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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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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 all required
taxes, if any, under the California Revenue and Taxation Code
(see Damato v. Slevin , 214 Cal. App. 3d 668, 262 Cal.
Rptr. 879 (1989), White Dragon Productions Inc. v.
Performance Guaranties Inc. , 196 Cal. App. 3d 163, 241 Cal.
Rptr. 745 (1987)).
F.
I have assumed that all parties to the
Agreements other than the Company have all requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform their respective
obligations under each of the Agreements, and that the
Agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of such parties, have been executed and
delivered by such parties and constitute the legal, valid and
binding obl
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