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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
UBS WARBURG REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC.,
Purchaser
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller and Servicer
Dated as of November 1, 2001
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1. Definitions
1
SECTION 2. Agreement to Purchase
10
SECTION 3. Mortgage Schedules
10
SECTION 4. Purchase Price
10
SECTION 5. Examination of Mortgage Files
11
SECTION 6. Conveyance from Seller to Purchaser
11
Subsection 6.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
11
Subsection 6.02 Books and Records
12
Subsection 6.03 Delivery of Mortgage Loan
12
SECTION 7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants
13
Subsection 7.01. Representations and Warranties
13
Subsection 7.02. Representations and Warranties
Regarding
15
Subsection 7.03 Remedies for Breach of Representations
22
Subsection 7.04 Repurchase Upon Conversion
24
SECTION 8. Closing
24
SECTION 9. Closing Documents
25
SECTION 10. Costs
26
SECTION 11. Seller’s Servicing Obligations
26
SECTION 12. Removal of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion Under
this Agreement Upon a Whole
Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer on One or More
Reconstitution Dates
27
SECTION 13. The Seller
29
Subsection 13.01 Additional Indemnification by the
29
Subsection 13.02 Merger or Consolidation of the
29
Subsection 13.03 Limitation on Liability of the
30
Subsection 13.04 Seller Not to Resign
30
Subsection 13.05 No Transfer of Servicing
30
SECTION 14. Default
31
Subsection 14.01 Events of Default
31
Subsection 14.02 Waiver of Defaults
32
SECTION 15. Termination
32
Subsection 15.01 Termination
32
Subsection 15.02 Termination Without Cause
33
SECTION 16. Successor to the Seller
33
SECTION 17. Financial Statements
34
SECTION 18. Mandatory Delivery; Grant of Security
Interest
34
SECTION 19. Notices
35
SECTION 20. Severability Clause
36
SECTION 21. Counterparts
36
SECTION 22. Governing Law
36
SECTION 23. Intention of the Parties
36
SECTION 24. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase
Agreement
36
SECTION 25. Waivers
37
SECTION 26. Exhibits
37
SECTION 17. General Interpretive Principles
37
SECTION 28. Reproduction of Documents
37
SECTION 29. Further Agreements
38
SECTION 30. No Solicitation
38
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1
SELLER’S OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT 2
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
EXHIBIT 3
SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 4
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
EXHIBIT 5
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
EXHIBIT 6
MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
EXHIBIT 7
FORM OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 8
FORM OF ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 9
FORM OF SELLER’S WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT 11
SELLER’S UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
EXHIBIT 12
RESERVED
EXHIBIT 13
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
This is a MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the "
Agreement "), dated as of November 1, 2001, by and between
UBS Warburg Real Estate Securities Inc., having an office at 1285
Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10019 (the "
Purchaser ") and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., having an
office at 4500 Parkway Granada, Calabasas, California 91302
(the " Seller ").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, from time to time, to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, from time to
time, from the Seller, certain conventional adjustable rate
residential first mortgage loans (the " Mortgage Loans ") as
described herein, and which shall be delivered in pools of whole
loans (each a " Mortgage Loan Package ") on various dates as
provided herein (each a " Closing Date ");
WHEREAS, each Mortgage Loan is secured by a mortgage, deed of
trust or other security instrument creating a first lien on a
residential dwelling located in the jurisdiction indicated on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Mortgage Loan Package, which
will be annexed hereto as Exhibit 10 from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller wish to prescribe the
manner of the conveyance, servicing and control of the Mortgage
Loans; and
WHEREAS, following its purchase of the Mortgage Loans from the
Seller, the Purchaser desires to sell some or all of the Mortgage
Loans to one or more purchasers as a whole loan transfer or a
public or private pass-through transaction;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Seller agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions . For purposes of
this Agreement the following capitalized terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below. Other capitalized terms
used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement attached as Exhibit 9 hereto.
Agreement: This Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Servicing Agreement and all amendments and attachments thereto and
supplements hereof.
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the value of the related Mortgaged Property based upon the lesser
of (i) the appraisal made for the originator at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the purchase price of the
Mortgaged Property at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan;
provided, however, that in the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan,
such value is based solely upon the appraisal made at the time of
origination of such refinanced Mortgage Loan; and further provided,
however, that in the case of a Mortgage Loan originated under the
Seller’s streamlined documentation program, such value may be
based upon a prior appraisal that satisfies the requirements of the
Seller’s streamlined documentation program.
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.
BIF : The Bank Insurance Fund, or any successor
thereto.
Business Day : Any day other than (i) a Saturday or
Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings and loan
institutions, in the State of California, Texas or New York, or the
state in which the Seller’s servicing operations are located,
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
CD Mortgage Loan : Any individual Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a provision
whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is adjusted
semi-annually based upon the weekly average yield on certificates
of deposit.
Closing Date : The date this Agreement is executed
and delivered and the date or dates on which the Purchaser from
time to time shall purchase and the Seller from time to time shall
sell, the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package.
The Closing Dates for each Mortgage Loan Package shall be as
respectively set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or such other
date or dates as are mutually agreed upon by the parties.
Convertible Mortgage Loan : Any individual
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a
provision whereby the Mortgagor is permitted to convert the
Mortgage Loan to a fixed-rate mortgage loan at any time between the
first anniversary and the fifth anniversary of the origination of
the mortgage loan.
Custodial Account : The separate account or
accounts created and maintained pursuant to this Agreement, which
shall be an Eligible Account and shall be entitled "Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc. in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors,
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans".
Custodial Agreement : The agreement governing
the retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage,
Assignment of Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents.
Custodian : The custodian under the Custodial
Agreement, or its successor in interest or assigns, or any
successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement, as
therein provided.
Cut-off Date : The first day of the month in
which the related Closing Date occurs.
Deleted Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan
repurchased or replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Due Date : The day of the month on which the
Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of
grace.
Due Period : With respect to each Remittance
Date, the period commencing on the second day of the month
preceding the month of the Remittance Date and ending on the first
day of the month of the Remittance Date.
Eligible Account : An account or accounts (i)
maintained with a depository institution the short-term debt
obligations of which are rated by each of the Rating Agencies in
one of their two highest rating categories at the time of any
deposit therein, (ii) the deposits of which are fully insured by
the FDIC, or (iii) maintained in a parent, affiliate or subsidiary
of the Seller provided that such account satisfies the requirements
of (i) or (ii) above.
Escrow Account : The separate trust account or
accounts created and maintained pursuant to this Agreement which
shall be an Eligible Account and shall be entitled "Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc. in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors,
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans".
Event of Default : Any one of the conditions
or circumstances enumerated in Section 14.01 of this Agreement.
FDIC : The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, or any successor thereto.
FHLMC : Freddie Mac, or any successor
thereto.
FIRREA : The Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
5/1 ARM Mortgage Loan : Any individual Mortgage
Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a
provision whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is fixed
for the first five (5) years of the term of the related Mortgage
Loan and which thereafter is converted to a Treasury Rate Mortgage
Loan or a LIBOR Mortgage Loan except that the Periodic Rate Cap
does not apply to the initial Interest Rate Adjustment Date for the
related Mortgage Loan.
FNMA : Fannie Mae, or any successor
thereto.
Gross Margin : With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth on the related Mortgage
Note, which amount is added to the Index in accordance with the
terms of the related Mortgage Note to determine on each Interest
Rate Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Mortgage
Loan.
Index : With respect to any individual
Treasury Rate Mortgage Loan, and with respect to any individual 5/1
ARM Mortgage Loan or 3/1 ARM Mortgage Loan commencing from and
after the sixtieth Monthly Payment and the thirty-sixth Monthly
Payment thereof, respectively, Index shall mean a rate per annum
equal to the weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year as published by the
Federal Reserve Board in statistical release No.
H 15 (519) or any similar publication as available 45
days prior to the Interest Rate Adjustment Date. With respect
to any individual LIBOR Mortgage Loan, Index shall mean a rate per
annum equal to the average of interbank offered rates for twelve
month U.S. dollar denominated deposits in the London market as
determined as set forth in the related Mortgage Note. With respect
to any individual CD Mortgage Loan, Index shall mean a rate per
annum equal to the weekly average yield on certificates of deposit
adjusted to a constant maturity of six months as published by the
Federal Reserve Board in statistical release No.
H 15 (519) or similar publication as available 45 days
prior to the Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
Initial Rate Cap: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan and the initial Interest Rate Adjustment Date therefor, a
number of percentage points per annum that is set forth in the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage Note,
which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate for
such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease from the Mortgage
Interest Rate in effect immediately prior to such Interest Rate
Adjustment Date.
Insurance Proceeds : With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the Mortgage
Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interest Rate Adjustment Date : The date on
which an adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate on a Mortgage
Note becomes effective.
LIBOR Mortgage Loan : Any individual Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a provision
whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is adjusted
annually based upon the rate per annum equal to the average of
interbank offered rates for twleve-month U.S. dollar denominated
deposits in the London market as published in The Wall Street
Journal.
Lifetime Mortgage Interest Rate Cap: With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate payable, above which the Mortgage Interest Rate
cannot be adjusted.
Limited Documentation Program : The guidelines
set forth on Exhibit 11 hereto under which the Seller
generally originates Mortgage Loans principally on the basis of the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan and the
creditworthiness of the Mortgagor. The maximum Loan-to-Value
Ratio permitted under the Limited Documentation Program is 75%.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV : With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the original outstanding principal
amount of the Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, to the lesser
of the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination or
the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan covered
by an LPMI Policy as of the Cut-off Date.
LPMI Policy : A PMI Policy, issued by a
primary mortgage insurer approved by FNMA and FHLMC and whose
claims paying rating ability is acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, for
which the Seller pays (or causes to be paid) any and all premiums
thereunder.
LPMI Rate: With respect to each LPMI Mortgage Loan, the
portion of the Mortgage Interest Rate as set forth on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, which shall be used to pay the premium due
on the related LPMI Policy.
Monthly Payment : The scheduled monthly
payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan which is
payable by a Mortgagor under a related Mortgage Note.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a first
lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real property
securing the Mortgage Note; except that with respect to real
property located in jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold
estates for residential properties is a widely accepted practice,
the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing the
Mortgage Note may secure and create a first lien upon a leasehold
estate of the Mortgagor.
Mortgage File : The items pertaining to a
particular Mortgage Loan referred to in Exhibit 5 annexed
hereto, and any additional documents required to be added to the
Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Interest Rate : The annual rate at
which Interest accrues on any Mortgage Loan as adjusted from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage
Note and in compliance with the related Initial Rate Cap, Lifetime
Cap and Periodic Rate Cap, if any, of the related Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage Loan : An individual Convertible or
Non-Convertible, Treasury Rate, LIBOR, 10/1 ARM, 7/1 ARM, 5/1 ARM,
3/1 ARM or CD Mortgage Loan which is the subject of this Agreement,
each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan
includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly
Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, condemnation
proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO disposition proceeds, and all
other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in
connection with such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Documents : The documents listed
on Exhibit 6 hereto pertaining to any Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Schedule : The schedule of
Mortgage Loans annexed hereto as Exhibit 10 , as prepared by
the Seller or the Purchaser, at the Seller’s option, such
schedule setting forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Seller’s Mortgage Loan
identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor’s name; (3) the street
address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip
code; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied a second home, or an investment property; (5) the
number and type of residential units constituting the Mortgaged
Property; (6) the original months to maturity; (7) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate
as of the Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the initial Monthly
Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan; (10) the stated maturity
date; (11) the amount of the Monthly Payment as of the Cut-off
Date; (12) the last payment date on which a payment was actually
applied to the outstanding principal balance; (13) the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Cut-off
Date, after deduction of payments of principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date whether or not collected; (15) a code indicating the
purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, rate and term refinance,
equity take-out refinance); (16) a code indicating the
documentation style (i.e. full, alternative or reduced); (17) the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (18) the Gross Margin; (19) the
lifetime maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the
Mortgage Note; (20) the date the Mortgage Loan was originated; (21)
the Periodic Rate Cap; (22) a code indicating the company providing
private mortgage insurance; (23) a code indicating if the Mortgage
Loan is convertible; (24) the Servicing Fee Rate, (25) the LPMI
Rate, if any; and (26) the Initial Rate Cap. With respect to
the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, the Mortgage Loan Schedule
shall set forth the following information, as of the Cut-off Date:
(1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the
weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and
(4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule may consist of multiple reports that
collectively set forth all of the required information.
Mortgage Note : The note or other evidence of
the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property : The real property (or
leasehold estate, if applicable) securing repayment of the debt
evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage
Note.
Non-Convertible Mortgage Loan: Any individual
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which does not
contain a provision whereby the Mortgagor may convert the Mortgage
Loan to a fixed-rate mortgage loan.
Officer’s Certificate : A certificate
signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Vice Chairman of the
Board or a President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or
the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Seller, and delivered to the Purchaser.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion of
counsel, who may be an employee of the party on behalf of whom the
opinion is being given, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Pass-Through Transfer : The sale or transfer
of some or all of the Mortgage Loans to a trust to be formed as
part of a publicly or privately traded pass-through transaction
retaining the Seller as "servicer thereunder".
Periodic Rate Cap : With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note which provides
for an absolute maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate
therein may increase or decrease on an Interest Rate Adjustment
Date above the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect, equal
to the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule per adjustment.
The Periodic Rate Cap for a Treasury Rate Mortgage Loan, a
LIBOR Mortgage Loan, a 10/1 ARM Mortgage Loan, a 7/1 ARM Mortgage
Loan, a 5/1 ARM Mortgage Loan and a 3/1 ARM Mortgage Loan is 2%;
provided , however , that the Periodic Rate Cap does
not apply to a 5/1 ARM Mortgage Loan, a 7/1 ARM Mortgage Loan or a
10/1 ARM Mortgage Loan for the initial Interest Rate Adjustment
Date. The Periodic Rate Cap for a CD Mortgage Loan is 1%.
Person : Any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Principal Prepayment : Any payment or other
recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in
advance of its scheduled Due Date, 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.
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or PMI Policy
: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued
by a Qualified Insurer.
Purchase Price : The price paid on the related
Closing Date by the Purchaser to the Seller in exchange for the
Mortgage Loans purchased on such Closing Date as calculated in
Section 4 of this Agreement.
Purchase Price and Terms Letters : Those
certain letter agreements setting forth the general terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated herein and identifying
the loan characteristics of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased from
time to time hereunder, by and between the Seller and the
Purchaser, attached hereto as Exhibit 14 . All of the
individual Purchase Price and Terms Letters shall collectively be
referred to as the " Purchase Price and Terms Letter ".
Purchaser : UBS Warburg Real Estate Securities
Inc. or its successor in interest or any successor to or assignee
of the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein provided.
Qualified Depository : A depository, the
accounts of which are insured by the FDIC through the BIF or the
SAIF and the long term unsecured debt obligations of which are
rated "AA" or better by each of the Rating Agencies.
Qualified Insurer : An insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the states in which the
Mortgaged Properties are located, duly authorized and licensed in
such states to transact the applicable insurance business and to
write the insurance provided, approved as an insurer by FNMA and
FHLMC, and whose claims paying ability is rated in one of the two
highest rating categories by each of the Rating Agencies with
respect to primary mortgage insurance and in one of the two highest
rating categories by A.M. Best Company, Inc.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan : A
mortgage loan eligible to be substituted by the Seller for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution,
(i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all
scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case
of a substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance), not in excess of
the outstanding principal balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the
amount of any shortfall will be deposited in the Custodial Account
by the Seller in the month of substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage
Interest Rate not less than and not more than 1% greater than the
Mortgage Interest Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a
remaining term to maturity not greater than and not more than one
year less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) comply with
each representation and warranty (respecting individual Mortgage
Loans) set forth in Section 7 hereof; (v) use the same Index for
determining the Mortgage Interest Rate as the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; and (vi) have the same provision with respect to
convertibility as the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Rating Agencies : Standard & Poor’s, a division
of The McGraw- Hill Companies, Inc., Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc., Fitch, Inc. or, in the event that some or all
ownership of the Mortgage Loans is evidenced by mortgage-backed
securities, the nationally recognized rating agencies issuing
ratings with respect to such securities, if any.
Reconstitution Agreements : The agreement or
agreements entered into by the Seller and the Purchaser and/or
certain third parties on the Reconstitution Date or Dates with
respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced hereunder, in
connection with a Whole Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer as
set forth in Section 12, including, but not limited to, a
seller’s warranties and servicing agreement in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit 9 . Such agreement or
agreements shall prescribe the rights and obligations of the Seller
in servicing the related Mortgage Loans.
Reconstitution Date : The date or dates on
which any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced under this
Agreement shall be removed from this Agreement and reconstituted as
part of a Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer pursuant to
Section 12 hereof. On such date, the Mortgage Loans
transferred shall cease to be covered by this Agreement and the
Seller shall cease to service those Mortgage Loans under this
Agreement in accordance with the termination provisions set forth
in Section 12 hereof.
REMIC : A "real estate mortgage investment
conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Repurchase Price : With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, a price equal to the sum of (i) the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan, plus (ii) interest on such Stated
Principal Balance at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate from the
last date through which interest has been paid and distributed to
the Purchaser to the last day of the month in which such repurchase
occurs, less amounts received or advanced in respect of such
repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held in the Custodial
Account for distribution in the month of repurchase.
SAIF : The Savings Association Insurance
Fund, or any successor thereto.
Seller : Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. or any
successor to or assignee of the Seller under this Agreement as
provided herein.
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement:
Any Reconstitution Agreement in respect of a Whole Loan
Transfer which agreement may include, but not be limited, to a
seller’s warranties and servicing agreement in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit 9.
Servicing Fee : With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the amount of the annual fee the Purchaser shall pay to the
Seller, which shall, for a period of one full month, be equal to
one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate and
(b) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Such fee shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis of
the same principal amount and period respecting which any related
interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is computed. The
obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to,
and the Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion
of such monthly payment collected by the Seller, or as otherwise
provided under Section 11 hereof. With respect to REO
Property, the Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Seller through
REO Disposition in accordance with Section 4.13 of the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement which Servicing
Fee shall be based upon the Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loan at the time of foreclosure as reduced by any income
or proceeds received by Purchaser in respect of such REO Property
and applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the
foreclosed Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Fee Rate : Unless otherwise
provided for in the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter and set
forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, (i) 0.25% per annum
with respect to 3/1 ARM Mortgage Loans, (ii) 0.375% per annum with
respect to LIBOR Mortgage Loans and Treasury Rate Mortgage Loans,
and (iii) with respect to 5/1 ARM Mortgage Loans, 7/1 ARM Mortgage
Loans and 10/1 ARM Mortgage Loans, 0.25% per annum during the
period the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is fixed and 0.375%
per annum thereafter.
Servicing File : With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the file retained by the Seller consisting of originals of
all documents in the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the
Purchaser or the Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan
Documents set forth on Exhibit 6 hereto.
7/1 ARM Mortgage Loan : Any individual Mortgage
Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a
provision whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is fixed
for the first seven (7) years of the term of the related Mortgage
Loan and which thereafter is converted to a Treasury Rate Mortgage
Loan or a LIBOR Mortgage Loan except that the Periodic Rate Cap
does not apply to the initial Interest Rate Adjustment Date for the
related Mortgage Loan.
Stated Principal Balance : As to each Mortgage
Loan, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the Cut-off
Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before
such date, whether or not received, minus (ii) all amounts
previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal or
advances in lieu thereof.
10/1 ARM Mortgage Loan : Any individual Mortgage
Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a
provision whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is fixed
for the first ten (10) years of the term of the related Mortgage
Loan and which thereafter is converted to a Treasury Rate Mortgage
Loan or a LIBOR Mortgage Loan except that the Periodic Rate Cap
does not apply to the initial Interest Rate Adjustment Date for the
related Mortgage Loan.
3/1 ARM Mortgage Loan : Any individual
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a
provision whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is fixed
for the first three (3) years of the term of the related Mortgage
Loan and which thereafter is converted to a Treasury Rate Mortgage
Loan or a LIBOR Mortgage Loan.
Treasury Rate Mortgage Loan : Any individual
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a
provision whereby the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan is
adjusted based upon the weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury
securities.
Whole Loan Transfer : The sale or transfer by
Purchaser of some or all of the Mortgage Loans in a whole loan
format pursuant to a Reconstitution Agreement retaining the Seller
as "servicer thereunder".
SECTION 2. Agreement to Purchase
. The Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to
purchase, Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal balance on
the related Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the related
Purchase Price and Terms Letter, or in such other amount as agreed
by the Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by the actual
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans accepted by the
Purchaser on the Closing Date.
SECTION 3. Mortgage Schedules
. Prior to each Closing Date, the Seller shall provide
the Purchaser with certain information constituting a listing of
the Mortgage Loans to be purchased under each of the Purchase Price
and Terms Letters and this Agreement.
The Seller is obligated to deliver those Mortgage Loans funded
by the Seller pursuant to the original terms of the Seller’s
commitment to the Mortgagor. The Seller shall deliver the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on a
particular Closing Date to the Purchaser on or prior to the related
Closing Date.
SECTION 4. Purchase Price . The
Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan shall be the percentage of
par as stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter
(subject to adjustment as provided therein), multiplied by the
aggregate principal balance, as of the related Cut-off Date, of the
Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, after
application of scheduled payments of principal due on or before the
related Cut-off Date whether or not collected. The initial
principal amount of the related Mortgage Loans shall be the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans, so computed as
of the related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the related
Purchase Price and Terms Letter, portions of the Mortgage Loans
shall be priced separately.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described above, the
Purchaser shall pay to the Seller, at closing, accrued interest on
the initial principal amount of the related Mortgage Loans at the
weighted average interest rate of those Mortgage Loans, net of
interest at the Servicing Fee Rate and LPMI Rate, if applicable,
from the related Cut-off Date to the day prior to the related
Closing Date, inclusive.
The Purchaser shall be entitled to (l) all scheduled principal
due after the related Cut-off Date, (2) all other recoveries of
principal collected after the related Cut-off Date (
provided , however , that all scheduled payments of
principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date and collected
by the Seller after the related Cut-off Date shall belong to the
Seller), and (3) all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans net
of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate and LPMI Rate, if applicable
(minus that portion of any such payment which is allocable to the
period prior to the related Cut-off Date). The outstanding
principal balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off
Date is determined after application of payments of principal due
on or before the related Cut-off Date whether or not collected.
Therefore, payments of scheduled principal and interest
prepaid for a due date beyond the related Cut-off Date shall not be
applied to the principal balance as of the related Cut-off Date.
Such prepaid amounts (minus interest at the Servicing Fee
Rate and LPMI Rate, if applicable) shall be the property of the
Purchaser. The Seller shall deposit any such prepaid amounts
into the Custodial Account, which account is established for the
benefit of the Purchaser for subsequent remittance by the Seller to
the Purchaser. All payments of principal and interest, less
interest at the Servicing Fee Rate and LPMI Rate, if applicable,
due on the first day of the month after the related Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Purchaser.
SECTION 5. Examination of Mortgage Files
. No later than five Business Days prior to the related
Closing Date, or such other date as is mutually agreed upon by the
Seller and the Purchaser, the Seller shall (a) deliver to the
Purchaser in escrow, for examination with respect to each Mortgage
Loan to be purchased, the related Mortgage File, including a copy
of the Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or
(b) make the related Mortgage File available to the Purchaser for
examination at the Seller’s offices or such other location as
shall otherwise be agreed upon by the Purchaser and the Seller.
Such examination may be made by the Purchaser or its designee
at any reasonable time before or after the related Closing Date.
The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to the
Seller, purchase all or part of the Mortgage Loans without
conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact that
the Purchaser or its designee has conducted or has failed to
conduct any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files
shall not affect the Purchaser’s (or any of its
successor’s) rights to demand repurchase, substitution or
other relief as provided herein.
SECTION 6. Conveyance from Seller to
Purchaser .
Subsection 6.01
Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
Possession of Servicing Files.
The Seller, simultaneously with the delivery of the Mortgage
Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package to
be purchased on each Closing Date shall execute and deliver an
Assignment and Conveyance in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
4 . The Servicing File retained by the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement shall be appropriately identified in the
Seller’s computer system to clearly reflect the sale of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Seller shall
release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File
retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement, except when
such release is required in connection with a repurchase of any
such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsection 7.03.
Subsection 6.02
Books and Records .
Record title to each Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note as
of the related Closing Date shall be in the name of the relevant
Mortgage Loan originator, the Seller, the Purchaser or one or more
designees of the Purchaser, as the Purchaser shall select.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, ownership of each Mortgage and
related Mortgage Note shall be possessed solely by the Purchaser or
the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be.
All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but
not limited to, all funds received by the Seller after the related
Cut-off Date on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be
vested in the Purchaser or one or more designees of the Purchaser;
provided, however, that all funds received on or in connection with
a Mortgage Loan shall be received and held by the Seller in trust
for the benefit of the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the
Purchaser, as the case may be, as the owner of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
The sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the
Seller’s balance sheet and other financial statements as a
sale of assets by the Seller.
Subsection 6.03
Delivery of Mortgage Loan
Documents.
The Seller shall deliver to the Custodian, prior to each Closing
Date, those Mortgage Loan Documents as required by this Agreement
with respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, a list of which is set forth on Exhibit
6 attached hereto.
The Custodian shall certify its receipt of all such Mortgage
Loan Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
The Purchaser shall be responsible for maintaining the
Custodial Agreement and shall pay all fees and expenses of the
Custodian.
The Seller shall forward to the Custodian original documents
evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension
of any Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance with this Agreement
within two weeks of their execution; provided ,
however , that the Seller shall provide the Custodian with a
certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation
within two weeks of its execution, and shall provide the original
of any document submitted for recordation or a copy of such
document certified by the appropriate public recording office to be
a true and complete copy of the original within ninety days of its
submission for recordation.
If the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage Loan
Documents on the related Closing Date, the Seller shall, promptly
upon receipt thereof and in any case not later than 120 days from
the Closing Date, deliver such original recorded documents to the
Purchaser or its designee (unless the Seller is delayed in making
such delivery by reason of the fact that such documents shall not
have been returned by the appropriate recording office). If
delivery is not completed within 120 days of the related Closing
Date solely because such documents shall not have been returned by
the appropriate recording office, Seller shall deliver such
documents to Purchaser, or its designee, within such time period as
specified in a Seller’s Officer’s Certificate. In
the event that documents have not been received by the date
specified in the Seller’s Officer’s Certificate, a
subsequent Seller’s Officer’s Certificate shall be
delivered by such date specified in the prior Seller’s
Officer’s Certificate, stating a revised date for receipt of
documentation. The procedure shall be repeated until the
documents have been received and delivered. The Seller shall use
its best efforts to effect delivery of all delayed recorded
documents within 180 days of the related Closing Date.
Any review by the Purchaser or its designee of the Mortgage
Files shall in no way alter or reduce the Seller’s
obligations hereunder.
If the Purchaser or its designee discovers any defect with
respect to any document constituting part of a Mortgage File, the
Purchaser shall, or shall cause its designee to, give written
specification of such defect to the Seller and the Seller shall
cure or repurchase such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Subsection
7.03.
SECTION 7.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
of the Seller: Remedies for Breach.
Subsection 7.01.
Representations and Warranties
Respecting the Seller.
The Seller represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser
that as of the related Closing Date or as of such date specifically
provided herein:
(i)
The Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of New York and has all licenses necessary
to carry on its business as is now being conducted and is licensed
and qualified to transact business in and is in good standing under
the laws of each state where a Mortgaged Property is located or is
otherwise exempt under applicable law from such qualification or
licensing requirement or is otherwise not required under applicable
law to effect such qualification or comply with such licensing
requirement and no demand for such qualification or compliance has
been made upon the Seller by any state having jurisdiction and in
any event the Seller is or will be in compliance with the laws of
any such state to the extent necessary to insure the enforceability
of each Mortgage Loan and the servicing of the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii)
The Seller has the full power and authority to hold each
Mortgage Loan, to sell each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver
and perform, and to enter into and consummate, all transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
the Purchaser constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization;
(iii)
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
acquisition or origination of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller, the
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of the Seller’s certificate of incorporation or
by-laws or a material breach of any legal restriction or any
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is now a party or by
which it is bound, or constitute a material default or result in an
acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Seller or its property is subject or impair the ability of the
Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of
the Mortgage Loans;
(iv)
The Seller is an approved seller/servicer for FNMA or FHLMC in
good standing and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"). No event has
occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance
coverage, which would make the Seller unable to comply with FNMA,
FHLMC or HUD eligibility requirements or which would require
notification to FNMA, FHLMC or HUD;
(v)
The Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or
cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant
contained in this Agreement;
(vi)
There is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation or
litigation pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge, threatened,
which either in any one instance or in the aggregate, if determined
adversely to the Seller would adversely affect the sale of the
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement, or the ability of the Seller to
service the Mortgage Loans hereunder in accordance with the terms
hereof or which would have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition of the Seller;
(vii)
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 Mortgage Loans, the delivery of a portion of
the Mortgage Files to the Custodian for the benefit of the
Purchaser, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
or, if required, such consent, approval, authorization or order has
been obtained prior to the related Closing Date;
(viii)
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller, and
the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and
the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not
subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in
effect in the State of California; and
(ix)
No written statement, report or other document prepared and
furnished or to be prepared and furnished by the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein not misleading.
Subsection 7.02.
Representations and Warranties Regarding
Individual Mortgage Loans.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that,
as to each Mortgage Loan, as of the related Closing Date for such
Mortgage Loan:
(i)
The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
complete, true and correct;
(ii)
The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and
any other documents required to be delivered with respect to each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement, have been delivered to
the Custodian all in compliance with the specific requirements of
this Agreement. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Seller is in possession of a complete Mortgage File in compliance
with Exhibit 5 , except for such documents as have been
delivered to the Custodian;
(iii)
All payments required to be made up to, but excluding, the
Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage
Note have been made and credited; the Seller has not advanced
funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of
funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged Property
subject to the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the payment of
any amount required by the Mortgage Loan; the Mortgage Loan is not
delinquent and there has been no delinquency of more than one
Monthly Payment in any payment by the Mortgagor thereunder during
the last twelve months. For purposes of this paragraph, a Mortgage
Loan will be deemed delinquent if any Monthly Payment due
thereunder was not paid by the Mortgagor in the month such payment
was due;
(iv)
There are no delinquent taxes, ground rents, water charges,
sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments,
including assessments payable in future installments or other
outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property;
(v)
The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by
written instruments which have been recorded, if necessary to
protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which have been
delivered to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee, the
substance of which waiver, alteration or modification has been
approved by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any, and by
the title insurer, to the extent required by the related policy and
is reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. No instrument of
waiver, alteration or modification has been executed, and no
Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in
connection with an assumption agreement approved by the primary
mortgage insurer, if any, and title insurer, to the extent required
by the policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the
Mortgage File and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule;
(vi)
The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the
defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right
thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense
of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense has been asserted with respect thereto;
(vii)
All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by an
insurer, acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC, against loss by fire,
hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located,
pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of
the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement annexed hereto as
Exhibit 9 . All such insurance policies (collectively,
the " hazard insurance policy ") contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors and assigns as
mortgagee and all premiums thereon have been paid. If the
Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood
insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines
of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect which policy
conforms to the requirements of FNMA and FHLMC. The Mortgage
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance
at Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s
failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain
such insurance at Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek
reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor;
(viii)
Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit
opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have
been complied with;
(ix)
The Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled or subordinated,
or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has
not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in
part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any
such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(x)
The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable first lien on
the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the Mortgaged
Property subject only to (a) the lien of current real property
taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (b) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of the public record as of the date of recording being
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and
specifically referred to in lender’s title insurance policy
delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and which do not
adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property, and
(c) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject
which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security
intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment,
value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property. Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related
to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes
and creates a valid, existing and enforceable first lien and first
priority security interest on the property described therein and
the Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the
Purchaser. The Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of
origination of the Mortgaged Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of
trust, deed to secured debt or other security instrument creating a
lien subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage;
(xi)
The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and each
is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or
reorganization;
(xii)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, all parties to the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to
execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been duly and properly executed
by such parties. No fraud was committed by the Seller in
connection with the origination or has been committed in connection
with the servicing of the Mortgage Loan and the Seller is not aware
of any fraud with respect to the Mortgage Loan on the part of any
other Person involved in the origination or servicing of the
Mortgage Loan;
(xiii)
The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and
there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and
all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site
improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor
have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording
of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any
refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage;
(xiv)
The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been assigned or
pledged, and the Seller is the sole owner of record and holder
thereof and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan
to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien,
pledge, charge, claim or security interest and has full right and
authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this Agreement;
(xv)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, all parties which have had any interest
in the Mortgage, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or
otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and
disposed of such interest, were) (a) in compliance with any and all
applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein
the Mortgaged Property is located, and (b) organized under the laws
of such state, or (c) qualified to do business in such state, or
(d) federal savings and loan associations or national banks having
principal offices in such state, or (e) not doing business in such
state;
(xvi)
The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title
insurance policy acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, issued by a Qualified
Insurer insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in (x)(a) and
(b) above) the Seller, its successors and assigns as to the first
priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of
the Mortgage Loan and against any loss by reason of the invalidity
or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of
the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the Mortgage Interest Rate
and Monthly Payment. Additionally, such lender’s
title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress,
and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any
interest therein. The Seller is the sole insured of such
lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s
title insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in
full force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made
under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior
holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by
act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such
lender’s title insurance policy;
(xvii)
There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event
which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration
of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration, and the Seller has not waived
any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(xviii)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, there are no mechanics’ or similar
liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material
(and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to
such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or
may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage;
(xix)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, all improvements which were considered
in determining the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction
lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining
properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property;
(xx)
The Mortgage Loan was originated by the Seller or by a
FNMA-approved, FHLMC-approved and HUD-approved mortgage banker, or
by a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial
bank or similar banking institution which is supervised and
examined by a Federal or state authority. Principal payments
on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than sixty days after funds
were disbursed in connection with the Mortgage Loan. The
interest rate on the related Mortgage Note is adjusted annually in
the case of Treasury Rate Mortgage Loans and LIBOR Mortgage Loans
and semi-annually in the case of CD Mortgage Loans on each Interest
Rate Adjustment Date to equal the Index plus the Gross Margin,
subject to the Initial Rate Cap, Periodic Rate Cap and the Lifetime
Rate Cap as set forth in the Mortgage Note. The Mortgage
Interest Rate for a 10/1 ARM Mortgage Loan, 7/1 ARM Mortgage Loan,
5/1 ARM Mortgage Loan and a 3/1 ARM Mortgage Loan is adjusted
annually commencing from and after the one hundred twentieth,
eighty-forth, sixtieth and thirty-sixth Monthly Payment,
respectively, in the same manner as a Treasury Rate Mortgage Loan
and LIBOR Mortgage Loan, provided, however, that the Periodic Rate
Cap does not apply to the initial Interest Rate Adjustment Date for
each 10/1 ARM Mortgage Loan, 7/1 ARM Mortgage Loan or 5/1 ARM
Mortgage Loan (the Initial Rate Cap does apply). The Mortgage
Note is payable on the first day of each month in monthly
installments of principal and interest, with interest in arrears,
and requires Monthly Payments sufficient to amortize the original
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan over a term of no more than
30 years. Each Convertible Mortgage Loan contains a provision
whereby the Mortgagor is permitted to convert the Mortgage Loan to
a fixed-rate mortgage loan at any time between the first and fifth
anniversary of the origination of the Mortgage Loan. No
Mortgage Loan has a provision for negative amortization;
(xxi)
The origination, servicing and collection practices used by the
Seller and, to the best of Seller’s knowledge, any prior
originator or seller, with respect to each Mortgage Note and
Mortgage have been in all respects legal, proper, prudent and
customary in the mortgage origination and servicing business.
With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, if any,
all such payments are in the possession of, or under the control
of, the Seller and there exist no deficiencies in connection
therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof
have not been made. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or
other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized
under any Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note. All Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict compliance with
state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state and local
law has been properly paid and credited;
(xxii)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, the Mortgaged Property is free of damage
and waste and there is no proceeding pending for the total or
partial condemnation thereof;
(xxiii)
The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions such
as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate
for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits
of the security provided thereby, including, (a) in the case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale,
and (b) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no other
exemption available to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the
right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or
the right to foreclose the Mortgage. The Mortgagor has not
notified the Seller and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief
requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Soldiers and
Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940;
(xxiv)
The Mortgage Loan was underwritten generally in accordance with
the Seller’s underwriting standards in effect at the time the
Mortgage Loan was originated a copy of which is annexed hereto as
Exhibit 11;
(xxv)
The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any
collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the
security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel
mortgage referred to in (x) above;
(xxvi)
The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged
Property signed prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan
application by an appraiser who meets the minimum FNMA or FHLMC
qualifications for appraisers, duly appointed by the originator,
who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property
or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation
is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage
Loan. The appraisal is in a form acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC,
with such riders as are acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, as the case
may be, and Title XI of FIRREA and the regulations promulgated
thereunder;
(xxvii)
In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has
been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in
the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by
the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the
Mortgagor;
(xxviii)
No Mortgage Loan contains provisions pursuant to which Monthly
Payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any
separate account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or
anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other
than the Mortgagor or (c) contains any other similar provisions
which may constitute a "buydown" provision. The Mortgage Loan
is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does
not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature;
(xxix)
No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (a) the
construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or (b)
facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(xxx)
The Seller has no knowledge of any circumstances or condition
with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor
or the Mortgagor’s credit standing that can reasonably be
expected to cause the Mortgage Loan to be an unacceptable
investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or
adversely affect the value of the Mortgage Loan;
(xxxi)
Each Mortgage Loan with an LTV at origination in excess of 80%
is and will be subject to a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy,
issued by a FNMA or FHLMC approved insurer, which insures the
portion of the Mortgage Loan required to be so insured under FNMA
or FHLMC guidelines. All provisions of such Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy have been and are being complied with, such policy
is in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have
been paid. Any Mortgage Loan (other than an LPMI Mortgage
Loan) subject to any such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain such insurance and
to pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith. The
amount retained by the Seller from interest relating to any premium
or charge with respect to any LPMI Mortgage Loan will not increase
above the amount of such premium or charge as of the Cut-off Date.
The Mortgage Interest Rate for the Mortgage Loan (other than
an LPMI Mortgage Loan) is net of any such insurance premium;
(xxxii)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, the Mortgaged Property is lawfully
occupied under applicable law. To the best of the
Seller’s knowledge after reasonable inquiry and
investigation, all inspections, licenses and certificates required
to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the
Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of
the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy,
have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities;
(xxxiii)
No action has been taken or failed to be taken, no event has
occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed on or prior to
the Closing Date (whether or not known to the Seller on or prior to
such date) which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from,
denial of, or defense to coverage under any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy (including, without limitation, any exclusions,
denials or defenses which would limit or reduce the availability of
the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due
thereunder to the insured) whether arising out of actions,
representations, errors, omissions, negligence, or fraud of the
Seller, the related Mortgagor or any party involved in the
application for such coverage, including the appraisal, plans and
specifications and other exhibits or documents submitted therewith
to the insurer under such insurance policy, or for any other reason
under such coverage, but not including the failure of such insurer
to pay by reason of such insurer’s breach of such insurance
policy or such insurer’s financial inability to pay;
(xxxiv)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, after reasonable
inquiry and investigation, the Assignment of Mortgage, is in
recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(xxxv)
Any future advances made to the Mortgagor prior to the Cut-off
Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount
secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as
consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment
term. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated
principal amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority
by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring
the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title
evidence acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC. The consolidated
principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of
the Mortgage Loan;
(xxxvi)
The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a single parcel of real
property with a detached single family residence erected thereon,
or a townhouse, or a two-to four-family dwelling, or an individual
condominium unit in a condominium project, or an individual unit in
a planned unit development or a de minimis planned unit
development. If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit
or a planned unit development (other than a de
minimis planned unit development) such condominium or
planned unit development project meets FNMA or FHLMC eligibility
requirements;
(xxxvii)
To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, at the time of
origination, the Mortgage Loans satisfied the FNMA guidelines
regarding environmental hazards as set forth in Chapter 7, section
303 of the FNMA Sellers’ Guide;
(xxxviii)
With respect to Mortgage Loans that are secured by a leasehold
estate, (i) the lease is valid, in full force and effect, and
conforms to all of FNMA’s requirements for leasehold estates;
(ii) all rents and other payments due under the lease have been
paid; (iii) the lessee is not in default under any provision of the
lease; (iv) the term of the lease exceeds the maturity date of the
related Mortgage Loan by at least ten years; and (v) the mortgagee
under the Mortgage Loan is given notice and an opportunity to cure
any defaults under the lease;
(xxxix)
Except with respect to adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, the
Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of
the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in
the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred
without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder;
(xl)
Each Mortgage Loan constitutes a qualified mortgage under
Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section
1.860G-2(a)(1);
(xli)
None of the Mortgage Loans are subject to the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any comparable state law;
(xlii)
None of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were used to finance
single-premium credit insurance policies by the Seller;
(xliii)
Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; and
(xliv)
With respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a Prepayment Penalty
feature, each such Prepayment Penalty is enforceable and each
Prepayment Penalty is permitted pursuant to federal, state and
local law. No Mortgage Loan will impose a Prepayment Penalty for a
term in excess of five years from the date such Mortgage Loan was
originated.
Subsection 7.03
Remedies for Breach of Representations
and Warranties.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 shall survive the
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and shall inure to the
benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding any restrictive or
qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of
Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage
File. With respect to the representations and warranties
contained in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 which are made to the best
of the Seller’s knowledge, if it is discovered by either the
Seller or the Purchaser that the substance of such representation
and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and
adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the
Purchaser’s interest therein, the Purchaser shall be entitled
to all the remedies to which it would be entitled for a breach of
representation or warranty, including, without limitation, the
repurchase requirements contained herein, notwithstanding the
Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the inaccuracy at
the time the representation or warranty was made, the Seller shall
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with this
Subsection 7.03 as if the applicable representation or warranty was
breached. Upon discovery by either the Seller or the Purchaser of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties which
materially and adversely affects the value of one or more of the
Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Purchaser (or which
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Purchaser in
the related Mortgage Loan in the case of a representation and
warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other.
Within 90 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice
to the Seller of any breach of a representation or warranty which
materially and adversely affects the value of a Mortgage Loan or
Purchaser’s interest therein, the Seller shall use its best
efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material respects and,
if such breach cannot be cured, the Seller shall, at the
Purchaser’s option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price. In the event that a breach shall involve
any representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 7.01 and
such breach cannot be cured within 90 days of the earlier of either
discovery by or notice to the Seller of such breach, all of the
Mortgage Loans shall, at the Purchaser’s option, be
repurchased by the Seller at the Repurchase Price. However,
if the breach shall involve a representation or warranty set forth
in Subsection 7.02 and the Seller discovers or receives notice of
any such breach within 120 days of the related Closing Date, the
Seller may, with the Purchaser’s consent and provided that
the Seller has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or Loans),
rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove
such Mortgage Loan (a " Deleted Mortgage Loan ") and
substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, provided that (i) any such substitution shall be effected
not later than 120 days after the related Closing Date and (ii)
prior to any substitution into a REMIC pass-through entity, upon
reasonable request by the Purchaser, the Seller shall provide the
Purchaser with an Opinion of Counsel that the substitution of the
applicable Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan will not effect the
status of the pass-through entity as a REMIC. If the Seller
has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or is unable to obtain
an Opinion of Counsel), it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage
Loan. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan(s) pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Subsection 7.03 shall be accomplished
by deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount of the Repurchase
Price for distribution to Purchaser on the next scheduled
Remittance Date, after deducting therefrom any amount received in
respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Loans and being held
in the Custodial Account for future distribution.
At the time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the
Seller shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan to the Seller and the delivery to the Seller of any documents
held by the Custodian relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
In the event of a repurchase or substitution, the Seller
shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give written notice
to the Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken
place, amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan from this Agreement, and in the case
of substitution, identify a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or
Loans) and amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the addition
of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this Agreement.
In connection with any such substitution, the Seller shall be
deemed to have made as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement
except that all such representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement shall be deemed made as of the date of such
substitution. The Seller shall effect such substitution by
delivering to the Custodian for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan the documents required by the Purchaser, with the Mortgage
Note endorsed thereon as required by this Agreement. The
Seller shall deposit in the Custodial Account the Monthly Payment
less the Servicing Fee Rate and LPMI Rate, if applicable, due on
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans in the month
following the date of such substitution. Monthly Payments due
with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution shall be retained by the Seller. For the month
of substitution, distributions to Purchaser shall include the
Monthly Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of
substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain
all amounts subsequently received by the Seller in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Seller
shall determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
principal balance of all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of
the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application
of scheduled principal payments due in the month of substitution).
The amount of such shortfall shall be distributed by the
Seller in the month of substitution pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
Accordingly, on the date of such substitution, the Seller
shall deposit from its own funds into the Custodial Account an
amount equal to the amount of such shortfall multiplied by such
premium percentage, if any.
In addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the
Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against
any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and other costs
and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion
based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the
Seller representations and warranties contained in this Section 7.
It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Seller set forth in this Subsection 7.03 to cure, substitute for or
repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the Purchaser
as provided in this Subsection 7.03 constitute the sole remedies of
the Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing representations
and warranties.
Any cause of action against the Seller relating to or arising
out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in
Subsections 7.01 or 7.02 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon
(i) discovery of such breach by the Purchaser or notice thereof by
the Seller to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by the Seller to cure
such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified above,
and (iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser for compliance
with the relevant provisions of this Agreement.
Subsection 7.04
Repurchase Upon Conversion .
In the event the Mortgagor under any Convertible Mortgage Loan
elects to convert said Mortgage Loan to a fixed rate mortgage loan,
as provided in the related Mortgage Note, then the Seller shall
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan in the month the conversion
takes place and in the manner prescribed in Subsection 7.03 at the
Repurchase Price.
SECTION 8. Closing . The closing
for each Mortgage Loan Package shall take place on the related
Closing Date. The Closing shall be either: by telephone, confirmed
by letter or wire as the parties shall agree, or conducted in
person, at such place as the parties shall agree.
The closing for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each
Closing Date shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
a)
all of the representations and warranties of the Seller under
this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the related Closing
Date and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the
passage of time, would constitute a default under this
Agreement;
b)
the Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser’s
attorneys shall have received in escrow, all Closing Documents as
specified in Section 9 of this Agreement, in such forms as are
agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all
signatories other than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the
terms hereof;
c)
the Seller shall have delivered and released to the Custodian
all documents required pursuant to this Agreement; and
d)
all other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been
complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to
the Seller on the related Closing Date the Purchase Price, plus
accrued interest pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated
by the Seller, which shall be received by 1:00 P.M. eastern
standard time.
SECTION 9. Closing Documents . The
Closing Documents for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each
Closing Date shall consist of fully executed originals of the
following documents:
1.
the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, segregated by Mortgage Loan
Package;
2.
a Custodian’s Trust Receipt and Certification, as required
under the Custodial Agreement;
3.
an Escrow Account Letter Agreement in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 8 (to be executed and delivered only for the initial
Closing Date);
4.
an Officer’s Certificate, in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 1 , including all attachments hereto (to be executed
and delivered for the initial Closing Date and, with respect to
each Closing Date thereafter, from time to time as the Purchaser
may reasonably request);
5.
Opinion of Counsel of the Seller (who may be an employee of the
Seller), in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 2 hereto (to
be executed and delivered for the initial Closing Date and, with
respect to each Closing Date thereafter, from time to time as the
Purchaser may reasonably request);
6.
a Security Release Certification, in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 3 executed by any Person, as requested by the
Purchaser, if any of the Mortgage Loans have at any time been
subject to any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the
benefit of such Person;
7.
a certificate or other evidence of merger or change of name,
signed or stamped by the applicable regulatory authority, if any of
the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Seller by merger or
acquired or originated by the Seller while conducting business
under a name other than its present name, if applicable;
8.
Seller’s underwriting guidelines (to be delivered for the
initial Closing Date and to be updated by Seller (i) promptly upon
any material change thereto and (ii) in any event no less
frequently than once every twelve months); and
9.
Assignment and Conveyance in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 4 .
SECTION 10. Costs . The Purchaser
shall pay any commissions due its salesmen and the legal fees and
expenses of its attorneys and custodial fees. All other costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the transfer and delivery of
the Mortgage Loans, including recording fees, fees for title policy
endorsements and continuations and the Seller’s
attorney’s fees, shall be paid by the Seller.
SECTION 11. Seller’s Servicing
Obligations . The Seller, as independent contract
servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in Articles IV,
V, VI and VII of the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement which sections are hereby incorporated in this Agreement
in their entirety (with, however, the changes and adjustments as
provided in this Agreement) as if the same were contained in this
Section 11.
With respect to the following provisions set forth in the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement annexed hereto as
Exhibit 9 , the Seller shall service the Mortgage Loans and
be subject to all of the obligations as required by the "Company"
pursuant to the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement
and the Purchaser shall have all the rights as afforded the
"Purchaser" thereunder:
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4.01
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Company to Act as Servicer.
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4.02
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Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.
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4.03
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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
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4.04
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Establishment of Custodial Accounts; Deposits in Custodial
Accounts.
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4.05
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Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.
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4.06
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Establishment of the Escrow Account; Deposits in Escrow
Account.
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4.07
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Permitted Withdrawals from the Escrow Account.
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4.08
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Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Maintenance of
Pool Policy and Primary Insurance Policies; Collections
Thereunder.
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4.09
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Transfer of Accounts.
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4.10
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Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
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4.11
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Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy.
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4.12
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Fidelity Bond; Errors and Omission Insurance.
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4.13
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Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.
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4.14
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Notification of Adjustments.
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5.01
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Distributions.
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5.02
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Statements to Purchaser.
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5.03
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Monthly Advances by the Company.
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5.04
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Real Estate Owned Reports.
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5.05
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Liquidation Reports.
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6.01
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Assumption Agreements.
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6.02
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Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
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6.03
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Servicing Compensation.
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6.04
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Annual Statement as to Compliance.
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6.05
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Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing
Report.
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6.06
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Purchaser’s Right to Examine Company Records.
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7.01
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Company Shall Provide Information as Reasonably Required.
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7.02
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Financial Statements.
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Any cross references in Exhibit 9 in the sections listed
above to other sections set forth in Exhibit 9 are likewise
incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
To the extent any provision set forth in Exhibit 9 shall
conflict with any provision set forth in this Agreement, the
provision in this Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 12. Removal of Mortgage Loans from
Inclusion Under this Agreement Upon a Whole Loan Transfer or a
Pass-Through Transfer on One or More Reconstitution Dates .
The Seller and the Purchaser agree that with respect to some
or all of the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser shall effect either:
(1) a Whole Loan Transfer; and/or (2) a Pass-Through
Transfer. With respect to Mortgage Loans purchased on any
Closing Date, the Purchaser may effect Whole Loan Transfers or
Pass-Through Transfers to no more than four third party purchasers
(unless otherwise agreed to by the Seller and the Purchaser).
With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through
Transfer, as the case may be, entered into by the Purchaser, the
Seller agrees:
(1)
to cooperate fully with the Purchaser and any prospective
purchaser with respect to all reasonable requests and due diligence
procedures;
(2)
to execute all Reconstitution Agreements provided that each of
the Seller and the Purchaser is given an opportunity to review and
reasonably negotiate in good faith the content of such documents
not specifically referenced or provided herein;
(3)
with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Whole
Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer, the Seller shall restate
the representations and warranties regarding the Seller set forth
in Subsection 7.01 and as of the date of such Whole Loan Transfer
or Pass-Through Transfer and shall represent and warrant as of the
date of such Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer that the
Seller has serviced such Mortgage Loan in accordance with this
Agreement;
(4)
to deliver to the Purchaser for inclusion in any prospectus or
other offering material such publicly available information
regarding the Seller, its financial condition and its mortgage loan
delinquency, foreclosure and loss experience as shall be reasonably
requested by the Purchaser, and to deliver to the Purchaser any
non-public, unaudited financial information regarding the Mortgage
Loans as shall be reasonably requested by the Purchaser, in which
case the Purchaser shall bear the cost of having such information
audited by certified public accountants if the Purchaser desires
such an audit;
(5)
to deliver to the Purchaser and to any Person designated by the
Purchaser, at the Purchaser’s expense, such statements and
audit letters of reputable, certified public accountants pertaining
to information provided by the Seller pursuant to clause 4 above as
shall be reasonably requested by the Purchaser and to provide
mutually acceptable indemnifications pertaining to information
provided by Seller;
(6)
to deliver to the Purchaser, and to any Person designated by the
Purchaser, such in-house opinions of counsel as are customarily
delivered by originators or servicers of mortgage loans, as the
case may be, in connection with Whole Loan Transfers or
Pass-Through Transfers, as the case may be, it being understood
that the cost of any opinions of outside special counsel that may
be required for a Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer, as
the case may be, shall be the responsibility of the Purchaser;
and
(7)
to cooperate fully with the Purchaser and any prospective
purchaser with respect to the preparation of Mortgage Loan
Documents and such other documents, and with respect to the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the requirements
from time to time of the rating agencies rating a Whole Loan
Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer, the credit enhancers providing
credit enhancement thereon and the requirements of the
Purchaser’s shelf registration statement.
All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to a Whole
Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer shall be subject to this
Agreement and shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 13. The Seller .
Subsection 13.01
Additional Indemnification by the
Seller; Third Party Claims.
The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless
against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the
Purchaser may sustain in any way related to the failure of the
Seller to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in
strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 12.
The Seller immediately shall notify the Purchaser if a claim
is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the
prior written consent of the Purchaser) the defense of any such
claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including
counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment
or decree which may be entered against it or the Purchaser in
respect of such claim. The Purchaser promptly shall reimburse
the Seller for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding
sentence except when the claim is in any way related to the
Seller’s indemnification pursuant to Section 7 or the failure
of the Seller to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement.
Subsection 13.02
Merger or Consolidation of the
Seller.
The Seller will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its
incorporation except as permitted herein, and will obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties
under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Seller, shall be the successor of
the Seller hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however,
that the successor or surviving Person shall be an institution
whose deposits are insured by SAIF or FDIC or a company whose
business is the origination and servicing of mortgage loans, unless
otherwise consented to by the Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, shall be qualified to service mortgage loans
on behalf of FNMA or FHLMC and shall satisfy the requirements of
Section 16 with respect to the qualifications of a successor to the
Seller.
Subsection 13.03
Limitation on Liability of the
Seller and Others.
Neither the Seller nor any of the officers, employees or agents
of the Seller shall be under any liability to the Purchaser for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in
good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Seller
or any such person against any breach of warranties or
representations made herein, or failure to perform its obligations
in strict compliance with any standard of care set forth in this
Agreement, or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by
reason of any breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
The Seller and any officer, employee or agent of the Seller
may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters arising hereunder. The Seller shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which
is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve
it in any expenses or liability; provided, however, that the Seller
may, with the consent of the Purchaser, undertake any such action
which it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this
Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto. In
such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any
liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities for which the Purchaser will be liable and the Seller
shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Purchaser upon
written demand.
Subsection 13.04
Seller Not to Resign .
The Seller shall not assign this Agreement or resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual
consent of the Seller and the Purchaser or upon the determination
that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Seller.
Any such determination permitting the resignation of the
Seller shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to the Purchaser which Opinion of Counsel shall be in
form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have
assumed the Seller’s responsibilities and obligations
hereunder in the manner provided in Section 16.
Subsection 13.05
No Transfer of Servicing .
With respect to the retention of the Seller to service the
Mortgage Loans hereunder, the Seller acknowledges that the
Purchaser has acted in reliance upon the Seller’s independent
status, the adequacy of its servicing facilities, plan, personnel,
records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial
standing and the continuance thereof. Without in any way
limiting the generality of this Section, Seller shall not either
assign this Agreement or the servicing hereunder or delegate its
rights or duties hereunder or any portion thereof, or sell or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or
assets, without the prior written approval of the Purchaser, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 14. Default .
Subsection 14.01
Events of Default .
In case one or more of the following "Events of Default" by the
Seller shall occur and be continuing, that is to say:
(i)
any failure by the Seller to remit to the Purchaser any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which
continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after the
date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same
to be remedied, shall have been given to the Seller by the
Purchaser; or
(ii)
failure on the part of the Seller duly to observe or perform in
any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on
the part of the Seller set forth in this Agreement or in the
Custodial Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of
thirty days (except that such number of days shall be fifteen in
the case of a failure to pay any premium for any insurance policy
required to be maintained under this Agreement) after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Seller by the Purchaser;
or
(iii)
a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs,
shall have been entered against the Seller and such decree or order
shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period
of sixty days; or
(iv)
the Seller shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings of or relating to the Seller or of or relating to all
or substantially all of its property; or
(v)
the Seller shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of
any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend
payment of its obligations; or
(vi)
failure by the Seller to maintain its license to do business or
service residential mortgage loans in any jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Properties are located; or
(vii)
the Seller ceases to meet the qualifications of a FNMA or FHLMC
seller/servicer; or
(viii)
the Seller attempts to assign its right to servicing
compensation hereunder or the Seller attempts, without the consent
of the Purchaser, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its property or assets or to assign this
Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder or to
delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof;
then, and in each and every such case, so long as an Event of
Default shall not have been remedied, the Purchaser, by notice in
writing to the Seller may, in addition to whatever rights the
Purchaser may have at law or equity to damages, including
injunctive relief and specific performance, terminate all the
rights and obligations of the Seller under this Agreement and in
and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. On or
after the receipt by the Seller of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Seller under this Agreement, whether
with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and
be vested in the successor appointed pursuant to Section 16.
Upon written request from the Purchaser, the Seller shall
prepare, execute and deliver, any and all documents and other
instruments, place in such successor’s possession all
Mortgage Files, and do or accomplish all other acts or things
necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise, at the Seller’s sole expense. The Seller
agrees to cooperate with the Purchaser and such successor in
effecting the termination of the Seller’s responsibilities
and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer
to such successor for administration by it of all cash amounts
which shall at the time be credited by the Seller to the Custodial
Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.
Subsection 14.02
Waiver of Defaults .
The Purchaser may waive any default by the Seller in the
performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences.
Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall
cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement.
No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent
expressly so waived.
SECTION 15. Termination .
Subsection 15.01
Termination .
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Seller
shall terminate upon: (i) the later of the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan or the disposition of all REO Property and the
remittance of all funds due hereunder; or (ii) by mutual consent of
the Seller and the Purchaser in writing; or (iii) the repurchase by
the Seller of all outstanding Mortgage Loans at a price equal to
100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan on the
date of such repurchase, plus accrued interest thereon through the
last day of the month of such repurchase, and in the case of REO
property, the lesser of (a) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan encumbering the Mortgaged Property at the time
such Mortgaged Property became REO property, and (b) the fair
market value of such REO property at the time of such
repurchase.
The right of the Seller to repurchase all outstanding Mortgage
Loans pursuant to clause (iii) in the preceding paragraph (the
"Clean-up Call") shall be conditional upon the Seller's
determination that the customary and reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by the Seller in the performance of its servicing
obligations hereunder exceed the benefits accruing to the Seller in
its servicing of the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that in no
event shall the Seller exercise its right to purchase all Mortgage
Loans and REO Properties pursuant to clause (iii) in the
immediately preceding paragraph of this Subsection 15.01 before the
date on which the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans,
at the time of an such repurchase, is less than or equal to ten
percent (10%) of the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of such
Mortgage Loans on the Cut-off Date. If the existence of the
Clean-up Call might adversely affect a subsequent sale by the
Purchaser of some or all of the Mortgage Loans in a whole loan or
securitized format, including a Whole Loan Transfer or a
Pass-Through Transfer, in the secondary market then the Seller
shall negotiate with the Purchaser in good faith to modify, as
necessary, the Clean-up Call. If the Seller and the Purchaser
are unable to reach such agreement, the Seller shall sell to the
Purchaser the servicing rights for such Mortgage Loans at the then
current market price of such servicing rights, such market price to
be determined by the Seller and the Purchaser in a commercially
reasonable manner.
Subsection 15.02
Termination Without Cause .
The Purchaser may, at its sole option, terminate any rights the
Seller may have hereunder, without cause, upon written notice.
Any such notice of termination shall be in writing and
delivered to the Seller as provided in Section 16 of this
Agreement. In the event of such termination, the Seller shall
be entitled to a termination fee equal to 2.0% of the then current
aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 16. Successor to the Seller
. Prior to termination of Seller’s
responsibilities and duties under this Agreement pursuant to
Subsections 13.04, 14.01, 15.01(ii) or 15.02, the Purchaser shall
(i) succeed to and assume all of the Seller’s
responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this
Agreement, or (ii) appoint a successor having a net worth of not
less than $15,000,000 and which shall succeed to all rights and
assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the
Seller under this Agreement prior to the termination of
Seller’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this
Agreement. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Purchaser may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such
successor shall agree. In the event that the Seller’s
duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement
should be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned Sections, the
Seller shall discharge such duties and responsibilities during the
period from the date it acquires knowledge of such termination
until the effective date thereof with the same degree of diligence
and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under this
Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or
prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor.
The resignation or removal of Seller pursuant to the
aforementioned Sections shall not become effective until a
successor shall be appointed pursuant to this Section and shall in
no event relieve the Seller of the representations and warranties
made pursuant to Sections 7.01, 7.02, 7.03 and 7.04 and the
remedies available to the Purchaser thereunder, it being understood
and agreed that the provisions of such Sections 7.01, 7.02, 7.03
and 7.04 shall be applicable to the Seller notwithstanding any such
resignation or termination of the Seller, or the termination of
this Agreement.
Any successor appointed as provided herein shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Seller and to the Purchaser an
instrument accepting such appointment, whereupon such successor
shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties,
responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Seller, with
like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement.
Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Subsection
13.04, 14.01, 15.01, or 15.02 shall not affect any claims that the
Purchaser may have against the Seller arising prior to any such
termination or resignation.
The Seller shall timely deliver to the successor the funds in
the Custodial Account and the Escrow Account and the Mortgage Files
and related documents and statements held by it hereunder and the
Seller shall account for all funds. The Seller shall execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things all as may
reasonably be required to more fully and definitely vest and
confirm in the successor all such rights, powers, duties,
responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Seller.
The successor shall make arrangements as it may deem
appropriate to reimburse the Seller for amounts the Seller actually
expended pursuant to this Agreement which the successor is entitled
to retain hereunder and which would otherwise have been recovered
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement but for the appointment of
the successor servicer.
Upon a successor’s acceptance of appointment as such, the
Seller shall notify by mail the Purchaser of such appointment.
SECTION 17. Financial Statements
. The Seller understands that in connection with the
Purchaser’s marketing of the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser
shall make available to prospective purchasers a Consolidated
Statement of Operations of the Seller’s parent company,
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. (" CCI ") for the most
recently completed three fiscal years respecting which such a
statement is available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of
Condition of CCI at the end of the last two fiscal years covered by
such Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Seller shall
also make available any comparable interim statements to the extent
any such statements have been prepared by the Seller (and are
available upon request to members or stockholders of the Seller or
the public at large). The Seller, if it has not already done
so, agrees to furnish promptly to the Purchaser copies of the
statements specified above. The Seller shall also make
available information on its servicing performance with respect to
loans serviced for others, including delinquency ratios.
The Seller also agrees to allow reasonable access to a
knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of
answering questions asked by any prospective purchaser regarding
recent developments affecting the Seller or the financial
statements of the Seller.
SECTION 18. Mandatory Delivery; Grant of Security
Interest . The sale and delivery on the related
Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule is mandatory from and after the date of the
execution of the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, it being
specifically understood and agreed that each Mortgage Loan is
unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of
money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for
the losses and damages incurred by the Purchaser (including damages
to prospective purchasers of the Mortgage Loans) in the event of
the Seller’s failure to deliver (i) each of the related
Mortgage Loans or (ii) one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans or (iii) one or more Mortgage Loans otherwise acceptable to
the Purchaser on or before the related Closing Date. The
Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing
security interest in each Mortgage Loan and each document and
instrument evidencing each such Mortgage Loan to secure the
performance by the Seller of its obligation hereunder, and the
Seller agrees that it holds such Mortgage Loans in custody for the
Purchaser subject to the Purchaser’s (i) right to reject any
Mortgage Loan (or Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan) under the
terms of this Agreement and to require another Mortgage Loan (or
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan) to be substituted therefor, and
(ii) obligation to pay the Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans.
All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement
are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or
remedies under this Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all
such rights and remedies may be exercised concurrently,
independently or successively.
SECTION 19. Notices . All demands,
notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or, if by other means,
when received by the other party at the address as follows:
(i)
if to the Seller:
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
4500 Parkway Granada
Calabasas, CA 91302
Attn: David Spector
ii)
if to the Purchaser:
UBS Warburg Real Estate Securities Inc.
1285 Avenue of the Americas
11th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Craig Eckes
with a copy to:
PaineWebber Incorporated
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attn: John Fearey, Esq.
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other
party by like notice. Any such demand, notice or
communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on
the date delivered to or received at the premises of the addressee
(as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the
date noted on the return receipt).
SECTION 20. Severability Clause
. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of
this Agreement which 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 or
warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable or
is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be
ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan 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. If the invalidity of any
part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall
deprive any party of the economic benefit intended to be conferred
by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate, in good-faith, to
develop a structure the economic effect of which is nearly as
possible the same as the economic effect of this Agreement without
regard to such invalidity.
SECTION 21. Counterparts . This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an
original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 22. Governing Law . The
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of California and the obligations, rights and remedies of the
parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of California, except to the extent preempted by
Federal law.
SECTION 23. Intention of the Parties
. It is the intention of the parties that the Purchaser
is purchasing, and the Seller is selling the Mortgage Loans and not
a debt instrument of the Seller or another security.
Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat the
transaction for Federal income tax purposes as a sale by the
Seller, and a purchase by the Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans.
The Purchaser shall have the right to review the Mortgage
Loans and the related Mortgage Files to determine the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the
Federal income tax consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and
the Seller shall cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the
Purchaser in the course of such review.
SECTION 24. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of
Purchase Agreement . This Agreement shall bind and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Seller and the
Purchaser and the respective successors and assigns of the Seller
and the Purchaser pursuant to the execution and delivery of such
party of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 13 . This Agreement
shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by Seller to a third
party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 24,
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc ("Countrywide") may assign its right
and obligations hereunder as the Servicer to Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP ("CSLP"), provided that (i) CSLP remains a directly or
indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Countrywide and (ii)
Countrywide guarantees CSLP’s performance of CSLP’s
obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 25. Waivers . No term or
provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such
waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party
against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be
enforced.
SECTION 26. Exhibits . The
exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part
hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement.
SECTION 27. General Interpretive Principles
. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned
to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the
singular, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to
include the other gender;
(b)
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c)
references herein to "Articles," "Sections," "Subsections,"
"Paragraphs," and other Subdivisions without reference to a
document are to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections,
Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;
(d)
reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section
is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section
in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to
Paragraphs and other subdivisions;
(e)
the words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision; and
(f)
the term "include" or "including" shall mean without limitation
by reason of enumeration.
SECTION 28. Reproduction of Documents
. This Agreement and all document relating thereto,
including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and
modifications which may hereafter be executed, (b) documents
received by any party at the closing, and (c) financial statements,
certificates and other information previously or hereafter
furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic,
microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar
process. The parties agree that any such reproduction
shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any
judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original
is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a
party in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement,
facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence.
SECTION 29. Further Agreements
. The Seller and the Purchaser each agree to execute and
deliver to the other such reasonable and appropriate additional
documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Seller
shall cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with any Whole
Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer contemplated by the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 12 hereof. In that connection,
the Seller shall (a) execute any Reconstitution Agreement in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12, and (b) provide to
the Purchaser or any prospective purchaser: (i) any and all
information and appropriate verification of information, whether
through letters of its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the
Purchaser shall reasonably request; and (ii) such representations,
warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, indemnification
letters, letters from auditors, and certificates of public
officials or officers of the Seller as are reasonably believed
necessary by the Purchaser in connection with such transactions.
The requirement of the Seller pursuant to (ii) above with
respect to any Mortgage Loan shall terminate following the initial
Reconstitution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan that is a
Pass-Through Transfer. Prior to incurring any out-of-pocket
expenses pursuant to this paragraph, the Seller shall notify the
Purchaser in writing of the estimated amount of such expense.
The Purchaser shall reimburse the Seller for any such expense
following its receipt of appropriate details thereof.
SECTION 30. No Solicitation . As
of the related Closing Date, the Seller has not (i) entered into
any agreement to provide refinancing of a Mortgage Loan at some
future date or (ii) entered into either a formal or informal
arrangement offering special terms for a future refinancing of a
Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall not specifically target
Mortgagors for the purpose of refinancing any of the Mortgage Loans
or treat the Mortgage Loans differently for the purpose of
advertising the Seller’s availability for handling
refinancings. The Seller, however, may send letters or
promotional material to (A) all of the mortgagors in its servicing
portfolio, (B) all mortgagors who have a specific type of mortgage
(i.e. Balloon Mortgage Loans, LIBOR Mortgage Loans, etc.), (C)
those mortgagors whose mortgages fall within specific interest rate
ranges, or (D) a class of mortgagors based on such other criteria
which does not specifically target Mortgagors. The Seller may
provide payoff information and otherwise cooperate with Mortgagors
who contact the Seller about prepaying their Mortgage Loan by
advising them of refinancing terms and streamline origination
arrangements that are available from the Seller.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused
their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
UBS WARBURG REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC. (Purchaser)
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: _____________________________________
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: _____________________________________
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. (Seller)
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: _____________________________________
EXHIBIT 1
SELLER’S OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
I, ____________________, hereby certify that I am the duly
elected Vice President of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York
corporation (the " Seller "), and further certify, on behalf
of the Seller as follows:
1.
Attached hereto as Attachment I are a true and correct copy of
the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of the Seller as are
in full force and effect on the date hereof. No event has
occurred since ______________, 200__ which has affected the good
standing of the Seller under the laws of the State of New York.
2.
No proceedings looking toward merger, liquidation, dissolution
or bankruptcy of the Seller are pending or contemplated.
3.
Each person who, as an officer or attorney-in-fact of the
Seller, signed (a) the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing
Agreement (the " Purchase Agreement ") dated as of November
1, 2001, by and between the Seller and UBS Warburg Real Estate
Securities Inc. (the " Purchaser "); (b) the Purchase Price
and Terms Letter (the " Terms Letter ") dated as of _______,
2001 between the Seller and the Purchaser; and (c) any other
document delivered prior hereto or on the date hereof in connection
with the sale and servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the Purchase Agreement and the Terms Letter was, at the
respective times of such signing and delivery, and is as of the
date hereof, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as
such officer or attorney-in-fact, and the signatures of such
persons appearing on such documents are their genuine
signatures.
4.
Attached hereto as Attachment II is a true and correct copy of
the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the
Seller on _____________, 200__ (the " Resolutions ") with
respect to the authorization and approval of the sale and servicing
of the Mortgage Loans; said Resolutions have not been amended,
modified, annulled or revoked and are in full force and effect on
the date hereof.
5.
All of the representations and warranties of the Seller
contained in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 of the Purchase Agreement
were true and correct in all material respects as of the date of
the Purchase Agreement and are true and correct in all material
respects as of the date thereof.
6.
The Seller has performed all of its duties and has satisfied all
the material conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Purchase
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed
the seal of the Seller.
Dated:____________________
[Seal]
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: Vice President
I, __________________________, Secretary of Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., hereby certify that ____________ is the duly elected,
qualified and acting Vice President of the Seller and that the
signature appearing above is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated:____________________
[Seal]
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
EXHIBIT 2
________________________
(Date)
UBS Warburg Real Estate Securities Inc.
1285 Avenue of the Americas
11th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Re:
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement,
Dated as of November 1,
2001
Gentlemen:
I have acted as counsel to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New
York corporation (the " Company "), in connection with the
sale of certain mortgage loans by the Company to UBS Warburg Real
Estate Securities Inc. (the " Purchaser ") pursuant to (i) a
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
November 1, 2001 between the Company and the Purchaser (the "
Purchase Agreement ") and the Purchase Price and Terms
Letter dated as of _________, 200_ between the Company and the
Purchaser (the " Terms Letter "). Capitalized terms
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
In connection with rendering this opinion letter, I, or
attorneys working under my direction, have examined, among other
things, originals, certified copies or copies otherwise identified
to my satisfaction as being true copies of the following:
A.
The Purchase Agreement;
B.
The Terms Letter;
C.
The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as
amended to date; and
D.
Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company
with specific reference to actions relating to the transactions
covered by this opinion (the " Board Resolutions ").
For the purpose of rendering this opinion, I have made such
documentary, factual and legal examinations as I deemed necessary
under the circumstances. As to factual matters, I have relied
upon statements, certificates and other assurances of public
officials and of officers and other representatives of the Company,
and upon such other certificates as I deemed appropriate, which
factual matters have not been independently established or verified
by me. I have also assumed, among other things, the genuineness of
all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, and the
conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me
as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copied
documents.
On the basis of and subject to the foregoing examination, and in
reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications,
exceptions and limitations expressed herein, I am of the opinion
that:
1.
The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York with
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as presently conducted by it. The Company has the
corporate power and authority to service the Mortgage Loans, and to
execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement and the Terms Letter (sometimes collectively, the "
Agreements ").
2.
The Purchase Agreement and the Terms Letter have been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
3.
The Purchase Agreement and the Terms Letter constitute valid,
legal and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms.
4.
No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or
federal court or government agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Purchase
Agreement and the Terms Letter, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Terms
Letter, except for those consents, approvals, authorizations or
orders which previously have been obtained.
5.
Neither the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Company as
provided in the Purchase Agreement and the Terms Letter, nor the
fulfillment of the terms of or the consummation of any other
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and the Terms
Letter will result in a breach of any term or provision of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or, to the
best of my knowledge, will conflict with, result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, (i) the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument known to me to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) any State of
California or federal statute or regulation applicable to the
Company, or (iii) any order of any State of California or federal
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Company, except in any such case where
the default, breach or violation would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company or its ability to perform its obligations
under the Purchase Agreement.
6.
There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending
or, to the best of my knowledge, threatened against the Company
which, in my judgment, either in any one instance or in the
aggregate, would draw into question the validity of the Purchase
Agreement or which would be likely to impair materially the ability
of the Company to perform under the terms of the Purchase
Agreement.
7.
The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the manner
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is sufficient fully to
transfer to the Purchaser all right, title and interest of the
Company thereto as noteholder and mortgagee.
8.
The Assignments of Mortgage are in recordable form and upon
completion will be acceptable for recording under the laws of the
State of California. When endorsed, as provided in the
Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Notes will be duly endorsed under
California law.
The opinions above are subject to the following additional
assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations:
A.
No opinion is expressed herein as to the ability of any party to
any document referred to herein to collect attorneys’ fees
and costs in an action involving the documents referred to herein
if such party is not the prevailing party in such action or to the
extent such fees and costs are greater than such reasonable fees
and costs as may be determined by a court.
B.
I express no opinion as to the provisions of the Agreements
designating governing law, and I assume for purposes of this
opinion that the Agreements will be governed by California law,
without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
C.
I express no opinion as to the remedies available to the parties
for non-material violations or breaches of the Agreements and other
documents referred to herein.
D.
Waivers of vaguely or broadly stated rights or future rights may
be deemed unenforceable under applicable law, and provisions that
rights or remedies are not exclusive, that every right or remedy is
cumulative and may be exercised in addition to or with any other
right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy or
remedies does not preclude recourse to one or more other remedies
may also be unenforceable.
E.
I have assumed for purposes of this opinion that (l) the
Agreements correctly and completely set forth the intent of all
parties thereto; (2) the execution and delivery of the Agreements
are free of mutual mistake, fraud, misrepresentation, criminal
activity, undue influence or duress; and (3) all parties to the
Agreements other than the Company have filed all required franchise
tax returns, if any, and paid al
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