AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale
& Servicing Agreement
dated as of February 24,
2005
by and between
PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION AND
BISHOP’S GATE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST (FORMERLY KNOWN AS
CENDANT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST)
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY
CORP.
This AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE is made this 15th day
of February, 2006, by and between PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION having
an address at 3000 Leadenhall Road, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
(the “Seller” or the “Servicer”),
BISHOP’S GATE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST (FORMERLY KNOWN AS
CENDANT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST) (the “Trust”,
together with the Seller, the “Sellers”) and CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP. having an address at 390 Greenwich
Street, New York, New York 10013 (the “Purchaser”), to
the Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing Agreement,
dated as of February 24, 2005, by and between the Purchaser and the
Sellers (the “Agreement”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Purchaser and the Sellers desire to amend the Agreement, subject to
the terms hereof, to modify the Agreement as specified herein;
and
WHEREAS, the
Purchaser and the Sellers each have agreed to execute and deliver
this Amendment Number One on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Amendments
. Effective as of February 15, 2006,
the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 1.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following definitions:
Commission : The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Depositor : The depositor, as such term is defined in
Regulation AB, with respect to any Securitization
Transaction.
Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Qualified Correspondent : Any Person from which the Seller purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an
agreement between the Seller and such Person that contemplated that
such Person would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time, for
sale to the Seller, in accordance with underwriting guidelines
designated by the Seller (“Designated Guidelines”) or
guidelines that do not vary materially from such Designated
Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage Loans were in fact underwritten as
described in clause (i) above and were acquired by the Seller
within 180 days after origination; (iii) either (x) the Designated
Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were originated,
used by the Seller in origination of mortgage loans of the same
type as the Mortgage Loans for the Seller’s own account or
(y) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans
were underwritten, designated by the Seller on a consistent basis
for use by lenders in originating mortgage loans to be purchased by
the Seller; and (iv) the Seller employed, at the time such Mortgage
Loans were acquired by the Seller, pre-purchase or post-purchase
quality assurance procedures (which may involve, among other
things, review of a sample of mortgage loans purchased during a
particular time period or through particular channels) designed to
ensure that Persons from which it purchased mortgage loans properly
applied the underwriting criteria designated by the
Seller.
Reconstitution : Any Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan
Transfer.
Regulation AB : Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such
may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification
and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release
No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the
staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or
its staff from time to time.
Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Securitization Transaction
: Any transaction involving either
(1) a sale or other transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans
directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in connection with an
issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated
mortgage-backed securities or (2) an issuance of publicly offered
or privately placed, rated or unrated securities, the payments on
which are determined primarily by reference to one or more
portfolios of residential mortgage loans consisting, in whole or in
part, of some or all of the Mortgage Loans.
Seller/Servicer Information
: As defined in Section
13.07(a).
Servicer : As defined in Section 13.03(c).
Servicing Criteria : The “servicing criteria” set forth
in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time
to time.
Static Pool Information : Static pool information as described in Item
1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Subcontractor : Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that
is not responsible for the overall servicing (as
“servicing” is commonly understood by participants in
the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but
performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction
or authority of the Seller or a Subservicer.
Subservicer : Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on
behalf of the Seller or any Subservicer and is responsible for the
performance (whether directly or through Subservicers or
Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing
functions required to be performed by the Seller under this
Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in
Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Subservicing Agreement : The written contract between the Seller and a
Subservicer relating to servicing and administration of certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 5.19.
Third-Party Originator : Each Person, other than a Qualified
Correspondent, that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the
Seller.
(b) The Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the
words “Pass-Through Transfer” each time they appear in
the Agreement with the words “Securitization
Transaction”.
(c) Section 10.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the word “or” and the following after clause
(8):
(9) the Seller fails to deliver any information,
report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material
when and as required under Article XIII, including any failure by
the Seller to identify pursuant to Subsection 13.06(b) any
Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function”
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB;
(d) The Agreement is hereby modified by inserting
the following Article XIII immediately following Article
XII:
ARTICLE
XIII. COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
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Subsection
13.01.
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Intent of the
Parties; Reasonableness.
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The Purchaser and the Seller acknowledge and
agree that the purpose of Article XIII of this Agreement is to
facilitate compliance by the Purchaser and any Depositor with the
provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of
the Commission. Although Regulation AB is applicable by its terms
only to offerings of asset-backed securities that are registered
under the Securities Act, the Seller acknowledges that investors in
privately offered securities may require that the Purchaser or any
Depositor provide comparable disclosure in unregistered offerings.
References in this Agreement to compliance with Regulation AB
include provision of comparable disclosure in private
offerings.
Neither the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall
exercise its right to request delivery of information or other
performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for
purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of disclosure
comparable to that required under the Securities Act). The Seller
acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation
AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance
provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among
participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of
counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by
the Purchaser, any master servicer or any Depositor in good faith
for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of
evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with any
Securitization Transaction, the Seller shall cooperate fully with
the Purchaser and any master servicer to deliver to the Purchaser
(including any of its assignees or designees), any master servicer
and any Depositor, any and all statements, reports, certifications,
records and any other information necessary in the good faith
determination of the Purchaser, the master servicer or any
Depositor to permit the Purchaser, such master servicer or such
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together
with such disclosures relating to the Seller, any Subservicer, any
Third-Party Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of
the Mortgage Loans, reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any
Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such
compliance.
The Purchaser (including any of its assignees or
designees) shall cooperate with the Seller by providing timely
notice of requests for information under these provisions and by
reasonably limiting such requests to information required, in the
Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, to comply with Regulation
AB.
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Subsection
13.02.
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Additional
Representations and Warranties of the Seller
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(a) The Seller shall be deemed to represent to the
Purchaser, to any master servicer and to any Depositor, as of the
date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser, any
master servicer or any Depositor under Subsection 13.03 that,
except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser, such master
servicer or such Depositor prior to such date: (i) the Seller is
not aware and has not received notice that any default, early
amortization or other performance triggering event has occurred as
to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the
Seller; (ii) the Seller has not been terminated as servicer in a
residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing
default or to application of a servicing performance test or
trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with the applicable
servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of
residential mortgage loans involving the Seller as servicer has
been disclosed or reported by the Seller; (iv) no material changes
to the Seller’s policies or procedures with respect to the
servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any
Reconstitution Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to
the Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction; (v)
there are no aspects of the Seller’s financial condition that
could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the
Seller of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement; (vi) there are no material legal or
governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated)
against the Seller, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator;
and (vii) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions
relating to the Seller, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator with respect to any Securitization Transaction and any
party thereto identified by the related Depositor of a type
described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB.
(b) If so requested by the Purchaser, any master
servicer or any Depositor on any date following the date on which
information is first provided to the Purchaser, any master servicer
or any Depositor under Subsection 13.03, the Seller shall, within
five Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the
accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in
paragraph (a) of this Section or, if any such representation and
warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request, provide
reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing,
to the requesting party.
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Subsection
13.03.
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Information
to Be Provided by the Seller .
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In connection
with any Securitization Transaction the Seller shall (i) within
five Business Days following request by the Purchaser, any master
servicer or any Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such
Depositor (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator and
each Subservicer to provide), in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, the
information and materials specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and
(g) of this Section, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following
notice to or discovery by the Seller, provide to the Purchaser and
any Depositor (in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) the information
specified in paragraph (d) of this Section.
(a) If so requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, the Seller shall provide such information regarding (i)
the Seller, as originator of the Mortgage Loans (including as an
acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent), or (ii)
each Third-Party Originator, and (iii) as applicable, each
Subservicer, as is requested for the purpose of compliance with
Items 1103(a)(1), 1105, 1110, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the originator’s form of
organization;
(B) a description of the originator’s
origination program and how long the originator has been engaged in
originating residential mortgage loans, which description shall
include a discussion of the originator’s experience in
originating mortgage loans of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans;
information regarding the size and composition of the
originator’s origination portfolio; and information that may
be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any
Depositor, to an analysis of the performance of the Mortgage Loans,
including the originators’ credit-granting or underwriting
criteria for mortgage loans of similar type(s) as the Mortgage
Loans and such other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor
may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance with Item
1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a description of any material legal or
governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated)
against the Seller, each Third-Party Originator and each
Subservicer; and
(D) a description of any affiliation or
relationship between the Seller, each Third-Party Originator, each
Subservicer and any of the following parties to a Securitization
Transaction, as such parties are identified to the Seller by the
Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in advance of such
Securitization Transaction:
(7) any significant obligor;
(8) any enhancement or support provider;
and
(9) any other material transaction
party.
(b) If so requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, the Seller shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each
Third-Party Originator to provide) Static Pool Information with
respect to the mortgage loans (of a similar type as the Mortgage
Loans, as reasonably identified by the Purchaser as provided below)
originated by (i) the Seller, if the Seller is an originator of
Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a
Qualified Correspondent), and/or (ii) each Third-Party Originator.
Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared by the Seller (or
Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its reasonable, good faith
interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) of
Regulation AB. To the extent that there is reasonably available to
the Seller (or Third-Party Originator) Static Pool Information with
respect to more than one mortgage loan type, the Purchaser or any
Depositor shall be entitled to specify whether some or all of such
information shall be provided pursuant to this paragraph. The
content of such Static Pool Information may be in the form
customarily provided by the Seller, and need not be customized for
the Purchaser or any Depositor. Such Static Pool Information for
each vintage origination year or prior securitized pool, as
applicable, shall be presented in increments no less frequently
than quarterly over the life of the mortgage loans included in the
vintage origination year or prior securitized pool. The most recent
periodic increment must be as of a date no later than 135 days
prior to the date of the prospectus or other offering document in
which the Static Pool Information is to be included or incorporated
by reference. The Static Pool Information shall be provided in an
electronic format that provides a permanent record of the
information provided, such as a portable document format (pdf)
file, or other such electronic format reasonably required by the
Purchaser or the Depositor, as applicable.
Promptly following notice or discovery of a
material error in Static Pool Information provided pursuant to the
immediately preceding paragraph (including an omission to include
therein information required to be provided pursuant to such
paragraph), the Seller shall provide corrected Static Pool
Information to the purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in
the same format in which Static Pool Information was previously
provided to such party by the Seller.
If so requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, the Seller shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each
Third-Party Originator to provide), at the expense of the
requesting party (to the extent of any additional incremental
expense associated with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such
agreed-upon procedures letters of certified public accountants
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable,
pertaining to Static Pool Information relating to prior securitized
pools for securitizations closed on or after January 1, 2006 or, in
the case of Static Pool Information with respect to the
Seller’s or Third-Party Originator’s originations or
purchases, to calendar months commencing January 1, 2006, as the
Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably request. Such letters
shall be addressed to and be for the benefit of such parties as the
Purchaser or such Depositor shall designate, which may include, by
way of example, any Sponsor, any Depositor and any broker dealer
acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser with
respect to a Securitization Transaction. Any such statement or
letter may take the form of a standard, generally applicable
document accompanied by a reliance letter authorizing reliance by
the addressees designated by the Purchaser or such
Depositor.
(c) If so requested by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, the Seller shall provide such information regarding the
Seller, as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, and each Subservicer
(each of the Seller and each Subservicer, for purposes of this
paragraph, a “Servicer”), as is requested for the
purpose of compliance with Items 1108, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation
AB. Such information shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the Servicer’s form of
organization;
(B) a description of how long the Servicer has been
servicing residential mortgage loans; a general discussion of the
Servicer’s experience in servicing assets of any type as well
as a more detailed discussion of the Servicer’s experience
in, and procedures for, the servicing function it will perform
under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements; information
regarding the size, composition and growth of the Servicer’s
portfolio of residential mortgage loans of a type similar to the
Mortgage Loans and information on factors related to the Servicer
that may be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser
or any Depositor, to any analysis of the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans or the related asset-backed securities, as applicable,
including, without limitation:
(1) whether any prior securitizations of mortgage
loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans involving the
Servicer have defaulted or experienced an early amortization or
other performance triggering event because of servicing during the
three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
(2) the extent of outsourcing the Servicer
utilizes;
(3) whether there has been previous disclosure of
material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with
respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans
involving the Servicer as a servicer during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
(4) whether the Servicer has been terminated as
servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due
to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance
test or trigger; and
(5) such other information as the Purchaser or
any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance
with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a description of any material changes during
the three-year period immediately preceding the related
Securitization Transaction to the Servicer’s policies or
procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform
under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements for mortgage
loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans;
(D) information regarding the Servicer’s
financial condition, to the extent that there is a material risk
that an adverse financial event or circumstance involving the
Servicer could have a material adverse effect on the performance by
the Seller of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement;
(E) information regarding advances made by the
Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and the Servicer’s overall
servicing portfolio of residential mortgage loans for the
three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction, which may be limited to a statement by an authorized
officer of the Servicer to the effect that the Servicer has made
all advances required to be made on residential mortgage loans
serviced by it during such period, or, if such statement would not
be accurate, information regarding the percentage and type of
advances not made as required, and the reasons for such failure to
advance;
(F) a description of the Servicer’s processes
and procedures designed to address any special or unique factors
involved in servicing loans of a similar type as the Mortgage
Loans;
(G) a description of the Servicer’s processes
for handling delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries,
such as through liquidation of mortgaged properties, sale of
defaulted mortgage loans or workouts; and
(H) information as to how the Servicer defines or
determines delinquencies and charge-offs, including the effect of
any grace period, re-aging, restructuring, partial payments
considered current or other practices with respect to delinquency
and loss experience.
(d) For the purpose of satisfying the reporting
obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of
asset-backed securities, the Seller shall (or shall cause each
Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to) (i) provide prompt
notice to the Purchaser, any master servicer and any Depositor in
writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings
involving the Seller, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator, (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop
following the closing date of a Securitization Transaction between
the Seller, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and any
of the parties specified in clause (D) of paragraph (a) of this
Subsection (and any other parties identified in writing by the
requesting party) with respect to such Securitization Transaction,
(C) any Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any merger, consolidation or sale of
substantially all of the assets of the Seller, and (E) the
Seller’s entry into an agreement with a Subservicer or
Subcontractor to perform or assist in the performance of any of the
Seller’s obligations under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement and (ii) provide to the Purchaser and any
Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations or
relationships.
(e) As a condition to the succession to the Seller
or any Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement
or any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person (i) into which the
Seller or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii)
which may be appointed as a successor to the Seller or any
Subservicer, the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and any
Depositor, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of
such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Purchaser
and any Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser and such Depositor, all information reasonably requested
by the Purchaser or any Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to
any class of asset-backed securities.
(f) In addition to such information as the Seller,
as Servicer, is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions
of this Agreement, not later than ten days prior to th