdiction in which the
Mortgaged Property is situated for properties of a similar
type.
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Defaulted Loan : Any Eligible Loan where (i) the Mortgagor
thereon has failed to make a required payment for 90 days or
more after the Due Date of such required payment or (ii) any
other event has occurred which gives the holder the right to
accelerate payment and/or take steps to foreclose on the mortgage
securing the Eligible Loan under the Eligible Loan
documentation.
Delinquency Ratio : With respect to any date of determination, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed as of the last day of
each calendar month by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance of all Delinquent Loans as of the last day of
such calendar month by (ii) the Outstanding Principal Balance
of the Eligible Loans as of the last day of such calendar
month.
Delinquent Loan : Any Eligible Loan which has a payment which is
30 days or more past its Due Date.
Determination Date : With respect to a Due Period, the 5
th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately succeeding such day) of the calendar month
following such Due Period.
Due Date : The first day of the month in which the
related Monthly Payment is due on an Eligible Loan, exclusive of
any days of grace.
Due Period : With respect to each Payment Date, the period
commencing on the first day of the month preceding the month of the
Payment Date and ending on the last day of the month preceding the
month in which the Payment Date occurred.
Eligible Investments : Investments which mature no later than the
next following Payment Date in the following: (i) obligations
issued by, or the full and timely payment of principal of and
interest on which is fully guaranteed by, the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (which agency or
instrumentality is backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America); (ii) commercial paper (other than
the Commercial Paper) rated (at the time of purchase) at least
“A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by
Moody’s; (iii) certificates of deposit, other deposits
or bankers’ acceptances issued by or established with
commercial banks having short-term deposit ratings (at the time of
purchase) of at least “A-1+” by S&P and
“P-1” by Moody’s; (iv) repurchase agreements
involving any of the Eligible Investments described in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) so long as the other
party to the repurchase agreement has short-term unsecured debt
obligations or short-term deposits rated (at the time of purchase)
at least “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by
Moody’s; and (v) if approved in writing by
Moody’s, direct obligations of any money market fund or other
similar investment company all of whose investments consist of
obligations described in the foregoing clauses of this definition
and that is rated “AAm” by S&P and
“Aam” by Moody’s or higher. In addition, the
instrument should not have an ‘r’ highlighter affixed
to its rating, and its terms should have a predetermined fixed
dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or
change. Interest on any Eligible Investment should be tied to a
single interest rate index plus a single fixed spread, if any, and
move proportionately with that index.
Eligible Loan : A Conforming Loan (provided that the Seller is
an Approved Seller/Servicer by the related Agency), a Jumbo Loan,
an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, a Landscape
Loan,
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an
Uninsured Loan or a HELOC identified on a Transfer Supplement that
satisfies the Eligibility Criteria and the Portfolio Criteria and
that is not a Terminated Loan. An Eligible Loan includes, without
limitation, the Mortgage Loan File, the Related Security, the
Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, VA Guaranty Proceeds,
REO Disposition Proceeds and all other rights, benefits, proceeds
and obligations arising from or in connection with such Eligible
Loan (other than the right to service such Eligible Loans, which
shall be retained by the Seller pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement).
Eligibility Criteria : In connection with the Transfer of a mortgage
loan on any day, the mortgage loans sold on such day must satisfy
the following criteria: (i) each mortgage loan must be an
Eligible Loan, (ii) each mortgage loan must have been
originated or purchased by the Seller in accordance with its
then-current origination or acquisition underwriting practices
within 120 days prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Purchaser, except for HELOCs originated or purchased by the Seller
more than 120 days prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Purchaser on December 16, 2002, (iii) the aggregate
Transfer Price of all mortgage loans secured by properties located
in California and acquired on such day may not exceed 30% of the
aggregate Transfer Price of all mortgage loans acquired on such
day, (iv) the aggregate Transfer Price of all mortgage loans
secured by properties located in any state other than California
and acquired on such day may not exceed 15% of the aggregate
Transfer Price of all mortgage loans acquired on such day,
(v) each mortgage loan may not be made to a borrower that is
generally referred to as “sub-prime borrower,” and
(vi) the aggregate Transfer Price of all Uninsured Loans
acquired on such day may not exceed 15% of the aggregate Transfer
Price of all mortgage loans acquired on such day. In addition, the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in this Agreement
must be true and correct in all material respects on such
day.
Eligibility Representations
: The representations and warranties
made by the Seller with respect to each mortgage loan, set forth in
Section 3.2 herein.
Equivalent Security : With respect to a mortgage loan, a
mortgage-backed security issued by FHLMC, FNMA or GNMA having a
term to final maturity equal to the remaining term to maturity of
such mortgage loan and an interest or pass-through rate equal to
the interest rate on such mortgage loan (net of servicing
fees).
Equivalent Security Price
: With respect to a mortgage loan,
the price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) of
the Equivalent Security for such mortgage loan. The price of an
Equivalent Security shall be determined by the Servicer on any date
by reference to an independent market price reference such as
Telerate.
Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy : An errors and
omissions insurance policy or policies to be maintained by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.13 hereof.
Escrow Account : As to any Eligible Loan (other than HELOCs),
any separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to
Section 4.7 hereof.
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Escrow Payments : With respect to any Eligible Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer
rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and
hazard insurance premiums, and any other payments required by the
Mortgagee to be escrowed by the Mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage
or any other related document.
Excluded Taxes : The meaning specified in Section 12.3
hereof.
Expiration Date : The earliest of (i) 364 days after
the date of this Agreement or such later day as mutually agreed to
in writing by the Seller and the Administrative Agent, (ii) the
latest Purchase Commitment Termination Date under the Revolving
Asset Purchase Agreement (as defined therein), (iii) the date
of termination of the commitment of any APA Purchaser under the
Revolving Asset Purchase Agreement (unless other APA Purchaser(s)
or a replacement APA Purchaser accepts such terminating APA
Purchaser’s commitment or the Collateral Account is funded if
necessary in accordance with Section 2.16(b) hereof),
(iv) the date of termination of the commitment of the Program
Banks under the Program Credit Agreement or (v) the day on
which the Administrative Agent delivers a Notice of Termination
pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof or a Termination Event
specified in Section 11.2(c),(d) or
(e) occurs.
FDIC : The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or
any successor thereto.
Fee Letter : The agreement, dated as of December 11,
1998, as amended from time to time, between the Seller and the
Purchaser setting forth the fees payable to the Owners by the
Seller in connection with the Owners’ investment in the
Eligible Loans.
FHA :
The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any
successor thereto 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 Act and applicable FHA Regulations,
and eligible to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA
Loans.
FHA Loan : An Eligible Loan that is the subject of an FHA
Mortgage Insurance Contract.
FHA Mortgage Insurance : Mortgage insurance authorized under
Sections 203(b), 213, 221(d)(2), 222, and 235 of the Act and
provided by the FHA.
FHA Mortgage Insurance Contract
: The contractual obligation of the
FHA respecting the insurance of an Eligible Loan.
FHA Regulations : Regulations promulgated by HUD under the
Federal Housing Administration Act, codified in 24 Code of Federal
Regulations, and other HUD issuances relating to FHA Loans,
including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee
letters.
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FHLMC : The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or
any successor thereto.
FHLMC Guides : The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Sellers’ Guide and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Servicers’ Guide and all amendments or additions
thereto.
FICO Score : A statistical credit score obtained by many
mortgage lenders in connection with a loan application to help
assess a borrower’s creditworthiness. A FICO Score is
generated by models developed by a third party and made available
to lenders through three national credit bureaus. The FICO Score is
based on a borrower’s historical credit data, including,
among other things, payment history, delinquencies on accounts,
levels of outstanding indebtedness, length of credit history, types
of credit and bankruptcy experience.
Fidelity Bond : A fidelity bond to be maintained by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.13 hereof.
Finance Charge Collections
: With respect to an Eligible Loan,
any finance, interest or similar charges owing by an Mortgagor
pursuant to such Eligible Loan; provided , however ,
that any prepayment penalties, late fees, or assumption fees
collected pursuant to the terms of any Eligible Loan, and any
ancillary revenues and fees for servicing-related administrative
activities collected from or on behalf of Mortgagors as provided
herein, shall not constitute Finance Charge Collections for
purposes of this Agreement.
Finance Charges : With respect to a Eligible Loan, any finance,
interest, late or similar charges owing by an Mortgagor pursuant to
such Eligible Loan.
FNMA : The Federal National Mortgage Association, or
any successor thereto.
FNMA Guides : The FNMA Selling and Servicing Guides and all
amendments or additions thereto.
GAAP : Generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
accounting profession, as in effect from time to time.
GNMA : The Government National Mortgage Association,
or any successor thereto.
GNMA Guides : The GNMA Handbooks 5500.1 and 5500.2 and all
amendments or additions thereto.
Guarantee : The full, unconditional and irrevocable
guarantee of the Servicer’s performance and payment
obligations, set forth in Article XIV hereof.
Guarantor : PHH Corporation, a Maryland
corporation.
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Guidelines : The GNMA Guides, the FNMA Guides and the FHLMC
Guides, as such Guides have been amended from time to time with
respect to the Seller.
Home Equity Line Agreement
: The agreement between a borrower
and a lender pursuant to which a borrower receives a line of credit
secured by a Mortgage on the Mortgaged Property.
HELOC : A Piggyback HELOC, a Stand Alone HELOC or a
Stand Alone Hybrid HELOC.
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
GNMA.
Incremental Transfer : The meaning specified in Section 2.2
hereof.
Insurance Proceeds : With respect to any Eligible Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Eligible Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property.
Insured Amount : The meaning specified in Section 4.10 of
this Agreement.
Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement
: The Amended and Restated Issuing
and Paying Agency Agreement, dated as of December 12, 1991,
between Sheffield Receivables Corporation and Bankers Trust
Company, as amended by the Master Amendment, Resignation and
Appointment Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997, among
Sheffield Receivables Corporation, The Chase Manhattan Bank and
Bankers Trust Company, as the same may at any time be amended,
modified or supplemented.
Interest Component : With respect to (i) any Commercial Paper
issued on an interest-bearing basis, the interest payable on such
Commercial Paper at its maturity (including any dealer commissions)
and (ii) any Commercial Paper issued on a discount basis, the
portion of the face amount of such Commercial Paper representing
the discount incurred in respect thereof (including any dealer
commissions to the extent included as part of such
discount).
Jumbo Loan : A mortgage loan which substantially conforms
to the Guidelines, except (i) the principal balance thereof
may exceed the principal balance of a mortgage loan which conforms
to the Guidelines, and (ii) for other spcified exceptions to
the Guidelines which are consistent with the Seller’s Jumbo
Loan underwriting standards. Jumbo Loans will not include mortgage
loans made to borrowers that are generally referred to as
“sub-prime” borrowers.
Jumbo Price Spread : With respect to Jumbo Loans, the reduction in
Equilvalent Security Price, as agreed to by the Seller, the
Purchaser and the Agent.
Landscape Loan: A mortgage loan that
substantially conforms to the Guidelines, except (i)
maintenance of a PMI Policy will not
be required and (ii) the mortgage loan is not an FHA Loan or
VA Loan.
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LIBOR Rate : With respect to any funding period, the rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of
1%) appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the
London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Business
Days prior to the first day of such funding period for a term of
one month. If for any reason such rate is not available, the term
“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, for any funding period, the
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100
of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR Page as the London
interbank offered rate for deposits in dollars at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Business Days prior to the
first day of such funding period for a term of one month;
provided , however , if more than one rate is
specified on the Reuters Screen LIBOR Page, the applicable rate
shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates. In the event no
such rate appears as described in the preceding sentences, the
LIBOR Rate shall be, with respect to any funding period, the per
annum rate of interest at which Dollar deposits in immediately
available funds are offered to the Agent by prime banks in the
interbank eurodollar market at or about 10:00 a.m., London
time, on the second Business Day before (and for value on) the
first day of such funding period (or portion thereof) and in an
amount of not less than $1,000,000 for such funding period (or
portion thereof).
Law :
Any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty,
regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or
award of any Official body.
Lien : In respect of the property of any Person, any
ownership interest of any other Person, any mortgage, deed of
trust, hypothecation, pledge, lien, security interest, filing of
any financing statement, charge or other encumbrance or security
arrangement of any nature whatsoever, including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or title retention arrangement,
and any assignment, deposit arrangement, consignment or lease
intended as, or having the effect of, security.
Liquidation Event : The meaning specified in
Section 11.4.
Liquidation Notice Date : The meaning specified in Section 11.5
hereof.
Liquidation Proceeds : All amounts received and retained in
connection with the liquidation of Defaulted Loans.
Loan Documents : The documents listed in Section 2.3 of
this Agreement.
Loan Termination Date : Each day on which a deposit is made into the
Collateral Account in respect of Terminated Loans.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV
: With respect to any Eligible Loan
(except for HELOCs), the ratio expressed as a percentage of (i)(a)
the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Eligible Loan less
(b) for any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the value of
the Additional Collateral as of the date of origination to
(ii) the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the
Mortgaged Property, and (b) if the Eligible Loan was made to
finance the acquisition of the related Mortgaged Property, the
purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
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London Business Day : Any day on which banks in the City of London
and New York City are open and conducting transactions in United
States dollars.
Loss Percentage : At any time, 3.6% if the ratings assigned to
PHH Corporation are “A-” or better by S&P and
“A3” or better by Moody’s, 5%, if the ratings
assigned to PHH Corporation are “BBB+” by S&P or
“Baa1” by Moody’s, 7% if the ratings assigned to
PHH Corporation are “BBB” by S&P or
“Baa2” by Moody’s; 9% if the ratings assigned to
PHH Corporation are “BBB-” or less by S&P or
“Baa3” or less by Moody’s; and, for any HELOCs,
15% regardless of the ratings assigned to PHH
Corporation.
Majority Owners : At any time, the Administrative Agent and
those Owners owning in the aggregate in excess of 50% of the Net
Investment in Eligible Loans at such time.
Margin Call Account : The account listed under the signature of the
Administrative Agent on the signature page hereof as the
“Margin Call Account” or such other account designated
in writing to the Seller and the Servicer by the Administrative
Agent.
Margin Call Condition : The meaning specified in Section 2.11
hereof.
Margin Call Trigger Amount
: On any day, an amount equal to the
product of the Advance Percentage and $2,000,000, if the ratings
assigned to PHH Corporation are “A-” or better by
S&P and “A3” or better by Moody’s; the
product of the Advance Percentage and $1,000,000, if the ratings
assigned to PHH Corporation are “BBB+” by S&P or
“Baa1” by Moody’s; the product of the Advance
Percentage and $500,000, if the ratings assigned to PHH Corporation
are “BBB” by S&P or “Baa2” by
Moody’s; and the product of the Advance Percentage and
$100,000, if the ratings assigned to PHH Corporation are
“BBB-” or less by S&P or “Baa3” or less
by Moody’s.
Margin Payment : The meaning specified in Section 2.11
hereof.
Margin Payment Amount : The meaning specified in Section 2.11
hereof.
Mark to Market Price : With respect to a mortgage loan, (i) the
Mark to Market Price of a Conforming Loan shall be the Equivalent
Security Price multiplied by the unpaid principal amount of such
Conforming Loan and (ii) the Mark to Market Price of a Jumbo
Loan shall be the Equivalent Security Price reduced by the Jumbo
Price Spread multiplied by the unpaid principal amount of such
Jumbo Loan and (iii) the Mark to Market price of a HELOC shall
be 100%.
Maximum Net Investment: $500,000,000, unless otherwise increased with
the consent of the Purchaser and confirmation by S&P and
Moody’s of the then-current ratings of the Commercial Paper,
or unless reduced as provided in Section 2.15(a) hereof;
provided , however , that at all times on and after
the Expiration Date, the “ Maximum Net Investment
” shall mean the Net Investment.
Merrill : Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated.
MLCC : Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation.
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Monthly Payment : The scheduled monthly payment of principal
and/or interest on an Eligible Loan.
Monthly Report Date : The tenth Business Day of each calendar
month.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any
successors thereto.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a lien on an
estate in fee simple in real property securing the Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy
: A mortgage impairment or blanket
hazard insurance policy as described in Section 4.12
hereof.
Mortgage Interest Rate : The annualized regular rate of interest borne
on a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loan File : The items pertaining to each Eligible Loan
referred to in Section 2.3 hereof, and any additional documents
required to be added to the Mortgage Loan File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Schedule : A schedule of Eligible Loans setting forth the
following information as of the Determination Date with respect to
each Eligible Loan: (1) the identifying number for the
Eligible Loan; (2) the Mortgagor’s name; (3) the
street address of the Mortgaged Property including the state code;
(4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a one
family residence or a 2-4 family residence; (5) the months to
maturity from the Closing Date based on the amortization schedule
for such Eligible Loan; (6) the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio
or the Loan-to-Value Ratio, as applicable, at the Closing Date;
(7) the Mortgage Interest Rate; (8) the stated maturity
date; (9) the amount of the Monthly Payment; (10) the
original principal balance; (11) the PMI Policy certificate
number, if any; (12) the Qualified Insurer, if any;
(13) the type of loan (FHA, VA, Conforming); (14) payment
type (fixed rate or adjustable rate); and (15) the Transfer
Price. With respect to Eligible Loans in the aggregate, the
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information,
as of the Determination Date: (1) the number of Eligible
Loans; (2) the current aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
of the Eligible Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage
Interest Rate of the Eligible Loans; (4) the weighted average
maturity of the Eligible Loans; and (5) for any HELOC, the
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio.
Mortgage Note : The note, Home Equity Line Agreement or other
evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a
Mortgage.
Mortgagee : The lender on a Mortgage Note.
Mortgaged Property : The real property securing repayment of the
debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor : The borrower on a Mortgage Note.
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Net Eligible Loan Balance
: At any time, the lesser of
(i) the aggregate sum of the Mark to Market Prices of the
Eligible Loans and (ii) the aggregate sum of the Outstanding
Principal Balances of Eligible Loans, excluding in each case
Defaulted Loans.
Net Investment: At any time, the sum of the amounts of Transfer
Price paid to the Seller for each Incremental Transfer less the
aggregate amount received and applied by the Administrative Agent
to reduce such Net Investment pursuant to this Agreement hereof;
provided that the Net Investment shall be increased by any
amount so received by the Administrative Agent if at any time the
distribution of such amount is rescinded or must otherwise be
returned or restored for any reason.
Notice of Liquidation: The meaning specified in Section 11.4
hereof, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
Notice of Termination: The meaning specified in Section 11.2
hereof, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit B.
Officer’s Certificate
: A certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the President,
or any Vice President of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable,
and delivered to the Administrative Agent as required by this
Agreement.
Official Body : Any government or political subdivision or any
agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or
instrumentality of any such government or political subdivision, or
any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether
foreign or domestic.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Original Additional Collateral
Requirement : With
respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, an amount equal
to the Additional Collateral required at the time of origination of
such mortgage loan in order to achieve an Loan-to-Value Ratio equal
to a maximum of 70%.
Outstanding Principal Balance
: With respect to any Eligible Loan
at any date, the then outstanding principal amount thereof as of
such date excluding any accrued and outstanding Finance Charges
related thereto.
Owner : At any time, the Purchaser, each APA
Purchaser, if any, and all other owners by assignment or otherwise
of the Eligible Loans at such time.
Payment Date : For Eligible Loans, the 10
th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day) of any month, commencing
January 10, 1999.
Permitted Beneficiary : The meaning ascribed to such term in the
Surety Bond.
Person : Any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
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Piggyback HELOC : A home equity variable rate revolving line of
credit secured by a mortgage on residential properties that is
registered, processed and closed in conjunction with the first
mortgage loan.
PHH Corporation : A Maryland corporation.
PMI Policy : A policy of primary mortgage guaranty
insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer, as required by this
Agreement with respect to certain Eligible Loans.
Pooling Date : With respect to any Terminated Loan sold by
the Servicer on behalf of the Owners to a third party, the date on
which the pool in which such Terminated Loan is included is cut by
the Servicer.
Portfolio : An Eligible Loan or pool of Eligible Loans
sold to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) on a
given day pursuant to the terms hereof and the applicable Transfer
Supplement.
Portfolio Aging Limitations
: With respect to the age of the
Eligible Loans owned by the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) on any day, the following limitations shall apply:
(i) the aggregate Repurchase Price of Eligible Loans
transferred to the Owners more than three (3) months prior to
such day may not exceed 50% of the then-current Program Size;
(ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of Eligible Loans acquired
by the Owners more than six (6) months prior to such day may
not exceed 25% of the then-current Program Size; and (iii) the
Seller must repurchase each Eligible Loan acquired by the Owners
within one (1) year of the date of acquisition;
provided , however , that, subject to Rating Agency
Confirmation, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Owners may
waive any of the requirements of clauses (i) and
(ii) above.
Portfolio Criteria : On any day, after giving effect to the
Administrative Agent’s purchase and sale (on behalf of the
Owners) of mortgage loans on such day, the mortgage loans owned by
the Owners in the aggregate must satisfy the following criteria:
(i) the aggregate Repurchase Price of mortgage loans secured
by property in California may not on such date exceed 30% of the
then-current Program Size; (ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price
of mortgage loans secured by property in a single state other than
California may not on such date exceed 15% of the then current
Program Size; (iii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of
Uninsured Loans acquired on such date may not exceed 15% of the
then-current Program Size; (iv) the mortgage loans (excluding
FHA Loans and VA Loans) owned by the Owners must have a weighted
average FICO Score of at least 675; (v) the weighted average
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the mortgage loans (excluding FHA Loans, VA
Loans and HELOCs) owned by the Owners must not on such date exceed
85%; (vi) the aggregate Repurchase Price of HELOCs may not on
such date exceed 40% of the then-current Program Size; and
(vii) the weighted average Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of
HELOCs owned by the Owners must not on such date exceed
85%.
Potential Termination Event
: An event or condition which with
the giving of notice, the passage of time or any combination of the
foregoing, would, unless cured or waived, constitute a Termination
Event.
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Principal Account : The account listed under the signature of the
Administrative Agent on the signature page hereof as the
“Principal Account” or such other account designated in
writing to the Seller and the Servicer by the Administrative
Agent.
Principal Collections : With respect to any Collection Period, all
principal payments contractually due and owing under an Eligible
Loan for such Collection Period, whether or not received, and all
Principal Prepayments.
Principal Prepayment : Any payment or other recovery of principal
made on an Eligible Loan that is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date, including any prepayment penalty or premium
thereon, 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.
Program Bank : Barclays Bank PLC, as Program Bank, under the
Program Credit Agreement.
Program Credit Agreement
: The Irrevocable Program Loan
Agreement, dated as of December 12, 1991, between Sheffield
Receivables Corporation and Barclays Bank PLC, New York
Branch.
Program Documents : This Repurchase Agreement, the Custodial
Agreement, the Revolving Asset Purchase Agreement, the Program
Credit Agreement, the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, the
Commercial Paper Dealer Agreements and the Administration
Agreement.
Program Fee : The meaning specified in the Fee
Letter.
Program Size: $500,000,000 (as such size may be increased or
decreased in accordance with the Program Documents).
Purchaser : Sheffield Receivables Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
Qualified Depository : Any depository the accounts of which are
insured by the FDIC through the BIF or the SAIF and the debt
obligations of which are rated “A2” and
“Aa” or better by Moody’s and S&P,
respectively or such depository as shall be acceptable to
Moody’s and S&P, as applicable.
Qualified Insurer : A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly
authorized and licensed where required by law to transact mortgage
guaranty insurance business and approved as an insurer by FHLMC,
FNMA or GNMA.
Rating Agency : Each of S&P and Moody’s.
Rating Agency Confirmation
: A written confirmation from any
Rating Agency that requires written confirmation that the proposed
action will not cause the reduction or withdrawal of their
respective then current ratings on the outstanding Commercial
Paper.
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Records : All documents, books, records and other
information (including, without limitation, computer programs,
tapes, discs, punch cards, data processing software and related
property and rights) maintained with respect to Eligible Loans and
the related Mortgagors.
Related Commercial Paper
: Commercial Paper issued by the
Company the proceeds of which were used to acquire, or refinance
the acquisition of, an interest in Eligible Loans with respect to
the Seller.
Related Security : With respect to any Eligible Loan, all of the
Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and
under:
(i) all security agreements,
mortgages, deeds of trust, Home Equity Line Agreements or other
agreements that relate to such Eligible Loan;
(ii) all other security
interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time,
if any, purporting to secure payment of such Eligible Loan, whether
pursuant to the Eligible Loan related to such Eligible Loan or
otherwise, together with all financing statements signed by a
Mortgagor describing any collateral securing such Eligible
Loan;
(iii) the assignment to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Owners, of all UCC
financing statements covering any collateral securing payment of
such Eligible Loan;
(iv) all guarantees,
indemnities, warranties, insurance (and proceeds and premium
refunds thereof) or other agreements or arrangements of any kind
from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Loan
whether pursuant to the Eligible Loan or otherwise;
(v) all Records related to such
Eligible Loan;
(vi) all rights and remedies of
the Seller under the Custodial Agreement, together with all
financing statements filed by the Seller against the Seller in
connection therewith; and
(vii) all proceeds of any of
the foregoing.
REO Disposition : The final sale by the Servicer of any REO
Property.
REO Disposition Proceeds
: All amounts received with respect
to an REO Disposition (net of costs related thereto) pursuant to
Section 4.17 hereof.
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer
on behalf of the Purchaser through foreclosure or by deed in lieu
of foreclosure, as described in Section 4.17
hereof.
Repurchase : The meaning specified in Section 2.10
hereof.
Repurchase Date : The date specified in any Repurchase Notice,
which is the date on which any Repurchase is scheduled to
occur.
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Repurchase Notice : The meaning specified in Section 2.10
hereof, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
Repurchase Price : For each Eligible Loan, an amount equal to the
Transfer Price thereof at the time of the sale of such Eligible
Loan to the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Repurchase Schedule : A schedule of Eligible Loans annexed to the
Repurchase Notice and delivered to the Purchaser on the related
Repurchase Date, such schedule setting forth the following
information with respect to each Eligible Loan: (1) the
identifying number for the Eligible Loan; (2) the Outstanding
Principal Balance and (3) the Transfer Price. With respect to
any Portfolio in the aggregate, the Repurchase Schedule shall set
forth the following information, as of the related Closing Date:
(1) the number of Eligible Loans; (2) the current
aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of the Eligible Loans;
(3) the aggregate Transfer Price; and (4) for any HELOCs,
the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio.
Repurchase Supplement : The document pursuant to which each Eligible
Loan or Eligible Loans are repurchased by the Seller or the
Servicer from the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners)
pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.16, 3.3 6.2 and 7.1 hereof, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Repurchaser : The meaning specified in Section 2.18
hereof.
Revolving Asset Purchase Agreement
: The Second Amended and Restated
Revolving Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 14,
2005, among the Purchaser, the APA Purchasers and the Agent, as the
same may be at any time amended, modified or
supplemented.
SAIF : The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any
successor thereto.
Scheduled Principal Balance
: As of any date of determination,
(i) for any Eligible Loan, the original principal balance
thereof, reduced by the principal portion of all Monthly Payments
then due on or before such date of determination, whether or not
received, or (ii) for any HELOC, the original principal
balance thereof either (a) reduced by the principal portion of
Monthly Payments, if any, then due on or before such date of
determination, whether or not received, and (b) increased by a
draw down on the credit line.
Securities Account : The meaning ascribed to such term in the
Additional Collateral Transfer Agreement.
Securities Act of 1933 or the 1933
Act : The Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
Securities or Securitization
Securities : Any note,
bond or pass-through certificate that is, directly or indirectly
secured by, or represents an interest in, any Eligible Loan or pool
of Eligible Loans.
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Securitization or Securitized
: A transaction in which any
Eligible Loan or pool of Eligible Loans designated by the Servicer
or the Seller is financed through or sold to a Securitization
Vehicle, which vehicle issues Securities in the capital
markets.
Securitization Vehicle : FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA or any trust, partnership,
corporation, limited liability corporation, limited liability
partnership or other state law entity that is created for the
principal purpose of owning or holding an Eligible Loan or Eligible
Loans which are the subject of a Securitization.
Seller : PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation.
Servicer : PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation, or any successor Servicer as provided
herein.
Servicer Event of Default
: Any one of the conditions or
circumstances enumerated in Section 10.1.
Servicer Report : The meaning specified in Section 4.18
hereof, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit E.
Servicing Fee : With respect to the services provided by the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, a monthly servicing fee of
(i) 3/8 of 1% on the average monthly balance of Eligible Loans
(excluding HELOCs), and (ii) 0.65% on the average monthly
balance of HELOCs, in each case, held by the Purchaser during such
month.
S&P : Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,
a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
Stand Alone HELOC : A home equity variable rate revolving line of
credit secured by a mortgage on residential properties that is
registered, processed and closed more than 60 days from the
closing of the first mortgage loan and/or generated from a borrower
with no prior relationship with the Company.
Stand Alone Hybrid HELOC
: A home equity variable rate
revolving line of credit secured by a mortgage on residential
properties that is registered, processed and closed not more than
60 days after the closing of the first mortgage loan using the
original mortgage loan documents from the first mortgage
loan.
Surety Bond : That certain limited purpose surety bond
identified by policy number AB0039BE, issued by AMBAC on
February 28, 1996, guaranteeing payment by AMBAC to MLCC or
any Permitted Beneficiary of any shortfalls that occur with respect
to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan that becomes a Defaulted
Loan.
Terminated Loan : Each Eligible Loan which is (i) sold or
Securitized, (ii) prepaid in full or (iii) repurchased by
the Seller.
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Termination Event : The meaning specified in Section 11.2 of
this Agreement.
Transaction Costs : The meaning specified in Section 12.4
hereof.
Transfer : A transfer by the Seller to the Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the Owners) of Eligible Loans, together with
all Related Security and Collections with respect
thereto.
Transfer Availability Amount
: As of any date, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (i) the Maximum Net Investment as of
such date over (ii) the Net Investment as of such
date.
Transfer Availability Fee
: The meaning specified in the Fee
Letter.
Transfer Documents : This Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, and
the Revolving Asset Purchase Agreement.
Transfer Notice: The meaning specified in Section 2.1
hereof, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit F.
Transfer Price : For each Eligible Loan, excluding HELOCs, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Advance Percentage
multiplied by the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Eligible
Loan and (y) the Adjusted Mark to Market Price of such
Eligible Loan; for each HELOC, the Outstanding Principal Balance of
such HELOC.
Transfer Schedule : A schedule of Eligible Loans annexed to the
Transfer Supplement and delivered to the Purchaser on the related
Closing Date, such schedule setting forth the following information
with respect to each Eligible Loan: (1) the identifying number
for the Eligible Loan; (2) the Outstanding Principal Balance
and (3) the Transfer Price. With respect to any Portfolio in
the aggregate, the Transfer Schedule shall set forth the following
information, as of the related Closing Date: (1) the number of
Eligible Loans; (2) the current aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Eligible Loans; (3) the aggregate
Transfer Price; (4) the weighted average Mortgage Interest
Rate of the Eligible Loans; and (5) for any HELOCs, the
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio.
Transfer Supplement : The document pursuant to which each Eligible
Loan or Eligible Loans are transferred by the Seller to the
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) pursuant to
Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, a form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit G.
Uninsured Loan : A mortgage loan that substantially conforms to
the Guidelines, except (i) the principal balance of such
Eligible Loan may exceed the principal balance of a mortgage loan
that conforms to the Guidelines, (ii) maintenance of a PMI
Policy will not be required and (iii) the mortgage loan is not an
FHA Loan or VA Loan.
UCC :
Uniform Commercial Code.
VA :
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an agency of the United
States of America, or any successor thereto including the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs.
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VA Approved Lender : Those lenders which are approved by the VA to
act as a lender in connection with the origination of VA
Loans.
VA Guaranty Proceeds : The proceeds of any payment of a VA Loan
Guaranty Certificate.
VA Loan : An Eligible Loan which is the subject of a VA
Loan Guaranty Certificate as evidenced by a VA Loan Guaranty
Certificate, or an Eligible Loan which is a vendee loan sold by the
VA.
VA Loan Guaranty Certificate
: The obligation of the United
States to pay a specific percentage of an Eligible Loan (subject to
a maximum amount) upon default of the Mortgagor pursuant to the
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended.
VA Regulations : Regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment
Act, as amended, codified in 38 Code of Federal Regulations, and
other VA issuances relating to VA Loans, including related
handbooks, circulars and notices.
Wet Funded Loan : A mortgage loan that is originated by the
Seller and purchased by the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners), prior to the delivery of the Mortgage Note to the
Custodian.
Wet Funded Loan Limitation
: On any day starting on the
45 th
day after the date of this
Agreement, the average daily percentage for the preceding
30 days of Wet Funded Loans, excluding Landscape Loans, as a
percentage of Eligible Loans (based on principal balance) may not
exceed 45%.
ARTICLE II
SALE OF ELIGIBLE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE
FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF
DOCUMENTS
Section 2.1 Transfer of Eligible
Loans .
At the time of any transfer pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereof, the Seller hereby sells, assigns, sets
over and conveys to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Owners, and the Owners hereby cause the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the applicable Owner or Owners, to accept such
assignment, conveyance and transfer from the Seller but subject to
the terms of this Agreement, of all the right, title and interest
(not including (i) servicing rights with respect to the
Eligible Loans, which shall be retained by the Seller pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) the Seller’s
obligation to fund advances for any HELOC pursuant to the related
Home Equity Line Agreement up to the Credit Limit) of the Seller in
and to any Eligible Loans, including Wet Funded Loans, originated
or purchased by the Seller, together with any Related Security and
Collections related to such Eligible Loans; provided ,
however , that the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) shall not at any
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be required to accept Eligible Loans if after such transfer, the
Net Investment would be greater than the then-current Program Size;
provided , further , that mortgage loans transferred
on each Closing Date must satisfy the Eligibility Criteria. The
Seller shall provide a notice (a “ Transfer Notice
”) to the Administrative Agent and the Agent not later then
4:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day prior to the
execution of any Transfer Supplement of its intention to transfer a
Portfolio to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners)
pursuant to a Transfer Supplement. In such notice, the Seller shall
inform the Administrative Agent of the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Eligible Loans that it intends to transfer
on such date, the Mark to Market Price of the Eligible Loans and
the Transfer Price thereof and a preliminary Transfer Supplement
shall be annexed thereto. The subject Portfolio shall be assigned,
conveyed and transferred by the Seller to the Administrative Agent
(on behalf of the Owners) as described in Section 2.2 hereof.
Each Transfer Supplement shall be executed by the Seller and the
Administrative Agent at the time of the transfer of the subject
Portfolio. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent,
each Owner and the Seller each acknowledge and agree that the
Seller is the owner of the servicing rights with respect to the
Eligible Loans subject to the terms of this Agreement, and the
Seller, as Servicer hereunder, is responsible for all servicing
duties, in the absence of a Servicer Event of Default.
It is intended that the transfer, assignment and
conveyance herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Eligible
Loans, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any Liens
from the Seller to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) and that the Eligible Loans not be part of the
Seller’s estate in the event of insolvency. In the event that
Eligible Loans are held to be property of the Seller or if for any
other reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security
interest in the Eligible Loans, the parties intend that the Seller
shall be deemed to have granted to the Administrative Agent (on
behalf of the Owners) and does hereby grant a first priority
perfected security interest in the Eligible Loans, in the Related
Security and all the Collections related thereto now existing or
hereafter arising for the purpose of securing the rights of the
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) and the Owners under
this Agreement, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law.
The Purchaser hereby authorizes the filing of
any financing statements or continuation statements, and amendments
to financing statements, in any jurisdictions and with any filing
offices as the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole
discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect the security
interest granted to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) in connection herewith. Such financing statements may
describe the collateral in the same manner as described in any
security agreement or pledge agreement entered into by the parties
in connection herewith or may contain an indication or description
of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as
the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is
necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the
security interest in the collateral granted to the Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the Owners) in connection herewith, including,
without limitation, describing such property as “all
assets” or “all property,” whether now owned or
hereafter acquired.
Section 2.2 Transfer Limits
.
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(a) Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Seller may at any time and from
time to time at its option sell, transfer and convey to the
Administrative Agent (as agent for the applicable Owner or Owners)
and the applicable Owner or Owners agree to cause the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the applicable Owner or Owners,
to purchase from the Seller of each and every Eligible Loan
identified on the Transfer Schedule attached to the Transfer
Supplement relating to such Eligible Loans, together with the
Related Security and all Collections with respect thereto (each an
“ Incremental Transfer ”). Each Incremental
Transfer shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or any higher multiple
of $100,000.
(b) If, on any
Closing Date for an Incremental Transfer, the Transfer Price to be
paid on such date for such Incremental Transfer would cause the Net
Investment to exceed the Maximum Net Investment or the Net
Investment to exceed the Aggregate Adjusted Mark to Market Price,
the Owners may, at their option, either refuse to accept such
Incremental Transfer or make a smaller Incremental Transfer such
that, immediately after the payment of the smaller Transfer Price,
the Net Investment would not exceed the Maximum Net Investment. The
Owners shall not be obligated to increase the Maximum Net
Investment.
Section 2.3 All Transfers; Possession of
Mortgage Loan Files; Maintenance of Mortgage Loan
Files.
(a) Subsequent to
each Transfer, the Administrative Agent shall have all right, title
and interest of the Seller (other than the servicing rights, which
shall be retained by the Seller subject to the terms of this
Agreement) in and to the Eligible Loans, the Related Security and
all Collections with respect thereto, on behalf of the Owners. The
Administrative Agent shall hold such interest in the Eligible Loans
on behalf of the Owners in accordance with each Owners’
percentage interest in the Eligible Loans (determined on the basis
of the relationship that the portion of the Net Investment funded
by such Owner bears to the aggregate Net Investment of the all
Owners at such time).
(b) Pursuant to
Section 2.6(b), as soon as practicable but in any event on or
before the date which is 30 days after any sale of Eligible
Loans to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners), the
Seller shall deliver each Mortgage Note, including Mortgage Notes
on Wet Funded Loans (subject to the Wet Funded Loan Limitation), to
the Custodian as agent of the Administrative Agent. The Seller
shall deliver the related Loan Documents to the Servicer and the
contents of each Mortgage Loan File shall be held in trust by the
Servicer for the benefit of the Owners. The possession of each
Mortgage Loan File by the Servicer is at the will of the
Administrative Agent for the sole purpose of servicing the related
Eligible Loan and such retention and possession by the Servicer is
in a custodial capacity only. Upon the sale of the Eligible Loans,
each Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage, the Related Security and
all Collections and the related Mortgage Loan File shall vest
immediately in the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners),
and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Eligible Loan prepared by or which come into the possession
of the Servicer shall vest immediately in the Administrative Agent
(on behalf of the Owners) and shall be retained and maintained by
the Servicer, in trust, at the will of the Administrative Agent (on
behalf of the Owners) and only in such custodial capacity. The
Servicer’s master data processing records shall be marked
appropriately to reflect clearly the transfer of the related
Eligible Loans to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners). The Custodian shall
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release its custody of the contents of any Mortgage Loan File in
its possession accordance with the Custodial Agreement.
The Mortgage Loan File shall consist of the
following documents (constituting, collectively, the “
Loan Documents ”), and such other documents as the
Administrative Agent may require from time to time:
(1) the original of any
guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage Note (if
any);
(2) the original Mortgage with
evidence of recording thereon. If in connection with any Eligible
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 Servicer, 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 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 Servicer 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;
(3) the originals of all
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements,
with evidence of recording thereon;
(4) any original duly executed
Assignment of Mortgage for each Eligible Loan, in form and
substance acceptable for recording, and all interim assignments
with evidence of recording thereon, if any; if the Eligible Loan
was acquired by the Seller in a merger, any Assignment of Mortgage
must be made by “[Seller], successor by merger to [name of
predecessor].” If the Eligible Loan was acquired or
originated by the Seller while doing business under another name,
any Assignment of Mortgage must be by “[Seller], formerly
known as [previous name].” If the Eligible Loan was acquired
by the Seller as receiver for another entity, any Assignment of
Mortgage must be by “[Seller], receiver for [name of entity
in receivership].” Any Assignment of Mortgage must be duly
recorded only if recordation is either necessary under applicable
law to perfect or on direction of the Administrative Agent as
provided in this Agreement. If any Assignment of Mortgage is to be
recorded, the Mortgage shall be assigned to the Custodian. If any
Assignment of Mortgage is not to be recorded, such Assignment of
Mortgage shall be delivered in blank;
(5) the originals of all
intervening assignments of mortgage with evidence of
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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 Servicer, 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 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 Servicer
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 a 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;
(6) if available, the original
mortgagee title insurance policy or attorney’s opinion of
title and abstract of title, or if the policy has not yet been
issued, (a) the irrevocable written commitment, interim binder
or marked up binder for a title insurance policy issued by the
title insurance company dated and certified as of the date the
Eligible Loan was funded, or (b) a copy of the applicable
escrow instructions indicating the name of the title company with,
in either case, a statement by the title insurance company or
closing attorney on such binder or commitment or escrow
instructions that the priority of the lien on the related Mortgage
during the period between the date of the funding of the related
Eligible Loan and the date of the related title policy is
insured;
(7) the original of any
security agreement, chattel mortgage, securities account control
agreement, guarantee, filings or equivalent document executed in
connection with the Mortgage;
(8) the original of any primary
mortgage insurance policy (if any); and
(9) if the Eligible Loans are
sold to the Agencies, the originals of other documents, forms,
releases, certifications and papers required by the applicable
Agency Custodial Agreement.
Section 2.4 Determination of Transfer
Price; Deposit by Seller.
(a) Upon notice
from the Seller to the Administrative Agent of the prospective
transfer of a Portfolio by the Seller to the Administrative Agent
(on behalf of the Owners) under Section 2.2 hereof, the Seller
shall submit to the Administrative Agent (i) a Transfer
Supplement and Transfer Schedule and (ii) the Closing Date for
the sale of the Portfolio. The Seller shall not choose a
preliminary Closing Date which is less than one Business Day from
the date that the Administrative Agent receives the items specified
in the preceding sentence. Not later than 8:00 a.m. on the Closing
Date, the Seller shall notify the Administrative Agent of its
calculation of the Transfer Price for the
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Portfolio. If the Administrative Agent does not
agree with such calculation or the Transfer does not close for any
other reason, the Closing Date for the Portfolio shall be
rescheduled to a later date, at its option, by the Seller. The
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) and the Seller shall
use their best efforts to close the transfer of any Portfolio on
any such Closing Date. The Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) shall pay to the Seller the Transfer Price of any Eligible
Loan transferred to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) hereunder in immediately available funds not later than
2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date. Each mortgage
loan must satisfy the Eligibility Criteria and the Eligibility
Representations.
(b) The Transfer
Price of the initial Transfer shall equal the Owners’ initial
Net Investment. Each Transfer Notice shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Seller and the Seller shall indemnify the applicable
Owner or Owners against any loss or expense incurred by the
applicable Owner or Owners, as a result of any failure by the
Seller to complete such Transfer including, without limitation, any
loss (including loss of anticipated profits) or expense incurred by
the applicable Owner or Owners, either directly or indirectly,
including, in the case of the Purchaser, losses and expenses
incurred through the Program Credit Agreement, by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of funds acquired by the applicable
Owner or Owners (including, without limitation, funds obtained by
issuing commercial paper (in the case of the Purchaser) or
promissory notes or obtaining deposits as loans from third parties)
for the applicable APA Purchaser or APA Purchasers to fund such
Incremental Transfer; provided , however , that the
Seller shall have no obligation to indemnify any Owner for any loss
or expense resulting from failure of the Administrative Agent, the
Purchaser or any APA Purchaser to perform its obligations
hereunder. The Owner or Owners shall make a good faith effort to
mitigate any of the losses or expenses described in the preceding
sentence and incurred as a result of the failure by the Seller to
complete such Incremental Transfer including, without limitation,
any loss (including loss of anticipated profits) or expense
incurred by the applicable Owner or Owners, either directly or
indirectly including, in the case of the Purchaser, losses and
expenses incurred through the Program Credit Agreement. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Seller of the amount
determined by the applicable Owner or Owners for such loss or
expense. Such amount shall be due and payable by the Seller to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to the applicable Owner or
Owners ten Business Days after such notice is given.
Section 2.5 Transfer Commitment
Term.
The commitment of the Administrative Agent (on
behalf of the Owners) under this Agreement to accept the Transfer
of any interest in Eligible Loans shall expire on the Expiration
Date.
Section 2.6 Books and Records; Transfers
of Eligible Loans; Custodial Agreement.
(a) From and after
each related Closing Date, all rights arising with respect to the
Eligible Loans transferred (not including (i) servicing rights
with respect to the Eligible Loans, which shall be retained by the
Seller subject to the terms of this Agreement or (ii) the
Seller’s obligation to fund future advances for any HELOC
pursuant to the related Home Equity Line Agreement up to the Credit
Limit) pursuant to any Transfer Supplement including but not
limited to all funds received on or in connection with the Eligible
Loans, shall be received and held by the Servicer in trust for
the
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benefit of the Administrative Agent (on behalf
of the Owners). Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian
shall hold all of the Mortgage Notes as described in such Custodial
Agreement.
The Servicer shall be responsible for
maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and
records for each Eligible Loan which shall be marked clearly to
reflect the transfer of each Eligible Loan to the Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the Owners). In particular, the Servicer shall
maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the
Administrative Agent, the Agent or their respective designees,
evidence of compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
To the extent that original documents are not required for purposes
of realization of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, VA
Guaranty Proceeds, FHA Proceeds or Securitization proceeds,
documents maintained by the Servicer may be in the form of
microfilm or microfiche or such other reliable means of recreating
original documents, including but not limited to, optical imagery
techniques so long as the Servicer complies with the requirements
of the Guidelines.
The Servicer shall maintain with respect to each
Eligible Loan and shall make available for inspection, upon
reasonable advance notice, at the offices of the Servicer during
normal business hours by the Administrative Agent, the Agent, any
CP Dealer or their respective designees the related Mortgage Loan
File during the time the Administrative Agent retains ownership of
an Eligible Loan and thereafter in accordance with applicable laws
and regulations.
(b) Pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement delivered to the Purchaser in connection with
the Original Repurchase Agreement, the Seller shall, from time to
time in connection with each Transfer of Eligible Loans pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, deliver to the Custodian, on or before
the date which is 30 days after the related Closing Date, the
Mortgage Note for each Eligible Loan transferred. The Custodian
shall hold all Mortgage Notes in trust as agent for the
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners).
Section 2.7 Selection of Interest Rates
and Interest Periods; Eurodollar Protection;
Illegality.
(a) Prior to
the Expiration Date; Eligible Loans Held on Behalf of the
Purchaser .
At all times hereafter, but prior to the
Expiration Date and not with respect to any undivided interest in
the Eligible Loans held on behalf of the APA Purchasers (or any of
them), the Seller may, subject to the Purchaser’s approval
and the limitations described below, request that the Net
Investment be allocated among one or more funding periods, so that
the aggregate amounts so allocated at all times shall equal the Net
Investment held on behalf of the Purchaser. The Seller shall give
the Purchaser irrevocable notice by telephone of the new requested
funding period(s) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
expiration of any then existing funding period; provided ,
however , that the Purchaser may select, in its sole
discretion, any such new funding period if (i) the Seller
fails to provide such notice on a timely basis or (ii) the
Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion, that the funding
period requested by the Seller is unavailable or for any reason
commercially undesirable. The Purchaser confirms that it is its
intention to fund all or substantially all of the Net Investment
held on behalf of it by issuing Related Commercial Paper and that
it will use its reasonable best efforts to fund through the
issuance of Related Commercial Paper if it is commercially
reasonable to
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do so;
provided that the Purchaser may determine, from time to
time, in its sole discretion, that funding such Net Investment by
means of Related Commercial Paper is not possible or is not
desirable for any reason.
(b) After the
Expiration Date; Eligible Loans Held on behalf of the Purchaser
.
At all times on and after the Expiration Date,
with respect to any portion of the Eligible Loans which shall be
held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Purchaser, the
Administrative Agent shall select all funding periods and rates
applicable thereto.
(c) Prior to
the Expiration Date; Eligible Loans Held on Behalf of APA
Purchasers .
At all times with respect to any undivided
interest in the Eligible Loans held by the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the APA Purchasers, but prior to the Expiration Date, the
initial funding period applicable to such portion of the Net
Investment allocable thereto shall be a period of not greater than
14 days and shall accrue Carrying Costs on the basis of the
Base Rate. Thereafter, with respect to such portion, and with
respect to any other portion of the Eligible Loans held on behalf
of the APA Purchasers (or any of them), provided that the
Expiration Date shall not have occurred, Carrying Costs shall
accrue with respect thereto at either the Base Rate or the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate, at the Seller’s option. The Seller shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable notice by telephone of the new
requested funding period at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the expiration of any then existing funding period. If the
Seller has requested that Carrying Costs accrue at the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate, the funding period shall commence three (3) London
Business Days after notice of such request (and prior to such
commencement shall accrue at the applicable rate for the prior
funding period or otherwise shall accrue at the Base Rate). Each
funding period for which Carrying Costs accrue at the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate shall be for a period of 1, 2 or 3 months. In the
case of any funding period outstanding upon the occurrence of the
Expiration Date, such funding period shall end on the date of such
occurrence.
(d) After the
Expiration Date; Eligible Loans Held on Behalf of APA
Purchasers .
At all times on and after the Expiration Date,
with respect to any portion of the Eligible Loans held by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the APA Purchasers, the
Administrative Agent shall select all funding periods and rates
applicable thereto.
(e) Eurodollar
Rate Protection; Illegality .
(i) If the Administrative Agent
is unable to obtain on a timely basis the information necessary to
determine the LIBOR Rate for any proposed funding period,
then
(A) the Administrative Agent
shall forthwith notify the Purchaser or APA Purchasers, as
applicable, and the Seller that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate cannot be
determined for such funding period, and
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(B) while such circumstances
exist, neither the Purchaser, the APA Purchasers nor the
Administrative Agent shall allocate the Net Investment of any
additional Eligible Loans purchased during such period or
reallocate the Net Investment allocated to any then existing
funding period ending during such period, to a funding period which
accrues Carrying Costs on the basis of the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate.
(ii) If, with respect to any
outstanding funding period which accrues Carrying Costs on the
basis of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, any of the APA Purchasers on
behalf of which the Administrative Agent holds any Eligible Loans
therein notifies the Administrative Agent that it is unable to
obtain matching deposits in the London inter-bank market to fund
its purchase or maintenance of its share of the Net Investment in
such Eligible Loans or that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate applicable to
its Net Investment in such Eligible Loans will not adequately
reflect the cost to the APA Purchaser of funding or maintaining its
respective Net Investment for such funding period then the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith so notify the Seller,
whereupon neither the Administrative Agent nor the APA Purchasers,
as applicable, shall, while such circumstances exist, allocate any
Net Investment of any additional Eligible Loans purchased during
such period or reallocate the Net Interest allocated to any funding
period ending during such period, to a funding period which accrues
Carrying Costs on the basis of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, and such
APA Purchaser’s share of the Net Investment allocated to such
funding period shall be deemed to accrue Carrying Costs on the
basis of the Base Rate from the effective date of such notice until
the end of such funding period.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if any of the APA Purchasers, as
applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent that such APA
Purchaser has determined that the introduction of or any change in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority
asserts that it is unlawful to fund or maintain its Net Investment
in Eligible Loans at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, then (x) as of
the effective date of such notice from such APA Purchaser to the
Administrative Agent, the obligation or ability of the APA
Purchaser to fund its Net Investment at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate
shall be suspended until such APA Purchaser notifies the
Administrative Agent that the circumstances causing such suspension
no longer exist and (y) the Net Investment allocated to each
funding period which accrues Carrying Costs on the basis of the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate in which such APA Purchaser owns an interest
shall either (1) if such APA Purchaser may lawfully continue
to maintain such Net Investment at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate until
the last day of the applicable funding period, be reallocated on
the last day of such funding period to another funding period in
respect of which the Net Investment allocated thereto which accrues
Carrying Costs on a basis other than the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or
(2) if such APA Purchaser shall determine that it may not
lawfully continue to maintain such Net Investment at the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate until the end of the applicable funding
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period, such APA Purchaser’s
share of the Net Investment allocated to such funding period shall
be deemed to accrue Carrying Costs on the basis of the Base Rate
from the effective date of such notice until the end of such
funding period.
Section 2.8 Seller’s Obligation to
Pay Carrying Costs.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Seller
on each Determination Date of the Carrying Costs for the preceding
Collection Period. On the related Payment Date, the Seller shall
pay to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds an
amount equal to such Carrying Costs for deposit by the
Administrative Agent to the Carrying Costs Account.
Section 2.9 Allocation of
Collections.
(a) On each day
after the day of the initial Incremental Transfer, with respect to
all Collections received on such day, the Owners shall be entitled
to all Principal Collections, and within one Business Day of
receipt thereof the Servicer shall deposit to the Principal Account
an amount equal to the aggregate of all such Principal Collections;
provided that if a Termination Event shall have occurred and
be continuing, all such Principal Collections shall be deposited by
the Servicer within one Business Day of the receipt thereof into
the Collateral Account for application in reduction of the Net
Investment.
(b) On each day, if
a Termination Event shall not have occurred and be continuing,
Finance Charge Collections received by the Servicer shall be
remitted by the Servicer to the Seller; provided that if a
Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, within one
Business Day of receipt thereof the Servicer shall deposit into the
Collateral Account for application in reduction of the Net
Investment.
Section 2.10 Seller’s Option to
Repurchase Eligible Loans.
The Seller, at its option, may from time to time
request the assignment, transfer and conveyance of Eligible Loans
from the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) to the
Seller (a “ Repurchase ”). The subject Eligible
Loans shall be repurchased, reassigned and reconveyed to the Seller
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.18
hereof.
Section 2.11 Margin Payment Obligation;
Margin Call Account; Withdrawals.
(a) If at any time
the Adjusted Net Investment shall exceed the Aggregate Adjusted
Mark to Market Price, by an amount equal to or greater than the
Margin Call Trigger Amount (such condition, a “ Margin
Call Condition ”), the Administrative Agent may, by
written notice to the Seller, require the Seller to pay to the
Administrative Agent (a “ Margin Payment ”), in
an amount (the “Margin Payment Amount”) equal to such
excess of the Adjusted Net Investment over the Aggregate Adjusted
Mark to Market Price. Provided that such notice is delivered to the
Seller by the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. on any
Business Day on which a Margin Call Condition exists, the Seller
shall pay to the Administrative Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. on such
Business Day an
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amount
equal to the Margin Payment Amount and if received after
11:00 a.m., such notice shall be deemed received on the next
succeeding Business Day.
(b) All amounts
paid by the Seller to the Administrative Agent in respect of Margin
Payment Amounts shall be deposited by the Administrative Agent into
the Margin Call Account and held for the benefit of the
Owners.
(c) On any day on
which a Termination Event shall not have occurred and be
continuing, if the amount on deposit in the Margin Call Account
exceeds the excess, if any, of the Adjusted Net Investment over the
Aggregate Adjusted Mark to Market Price, such excess shall be
withdrawn from the Margin Call Account by the Administrative Agent
and paid to the Seller.
(d) If a
Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, all
amounts on deposit in the Margin Call Account, if any, shall be
withdrawn by the Admi in reduction of the Net Investment.
nistrative Agent and deposited into the Collateral Account and
applied
Section 2.12 Liquidation Settlement
Procedures.
Following the date on which the Net Investment
has been reduced to zero and all other Aggregate Unpaids have been
paid in full, (i) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Owners, shall be considered to have reconveyed to the Seller all of
the Administrative Agent’s right, title and interest in and
to the Eligible Loans and (ii) the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Owners, shall execute and deliver to the Seller, at
the Seller’s expense, such documents or instruments as are
necessary to terminate the Administrative Agent’s interest in
the Eligible Loans. Any such documents shall be prepared by or on
behalf of the Seller.
Section 2.13 Protection of Ownership
Interest of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners).
The Seller agrees that it will from time to
time, at its expense, promptly execute and deliver all instruments
and documents and take all actions as may be necessary or as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect or
protect the interest of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Owners) in the Eligible Loans or to enable the Administrative Agent
or the Owners to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights
hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the Seller will upon the
request of the Administrative Agent or any of the Owners, in order
to accurately reflect this assignment, transfer and conveyance
transaction, execute and file such financing or continuation
statements or amendments thereto or assignments thereof as may be
requested by the Administrative Agent or any of the Owners. The
Seller shall upon request of the Administrative Agent or any of the
Owners obtain such additional search reports as the Administrative
Agent or any of the Owners shall request. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the Administrative Agent shall be
permitted to sign and file continuation statements and amendments
thereto and assignments thereof without the Seller’s
signature. Carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this
Agreement or any financing statement shall be sufficient as a
financing statement. The Seller
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shall
not change its name, identity or corporate structure (within the
meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC as in effect in the State of
New York) nor relocate its chief executive office or any office
where Records are kept unless it shall have: (i) given the
Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days prior notice
thereof and (ii) prepared at Seller’s expense and
delivered to the Administrative Agent all financing statements,
instruments and other documents necessary to preserve and protect
the Eligible Loans and the Net Investment therein or requested by
the Administrative Agent in connection with such change or
relocation. Any filings under the UCC or otherwise that are
occasioned by such change in name or location shall be made at the
expense of Seller.
The Seller agrees that it will at its expense,
on or prior to the Closing Date indicate clearly and unambiguously
in its master data processing records that the Eligible Loans have
been conveyed to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Owners pursuant to this Agreement. The Seller further agrees to
deliver or to cause the Servicer to deliver to the Administrative
Agent a computer file or microfiche list containing a true and
complete list of all such Eligible Loans, identified by loan number
and by Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Closing Date. The
Seller agrees to deliver or to cause the Servicer to deliver to the
Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days of the
request therefor by the Administrative Agent a computer file or
microfiche list containing a true and complete list of all Eligible
Loans in existence as of the last day of the prior Collection
Period, identified by loan number and by Outstanding Principal
Balance as of the last day of the prior Collection Period. The
Servicer agrees, on behalf of the Seller, at its own expense, by
the end of each Collection Period in which any Eligible Loans have
been originated to indicate clearly and unambiguously in its master
data processing records that the Eligible Loans created have been
conveyed to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Owners, pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 2.14 Fees.
The Seller shall pay the non-refundable fees set
forth in the Fee Letter. Any of the fees described in the Fee
Letter which are accrued but unpaid on the Expiration Date shall be
paid in full by the Seller on the Expiration Date.
Section 2.15 Optional Reduction of
Maximum Net Investment; Optional Margin Payment.
(a) The Seller may
reduce in whole or in part the Maximum Net Investment (but not
below the Net Investment) by giving the Administrative Agent
written notice thereof at least five Business Days before such
reduction is to take place; provided, however, that any partial
reduction shall be in an amount of $5,000,000 or any higher
multiple of $1,000,000. The Seller shall pay the Purchaser any
accrued and unpaid Transfer Availability Fee on the date of such
reduction with respect to the reduction amount.
(b) If, at any
time, the Net Investment exceeds the Aggregate Adjusted Mark to
Market Price, the Seller may fund the Margin Call Account on the
next Business Day after such determination in an amount up to an
amount sufficient to cause the Adjusted Net Investment not to
exceed the Aggregate Adjusted Mark to Market Price.
Section 2.16 Mandatory Repurchase Under
Certain Circumstances.
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(a) The Seller
agrees to repurchase from the Administrative Agent (as agent for
the Owners) each Eligible Loan if at any time the Administrative
Agent, on behalf of the Owners, shall cease to have a perfected
ownership interest, or a first priority perfected security
interest, in such Eligible Loan, free and clear of any Lien (except
as provided herein), within five days of notice thereof by the
Administrative Agent. The Repurchase Price shall be paid by the
Seller to the Administrative Agent for deposit to the Collateral
Account for application in reduction of the Net Investment. The
subject Eligible Loans shall be repurchased, reassigned and
reconveyed to the Seller in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.18 hereof.
(b) If an APA
Purchaser’s Purchase Commitment (as defined in the Revolving
Asset Purchase Agreement) terminates and no other APA Purchaser(s)
or replacement APA Purchaser(s) accept such terminating APA
Purchaser’s Purchase Commitment, the Maximum Net Investment
shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such APA
Purchaser’s Purchase Commitment. If, following such reduction
of the Maximum Net Investment, the Net Investment is greater than
the Maximum Net Investment, the Seller agrees to repurchase from
the Administrative Agent sufficient Eligible Loans that upon the
payment of the Repurchase Price therefor to the Administrative
Agent for deposit to the Collateral Account for application in
reduction of the Net Investment, the Adjusted Net Investment will
be less than the Maximum Net Investment. Such payment or funding
shall occur on the date of termination of the APA Purchaser’s
Purchase Commitment. The subject Eligible Loans shall be
repurchased, reassigned and reconveyed to the Seller in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.18 hereof.
(c) The Seller
hereby agrees, with respect to each Eligible Loan transferred to
the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) hereunder, to
repurchase such Eligible Loan from the Administrative Agent not
later than 364 days following the transfer thereof to the
Administrative Agent at a price equal to the Repurchase Price of
such Eligible Loan. The Seller also agrees to repurchase
(i) each Defaulted Loan within five (5) Business Days of
such Eligible Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan, (ii) each
Eligible Loan (other than a Defaulted Loan or Delinquent Loan) that
ceases to satisfy the Eligibility Criteria within five
(5) Business Days of such failure, and (iii) all Eligible
Loans on or before the termination of the Revolving Asset Purchase
Agreement or upon the delivery of a Notice of Termination pursuant
to Section 11.2 hereof, in each case for an amount equal to
the Repurchase Price thereof. In connection with each such
repurchase, the Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agent an
amount equal to the Repurchase Price for such Eligible Loan. The
subject Eligible Loans shall be repurchased, reassigned and
reconveyed to the Seller in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.18 hereof.
(d) If on any day
the Net Investment is greater than the Maximum Net Investment then
the Seller shall immediately repurchase from the Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the Owners) at the respective Repurchase Prices
thereof sufficient Eligible Loans so that, when the aggregate
Repurchase Price is deposited into the Collateral Account, the
Adjusted Net Investment will be less than or equal to the Maximum
Net Investment. The aggregate Repurchase Price shall be deposited
to the Collateral Account for application in reduction of the Net
Investment. The subject Eligible Loans shall be repurchased,
reassigned and reconveyed to the Seller in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.18 hereof.
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Section 2.17 Payments and Computations,
Etc.; Allocation of Collections.
(a) All per annum
fees payable under this Agreement shall be calculated for the
actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. All amounts to
be paid or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall
be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof in
immediately available funds no later than (i) in the case of
the Seller, 12:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when
due and (ii) in the case of the Servicer, no later than
11:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day when due; if such
amounts are payable to an Owner or Owners they shall be paid or
deposited in the Administrative Agent’s account indicated on
the signature page hereof, until otherwise notified by the
Administrative Agent. The Seller shall, to the extent permitted by
Law, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Owner
upon demand of the Administrative Agent, interest on all amounts
not paid or deposited when due to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Owner hereunder at a rate equal to 2% per annum
plus the Base Rate. All computations of interest hereunder shall be
made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number
of days (including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed
other than computations of interest calculated by reference to the
Base Rate which shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- or 366-
day year, as applicable.
Section 2.18 Repurchase
Procedures.
(a) With respect to
each repurchase of an Eligible Loan by the Seller or the Servicer
(each, a “Repurchaser”) hereunder, the Repurchaser
shall provide a notice (a “Repurchase Notice”) to the
Administrative Agent and the Agent not later than 4:00 p.m., New
York City time, one Business Day prior to the execution of a
Repurchase Supplement of its intention to effect a repurchase of
Eligible Loans. In such notice, the Repurchaser shall specify the
Eligible Loans it intends to repurchase on such date and the
Repurchase Price thereof and shall attach a preliminary Repurchase
Schedule listing such Eligible Loans. Each Repurchase Supplement
shall be executed by the Repurchaser and the Administrative Agent
(on behalf of the Owners) at the time of the repurchase of the
subject Eligible Loans.
(b) Upon notice by
the Repurchaser to the Administrative Agent of the prospective
repurchase of Eligible Loans, the Repurchaser shall submit to the
Administrative Agent (i) a Repurchase Supplement and
Repurchase Schedule and (ii) the Closing Date for the
repurchase of the Eligible Loans identified on the Repurchase
Schedule. The Repurchaser shall not choose a preliminary Repurchase
Date which is less than one Business Day from the date that the
Administrative Agent receives the items specified in the preceding
sentence. Not later than 9:00 a.m. on the Repurchase Date, the
Repurchaser shall notify the Administrative Agent of its
calculation of the Repurchase Price for the Eligible Loans to be
repurchased. If the Administrative Agent does not agree with such
calculation or the Transfer does not close for any other reason,
the Repurchase Date for such Eligible Loans shall be rescheduled to
a later date by the Repurchaser. The Administrative Agent (on
behalf of the Owners) and the Repurchaser shall use their best
efforts to close the repurchase of any such Eligible Loans on any
such Repurchase Date. Each Repurchase Supplement shall be executed
by the Repurchaser and the Administrative Agent at the time of the
repurchase of the subject Eligible Loans.
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(c) On the date of
such repurchase, the Repurchaser shall pay to the Administrative
Agent not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, in immediately
available funds an amount equal to such Repurchase Price. Upon
receipt of the Repurchase Price thereof by the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Owners) and the
Repurchaser shall arrange for the Repurchase of such Eligible Loans
to the Repurchaser and the delivery to the Repurchaser of any
documents held by the Custodian relating to the repurchased
Eligible Loans. If no Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall pay to the Repurchaser
on such Repurchase Date all amounts held in the Principal Account
that were received as Principal Collections on such Eligible
Loans.
(d) The aggregate
Repurchase Price paid by the Repurchaser to the Administrative
Agent shall, upon receipt by the Adm