Exhibit 99.1
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2005 (the “ Agreement
”), is entered into between Wachovia Bank, National
Association (the “ Seller ”) and Wachovia
Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. (the “ Purchaser
”).
The
Seller intends to sell and the Purchaser intends to purchase
certain multifamily and commercial mortgage loans (the “
Mortgage Loans ”) identified on the schedule (the
“ Mortgage Loan Schedule ”) annexed hereto as
Exhibit A . The Purchaser intends to deposit the
Mortgage Loans into a trust fund (the “ Trust Fund
”), the beneficial ownership of which will be evidenced by
multiple classes (each, a “ Class ”) of mortgage
pass-through certificates (the “ Certificates
”). One or more “real estate mortgage investment
conduit” (“ REMIC ”) elections will be
made with respect to most of the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund
will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “ Pooling and
Servicing Agreement ”), dated as of June 1, 2005, among
the Purchaser, as depositor, Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as master servicer (in such capacity, the “ Master
Servicer ”), Clarion Partners, LLC, as special servicer
the (“ Special Servicer ”), and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including the
Schedules attached hereto) have the respective meanings set forth
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Now,
therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. Agreement to Purchase
.
The
Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule may be amended to reflect the actual
Mortgage Loans delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms
hereof. The Mortgage Loans are expected to have an aggregate
principal balance of $1,614,545,341 (the “ Wachovia
Mortgage Loan Balance ”) (subject to a variance of plus
or minus 5.0%) as of the close of business on the Cut-Off Date,
after giving effect to any payments due on or before such date,
whether or not such payments are received. The purchase and
sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place June 30, 2005, or such
other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties to this
Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”). The
consideration (the “ Aggregate Purchase Price ”)
for the Mortgage Loans shall be equal to (i) 103.54% of the
Wachovia Mortgage Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, plus (ii)
$6,882,191, which amount represents the amount of interest accrued
on the Wachovia Mortgage Loan Balance at the related Net Mortgage
Rate for the period from and including the Cut-Off Date up to but
not including the Closing Date.
The
Aggregate Purchase Price shall be paid to the Seller or its
designee by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the
Closing Date.
SECTION
2. Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans .
(a) Effective
as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the Aggregate
Purchase Price and satisfaction of the other conditions to closing
that are for the benefit of the Seller, the Seller does hereby
sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Purchaser, without recourse (except as set forth in this
Agreement), all the right, title and interest of the Seller in and
to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as
of such date, on a servicing released basis, together with all of
the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the proceeds
of any related title, hazard, primary mortgage or other insurance
proceeds.
(b) The
Purchaser or its assignee shall be entitled to receive all
scheduled payments of principal and interest due after the Cut-Off
Date, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected
after the Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of principal and
interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-Off
Date). All scheduled payments of principal and interest due
on or before the Cut-Off Date but collected on or after the Cut-Off
Date, and recoveries of principal and interest collected on or
before the Cut-Off Date (only in respect of principal and interest
on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-Off Date and
principal prepayments thereon), shall belong to, and shall be
promptly remitted to, the Seller.
(c) No
later than the Closing Date, the Seller shall, on behalf of the
Purchaser, deliver to the Trustee, the documents and instruments
specified below with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a “
Mortgage File ”). All Mortgage Files so
delivered will be held by the Trustee in escrow at all times prior
to the Closing Date. Each Mortgage File shall contain the
following documents:
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(i) the
original executed Mortgage Note including any power of attorney
related to the execution thereof, together with any and all
intervening endorsements thereon, endorsed on its face or by
allonge attached thereto (without recourse, representation or
warranty, express or implied) to the order of “Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank
Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-C19” or in blank (or a lost note
affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note attached
thereto);
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(ii) an
original or copy of the Mortgage, together with any and all
intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet
returned by the applicable recording office) with evidence of
recording indicated thereon or certified by the applicable
recording office;
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(iii) an
original or copy of any related Assignment of Leases (if such item
is a document separate from the Mortgage), together with any and
all intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet
returned by the applicable recording office) with evidence of
recording indicated thereon or certified by the applicable
recording office;
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(iv) an
original executed assignment, in recordable form (except for any
missing recording information), of (a) the Mortgage, (b) any
related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate
from the Mortgage and to the extent not already assigned pursuant
to preceding clause (a)) and (c) any other recorded document
relating to the Mortgage Loan otherwise included in the Mortgage
File, in favor of “Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for the
registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-C19”, or in blank;
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(v) an
original assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to the
Mortgage Loan (to the extent not already assigned pursuant to
clause (iv) above), in favor of “Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-C19”, or in blank;
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(vi) originals
or copies of any modification, consolidation, assumption and
substitution agreements in those instances where the terms or
provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been consolidated
or modified or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or
consolidated;
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(vii) the
original or a copy of the policy or certificate of lender’s
title insurance or, if such policy has not been issued or located,
an original or copy of an irrevocable, binding commitment (which
may be a marked version of the policy that has been executed by an
authorized representative of the title company or an agreement to
provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed
by an authorized representative of the title company) to issue such
title insurance policy;
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(viii) any
filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or other evidence of
filing satisfactory to the Purchaser of any prior UCC Financing
Statements in favor of the originator of such Mortgage Loan or in
favor of any assignee prior to the Trustee (but only to the extent
the Seller had possession of such UCC Financing Statements prior to
the Closing Date) and, if there is an effective UCC Financing
Statement and continuation statement in favor of the Seller on
record with the applicable public office for UCC Financing
Statements, an original UCC Amendment, in form suitable for filing
in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for the registered
holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-C19, as
assignee”, or in blank;
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(ix) an
original or copy of (a) any Ground Lease, Memorandum of Ground
Lease and ground lessor estoppel, (b) any loan guaranty or
indemnity and (c) any environmental insurance policy;
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(x) any
intercreditor agreement relating to permitted debt (including,
without limitation, mezzanine debt) of the Mortgagor;
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(xi) copies
of any loan agreement, escrow agreement or security agreement
relating to such Mortgage Loan;
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(xii) a
copy of any letter of credit and related transfer documents
relating to such Mortgage Loan;
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(xiii) copies
of franchise agreements and franchisor comfort letters, if any, for
hospitality properties and any applicable transfer or assignment
documents; and
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(xiv) with
respect to any Companion Loan, all of the above documents with
respect to such Companion Loan and the related Intercreditor
Agreement; provided that a copy of each Mortgage Note
relating to such Companion Loan, rather than the original, shall be
provided, and no assignments shall be provided.
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(d) The
Seller shall take all actions reasonably necessary (i) to permit
the Trustee to fulfill its obligations pursuant to Section 2.01(d)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to perform its
obligations described in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if a draw upon a letter of credit is required before its
transfer to the Trust Fund can be completed, the Seller shall draw
upon such letter of credit for the benefit of the Trust pursuant to
written instructions from the Master Servicer. The Seller
shall reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable costs and expenses,
if any, incurred by the Trustee for recording any documents
described in Section 2(c)(iv)(c) hereof and filing any assignments
of UCC Financing Statements described in the proviso in the third
to last sentence in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(e) All
documents and records (except draft documents, privileged
communications and internal correspondence and credit, due
diligence and other underwriting analysis, documents, data or
internal worksheets, memoranda, communications and evaluations of
the Seller) relating to each Mortgage Loan and in the
Seller’s possession (the “ Additional Mortgage Loan
Documents ”) that are not required to be delivered to the
Trustee shall promptly be delivered or caused to be delivered by
the Seller to the Master Servicer or at the direction of the Master
Servicer to the appropriate sub-servicer, together with any related
escrow amounts and reserve amounts.
(f) The
Seller shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to
assign or otherwise grant to the Trust Fund the benefit of any
letters of credit in the name of the Seller which secure any
Mortgage Loan.
SECTION
3.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller
.
(a) The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the
Purchaser, as of the date hereof, that:
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(i) The
Seller is a national banking association organized and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States
and possesses all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits and
franchises to carry on its business as currently conducted by it
and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the
terms of this Agreement;
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(ii) This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery hereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the
Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general, as they may be applied in the
context of the insolvency of a national banking association, and by
general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and by public
policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent
that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of
the provisions of this Agreement which purport to provide
indemnification from liabilities under applicable securities
laws;
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(iii) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and the
Seller’s performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement will not (A) violate the Seller’s articles of
association or bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or any
administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (C)
constitute a material default (or an event which, with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default) under,
or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which the
Seller is bound;
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(iv) The
Seller is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any
court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or other governmental agency or body, which default might
have consequences that would, in the Seller’s reasonable and
good faith judgment, materially and adversely affect the condition
(financial or other) or operations of the Seller or its properties
or have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder;
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(v) The
Seller is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or
subject to any articles of association, bylaws or any other
corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction,
decree, law or regulation that would, in the Seller’s
reasonable and good faith judgment, materially and adversely affect
the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or that requires the consent of any third person to the
execution of this Agreement or the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement (except to the extent such consent
has been obtained);
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(vi) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Seller of or compliance by the Seller with
this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement except as have previously been obtained, and no
bulk sale law applies to such transactions;
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(vii) No
litigation is pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge,
threatened against the Seller that would, in the Seller’s
good faith and reasonable judgment, prohibit its entering into this
Agreement or materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Seller of its obligations under this Agreement; and
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(viii) Under
generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP
”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Seller will
report the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as a
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for
consideration consisting of a cash amount equal to the Aggregate
Purchase Price. The consideration received by the Seller upon
the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser will constitute at
least reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the
Mortgage Loans. The Seller will be solvent at all relevant
times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, the sale of
the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser. The Seller is not
selling the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the
Seller.
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(b) The
Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in
Schedule I for the benefit of the Purchaser and the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date,
with respect to (and solely with respect to) each Mortgage Loan,
which representations and warranties are subject to the exceptions
set forth on Schedule II .
(c) With
respect to the schedule of exceptions delivered by the Trustee on
the Closing Date, within fifteen (15) Business Days (or, in the
reasonable discretion of the Controlling Class Representative,
thirty (30) Business Days) of the Closing Date, with respect to the
documents specified in clauses (i), (ii), (vii), (ix) (solely with
respect to Ground Leases) and (xii) of the definition of Mortgage
File, the Seller shall cure any material exception listed therein
(for the avoidance of doubt, any deficiencies with respect to the
documents specified in clause (ii) resulting solely from a delay in
the return of the related documents from the applicable recording
office, shall be cured in the time and manner described in Section
2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). If such
exception is not so cured, the Seller shall either (1) repurchase
the related Mortgage Loan, (2) with respect to exceptions relating
to clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”,
deposit with the Trustee an amount, to be held in trust in a
Special Reserve Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, equal to the amount of the undelivered letter of credit
(in the alternative, the Seller may deliver to the Trustee, with a
certified copy to the Master Servicer and Trustee, a letter of
credit for the benefit of the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee and upon the same terms and conditions as the undelivered
letter of credit) which the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee may use (or draw upon, as the case may be) under the same
circumstances and conditions as the Master Servicer would have been
entitled to draw on the undelivered letter of credit, or (3) with
respect to any exceptions relating to clauses (i), (ii) and (vii),
deposit with the Trustee an amount, to be held in trust in a
Special Reserve Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance of the
related Mortgage Loan on such date. Any funds or letter of
credit deposited pursuant to clauses (2) and (3) shall be held by
the Trustee until the earlier of (x) the date on which the Master
Servicer certifies to the Trustee and the Controlling Class
Representative that such exception has been cured (or the Trustee
certifies the same to the Controlling Class Representative), at
which time such funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be
returned to the Seller and (y) thirty (30) Business Days or, if the
Controlling Class Representative has extended the cure period,
forty-five (45) Business Days after the Closing Date;
provided , however , that if such exception is not
cured within such thirty (30) Business Days or forty-five (45)
Business Days, as the case may be, (A) in the case of clause (2),
the Trustee shall retain the funds or letter of credit, as
applicable, or (B) in the case of clause (3), the Seller shall
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, at which time such funds shall be
applied to the Purchase Price of the related Mortgage Loan and any
letter of credit will be returned to the Seller.
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If
the Seller receives written notice of a Document Defect or a Breach
pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
relating to a Mortgage Loan, then the Seller shall not later than
90 days from receipt of such notice (or, in the case of a Document
Defect or Breach relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a
“qualified mortgage” within the meaning of the REMIC
Provisions (a “ Qualified Mortgage ”), not later
than 90 days from the date that any party to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement discovers such Document Defect or Breach
provided the Seller receives such notice in a timely
manner), if such Document Defect or Breach shall materially and
adversely affect the value of the applicable Mortgage Loan, the
interest of the Trust therein or the interests of any
Certificateholder, cure such Document Defect or Breach, as the case
may be, in all material respects, which shall include payment` of
actual or provable losses and any Additional Trust Fund Expenses
directly resulting from any such Document Defect or Breach or, if
such Document Defect or Breach (other than omissions solely due to
a document not having been returned by the related recording
office) cannot be cured within such 90-day period, (i) repurchase
the affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price not
later than the end of such 90-day period or (ii) other than with
respect to the AmericasMart Loan (loan number 1), substitute a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Mortgage Loan
not later than the end of such 90-day period (and in no event later
than the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the Master
Servicer for deposit into the Certificate Account, any Substitution
Shortfall Amount in connection therewith; provided ,
however , that unless the Breach would cause the Mortgage
Loan not to be a Qualified Mortgage, and if such Document Defect or
Breach is capable of being cured but not within such 90-day period
and the Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the
cure of such Document Defect or Breach within such 90-day period,
such Seller shall have an additional 90 days to complete such cure
(or, failing such cure, to repurchase or substitute the related
Mortgage Loan); and provided , further , that with
respect to such additional 90-day period the Seller shall have
delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee setting
forth what actions the Seller is pursuing in connection with the
cure thereof and stating that the Seller anticipates that such
Document Defect or Breach will be cured within the additional
90-day period; and provided , further , that no
Document Defect (other than with respect to a Mortgage Note,
Mortgage, title insurance policy, Ground Lease or any letter of
credit) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the
value of the related Mortgage Loan, the interests of the Trust
therein or the interests of any Certificateholder unless the
document with respect to which the Document Defect exists is
required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the
mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage
Loan, defending any claim asserted by any borrower or third party
with respect to the Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or
priority of any lien or any collateral securing the Mortgage Loan
or for any immediate significant servicing obligations. For a
period of two years from the Closing Date, so long as there remains
any Mortgage File relating to a Mortgage Loan as to which there is
any uncured Document Defect or Breach, the Seller shall provide the
officer’s certificate to the Trustee described above as to
the reasons such Document Defect or Breach remains uncured and as
to the actions being taken to pursue cure. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the delivery of a commitment to issue a policy of
lender’s title insurance as described in Representation 12 of
Schedule I hereof in lieu of the delivery of the actual policy of
lender’s title insurance shall not be considered a Document
Defect or Breach with respect to any Mortgage File if such actual
policy of insurance is delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian on
its behalf not later than the 90 th day following the
Closing Date.
If
(i) any Mortgage Loan is required to be repurchased or substituted
for in the manner described above, (ii) such Mortgage Loan is
cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other
Mortgage Loans (each, a “ Crossed Loan ”), and
(iii) the applicable Document Defect or Breach does not constitute
a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be, as to any other
Crossed Loan in such Crossed Group (without regard to this
paragraph), then the
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applicable Document Defect or
Breach, as the case may be, will be deemed to constitute a Document
Defect or Breach, as the case may be, as to any other Crossed Loan
in the Crossed Group for purposes of this paragraph, and the Seller
will be required to repurchase or substitute for all of the
remaining Crossed Loan(s) in the related Crossed Group as provided
in the immediately preceding paragraph unless such other Crossed
Loans in such Crossed Group satisfy the Crossed Loan Repurchase
Criteria and satisfy all other criteria for substitution or
repurchase of Mortgage Loans set forth herein. In the event
that the remaining Crossed Loans satisfy the aforementioned
criteria, the Seller may elect either to repurchase or substitute
for only the affected Crossed Loan as to which the related Breach
or Document Defect exists or to repurchase or substitute for all of
the Crossed Loans in the related Crossed Group. The Seller
shall be responsible for the cost of any Appraisal required to be
obtained by the Master Servicer to determine if the Crossed Loan
Repurchase Criteria have been satisfied, so long as the scope and
cost of such Appraisal has been approved by the Seller (such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
To
the extent that the Seller is required to repurchase or substitute
for a Crossed Loan hereunder in the manner prescribed above while
the Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Loans in such
Crossed Group, neither the Seller nor the Purchaser shall enforce
any remedies against the other’s Primary Collateral, but each
is permitted to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral
securing its respective Crossed Loans, including with respect to
the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing Crossed Loans still
held by the Trustee.
If
the exercise of remedies by one party would materially impair the
ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to
the Primary Collateral securing the Crossed Loans held by such
party, then the Seller and the Purchaser shall forbear from
exercising such remedies until the Mortgage Loan documents
evidencing and securing the relevant Crossed Loans can be modified
in a manner that complies with this Agreement to remove the threat
of material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies or
some other accommodation can be reached. Any reserve or other
cash collateral or letters of credit securing the Crossed Loans
shall be allocated between such Crossed Loans in accordance with
the Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise on a pro rata basis based
upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Crossed Loan included in the
Trust Fund is modified to terminate the related
cross-collateralization and/or cross-default provisions, as a
condition to such modification, the Seller shall furnish to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that any modification shall not cause
an Adverse REMIC Event. Any expenses incurred by the
Purchaser in connection with such modification or accommodation
(including but not limited to recoverable attorney fees) shall be
paid by the Seller.
(d) In
connection with any permitted repurchase or substitution of one or
more Mortgage Loans contemplated hereby, upon receipt of a
certificate from a Servicing Officer certifying as to the receipt
of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount(s), as
applicable, in the Certificate Account, and the delivery of the
Mortgage File(s) and the Servicing File(s) for the related
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) to the Custodian and the
Master Servicer, respectively, if applicable (i) the Trustee shall
execute and deliver such endorsements and assignments as are
provided to it by the Master Servicer, in each case without
recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest
in the Seller, the legal and beneficial ownership of each
repurchased Mortgage Loan or substituted Mortgage Loan, as
applicable,
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(ii) the Trustee, the Custodian,
the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each tender to
the Seller, upon delivery to each of them of a receipt executed by
the Seller, all portions of the Mortgage File and other documents
pertaining to such Mortgage Loan possessed by it, and (iii) the
Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall release to the
Seller any Escrow Payments and Reserve Funds held by it in respect
of such repurchased or deleted Mortgage Loans.
(e) Without
limiting the remedies of the Purchaser, the Certificateholders or
the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders pursuant to this
Agreement, it is acknowledged that the representations and
warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes. This
Section 3 provides the sole remedy available to the
Certificateholders, or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, respecting any Document Defect in a Mortgage
File or any Breach of any representation or warranty set forth in
or required to be made pursuant to Section 3 of this
Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the
Purchaser or its assigns (including the Master Servicer and/or the
Special Servicer) from pursuing any course of action authorized by
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement while the Purchaser asserts a
claim or brings a cause of action to enforce any rights set forth
herein against the Seller.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there exists a Breach relating to whether or not
the Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan
document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and
expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such
Mortgage Loan document(s) with respect to matters described in
Representations 23 and 43 of Schedule I hereof, then the Purchaser
shall direct the Seller in writing to wire transfer to the Master
Servicer for deposit into the Certificate Account, within 90 days
of the Seller’s receipt of such direction, the amount of any
such costs and expenses borne by the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and
the Trustee on their behalf that are the basis of such Breach.
Upon its making such deposit, the Seller shall be deemed to
have cured such Breach in all respects. Provided such payment
is made in full, this paragraph describes the sole remedy available
to the Purchaser, the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer, the
Special Servicer and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such
Breach and the Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the
affected Mortgage Loan on account of such Breach or otherwise cure
such Breach.
SECTION
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser . In
order to induce the Seller to enter into this Agreement, the
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Seller as of the date hereof that:
(a) The
Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina.
The Purchaser has the full corporate power and authority and legal
right to acquire the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and to transfer
the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee.
(b) This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Purchaser, all requisite action by the
Purchaser’s directors and officers has been taken in
connection therewith, and (assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by the Seller) this Agreement
constitutes the valid, legal and binding agreement of the
Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) laws
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or
moratorium, (B) other laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally, or (C) general equity principles (regardless
of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
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(c) Except
as may be required under federal or state securities laws (and
which will be obtained on a timely basis), no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice
to, any governmental authority or court, is required, under federal
or state law, for the execution, delivery and performance by the
Purchaser of or compliance by the Purchaser with this Agreement, or
the consummation by the Purchaser of any transaction described in
this Agreement.
(d) None
of the acquisition of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser, the
transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, and the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser, results
or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of
the Purchaser’s assets or property, or conflicts or will
conflict with, results or will result in a breach of, or
constitutes or will constitute a default under (A) any term or
provision of the Purchaser’s articles of association or
bylaws, (B) any term or provision of any material agreement,
contract, instrument or indenture, to which the Purchaser is a
party or by which the Purchaser is bound, or (C) any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the
Purchaser or its assets.
(e) Under
GAAP and for federal income tax purposes, the Purchaser will report
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser
as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for
consideration consisting of a cash amount equal to the Aggregate
Purchase Price.
(f) There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or to the
knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser in any
court or by or before any other governmental agency or
instrumentality which would materially and adversely affect the
validity of this Agreement or any action taken in connection with
the obligations of the Purchaser contemplated herein, or which
would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Purchaser
to enter into and/or perform under the terms of this
Agreement.
(g) The
Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order or decree of
any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which default might have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or other) or operations of the Purchaser or
its properties or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect its performance hereunder.
SECTION
5.
Closing . The closing of the sale of the Mortgage
Loans (the “ Closing ”) shall be held at the
offices of Dechert LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina on the Closing
Date.
The
Closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All
of the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in or
made pursuant to Sections 3(a) and 3(b) of this Agreement and all
of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in
Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date;
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(b) The
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent it affects the
obligations of the Seller hereunder) and all documents specified in
Section 6 of this Agreement (the “ Closing Documents
”), in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the
Purchaser, the Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchaser and
their respective counsel in their reasonable discretion, shall be
duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant
to the respective terms thereof;
(c) The
Seller shall have delivered and released to the Trustee (or a
Custodian on its behalf) and the Master Servicer, respectively, all
documents represented to have been or required to be delivered to
the Trustee and the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2 of this
Agreement;
(d) All
other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be
complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been
complied with in all material respects and the Seller shall have
the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all
duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed
after the Closing Date;
(e) The
Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the
Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement as of the Closing
Date; and
(f) A
letter shall have been received from the independent accounting
firm of KPMG LLP in form satisfactory to the Purchaser, relating to
certain information regarding the Mortgage Loans and Certificates
as set forth in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement,
respectively.
Both
parties agree to use their best efforts to perform their respective
obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to
purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.
SECTION
6.
Closing Documents . The Closing Documents shall
consist of the following:
(a) This
Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser and the Seller;
(b) A
certificate of the Seller, executed by a duly authorized officer of
the Seller and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchaser may rely, to
the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of
the Seller in this Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if
made on such date; and (ii) the Seller has, in all material
respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part that are required under this Agreement to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
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(c) An
officer’s certificate from an officer of the Seller (signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and
upon which the Purchaser may rely, to the effect that each
individual who, as an officer or representative of the Seller,
signed this Agreement or any other document or certificate
delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein, was at the respective times of
such signing and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly
elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or
representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on
such documents and certificates are their genuine
signatures;
(d) An
officer’s certificate from an officer of the Seller (signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and
upon which the Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial
Purchaser may rely, to the effect that with respect to the Seller,
the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and the related
Mortgaged Properties (i) such officer has carefully examined the
Specified Portions of the Prospectus Supplement and nothing has
come to his attention that would lead him to believe that the
Specified Portions of the Prospectus Supplement, as of the date of
the Prospectus Supplement, or as of the Closing Date, included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the
Mortgage Loans or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the
Mortgage Loans, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and (ii) such officer has examined the
Specified Portions of the Memorandum and nothing has come to his
attention that would lead him to believe that the Specified
Portions of the Memorandum, as of the date thereof or as of the
Closing Date, included or include any untrue statement of a
material fact relating to the Mortgage Loans or omitted or omit to
state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein related to the Mortgage Loans, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The “Specified Portions” of the Prospectus Supplement
shall consist of Annex A thereto, the diskette which
accompanies the Prospectus Supplement (insofar as such diskette is
consistent with such Annex A) and the following sections of the
Prospectus Supplement (exclusive of any statements in such sections
that purport to summarize the servicing and administration
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement):
“Summary of Prospectus Supplement––”The
Parties—The Mortgage Loan Seller,” “Summary of
Prospectus Supplement––The Mortgage Loans,”
“Risk Factors—The Mortgage Loans,” and
“Description of the Mortgage Pool—General,”
“—Mortgage Loan History,” “—Certain
Terms and Conditions of the Mortgage Loans,”
“—Assessments of Property Condition,”
“—Co-Lender Loans,” “—Additional
Mortgage Loan Information,” “—Twenty Largest
Mortgage Loans,” “—The Mortgage Loan
Seller,” “—Underwriting Standards,” and
“—Representations and Warranties; Repurchases and
Substitutions.” The “Specified Portions” of
the Memorandum shall consist of the Specified Portions of the
Prospectus Supplement and the first and second full paragraphs on
page “iii” of the Memorandum.
(e) The
resolutions of the requisite committee of the Seller’s board
of directors authorizing the Seller’s entering into the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the articles of
association and by-laws of the Seller, and an original or copy of a
certificate of good standing of the Seller issued by the
Comptroller of the Currency not earlier than sixty (60) days prior
to the Closing Date;
(f) A
written opinion of counsel for the Seller (which opinion may be
from in-house counsel, outside counsel or a combination thereof),
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, its counsel and the
Rating Agencies, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Purchaser, the Trustee, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchaser and
each of the Rating Agencies, together with such other written
opinions as may be required by the Rating Agencies; and
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(g) Such
further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may
reasonably request.
SECTION
7.
Indemnification .
(a) The
Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, the
Underwriters, the Initial Purchaser, their respective officers and
directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser, any
Underwriter or any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
1933 Act ”) or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”),
against any and all losses, expenses (including the reasonable fees
and expenses of legal counsel), claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject
under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) the
Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the
Memorandum, the Diskette or, insofar as they are required to be
filed as part of the Registration Statement pursuant to the
No-Action Letters, any Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets
with respect to the Registered Certificates, or in any revision or
amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing, (B) any items
similar to Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets forwarded by
the Seller to the Initial Purchaser, or in any revision or
amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or (C) the
summaries, reports, documents and other written and computer
materials and all other information regarding the Mortgage Loans or
the Seller furnished by the Seller for review by prospective
investors (the items in (A), (B) and (C) above being defined as the
“ Disclosure Material ”), or (ii) arise out of
or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein (in the case of Computational Materials and ABS Term
Sheets, when read in conjunction with the Prospectus Supplement, in
the case of items similar to Computational Materials and ABS Term
Sheets, when read in conjunction with the Memorandum, and in the
case of any summaries, reports, documents, written or computer
materials, or other information contemplated in clause (C) above,
when read in conjunction with the Memorandum) a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; but, with respect to the Disclosure Material
described in clauses (A) and (B) of the definition thereof, only if
and to the extent that (I) any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or
with respect to, such Disclosure Material, arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or omission with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged
Properties contained in the Data File (it being herein acknowledged
that the Data File was and will be used to prepare the Prospectus
Supplement and the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, including
without limitation Annex A thereto, the Memorandum, the
Diskette, any Computational Materials and ABS Term Sheets with
respect to the Registered Certificates and any items similar to
Computational Materials and ABS Term Sheets forwarded to
prospective investors in the Non-Registered Certificates), (II) any
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission of a material fact occurring in, or with respect
to, such Disclosure Material, is with respect to, or arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or omission of a material fact
with respect to, the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the
related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the
Seller set forth in the Specified Portions of each of the
Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement
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and the Memorandum, (III) any
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to, such Disclosure
Material, arises out of or is based upon a breach of the
representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in or made
pursuant to Section 3 or (IV) any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or
with respect to, such Disclosure Material, arises out of or is
based upon any other written information concerning the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors or
the related Mortgaged Properties furnished to the Purchaser, the
Underwriters or the Initial Purchaser by the Seller;
provided that the indemnification provided by this Section 7
shall not apply to the extent that such untrue statement or
omission of a material fact was made as a result of an error in the
manipulation of, or in any calculations based upon, or in any
aggregation of the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the
related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties set
forth in the Data File or Annex A to the Prospectus Supplement or
the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent such
information was not materially incorrect in the Data File or such
Annex A, as applicable, including without limitation the
aggregation of such information with comparable information
relating to the Other Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnification provided in this Section 7(a) shall
not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter or the Initial
Purchaser (or to the benefit of any person controlling such
Underwriter or Initial Purchaser) from whom the person asserting
claims giving rise to any such losses, claims, damages, expenses or
liabilities purchased Certificates if (x) the subject untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made
in any Disclosure Material (exclusive of the Prospectus or any
corrected or amended Prospectus or the Memorandum or any corrected
or amended Memorandum) is eliminated or remedied in the Prospectus
or the Memorandum (in either case, as corrected or amended, if
applicable), as applicable, (y) a copy of the Prospectus or
Memorandum (in either case, as corrected or amended, if
applicable), as applicable, shall not have been sent to such person
at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such
Certificates to such person, and (z) in the case of a corrected or
amended Prospectus or Memorandum, such Underwriter or the Initial
Purchaser received electronically or in writing notice of such
untrue statement or omission and updated information concerning the
untrue statement or omission at least one Business Day prior to the
written confirmation of such sale. The Seller shall, subject
to paragraph (c) below, reimburse each such indemnified party, as
incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity will be in
addition to any liability which the Seller may otherwise
have.
(b) For
purposes of this Agreement, “ Registration Statement
” shall mean such registration statement No. 333-120922 filed
by the Purchaser on Form S-3, including without limitation exhibits
thereto and information incorporated therein by reference; “
Base Prospectus ” shall mean the prospectus dated June
22, 2005, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated June
22, 2005 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ” and,
together with the Base Prospectus, the “ Prospectus
”) relating to the Registered Certificates, including all
annexes thereto; “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
” shall mean the prospectus supplement dated June 8, 2005,
relating to the Registered Certificates, including all annexes
thereto; “ Memorandum ” shall mean the private
placement memorandum dated June 22, 2005, relating to the
Non-Registered Certificates, including all exhibits thereto;
“ Registered Certificates ” shall mean the Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-PB, Class
A-6, Class A-FL, Class A-M, Class A-J, Class B, Class C and Class D
Certificates; “ Non-Registered Certificates ”
shall mean the Certificates other than the Registered Certificates;
“ Computational Materials ” shall have
the
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meaning assigned thereto in the
no-action letter dated May 20, 1994 issued by the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”) to Kidder, Peabody Acceptance
Corporation I, Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, and Kidder
Structured Asset Corporation and the no-action letter dated May 27,
1994 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission to the Public Securities Association (together, the
“ Kidder Letters ”); “ ABS Term
Sheets ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
no-action letter dated February 17, 1995 issued by the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Commission to the Public Securities
Association (the “ PSA Letter ” and, together
with the Kidder Letters, the “ No-Action Letters
”); “ Diskette ” shall mean the diskette
or compact disc attached to each of the Prospectus and the
Memorandum; and “ Data File ” shall mean the
compilation of information and data regarding the Mortgage Loans
covered by the Independent Accountants’ Report on Applying
Agreed-Upon Procedures letters dated June 8, 2005, as supplemented
on June 24, 2005, and rendered by KPMG LLP (a “hard
copy” of which Data File was initialed on behalf of the
Seller and the Purchaser).
(c) As
promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by any person
entitled to indemnification under this Section 7 (an “
indemnified party ”) of notice of the commencement of
any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the Seller (the “
indemnifying party ”) under this Section 7, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it
from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under
Section 7(a) (except to the extent that such omission has
prejudiced the indemnifying party in any material respect) or from
any liability which it may have otherwise than under this Section
7. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice
delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel selected by the indemnifying party and
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided
, however , that if the defendants in any such action
include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it or them and/or
other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party
shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such
legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon
receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying
party will not be liable for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have
employed separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal
defenses in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence
(it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall
not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel,
approved by the Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial
Purchaser, representing all the indemnified parties under Section
7(a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party
shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii)
the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for
the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and
except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is
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applicable, such liability shall
only be in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or
(iii). Unless it shall assume the defense of any proceeding,
an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled
with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the indemnifying party shall indemnify the indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees
and expenses of counsel or any other expenses for which the
indemnifying party is obligated under this subsection, the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent
if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and
(ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date
of such settlement. If an indemnifying party assumes the
defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such
proceeding with the consent of the indemnified party or, if such
settlement provides for an unconditional release of the indemnified
party in connection with all matters relating to the proceeding
that have been asserted against the indemnified party in such
proceeding by the other parties to such settlement, which release
does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified
party without the consent of the indemnified party.
(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable
to an indemnified party under Section 7(a) hereof or insufficient
in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred
to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified and
indemnifying parties in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations (taking into
account the parties’ relative knowledge and access to
information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim
was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement
or omission or failure to comply, and any other equitable
considerations appropriate under the circumstances). The
relative fault of the indemnified and indemnifying parties shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by such parties; provided that no Underwriter or Initial
Purchaser shall be obligated to contribute more than its share of
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees pertaining to
the Certificates less any damages otherwise paid by such
Underwriter or Initial Purchaser with respect to such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense. It is hereby
acknowledged that the obligations under this Section 7 of the
respective Underwriters and the Initial Purchaser shall be several
and not joint. For purposes of this Section, each person, if
any, who controls an Underwriter or the Initial Purchaser within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934
Act, and such Underwriter’s or Initial Purchaser’s
officers and directors, shall have the same rights to contribution
as such Underwriter or the Initial Purchaser, as the case may be,
and each director of the Seller and each person, if any who
controls the Seller within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Seller.
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(e) The
Purchaser and the Seller agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 7(d) were determined
by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that
does not take account of the considerations referred to in Section
7(d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim, except where
the indemnified party is required to bear such expenses pursuant to
this Section 7, which expenses the indemnifying party shall pay as
and when incurred, at the request of the indemnified party, to the
extent that the indemnifying party will be ultimately obligated to
pay such expenses. If any expenses so paid by the
indemnifying party are subsequently determined to not be required
to be borne by the indemnifying party hereunder, the party that
received such payment shall promptly refund the amount so paid to
the party which made such payment. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of
(i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made
by the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchaser, any of
their respective directors or officers, or any person controlling
the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the Initial Purchaser, and (iii)
acceptance of and payment for any of the Certificates.
(g) Without
limiting the generality or applicability of any other provision of
this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchaser and their
directors, officers and controlling parties shall be third-party
beneficiaries of the provisions of this Section 7.
SECTION
8.
Costs . The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse the
Purchaser to the extent that the Purchaser has paid) the aggregate
of the following amounts: (i) the costs and expenses of
printing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
Certificates; (ii) the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise
reproducing) and delivering a preliminary and final Prospectus,
Term Sheet and Memorandum relating to the Certificates; (iii) the
initial fees, costs, and expenses of the Trustee (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees); (iv) the filing fee charged by
the Securities and Exchange Commission for registration of the
Certificates so registered; (v) the fees charged by the Rating
Agencies to rate the Certificates so rated; (vi) the fees and
disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by
the Purchaser and the Seller with respect to numerical information
in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in
the Prospectus, the Memorandum and any related Computational
Materials or ABS Term Sheets, including in respect of the cost of
obtaining any “comfort letters” with respect to such
items; (vii) the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in
connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates
under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, including
filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in
connection therewith, in connection with the preparation of any
“Blue Sky” survey and in connection with any
determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment
by institutional investors and the preparation of any legal
investment survey; (viii) the expenses of printing any such
“Blue Sky” survey and legal investment survey; and (ix)
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Purchaser,
the Underwriters and the Initial Purchaser; provided ,
however , Seller
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shall pay (or shall reimburse the
Purchaser to the extent that the Purchaser has paid) the expense of
recording any assignment of Mortgage or assignment of Assignment of
Leases as contemplated by Section 2 hereof with respect to the
Seller’s Mortgage Loans. All other costs and expenses
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder shall be
borne by the party incurring such expense.
SECTION
9.
Grant of a Security Interest . It is the express
intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in Section 2
hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the Mortgage Loans
by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation
of the Seller. However, if, notwithstanding the
aforementioned intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held
to be property of the Seller, then, (a) it is the express intent of
the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other
obligation of the Seller, and (b) (i) this Agreement shall also be
deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Article 9
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction; (ii)
the conveyance provided for in Section 2 hereof shall be deemed to
be a grant by the Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in
all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, and all amounts payable to the holder of the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof, and all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property,
including, without limitation, all amounts, other than investment
earnings, from time to time held or invested in the Certificate
Account, the Distribution Account or, if established, the REO
Account (each as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other
property; (iii) the assignment to the Trustee of the interest of
the Purchaser as contemplated by Section 1 hereof shall be deemed
to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder;
(iv) the possession by the Trustee or any of its agents, including,
without limitation, the Custodian, of the Mortgage Notes, and such
other items of property as constitute instruments, money,
negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
possession by the secured party for purposes of perfecting the
security interest pursuant to Section 9-313 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction; and (v)
notifications to persons (other than the Trustee) holding such
property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from
persons (other than the Trustee) holding such property, shall be
deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as
applicable) of the secured party for the purpose of perfecting such
security interest under applicable law. The Seller and the
Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement
were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans,
such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security
interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION
10.
Covenants of Purchaser . The Purchaser shall provide
the Seller with all forms of Disclosure Materials (including the
final form of the Memorandum and the preliminary and final forms of
the Prospectus Supplement) promptly upon any such document becoming
available.
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SECTION
11.
Notices . All notices, copies, requests, consents,
demands and other communications required hereunder shall be in
writing and telecopied or delivered to the intended recipient at
the “Address for Notices” specified beneath its name on
the signature pages hereof or, as to either party, at such other
address as shall be designated by such party in a notice hereunder
to the other party. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, all such communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given when transmitted by telecopier or personally delivered
or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case
given or addressed as aforesaid.
SECTION
12.
Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery . All representations, warranties and agreements
contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or
contained in the certificates of officers of the Seller submitted
pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and
effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser (and by the Purchaser to the
Trustee).
SECTION
13.
Severability of Provisions . Any part, provision,
representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is
prohibited or which is held to be void or unenforceable shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any
part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this
Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void
or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive
any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or
unenforceable any provision hereof.
SECTION
14.
Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
SECTION
15.
GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS,
DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO
SHALL BE GOVERNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND
DECISIONS OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL