SEQUOIA RESIDENTIAL FUNDING,
INC.
Depositor
Master Servicer and Trust
Administrator
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
SEQUOIA MORTGAGE TRUST
200-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_
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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
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3
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Definitions
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3
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Calculations
Respecting Mortgage Loans
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33
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ARTICLE II.
DECLARATION OF TRUST; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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Creation and
Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
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Acceptance of
Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for Trust
Fund
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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Discovery of
Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans
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[Reserved]
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Grant
Clause
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ARTICLE III.
THE CERTIFICATES
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The
Certificates
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Registration
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Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates
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Cancellation of
Certificates
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Replacement of
Certificates
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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Temporary
Certificates
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Appointment of
Paying Agent
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Book-Entry
Certificates
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ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND
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Custodial
Accounts; Certificate Distribution Account
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[Reserved]
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[Reserved]
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Reports to
Trustee and Certificateholders
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ARTICLE V.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES
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54
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Distributions
Generally
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Distributions
from the Certificate Distribution Account
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Allocation of
Losses; Subsequent Recoveries
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Advances by
Master Servicer
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Compensating
Interest Payments
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[Reserved]
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ARTICLE VI.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR; EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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Duties of
Trustee and the Trust Administrator
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Certain Matters
Affecting the Trustee and the Trust Administrator
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Trustee and
Trust Administrator Not Liable for Certificates
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Trustee and the
Trust Administrator May Own Certificates
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Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee and Trust Administrator
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Resignation and
Removal of Trustee and the Trust Administrator
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Successor
Trustee and Successor Trust Administrator
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Merger or
Consolidation of Trustee or the Trust Administrator
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Appointment of
Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or Custodian
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Authenticating
Agents
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Indemnification
of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator
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Fees and
Expenses of Trust Administrator and the Trustee
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Collection of
Monies
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Events of
Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor
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Additional
Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default
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Waiver of
Defaults
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Notification to
Holders
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Directions by
Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee During Event of
Default
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Action Upon
Certain Failures of the Master Servicer and Upon Event of
Default
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Preparation of
Tax Returns and Other Reports
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Preparation of
Tax Returns and Other Reports
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Trust
Administrator Annual Statement of Compliance
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Trust
Administrator Assessments of Compliance and Attestation
Reports
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ARTICLE VII.
PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST
FUND82
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Purchase of
Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund Upon Purchase or
Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans
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Procedure Upon
Termination of Trust Fund
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Additional
REMIC Related Termination Requirements
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ARTICLE
VIII. RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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Limitation on
Rights of Holders
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Access to List
of Holders
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Acts of Holders
of Certificates
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ARTICLE IX.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER
SERVICER
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Duties of the
Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicer's and Master Servicer's
Obligations
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Assumption of
Master Servicing by Trustee
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Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer
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Compensation to
the Master Servicer
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Merger or
Consolidation
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Resignation of
Master Servicer
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Assignment or
Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer
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Limitation on
Liability of the Master Servicer and Others
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Indemnification; Third-Party Claims
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Master Servicer
Fidelity Bond and Master Servicer Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy
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96
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Master Servicer
Annual Compliance Statement
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Master Servicer
Assessments of Compliance and Attestation Reports
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ARTICLE X.
REMIC ADMINISTRATION
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REMIC
Administration
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Prohibited
Transactions and Activities .
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100
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Indemnification
with Respect to Prohibited Transactions or Loss of REMIC
Status
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100
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REO
Property
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101
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ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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102
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Binding Nature
of Agreement; Assignment
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102
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Entire
Agreement
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Amendment
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102
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Voting
Rights
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103
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Provision of
Information
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103
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Governing
Law
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104
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Notices
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104
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Severability of
Provisions
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104
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Indulgences; No
Waivers
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105
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Headings Not To
Affect Interpretation
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105
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Benefits of
Agreement
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105
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Special Notices
to the Rating Agencies
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105
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Conflicts
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106
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Counterparts
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106
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No
Petitions
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106
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Intention of
the Parties and Interpretation; Indemnification
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107
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Forms of
Certificates
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Form of
Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferee)
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Form of
Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferor)
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Form of
Custodial Agreements
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List of
Servicing Agreements
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List of
Purchase Agreements
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List of Limited
Purpose Surety Bonds
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Form of
Rule 144A Transfer Certificate
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Form of
Purchaser’s Letter for Institutional Accredited
Investors
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Form of ERISA
Transfer Affidavit
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Form of Letter
of Representations with the Depository Trust Company
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[Reserved]
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Form of
Certification to be Provided to the Depositor by the Trust
Administrator
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Servicing
Criteria
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Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure
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Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure
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Form 8-K
Disclosure Information
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Mortgage Loan
Schedule
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This POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of
, 200___(the “Agreement”), by and among SEQUOIA
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor
(the “Depositor”), [
], a national banking association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”), and [
], in its dual capacities as master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”) and trust administrator (the “Trust
Administrator”) and acknowledged by RWT HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation, as seller (the
“Seller”).
The Depositor has
acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and at the Closing Date
is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the other property being
conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee hereunder for inclusion in
the Trust Fund. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will acquire the
Certificates from the Trustee as consideration for the
Depositor’s transfer to the Trust Fund of the Mortgage Loans,
and the other property constituting the Trust Fund. The Depositor
has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement to
provide for the conveyance to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and
the other property constituting the Trust Fund. All covenants and
agreements made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Sale Agreement and in this Agreement and by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee herein,
with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the other property
constituting the Trust Fund, are for the benefit of the Holders
from time to time of the Certificates. The Depositor, the Trustee,
the Master Servicer and the Trust Administrator are entering into
this Agreement, and the Trustee is accepting the Trust Fund created
hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.
As provided
herein, the Trustee shall elect that the Trust Fund be treated for
federal income tax purposes as comprising two real estate mortgage
investment conduits (each, a “REMIC” or, as more
specifically indicated below, the “Lower-Tier REMIC”
and the “Upper-Tier REMIC,” respectively). Each
Certificate, other than the Class [ ] and Class [ ] Certificates,
is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC,
as described herein. The Class [ ] Certificate is hereby designated
as the sole class of residual interest in the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
The Lower-Tier
REMIC shall hold as its assets all property of the Trust Fund,
other than the interests in any REMIC formed hereby. The Lower-Tier
Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in the
Lower-Tier REMIC, as described herein. The Class [ ] Certificate is
hereby designated as the sole class of residual interest in the
Lower-Tier REMIC. The Upper-Tier REMIC shall hold as its assets all
Lower-Tier Interests.
The Lower-Tier
REMIC Interest
The following
table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, interest
rate, and initial Class Principal Amount for the Class of
Lower-Tier Interest:
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Lower-Tier
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REMIC Interest
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Initial Class
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Designation
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Interest Rate
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Principal Amount
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The interest
rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) for this Lower-Tier Interest will be a per annum rate equal
to the Net WAC.
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(2)
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The LT-Pool
Lower-Tier Interest shall have an Initial Class Principal
Amount equal to the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
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On each
Distribution Date, the Available Distribution Amount distributable
as interest shall be distributed with respect to the Lower-Tier
Interest based on the interest rate described above.
On each
Distribution Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount
distributable as principal shall be distributed to the Lower-Tier
Interest until its Class Principal Amount is reduced to zero.
Any remaining amounts shall be distributed to the Class [ ]
Certificate.
The
Certificates and the Upper-Tier REMIC
The following
table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, Certificate
Interest Rate, initial Class Principal Amount, and minimum
denomination for each Class of Certificates comprising interests in
the Trust Fund created hereunder.
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Initial Class
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Class Designation
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Interest Rate
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Percentage Interest
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The Certificate
Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the
related Accrual Period) for each of the Class [ ] , Class [ ] ,
Class [ ] , Class [ ] , Class [ ] , Class [ ] , Class [ ] , Class [
] , Class [ ] , Class [ ] and Class [ ] Certificates will equal the
Net WAC for such date.
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As of the Cut-off
Date, the Mortgage Loans had an Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of $[
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In consideration
of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee hereby
agree as follows:
2
Section 1.01.
Definitions. The following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
10-K Filing
Deadline : As defined in Section 6.21(b)(i)
hereof.
Accepted
Servicing Practices : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, those
mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending
institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type as such
Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged
Property is located.
Accountant
: A Person engaged in the practice of accounting who (except when
this Agreement provides that an Accountant must be Independent) may
be employed by or affiliated with the Depositor or an Affiliate of
the Depositor.
Accrual
Period : With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Certificates and to each Lower-Tier Interest is the calendar month
preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs. Interest
shall accrue on all Classes of Certificates and on all Lower-Tier
Interests on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months.
Acknowledgements : The Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreements, each dated [
] assigning rights under the Purchase Agreements and the Servicing
Agreements from the Seller to the Depositor and from the Depositor
to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Additional
Collateral : Not applicable.
Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan : Not applicable.
Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure : As defined in
Section 6.21(a)(i).
Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure : As defined in
Section 6.21(b)(i).
Additional
Servicer : Each affiliate of a Servicer that Services any of
the Mortgage Loans and each Person who is not an affiliate of any
Servicer, who Services 10% or more of the Mortgage
Loans.
Adjustment
Date : As to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which the related
Mortgage Rate adjusts in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Adverse REMIC
Event : Either (i) loss of status as a REMIC, within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code, for any group of assets
identified as a REMIC in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement, or (ii) imposition of any tax, including the tax
imposed under Section 860F(a)(1) on prohibited transactions,
and the tax imposed under Section 860G(d) on certain
contributions to a REMIC, on any REMIC created hereunder to the
extent such tax would be payable from assets held as part of the
Trust Fund.
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Affiliate
: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Aggregate
Expense Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of
the Master Servicing Fee Rate, the applicable Servicing Fee Rate
and the premium rate of any lender-paid Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy, expressed as an annual rate.
Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance : As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances for all Mortgage Loans
which were outstanding on the Due Date in the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.
Aggregate
Voting Interests : The aggregate of the Voting Interests of all
the Certificates under this Agreement.
Agreement
: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments and
supplements hereto.
Appraised
Value : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect
to a Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the
lesser of (a) the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the appraisal made at the time of the origination of such Mortgage
Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the
time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; and (ii) with
respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the
origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
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 Trustee, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in
the form of one or more blanket assignments covering the Mortgage
Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
jurisdiction, if permitted by law; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether any
such assignment is in recordable form.
Authenticating
Agent : Any authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.10 until any successor authenticating
agent for the Certificates is named, and thereafter
“Authenticating Agent” shall mean any such successor.
The initial Authenticating Agent shall be the Trust Administrator
under this Agreement.
Authorized
Officer : Any Person who may execute an Officer’s
Certificate on behalf of the Depositor.
Available
Funds : With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum
of:
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(i) all amounts in
respect of Scheduled Payments (net of the related Servicing Fee,
Master Servicing Fee and any premium on any lender-paid Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy) due on the related Due Date and received
prior to the related Determination Date on the related Mortgage
Loans, together with any Monthly Advances in respect
thereof;
(ii) all Insurance
Proceeds (to the extent not applied to the restoration of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the applicable Servicer’s Accepted Servicing Standards), all
Liquidation Proceeds received during the calendar month preceding
the month of that Distribution Date on the related Mortgage Loans,
in each case net of unreimbursed liquidation expenses incurred with
respect to such Mortgage Loans;
(iii) all
Principal Prepayments received during the related Prepayment Period
on the related Mortgage Loans, excluding prepayment
premiums;
(iv) amounts
received with respect to such Distribution Date as the Substitution
Amount or Purchase Price in respect of a Mortgage Loan repurchased
by the Seller as of such Distribution Date;
(v) any amounts
payable as Compensating Interest Payments by a Servicer with
respect to the related Mortgage Loans on such Distribution
Date;
(vi) all
Subsequent Recoveries, if any; and
(vii) the portion
of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Price paid in connection with an
Optional Termination up to the amount of the Par Value;
in the case of
clauses (i) through (iv) above reduced by amounts in
reimbursement for Monthly Advances previously made and other
amounts as to which the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the
Master Servicer is entitled to be reimbursed in respect of the
related Mortgage Loans or otherwise; provided that such
reimbursable amounts will not exceed $300,000 (to be paid to such
parties collectively) in the aggregate per year from the Closing
Date to the first anniversary of the Closing Date and for each
subsequent anniversary year thereafter, but the such parties may
seek reimbursement for any unreimbursed amounts in subsequent
anniversary years.
Back-Up
Certification : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Bankruptcy
: As to any Person, the making of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,
adjudication as a bankrupt or insolvent, the entry of an order for
relief in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, the seeking of
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief, or seeking, consenting
to or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator, dissolution, or termination, as the case may be, of
such Person pursuant to the provisions of either the Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar state laws.
Bankruptcy
Code : The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as
amended.
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[Bankruptcy
Coverage Termination Date : The point in time at which the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to
zero.]
[Bankruptcy
Loss : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Realized Losses on
such Mortgage Loan incurred as a result of a Deficient Valuation or
Debt Service Reduction.]
[Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount : As of any Determination Date, the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the Initial Bankruptcy
Loss Coverage Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of
Bankruptcy Losses allocated to the Subordinate Certificates since
the Cut-off Date and (ii) any permissible reductions in the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as evidenced by a letter of each
Rating Agency to the Trust Administrator to the effect that any
such reduction will not result in a downgrading, or otherwise
adversely affect, of the then current ratings assigned to such
Classes of Certificates rated by it.]
BBA : The
British Banker’s Association.
Benefit Plan
Opinion : An Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and
Certificate Registrar to the effect that any proposed transfer will
not (i) cause the assets of the Trust Fund to be regarded as
plan assets for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or
(ii) give rise to any fiduciary duty on the part of the
Depositor or the Trustee.
Book-Entry
Certificates : Beneficial interests in Certificates designated
as “Book-Entry Certificates” in this Agreement,
ownership and transfers of which shall be evidenced or made through
book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 3.09; provided , that after the
occurrence of a Book-Entry Termination whereupon book-entry
registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive
Certificates are to be issued to Certificate Owners, such
Book-Entry Certificates shall no longer be “Book-Entry
Certificates.” As of the Closing Date, the following Classes
of Certificates constitute Book-Entry Certificates: Class [ ],
Class [ ], Class [ ], Class [ ], Class [ ], Class [ ], Class [ ],
Class [ ] and Class [ ].
Book-Entry
Termination : As defined in Section 3.09(c).
Business
Day : Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or
(ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York
or, if other than New York, the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is located, or the States of Maryland or
Minnesota, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
Certificate : Any one of the certificates signed by the
Trustee and authenticated by the Trust Administrator as
Authenticating Agent in substantially the forms attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
Certificate
Amount : With respect to any Certificate at any date, the
maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is
then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the initial
principal amount thereof (i) minus all distributions of
principal and allocations of Realized Losses, including [Excess
Loss]es or Applied Loss Amounts, as applicable, previously made or
allocated with respect thereto and, in the case of the Class [ ]
Certificates and any Subordinate Certificates, reduced by any such
amounts allocated to such Class on prior
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Distribution
Dates pursuant to Section 5.03(a)-(b) and (ii) plus the
amount of any increase to the Certificate Amount of such
Certificate pursuant to Section 5.03(f).
Certificate
Distribution Account : The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trust Administrator, on behalf of the
Trustee, pursuant to Section 4.01. Funds in the Certificate
Distribution Account (exclusive of any earnings on investments made
with funds deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account) shall
be held in trust for the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Certificate
Interest Rate : With respect to each Class of Certificates and
any Distribution Date, the applicable per annum rate described in
the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement.
Certificate
Owner : With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the owner of such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on
the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an
indirect participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).
Certificate
Register and Certificate Registrar : The register maintained
and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.02. The
Trust Administrator will act as the initial Certificate
Registrar.
Certificateholder : The meaning provided in the definition
of “Holder.”
Certification
Parties : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Certifying
Person : As defined in Section 6.21(e).
Civil Relief
Act : The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, or any
similar state or local law.
Class :
Collectively, Certificates bearing the same class designation as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class [ ]
Certificate : The Class [ ] Certificate executed by the
Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating
Agent, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A,
and evidencing the ownership of the residual interest in the
Upper-Tier REMIC.
Class [ ]
Certificate : The Class [ ] Certificate executed by the
Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating
Agent, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A,
and evidencing the ownership of the residual interest in the
Lower-Tier REMIC.
Class Interest Shortfall : With respect to any
Distribution Date and Class of Certificates, the amount by which
the amount described in clause (i) of the definition of
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class, exceeds the amount of
interest actually distributed on such Class on such Distribution
Date.
Class Notional Amount : Not applicable.
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Class Principal Amount : With respect to each Class of
Certificates and as to any date of determination, the aggregate of
the Certificate Amounts of all Certificates of such Class as of
such date.
With respect to
the Lower-Tier Interest, the initial Class Principal Amount as
shown or described in the table set forth in the Preliminary
Statement to this Agreement for the issuing REMIC, as reduced by
principal distributed with respect to such Lower-Tier Interest and
Realized Losses allocated to such Lower-Tier Interest at the date
of determination.
Class Unpaid Interest Amount : With respect to any
Distribution Date and Class of Certificates, the amount by which
the aggregate Class Interest Shortfalls for such Class on
prior Distribution Dates exceeds the amount distributed on such
Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to clause (ii) of
the definition of Interest Distribution Amount.
Clearing
Agency : An organization registered as a “clearing
agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. As
of the Closing Date, the Clearing Agency shall be The Depository
Trust Company.
Clearing
Agency Participant : A broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Clearing Agency.
Code : The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further
amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and
applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant
thereto in temporary or final form.
Commission
: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating
Interest Payment : As to any Distribution Date and the Master
Servicer, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the
Compensating Interest (as defined in the related Servicing
Agreement) required to be remitted by the related Servicer on the
Remittance Date (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) immediately
preceding such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of
Compensating Interest (as defined in the Servicing Agreement)
actually remitted by the Servicer for such Distribution
Date.
Component
: Not applicable.
Component
Interest Rate : Not applicable.
Component
Notional Amount : Not applicable.
Cooperative
Corporation : The entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable
leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the
Cooperative Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as
a Cooperative Housing Corporation under Section 216 of the
Code.
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Cooperative
Loan : Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative
Property : The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, that includes the allocation of individual
dwelling units to the holders of the shares of the Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative
Shares : Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Corporate
Trust Office : With respect to the Trustee, the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, Attention: [
] or at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trust Administrator, or the principal
corporate trust office of any successor trustee. With respect to
the Certificate Registrar and presentment of Certificates for
registration of transfer, exchange or final payment,
[ ,
Attention: [
]].
Corresponding
Class of Certificates : Not applicable.
Credit Support
Depletion Date : Not applicable.
Curtailment : Any payment of principal on a Mortgage Loan,
made by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, other than a
Scheduled Payment, a prepaid Scheduled Payment or a Payoff, which
is applied to reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan.
Custodial
Accounts : Each custodial account (other than an Escrow
Account) established and maintained by a Servicer pursuant to a
Servicing Agreement.
Custodial
Agreement : Each of (i) the Custodial Agreement, dated as
of [
], 200_, among the Trust Administrator, the Trustee and
[ ],
as Custodian and (ii) the Custodial Agreement, dated as of [
], 200_, among the Trust Administrator, the Trustee and [
], as Custodian. A copy of each such Custodial Agreement is
attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Custodian
: A Person who is at anytime appointed by the Trustee and the
Depositor as a custodian of all or a portion of the Mortgage
Documents and the related Trustee Mortgage Files and listed on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Custodian of such Mortgage Documents
and related Trustee Mortgage Files. The initial Custodian[s] [are]
[is]
[ ]
[and]
[
].
Cut-off Date
Principal Balance : With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
Trust Fund on the Closing Date, the Aggregate Stated Principal
Balance as of the Cut-off Date.
Debt Service
Reduction : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a
court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for
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such Mortgage
Loan which became final and non-appealable, except such a reduction
resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results
in a permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defective
Mortgage Loan : The meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
Deficient
Valuation : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of
the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the
Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the amount of principal to be
paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction
results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code.
Definitive
Certificate : A Certificate of any Class issued in definitive,
fully registered, certificated form.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan : As defined in the applicable Purchase
Agreement.
Delinquent
: Any Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Scheduled Payment due
on a Due Date is not received.
Depositor
: Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation having
its principal place of business in California, or its successors in
interest.
Determination
Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the 18th day of
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or, if such 18th
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day;
provided, however, that with respect to a Servicer, the
Determination Date is the date set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.
Disqualified
Organization : A “disqualified organization” as
defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code.
Distribution
Date : The [25]th day of each month or, if such [25]th day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in
[ ] 200.
Due Date :
With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the
date on which Scheduled Payments on such Mortgage Loan are due
which is either the first day of the month of such Distribution
Date, or if Scheduled Payments on such Mortgage Loan are due on a
day other than the first day of the month, the date in the calendar
month immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which such
Scheduled Payments are due, exclusive of any days of
grace.
Due Period
: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on the second
day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, and
ending on the first day of the month of such Distribution
Date.
Effective
Loan-to-Value Ratio : A fraction, expressed as a percentage,
the numerator of which is the original Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan, less the amount of Additional Collateral
required to secure such Mortgage Loan at the time of origination,
if any,
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and the
denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgage
Property at such date.
Eligible
Account : Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained
with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in
the case of a depository institution or trust company that is the
principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt obligations of
such holding company) have the highest short-term ratings of each
Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein,
or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution or
trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC or the
SAIF (to the limits established by the FDIC or the SAIF) and the
uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator and to each Rating Agency, the
Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such
account or a perfected first priority security interest against any
collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments)
securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust
company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust
account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company,
acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account
acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear
interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this
definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee, the Paying Agent,
the Trust Administrator or the Master Servicer.
ERISA :
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting : A best efforts or firm
commitment underwriting or private placement that meets the
requirements of an Underwriter’s Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate : The Class [ ], Class [ ],
Class [ ], Class [ ] and Class [ ] Certificates, and any
Certificate that does not satisfy the applicable rating requirement
under the Underwriter’s Exemption.
Escrow
Account : As defined in each Servicing Agreement.
Event of
Default : Any one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated
in Section 6.14.
[Excess
Loss : The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss in excess of the
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount on a Mortgage Loan realized after the
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss
in excess of the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount on a Mortgage
Loan realized after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or
(iii) Bankruptcy Loss in excess of the Bankruptcy Loss
Coverage Amount on a Mortgage Loan realized after the Bankruptcy
Coverage Termination Date.]
Exchange
Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
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Fannie Mae
: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered
and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor
thereto.
FDIC : The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC :
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under
Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or
any successor thereto.
[Fitch
Ratings : Fitch, Inc., or any successor in
interest.]
Form 8-K
Disclosure Information : As defined in
Section 6.21(c)(i).
[Fraud
Loan : A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud Loss has
occurred.]
[Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount : The aggregate amount of Fraud Losses that are
allocated solely to the Subordinate Certificates, as of the Closing
Date, $[
], subject to reduction from time to time by the amount of Fraud
Losses allocated to the Subordinate Certificates. In addition,
(a) on each anniversary prior to the fifth anniversary of the
Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will be reduced to an
amount equal to the lesser of (A) 1.00% of the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance as of such date, and (B) the excess
of the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount as of the preceding anniversary
of the Cut-off Date over the cumulative amount of Fraud Losses on
the Mortgage Loans allocated to the Subordinate Certificates since
such preceding anniversary or the Cut-off Date, and (b) on the
fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, zero. The Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount may be reduced below the amount set forth above for
any Distribution Date with the consent of the Rating Agencies as
evidenced by a letter of each Rating Agency to the Trust
Administrator to the effect that any such reduction will not result
in a downgrading of the current ratings assigned to such Classes of
Certificates rated by it.]
[Fraud Loss
Coverage Termination Date : The point in time at which the
applicable Fraud Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to
zero.]
[Fraud
Losses : Realized Losses on the Liquidated Mortgage Loans as to
which a loss is sustained by reason of a default arising from
fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation in connection with the
related Mortgage Loan, including a loss by reason of the denial of
coverage under any related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
because of such fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.]
Global
Securities : The global certificates representing the
Book-Entry Certificates.
Holder or
Certificateholder : The registered owner of any Certificate as
recorded on the books of the Certificate Registrar except that,
solely for the purposes of taking any action or giving any consent
pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name
of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Trust
Administrator and any Servicer, or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to be outstanding in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained,
except that, in determining
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whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such consent, only
Certificates which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be
so owned shall be disregarded. The Trustee may request and
conclusively rely on certifications by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trust Administrator or any Servicer in determining
whether any Certificates are registered to an Affiliate of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator or any
Servicer.
HUD : The
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any
successor thereto.
Incremental
Rate : Not applicable.
Independent : When used with respect to any specified
Person, any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the
Depositor and its Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct
financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest
in the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof, (c) is not
connected with the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or Person performing similar functions or (d) is not
a member of the immediate family of a Person described in clause
(b) or (c) above; provided, however , that a
Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor or any
Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial
owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by the
Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.
Index : As
to each Mortgage Loan, the index from time to time in effect for
adjustment of the Mortgage Rate as set forth as such on the related
Mortgage Note.
[Initial
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount : $[
].]
Initial
One-Month LIBOR Rate : Not applicable.
Initial Trust
Receipt . With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as defined in the
related Custodial Agreement.
Insurance
Policy : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto in effect,
including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance
Policies.
Insurance
Proceeds : Proceeds paid by any Insurance Policy (excluding
proceeds required to be applied to the restoration and repair of
the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor), in
each case other than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds
in respect of Insured Expenses and (i) the proceeds from any
Limited Purpose Surety Bond.
Insured
Expenses : Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest
Distribution Amount : For each Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) one month’s interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the applicable
Certificate Interest Rate for such Class on the related
Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount of such Class,
as applicable, subject to reduction pursuant to
Section 5.02(b), and any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts
for such Class and such Distribution Date.
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Interest-Only
Certificates : Not applicable.
Interest
Shortfall : As to any Class of Certificates and any Component
of a Class (as applicable) and any Distribution Date, (i) the
amount by which the Interest Distribution Amount for such Class or
Component, as applicable, on such Distribution Date and all prior
Distribution Dates exceeds (ii) amounts distributed in respect
thereof to such Class or Component, as applicable, on prior
Distribution Dates.
Interest
Transfer Amount : Not applicable.
Intervening
Assignments : The original intervening assignments of the
Mortgage, notices of transfer or equivalent instrument.
Item 1122
Responsible Party : As defined in
Section 11.15.
Latest
Possible Maturity Date : The Distribution Date occurring in
[
] 20_.
LIBOR Business
Day : Not applicable.
LIBOR
Certificate : Not applicable.
LIBOR
Determination Date : Not applicable.
Limited
Purpose Surety Bond : Any Limited Purpose Surety Bond listed in
Exhibit G.
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan : With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was
liquidated in the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and as to which the related Servicer has
certified (in accordance with its Servicing Agreement) that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final disposition
of the related REO Property, whether from Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Liquidation
Principal : With respect to any Distribution Date, the
principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds received with respect
to each Mortgage Loan, but not in excess of the principal balance
of such Mortgage Loan, which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan (but
not in excess of the principal balance thereof) during the
preceding calendar month.
Liquidation
Proceeds : Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee’s sale, foreclosure
sale or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any
condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any
other proceeds received in connection with an REO Property, other
than Subsequent Recoveries.
Loan-To-Value
Ratio : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any date of
determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan at such date of determination and the denominator of which is
the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Lower-Tier
Interest : As described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
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Lower-Tier
REMIC : As described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
Margin :
As to each Mortgage Loan, the percentage amount set forth on the
related Mortgage Note added to the Index in calculating the
Mortgage Rate thereon.
Master
Servicer : [
] in its capacity as Master Servicer and any Person succeeding as
Master Servicer hereunder or any successor in interest, or if any
successor master servicer shall be appointed as herein provided,
then such successor master servicer.
Master
Servicing Fee : The fee payable to the Master Servicer as
compensation for its services under this Agreement, which shall
constitute all income and earnings on the amounts on deposit in the
Certificate Distribution Account as provided in
Section 4.01(e).
Master
Servicing Fee Rate : 0.00% per annum.
Maximum
Rate : As to any Mortgage Loan, the maximum rate set forth on
the related Mortgage Note at which interest can accrue on such
Mortgage Loan.
Memorandum
: The private placement memorandum dated [
], 200_, relating to the Class [ ],
Class [ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates.
MERS :
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or its successors
or assigns.
MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan : Each Mortgage Loan that has been
originated in the name of, or assigned to, MERS and registered
under the MERS System.
MERS
System : The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
Monthly
Advance : With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the payments
required to be made by the Master Servicer or the applicable
Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to this
Agreement or the Servicing Agreements, as applicable, the amount of
any such payment being equal to the aggregate of the payments of
principal and interest (net of the Master Servicing Fee and/or the
applicable Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the case of
any REO Property) on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the
related Due Date and not received as of the close of business on
the related Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any
such delinquent payments that the Master Servicer or the Servicers
have determined would constitute Nonrecoverable Advances if
advanced.
[Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any
successor in interest.]
Mortgage :
A mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument encumbering a fee
simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note, together
with improvements thereto.
Mortgage
Documents : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the mortgage
documents required to be delivered to a Custodian pursuant to the
related Custodial Agreement and described in clauses
(i) through (viii) of Section 2.01(a)
hereof.
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Mortgage
Loan : A Mortgage and the related notes or other evidences of
indebtedness secured by each such Mortgage conveyed, transferred,
sold, assigned to or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 (including any Replacement Mortgage Loan and REO
Property), including without limitation, each Mortgage Loan listed
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as amended from time to
time.
Mortgage Loan
Purchase and Sale Agreement : The mortgage loan purchase and
sale agreement, dated as of [
], 200_, between the Seller and the Depositor.
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Price : The price, calculated as set forth in
Section 7.01, to be paid in connection with the purchase of
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to an Optional Termination of the Trust
Fund.
Mortgage Loan
Schedule : The schedule attached hereto as Schedule A,
which shall identify each Mortgage Loan, as such schedule may be
amended by the Depositor or the Servicer from time to time to
reflect the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans to, or the
deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans from, the Trust Fund. Such
schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Pool:
(i) the
Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) a
code indicating the type of Mortgaged Property and the occupancy
status;
(iii) a
code indicating the Servicer of the Mortgage Loan;
(iv) the
original months to maturity;
(v) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(vi) the
combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(vii) a
code indicating the existence of a subordinate lien for the related
Mortgaged Property;
(viii) the
related borrower’s debt-to-income ratio at
origination;
(ix) the
related borrower’s credit score at origination;
(x) the
Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
(xi) the
stated maturity date;
(xii) the
amount of the Scheduled Payment as of the Cut-off Date;
(xiii) the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xiv) 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;
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(xv) the
purpose of the Mortgage Loan (i.e., purchase, rate and term
refinance, equity take-out refinance);
(xvi) a
code indicating whether a prepayment premium is required to be paid
in connection with a prepayment of the Mortgage Loan and the term
and the amount of the prepayment premium;
(xvii) an
indication whether the Mortgage Loan accrues interest at an
adjustable Mortgage Rate or a fixed Mortgage Rate;
(xviii) the Index that is associated with
such Mortgage Loan, if applicable;
(xix) the
gross margin, if applicable;
(xx) the
periodic rate cap, if applicable;
(xxi) the
minimum Mortgage Rate, if applicable;
(xxii) the
maximum Mortgage Rate, if applicable;
(xxiii) the first Adjustment Date after the
Cut-off Date, if applicable;
(xxiv) the
Servicing Fee Rate;
(xxv) the
Master Servicing Fee Rate;
(xxvi) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered under a
borrower paid or lender paid Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
(and, if so, the name of the insurance carrier) and the rate at
which any lender paid Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy premium is
calculated, if applicable; and
(xxvii) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage
Note : The original executed note or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage under a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage
Pool : The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage
Rate : As to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest
borne by the related Mortgage Notes.
Mortgaged
Property : The underlying property, including any Additional
Collateral, securing a Mortgage Loan which, with respect to a
Cooperative Loan, is the related Cooperative Shares and Property
Lease.
Mortgagor
: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net Interest
Shortfalls : For any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) the
amount of interest which would otherwise have been received for a
Mortgage Loan during the prior calendar month
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that was the
subject of (x) a Relief Act Reduction or (y) a [Special
Hazard Loss], [Fraud Loss] or [Bankruptcy Loss], after the
exhaustion of the respective amounts of coverage provided by the
Subordinate Certificates for those types of losses; and
(B) any related Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
Net
Liquidation Proceeds : With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property, the
related Liquidation Proceeds net of Monthly Advances, Servicer
Advances, related Servicing Fees and/or Master Servicing Fees and
any other accrued and unpaid servicing fees received and retained
in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or
Mortgaged Property.
Net Mortgage
Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, the related Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date in the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date reduced by the
Aggregate Expense Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfall : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls during the related Prepayment Period exceeds
the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution
Date.
Net Realized
Losses : For any Class of Certificates and any Distribution
Date, the excess of (i) the amount of unreimbursed Realized
Losses previously allocated to that Class over (ii) the sum of
(a) the amount of any increases to the Class Principal
Amount of that Class pursuant to Section 5.03(f) due to
Subsequent Recoveries and (b) amounts previously distributed
to such Class in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to
Section 5.02.
Net WAC :
As to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date of the
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, weighted on
the basis of their outstanding Stated Principal Balances (after
giving effect to the Scheduled Payments due on or before such Due
Date and Principal Prepayments received prior to such Due Date) at
such time.
Net WAC
Shortfall : Not applicable.
Non-Book-Entry
Certificate : Any Certificate other than a Book-Entry
Certificate.
Non-permitted
Foreign Holder : As defined in Section 3.03(f).
Net Recovery
Realized Losses : For any Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the excess of Net Realized Losses for such
Distribution Date over the amount distributed in respect of
Realized Losses pursuant to Section 5.02 on that Distribution
Date.
Non-Redemption
Event : Not applicable.
Non-U.S.
Person : Any person other than a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code.
Nonrecoverable
Advance : Any portion of an Monthly Advance or Servicer Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer
and/or a Servicer (as certified in
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an
Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer), which in the good
faith judgment of such party, shall not be ultimately recoverable
by such party from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise.
Notional
Amount : Not applicable.
Offering
Document : The Prospectus or the Memorandum.
Officer’s Certificate : A certificate signed by two
Authorized Officers of the Depositor or the Chairman of the Board,
any Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice President or any
Assistant Vice President of the Master Servicer or the Trust
Administrator, and in each case delivered to the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator, as provided in this Agreement.
Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer : A certificate
(i) signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of
the Board, the President, a Managing Director, a Vice President
(however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer,
the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of a Servicer, or (ii) if provided for herein,
signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to
the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Master Servicer, as
required hereby.
One-Month
LIBOR : Not applicable.
Opinion of
Counsel : A written opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable
in form and substance to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or
the Master Servicer, as required hereby, and who may be in-house or
outside counsel to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee but which must be Independent outside
counsel with respect to any such opinion of counsel concerning the
transfer of any Residual Certificate or concerning certain matters
with respect to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or the taxation, or the
federal income tax status, of each REMIC.
Optional
Termination : The purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 7.01.
Optional
Termination Date : The date fixed by the Terminating Entity for
the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 7.01.
Optional
Termination Notice Period : The period during which notice is
to be given to the affected Certificateholders of an Optional
Termination pursuant to Section 7.02(e).
Original
Subordination Level : With respect to each Class of Subordinate
Certificates, the corresponding approximate percentage set forth in
the table below opposite its Class designation:
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Subordinate Principal Amount : The aggregate of the initial
Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of Subordinated
Certificates.
Originator
: [
] or any other originator contemplated by Item 1110 (§
229.1110) of Regulation AB.
Overcollateralized Group : Not applicable.
Par Value
: As defined in Section 7.01(c).
Paying
Agent : Any paying agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.08. The initial Paying Agent shall be the Trust
Administrator under this Agreement.
Payoff :
Any payment of principal on a Mortgage Loan equal to the entire
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, if
received in advance of the last scheduled Due Date for such
Mortgage Loan and accompanied by an amount of interest equal to
accrued unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan to the date of such
payment in full.
PCAOB :
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Percentage
Interest : With respect to any Certificate, its percentage
interest in the undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust Fund evidenced by all Certificates of the same Class as such
Certificate. With respect to any Certificate other than an
Interest-Only Certificate or the Class [ ] and Class [ ]
Certificates, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall equal
the initial principal amount thereof divided by the initial
Class Principal Amount of all Certificates of the same Class.
With respect to each of the Class [ ] and Class [ ] Certificates,
the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall be as specified on
the face thereof, or otherwise, be equal to 100%. With respect to
any Interest-Only Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall equal its initial Notional Amount as set forth on the
face thereof divided by the initial Class Notional Amount of
such Class.
Permitted
Investments : At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of
the United States or any agency thereof, provided that such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) general
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest long-term
debt rating of each
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Rating Agency,
or such lower rating as shall not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the
Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial
or finance company paper which is then receiving the highest
commercial or finance company paper rating of each Rating Agency
rating such paper, or such lower rating as shall not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates
of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers’ acceptances
issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated
under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and
subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state
banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper and/or
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution
or trust company (or in the case of the principal depository
institution in a holding company system, the commercial paper or
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company, but
only if Moody’s is not the applicable Rating Agency) are then
rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term
ratings of each Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower
ratings as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies,
as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating
Agency;
(v) demand or time
deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any bank or trust
company or savings institution to the extent that such deposits are
fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed
reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance company or
other corporation acceptable to the Rating Agencies at the time of
the issuance of such agreements, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
(vii) repurchase
obligations with respect to any security described in clauses
(i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
(viii) securities
(other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or instruments sold at
a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face amount thereof)
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one of the two
highest long-term ratings of each Rating Agency (except if the
Rating Agency is Moody’s, such rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody’s for any such series), or
such lower rating as shall not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the
Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency;
(ix) interests in
any money market fund which at the date of acquisition of the
interests in such fund and throughout the time such interests are
held in such fund has the
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highest
applicable rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund or such
lower rating as shall not result in a change in the rating then
assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency as evidenced by
a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency, including funds
for which the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator
or any of its Affiliates is investment manager or
adviser;
(x) short-term
investment funds sponsored by any trust company or national banking
association incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated by
each applicable Rating Agency in their respective highest
applicable rating category or such lower rating as shall not result
in a change in the rating then specified stated maturity and
bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating
Agency as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
and
(xi) such other
investments having a specified stated maturity and bearing interest
or sold at a discount acceptable to the Rating Agencies as shall
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies as evidenced by
a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
provided, that
no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if (i) such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments
with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument,
(ii) such instrument would require the Depositor to register
as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended or (iii) the rating of such instrument contains a
“t” or “r” notation therein.
Person :
Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Plan : An
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is
subject to Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of
the Code or any entity whose underlying assets include such
plan’s or arrangement’s assets by reason of their
investment in the entity.
Plan Asset
Regulations : The Department of Labor regulations set forth in
29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall : With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
Distribution Date and Principal Prepayment received during the
related Prepayment Period, the difference between (i) one full
month’s interest at the applicable Mortgage Rate (giving
effect to any applicable Relief Act Reduction, Debt Service
Reduction and Deficient Valuation), as reduced by the Servicing Fee
Rate, if applicable, on the outstanding principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such prepayment or, if such
Principal Prepayment is a Curtailment, the principal amount of such
Curtailment and (ii) the amount of interest actually received
with respect to such Mortgage Loan in connection with such
Principal Prepayment, net of the Servicing Fee, if
applicable.
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Prepayment
Period : With respect to each Distribution Date, the calendar
month immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution
Date occurs.
Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy : Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect
to any Mortgage Loan.
Principal
Payment Amount : For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments on the
Mortgage Loans due on the related Due Date, (ii) the principal
portion of repurchase proceeds received with respect to any
Mortgage Loan which was repurchased as permitted or required by
this Agreement during the period beginning on the 15th day of the
month preceding such Distribution Date and ending on the 14th day
of the month of such Distribution Date, with notice and receipt of
funds three (3) Business Days prior to the 14th day of the
month of such Distribution Date and (iii) any other
unscheduled payments of principal which were received on the
Mortgage Loans during the related calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, other than Principal Prepayments
or Liquidation Principal.
Principal
Prepayment : Any payment of principal on a Mortgage Loan that
constitutes a Payoff or Curtailment.
Principal
Prepayment Amount : For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) all Principal Prepayments relating to the Mortgage Loans
which were received during the related Prepayment Period and
(ii) all Subsequent Recoveries received during the calendar
month preceding the month of that Distribution Date.
Principal
Prepayment In Full : Any Principal Prepayment of the entire
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans.
Principal
Transfer Amount : Not applicable.
Proceeding
: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
Proprietary
Lease : With respect to any Cooperative Property, a lease or
occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder
of related Cooperative Shares.
Pro Rata
Share : With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Subordinate Certificates, the portion of the Subordinate Principal
Distribution Amount allocable to such Class, equal to the product
of the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the
related Class Principal Amount of such Class and the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the Class Principal
Amounts of the Subordinate Certificates.
Prospectus
: The prospectus supplement dated [
], 200_, together with the accompanying prospectus dated [
], 200_, relating to the Senior Certificates and the Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates.
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Purchase
Agreements : The mortgage purchase agreements listed in
Exhibit F hereto, as each such agreement may be amended or
supplemented from time to time as permitted hereunder.
Purchase
Price : With respect to any Mortgage Loan required or permitted
to be purchased by the Seller or Depositor pursuant to this
Agreement, by the Servicers pursuant to the Servicing Agreements,
or by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase,
(ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate from the date through which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor to the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price
is to be distributed to Certificateholders, or such other amount as
may be specified in the related Servicing Agreement or Purchase
Agreement and (iii) the amount of any costs and damages
incurred by the Trust Fund as a result of any violation of any
applicable federal, state, or local predatory or abusive lending
law arising from or in connection with the origination of such
Mortgage Loan.
Rapid
Prepayment Conditions : Not applicable.
[Rating
Agency : Each of Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and
S&P.]
Realized
Loss : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, (1) with respect
to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an amount (not less than zero or
more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan) as of
the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated
Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of
such liquidation, plus (ii) interest at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate from the related Due Date as to which interest was
last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up
to the related Due Date in the month in which Liquidation Proceeds
are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus
(iii) the Net Liquidation Proceeds and the proceeds of any
Additional Collateral, if any, received during the month in which
such liquidation occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of
interest at the Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the
Liquidated Mortgage Loan; (2) for any Mortgage Loan subject to
a Deficient Valuation, the excess of the Stated Principal Balance
of that Mortgage Loan over the principal amount as reduced in
connection with the proceedings resulting in the Deficient
Valuation; or (3) for any Mortgage Loan that became the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the present value of all
monthly Debt Service Reductions on the Mortgage Loan, assuming that
the mortgagor pays each Scheduled Payment on the applicable Due
Date and that no Principal Prepayments are received on the Mortgage
Loan, discounted at the applicable Mortgage Rate.
Record
Date : As to any Distribution Date, the last Business Day of
the month preceding the month of each Distribution Date (or the
Closing Date, in the case of the first Distribution
Date).
Refinancing
Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with
the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
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 clarifications and interpretations as
have been provided by the Commission in the adopting
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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.
Relevant
Servicing Criteria : The Servicing Criteria applicable to each
party, as set forth on Exhibit N attached hereto. Multiple
parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing
Criteria. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged
by the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator or each Servicer,
the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a
portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to such
parties.
Relief Act
Reductions : With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount
of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended
calendar month as a result of the application of the Civil Relief
Act, the amount, if any, by which (i) interest collectible on
such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month is
less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month
pursuant to the Mortgage Note.
REMIC :
Each pool of assets in the Trust Fund designated as a REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
REMIC
Provisions : The provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear
at sections 860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations, including proposed regulations and rulings, and
administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the
foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
REO
Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection
with a defaulted Mortgage Loan or otherwise treated as having been
acquired pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
Replacement
Mortgage Loan : A mortgage loan substituted by the Seller for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution,
as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form
attached to the applicable Custodial Agreement, (i) have a
Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion
of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in
excess of, and not more than 10% less than, the Stated Principal
Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a Maximum Rate
not less than (and not more than two percentage points greater
than) the Maximum Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iii) have a gross margin not less than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, if Mortgage Loans equal to 1% or more of the
Cut-off Date Principal Balance have become Deleted Mortgage Loans,
not more than two percentage points more than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio or Effective
Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (v) have Adjustment Dates that are no more or less
frequent than the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less
than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) not permit
conversion of the related Mortgage Rate to a permanent fixed
Mortgage Rate; (viii) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the
Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan; (ix) have the
same or better FICO credit score; (x) have an initial interest
Adjustment Date no earlier than five months before (and no later
than five months after) the initial Adjustment Date of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (xi)
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comply with
each representation and warranty set forth in each Purchase
Agreement; and (xii) shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
that such Replacement Mortgage Loan would not adversely affect the
REMIC status of the Trust Fund or would not otherwise be prohibited
by this Agreement.
Reportable
Event : As defined in Section 6.21(c)(i).
Reporting
Servicer : As defined in Section 6.21(b)(i).
Required
Reserve Fund Deposit : Not applicable.
Reserve
Fund : Not applicable.
Residual
Certificate : Each of the Class
[ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates.
Responsible
Officer : With respect to the Trustee, any officer in the
corporate trust department or similar group of the Trustee with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and
also, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
Restricted
Certificate : Any Class [ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ] or Class
[ ] Certificate.
Restricted
Global Security : As defined in
Section 3.01(c).
[S&P :
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor in
interest.]
SAIF : The
Saving’s Association Insurance Fund, or any successor
thereto.
Sarbanes Oxley
Act : The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any
interpretations thereof by the Commission’s
staff).
Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification : A written certification covering the activities
of all Servicing Function Participants and signed by an officer of
the Depositor and that complies with (i) the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, and (ii) the
February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff of the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Regarding Compliance by Asset-Backed Issuers with Exchange Act
Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as in effect from time to time;
provided that if, after the Closing Date (a) the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended, (b) the Statement
referred to in clause (ii) is modified or superseded by any
subsequent statement, rule or regulation of the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any statement of a division thereof, or
(c) any future releases, rules and regulations are published
by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which in any such case
affects the form or substance of the required certification and
results in the required certification being, in the reasonable
judgment of the Master Servicer, materially more onerous than the
form of the required certification as of the Closing Date, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification shall be as agreed
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to by the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Seller following a
negotiation in good faith to determine how to comply with any such
new requirements.
Schedule of
Exceptions : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as defined in
the related Custodial Agreement.
Scheduled
Payment : The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due
on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such
Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise specified in the Servicing
Agreements, shall give effect to any related Debt Service Reduction
and any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly
payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Securities
Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
Seller :
RWT Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Senior
Certificates : Any one of the Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ] or Class
[ ] Certificates.
Senior
Liquidation Amount : With respect to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate, for each Mortgage Loan which became a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan during the prior calendar month, of the lesser of
(i) the Senior Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the applicable Senior Prepayment
Percentage of the Liquidation Principal with respect to such
Mortgage Loan.
Senior
Percentage : With respect to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of
which is the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due Period
(excluding any Mortgage Loans that were subject to a Payoff, the
principal of which was distributed on the Distribution Date
preceding the current Distribution Date); provided, however
, in no event will the Senior Percentage exceed 100%.
Senior
Prepayment Percentage : The Senior Prepayment Percentage for
any Distribution Date occurring during the seven years beginning on
the first Distribution Date will equal 100%. The Senior Prepayment
Percentage for any Distribution Date occurring on or after the
seventh anniversary of the first Distribution Date will be as
follows: for any Distribution Date in the first year thereafter,
the Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Subordinate Percentage for
such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the second
year thereafter, the Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Subordinate
Percentage for such Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in
the third year thereafter, the Senior Percentage plus 40% of the
Subordinate Percentage for such Distribution Date; for any
Distribution Date in the fourth year thereafter, the Senior
Percentage plus 20% of the Subordinate Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and for any Distribution Date after the fourth
year thereafter, the Senior Percentage for such Distribution
Date.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, on any Distribution Date if the Senior Percentage
exceeds the initial Senior Percentage, the Senior Prepayment
Percentage will equal 100%, (ii) if on or
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before the
Distribution Date in
[ ],
20 , the Subordinate Percentage is greater
than or equal to twice the Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing
Date, in which case the Senior Prepayment Percentage will equal the
Senior Percentage, plus 50% of the Subordinate Percentage for that
Distribution Date, and if after the Distribution Date in
[ ]
20 , the Subordinate Percentage is greater
than or equal to twice the Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing
Date, then the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution
Date will equal the Senior Percentage).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Senior Prepayment Percentage shall equal 100%
for any Distribution Date as to which (i) the outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or
more (including all REO Properties and Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure) (averaged over the preceding six month period), as a
percentage of the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the
Subordinate Certificates as of such Distribution Date is equal to
or greater than 50% or (ii) cumulative Realized Losses for the
Mortgage Loans exceed (a) with respect to any Distribution
Date prior to the third anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
20% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (b) with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the third anniversary
but prior to the eighth anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (c) with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the eighth anniversary
but prior to the ninth anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
35% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (d) with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the ninth anniversary
but prior to the tenth anniversary of the first Distribution Date,
40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (e) with
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the tenth anniversary
but prior to the eleventh anniversary of the first Distribution
Date, 45% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount and
(f) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
eleventh anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 50% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Amount.
If on any
Distribution Date the allocation to a Class of Senior Certificates
then entitled to distributions of Principal Prepayments and other
amounts in the percentage required above would reduce the
outstanding Class Principal Amount of that Class below zero,
the distribution to that Class of Senior Certificates of the Senior
Prepayment Percentage of those amounts for such Distribution Date
shall be limited to the percentage necessary to reduce the related
Class Principal Amount to zero.
Senior
Principal Distribution Amount : With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the product of (x) the
Senior Percentage and (y) the Principal Payment Amount,
(ii) the product of (x) the applicable Senior Prepayment
Percentage and (y) the Principal Prepayment Amount and
(iii) the Senior Liquidation Amount.
Senior
Termination Date : Not applicable.
Servicers
: Each Servicer under a Servicing Agreement.
Servicer
Advance : A “Servicing Advance” as defined in the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
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Servicer
Remittance Date : The [___] day of each calendar month after
the initial issuance of the Certificates or, if such [___] day is
not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day,
commencing in [
] 200_.
Service(s)(ing) : In accordance with Regulation AB, the
act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other
assets of the Trust Fund by an entity that meets the definition of
“servicer’ set forth in Item 1101 of
Regulation AB and is subject to the disclosure requirements
set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. Any
uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning
commonly understood by participants in the residential
mortgage-backed securitization market.
Servicing
Agreement : The agreements listed in Exhibit E, as each
such agreement has been modified by the related Acknowledgement and
as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted
thereby.
Servicing
Criteria : The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from
time to time.
Servicing
Function Participant : Any Subservicer or Subcontractor, other
than each Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Trust
Administrator, that is participating in the servicing function
within the meaning of Regulation AB, unless such
Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage
Loans.
Servicing
Fee : As to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an
amount equal to the product of (a) one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Due
Period.
Servicing Fee
Rate : With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, the rate specified in the related Servicing
Agreement.
Servicing
Officer : Any officer of the Servicers involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage
Loans whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished to the Master Servicer by the
Servicers on the Closing Date pursuant to the Servicing Agreements,
as such list may from time to time be amended.
[Special
Hazard Loss : A Realized Loss (or portion thereof) with respect
to a Mortgage Loan arising from any direct physical loss or damage
to a Mortgaged Property (including any Realized Loss due to the
presence or suspected presence of hazardous wastes or substances on
mortgaged property) which is not covered by a standard hazard
maintenance policy with extended coverage or by a flood insurance
policy, if applicable (or which would not have been covered by such
a policy had such a policy been maintained), which is caused by or
results from any cause except: (i) wear and tear,
deterioration, rust or corrosion, mold, wet or dry rot, inherent
vice or latent defect, animals, birds, vermin, insects;
(ii) settling, subsidence, cracking, shrinkage, bulging or
expansion of pavements, foundations, walls, floors, roofs or
ceilings; (iii) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty
materials, unless the collapse of the property or part thereof
ensues and then only for the ensuing loss; (iv) nuclear or
chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive or chemical
contamination, all whether controlled or uncontrolled, and whether
such loss be direct or indirect, proximate or remote;
(v) hostile or warlike action in time of peace
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or war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending against an
actual, impending or expected attack (a) by any government of
sovereign power, de jure or de facto, or by any authority
maintaining or using military, naval or air forces, (b) by
military, naval or air forces, or (c) by an agent of any such
government, power, authority or forces; (vi) any weapon of war
employing atomic fission or radioactive force whether in time of
peace or war; or (vii) insurrection, rebellion, revolution,
civil war, usurped power or action taken by governmental authority
in hindering, combating or defending against such occurrence,
seizure or destruction under quarantine or customs regulations,
confiscation by order of any government or public authority, or
risks of contraband or illegal transportation or trade.]
[Special
Hazard Loss Coverage Amount : With respect to the Subordinate
Certificates, as of the Closing Date, $[
] subject in each case to reduction from time to time, to be an
amount equal on any Distribution Date to the lesser of (a) the
greatest of (i) 1% of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance,
(ii) twice the principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan
and (iii) the Aggregate Stated Principal Balances of Mortgage Loans
secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the single California
postal zip code area having the highest aggregate principal balance
of any such zip code area and (b) the Special Hazard Loss
Coverage Amount as of the Closing Date less the amount, if any, of
losses attributable to Special Hazard Losses allocated to the
Subordinate Certificates since the Closing Date. All Stated
Principal Balances for the purpose of this definition will be
calculated as of the first day of the month preceding such
Distribution Date after giving effect to scheduled installments of
principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans then due, whether or
not paid. The Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount may be reduced
below the amount set forth above for any Distribution Date with the
consent of the Rating Agencies as evidenced by a letter of each
Rating Agency to the Trust Administrator to the effect that any
such reduction will not result in a downgrading of the current
ratings assigned to such Classes of Certificates rated by
it.]
[Special
Hazard Loss Coverage Termination Date : The date on which the
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to
zero.]
Sponsor :
RWT Holdings, Inc.
Startup
Day : The day designated as such pursuant to
Section 10.01(b) hereof.
Stated
Principal Balance : With respect to any Mortgage Loan and date
of determination, the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date, after application of the principal portion of all
Scheduled Payments due on or before the Cut-off Date, whether or
not received, minus the sum of (i) all amounts allocable to
principal that have been distributed to Certificateholders with
respect to such Mortgage Loan on or before that date of
determination and (ii) any Realized Losses on such Mortgage
Loan that have been allocated to one or more Classes of
Certificates on or before that date of determination.
Sub
Account : Not applicable.
Subcontractor : Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person
that is not responsible for the overall servicing 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
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of any Servicer
(or a Subservicer of any Servicer), the Master Servicer or the
Trust Administrator.
Subordinate
Certificates : The Class [ ],
Class [ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates executed by the
Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating
Agent, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A.
Subordinate
Liquidation Amount : For any Distribution Date the excess, if
any, of the aggregate Liquidation Principal of all Mortgage Loans
which became Liquidated Mortgage Loans during the calendar month
preceding the Distribution Date over Senior Liquidation Amount for
such Distribution Date.
Subordinate
Percentage : With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess
of 100% over the related Senior Percentage for such Distribution
Date.
Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage : With respect to any Distribution Date,
100% minus the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for such
Distribution Date; provided, however , that if the aggregate
Class Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates has been
reduced to zero, then the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal 100%.
Subordinate
Principal Distribution Amount : With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts: (i) the
related Subordinate Percentage of the related Principal Payment
Amount, (ii) the related Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of
the related Principal Prepayment Amount and (iii) the related
Subordinate Liquidation Amount.
Subordination
Level : With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Subordinate Certificates, the percentage obtained by dividing the
sum of the Class Principal Amounts of all Classes of
Subordinate Certificates which are subordinate in right of payment
to such Class by the sum of the Class Principal Amounts of the
Certificates, in each case immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Subsequent
Recovery : With respect to any Distribution Date and Mortgage
Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan in a month preceding
the month prior to the Distribution Date, an amount received in
respect of principal on such Mortgage Loan which has previously
been allocated as a Realized Loss to a Class or Classes of
Certificates, net of reimbursable expenses.
Subservicer : Any Person that (i) services Mortgage
Loans on behalf of any Servicer, and (ii) is responsible for
the performance (whether directly or through sub-servicers or
Subcontractors) of Servicing functions required to be performed
under this Agreement, any related Servicing Agreement or any
sub-servicing agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
Substitution
Amount : As defined in the second paragraph of
Section 2.04(b).
Tax Matters
Person : With respect to each REMIC, the applicable Person
identified in Section 10.01( l ).
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Telerate Page
3750 : The display currently so designated as “Page
3750” on the Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page
selected by the Trust Administrator as may replace Page 3750 on
that service for the purpose of displaying daily comparable rates
on prices).
Terminating
Auction Date: As defined in Section 7.01(d).
Terminating
Auction Purchaser: As defined in
Section 7.01(d).
Terminating
Auction Sale: As defined in Section 7.01(d).
Terminating
Entity : The Master Servicer shall be the Terminating Entity.
At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Terminating
Entity and the Master Servicer shall be the same party.
Trust
Administrator :
[ ], not
in its individual capacity but solely as Trust Administrator, or
any successor in interest, or if any successor trust administrator
shall be appointed as herein provided, then such successor trust
administrator.
[[ ]
shall act as Trust Administrator for so long as it is Master
Servicer under this Agreement.]
Trust Fund
: The corpus of the trust created pursuant to this Agreement,
consisting of the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal
received thereon on or after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled
Payments due on or prior to the Cut-off Date), the
Depositor’s rights assigned to the Trustee under the Purchase
Agreements and the Servicing Agreements, as modified by the
Acknowledgements and the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement,
the Insurance Policies relating to the Mortgage Loans, all cash,
instruments or property held or required to be held in the
Custodial Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account, or
property that secured a Mortgage Loan, the pledge, control and
guaranty agreements and any Limited Purpose Surety Bond relating to
the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.
Trustee :
[ ], [a
national banking association organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America] and any Person succeeding the
Trustee hereunder, or if any successor trustee or any co-trustee
shall be appointed as herein provided, then such successor trustee
and such co-trustee, as the case may be.
Trustee
Mortgage Files : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Documents to be retained in the custody and possession of
the Trustee or any Custodian on behalf of the Trustee and described
in clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 2.01(a)
hereof.
UCC : The
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the relevant
jurisdiction.
Undercollateralized Group : Not applicable.
Underwriter’s Exemption : Prohibited Transaction
Exemption (“PTE”)
[ ], [as
most recently amended and restated by PTE
[ ]], or any substantially similar
administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor to
the Underwriter.
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Underwriting
Agreement : The Underwriting Agreement, dated [
], 200_, among the Seller, the Depositor and the
Underwriter.
Uniform
Commercial Code : The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.
Upper-Tier
REMIC : As described in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
Voting
Interests : The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of
the voting provisions of this Agreement. At all times during the
term of this Agreement, [___.___]% of all Voting Interests shall be
allocated to the Class [ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ], Class
[ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates. Voting Interests
shall be allocated among such Certificates based on the product of
(i) [___.___]% and (ii) the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate
Class Principal Amounts for each Class then outstanding and
the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
outstanding. At all times during the term of this Agreement,
[_.___]% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated to each of the
Class [ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates.
Section 1.02.
Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans. Calculations required to be
made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan
in the Trust Fund shall be made based upon current information as
to the terms of the Mortgage Loans and reports of payments received
from the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loans and payments to be made
to the Trust Administrator as supplied to the Trust Administrator
by the Master Servicer. The Trust Administrator shall not be
required to recompute, verify or recalculate the information
supplied to it by the Master Servicer or any Servicer.
ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01.
Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans.
(a) Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor
does hereby transfer, assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise
convey to the Trustee, without recourse, subject to
Sections 2.02 and 2.04, in trust, all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund. Such conveyance
includes, without limitation, (i) the Mortgage Loans,
including the right to all payments of principal and interest
received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on and after the
Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date), and all such payments due after such date but received prior
to such date and intended by the related Mortgagors to be applied
after such date; (ii) all of the Depositor’s right,
title and interest in and to all amounts from time to time credited
to and the proceeds of the Certificate Distribution Account, any
Custodial Accounts or any Escrow Account established with respect
to the Mortgage Loans; (iii) all of the Depositor’s
rights under the Purchase Agreements and the Servicing Agreements
as modified by the
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Acknowledgements and the Mortgage Loan Purchase
and Sale Agreement; (iv) all of the Depositor’s right,
title or interest in REO Property and the proceeds thereof;
(v) all of the Depositor’s rights under any Insurance
Policies related to the Mortgage Loans; and (vi) the
Depositor’s security interest in any collateral pledged to
secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged Properties and
any Additional Collateral relating to the Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, the pledge, control
and guaranty agreements and any related Limited Purpose Surety Bond
to have and to hold, in trust; and the Trustee declares that,
subject to the review provided for in Section 2.02, it has
received and shall hold the Trust Fund, as trustee, in trust, for
the benefit and use of the Holders of the Certificates and for the
purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and, concurrently with such receipt, has caused to be
executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the
Depositor, in exchange for the Trust Fund, Certificates in the
authorized denominations evidencing the entire ownership of the
Trust Fund.
The foregoing
sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit and conveyance does
not and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by
the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Seller or any
other Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other
agreement or instrument relating thereto except as specifically set
forth therein.
In connection with
such transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered
to and deposited with, any Custodian acting on the Trustee’s
behalf, the following documents or instruments with respect to each
related Mortgage Loan (each, a “Trustee Mortgage File”)
so transferred and assigned:
(i) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note endorsed
without recourse in proper form to the order of the Trustee, or in
blank (in each case, with all necessary intervening endorsements,
as applicable); provided that any such endorsement may be stamped
or generated electronically, if acceptable under all applicable
laws and regulations and the endorsing entity had adopted
appropriate authorizing resolutions prior to such stamped or
electronic endorsement.
(ii) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the
original mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first lien on the underlying property securing the Mortgage Loan
and bearing evidence that such instrument has been recorded in the
appropriate jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located
(or, in lieu of the original of the Mortgage, a true copy of the
Mortgage certified by the originator, or a duplicate or conformed
copy of the Mortgage, together with a certificate of either the
closing attorney or an officer of the title insurer that issued the
related title insurance policy, certifying that such copy
represents a true and correct copy of the original and that such
original has been or is currently submitted to be recorded in the
appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located);
(iii) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the
Assignment of Mortgage in form and substance acceptable for
recording in the relevant jurisdiction, such assignment being
either (A) in blank, without recourse, or (B) or endorsed
to “[
], as Trustee of the Sequoia Mortgage Trust 200_-_, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, without recourse;” provided, that
if the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, no
Assignment of Mortgage shall be required;
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(iv) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the
originals or certified copies of all Intervening Assignments of the
Mortgage, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, showing a
complete chain of title to the last endorsee, including any
warehousing assignment;
(v) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), any
assumption, modification, written assurance, substitution,
consolidation, extension or guaranty agreement, if
applicable;
(vi) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the
original policy of title insurance (or a true copy thereof) with
respect to any such Mortgage Loan, or, if such policy has not yet
been delivered by the insurer, the title commitment or title binder
to issue same;
(vii) if
the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or any other material document or
instrument relating to the Mortgage Loan has been signed by a
person on behalf of the Mortgagor, the original power of attorney
or other instrument that authorized and empowered such person to
sign bearing evidence that such instrument has been recorded, if so
required, in the appropriate jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located (or, in lieu thereof, a duplicate or conformed
copy of such instrument, together with a certificate of receipt
from the recording office, certifying that such copy represents a
true and complete copy of the original and that such original has
been or is currently submitted to be recorded in the appropriate
governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located); and
(viii) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan which constitutes a Cooperative
Mortgage Loan:
(a) the original
loan and security agreement;
(b) the original
Cooperative Shares;
(c) a stock power
executed in blank by the person in whose name the Cooperative
Shares are issued;
(d) the
Proprietary Lease or occupancy agreement accompanied by an
assignment in blank of such proprietary lease;
(e) the
recognition agreement executed by the Cooperative Corporation,
which requires the Cooperative Corporation to recognize the rights
of the lender and its successors in interest and assigns, under the
cooperative;
(f) UCC1 financing
statements with recording information thereon from the appropriate
governmental recording offices if necessary to perfect the security
interest of the Cooperative Mortgage Loan under the Uniform
Commercial Code in the jurisdiction in which the cooperative
project is located, accompanied by UCC3 financing statements
executed in blank for recordation of the change in the secured
party thereunder;
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(g) the original
policy of title insurance or with respect to any such Cooperative
Mortgage Loan, if such policy has not yet been delivered by the
insurer, the title commitment or title binder to issue same;
and
(h) Any
guarantees, if applicable.
(b) The
Depositor shall cause Assignments of Mortgage with respect to each
Mortgage Loan other than a Cooperative Mortgage Loan to be
completed in the form specified in Section 2.01(a)(iii) above
within 30 days of the Closing Date for purpose of their
recording; provided, however, that such Assignments of
Mortgage need not be recorded if, on or prior to the Closing Date,
the Depositor delivers, at its own expense, an Opinion of Counsel
(which must be Independent counsel) acceptable to the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator and the Rating Agencies, to the effect that
recording in such states is not required to protect the
Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loans. Subject to
the preceding sentence, as soon as practicable after the Closing
Date (but in no event more than 270 days thereafter except to
the extent delays are caused by the applicable recording office),
the Depositor at its own expense and with the cooperation of the
applicable Servicer, shall cause to be properly recorded by each
Servicer in each public recording office where the related
Mortgages are recorded each Assignment of Mortgage endorsed in the
form described in Section 2.01(a)(iii) above with respect to
each such Mortgage Loan.
(c) In
instances where a title insurance policy is required to be
delivered to the Trustee or the applicable Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee under Sections 2.01(a)(vi) or 2.01(a)(viii)(g)
above and is not so delivered, the Depositor will provide a copy of
such title insurance policy to the Trustee, or to a Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee, as promptly as practicable after the
execution and delivery hereof, but in any case within 180 days
of the Closing Date.
(d) For
Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full after the
Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu
of delivering the above documents, herewith delivers to the
Trustee, or to the related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, an
Officer’s Certificate which shall include a statement to the
effect that all amounts received in connection with such prepayment
that are required to be deposited in the Certificate Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 4.01 have been so deposited. All
original documents that are not delivered to the Trustee or the
applicable Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall be held by the
Master Servicer or the applicable Servicer in trust for the benefit
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
Section 2.02.
Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for
Trust Fund.
(a) The
Trustee, by execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges receipt by
it or by the applicable Custodian on its behalf of the Trustee
Mortgage Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans listed on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject to review thereof by the applicable
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with each
Custodial Agreement (forms of which are attached hereto as
Exhibit D). Each Custodian on behalf of the Trustee will
execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an Initial
Trust Receipt and Schedule of Exceptions, on the Closing Date in
the forms required by the related Custodial Agreement.
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(b) Within
270 days after the Closing Date, each Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee will, for the benefit of Holders of the Certificates,
review each related Trustee Mortgage File to ascertain that all
required documents set forth in Section 2.01 have been
received and appear on their face to conform with the requirements
set forth in the related Custodial Agreement.
(c) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an assumption by
the Trust Fund, the Trustee, any Custodian or the
Certificateholders of any unsatisfied duty, claim or other
liability on any Mortgage Loan or to any Mortgagor.
(d) Each
of the parties hereto acknowledges that each Custodian shall
perform the applicable review of the related Mortgage Loans and
respective certifications as provided in the related Custodial
Agreement.
(e) Upon
execution of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby delivers to the
Trustee and the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
Acknowledgements, together with the related Purchase Agreements,
Servicing Agreements and the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
Section 2.03.
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
(a) The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Master Servicer and
the Trust Administrator as of the Closing Date or such other date
as is specified, that:
(i) the
Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence
and has full corporate power and authority to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to create the
trust pursuant hereto;
(ii) the
execution and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Depositor; neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will
conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor or
its properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Depositor;
(iii) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of
notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action
in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority
or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or
taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor
and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Trust Administrator,
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as such
enforceability may be subject
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to
(A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors
generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law;
(v) there
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge
of the Depositor, threatened or likely to be asserted against or
affecting the Depositor, before or by any court, administrative
agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
(B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of
the Depositor will be determined adversely to the Depositor and
will if determined adversely to the Depositor materially and
adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or
condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability
to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(vi) immediately
prior to the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee, the Depositor was the sole owner of record and holder of
each Mortgage Loan, and the Depositor had good and marketable title
thereto, and had full right to transfer and sell each Mortgage Loan
to the Trustee free and clear, subject only to (1) liens of
current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable
and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any
lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of public record as of the date of recording of such
Mortgage acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in
which the related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically
referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy or
attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title delivered
to the originator of such Mortgage Loan, and (3) such other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage,
of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge,
charge, claim or security interest, and had 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;
(vii) This
Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (the
“UCC”), in the Mortgage Loans in favor of the Trustee,
which security interest is prior to all other liens, and is
enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the
Depositor;
(viii) The
Mortgage Loans constitute “instruments” within the
meaning of the applicable UCC;
(ix) Other
than the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage
Loans. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statement against the Depositor that
includes a description of the collateral covering the Mortgage
Loans other than a financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien
filings against the Depositor;
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(x) None
of the Mortgage Loans have any marks or notations indicating that
such Mortgage Loans have been pledged, assigned or otherwise
conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee; and
(xi) The
Depositor has received all consents and approvals required by the
terms of the Mortgage Loans to convey the Mortgage Loans hereunder
to the Trustee.
The foregoing
representations made in this Section 2.03 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and shall not be waived by any party
hereto.
Section 2.04.
Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage
Loans.
(a) Pursuant
to Sections 2(b) and 2(d) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement, the Seller has made certain representations and
warranties as to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Closing Date, including representations and warranties that no
Mortgage Loan is a “high-cost home loan” as defined
under any local, state, or federal laws, and each of the Depositor
and the Trustee intend that the Mortgage Loans (including any
Replacement Mortgage Loans) included in the Trust Fund satisfy such
representations and warranties. The Depositor, for the benefit of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereby assigns any such
rights against the Seller to the Trustee and the Seller
acknowledges that it has agreed to comply with the provisions of
this Section 2.04 in respect of a breach of any of such
representations and warranties.
It is understood
and agreed that such representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2(b) and 2(d) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement shall survive delivery of the Trustee Mortgage Files and
the Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and
shall continue throughout the term of this Agreement. Upon
(i) discovery or receipt by the Depositor of written notice of
any materially defective document in a related Trustee Mortgage
File or, following the date of delivery to the Trustee and the
Trust Administrator of a Custodian’s Final Trust Receipt as
required under any Custodial Agreement, that a document is missing
from a related Trustee Mortgage File, or (ii) discovery by the
Depositor or the Seller of the breach by the Seller of any
representation or warranty under the Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Sale Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan, which materially
adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest
therein of the Certificateholders (a “Defective Mortgage
Loan”) (each of such parties hereby agreeing to give written
notice thereof to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator and the
other of such parties), the Trust Administrator, or its designee,
shall promptly notify the Depositor in writing of such defective or
missing document or breach and request that the Depositor deliver
such missing document or cure or cause the cure of such defect or
breach within 90 days from the date that the Depositor
discovered or was notified of such missing document, defect or
breach, and if the Depositor does not deliver such missing document
or cure such defect or breach in all material respects during such
period, the Trust Administrator shall give the Trustee written
notice thereof and the Trustee shall enforce the Seller’s
obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement and
cause the Seller to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust
Fund at the Purchase Price on or prior to the Determination Date
following the expiration of such 90-day period (subject to
Section 2.04(b) below); provided, however , that, in
connection with any such breach that could not reasonably have been
cured within such 90-day period, if the Seller shall have commenced
to cure such breach within such 90-day period, the Seller shall be
permitted to proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously
to
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cure the same
within an additional 90-day period. The Purchase Price for the
repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the related
Certificate Distribution Account, and the Trustee, or the Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification
from the Trust Administrator of such deposit, shall release to the
Seller, the related Trustee Mortgage File and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in
each case without recourse, representation or warranties, as either
party shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in such
party any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and neither the
Trustee nor the Custodian shall have any further responsibility
with regard to such Trustee Mortgage File (it being understood that
the Trustee shall have no responsibility for determining the
sufficiency of such assignment for its intended purpose). In lieu
of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above, either
party may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust
Fund (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and
substitute one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans in the manner and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.04(b) below.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as
to which a document is missing, a material defect in a constituent
document exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is
continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the such party
respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) Any
substitution of Replacement Mortgage Loans for Deleted Mortgage
Loans made pursuant to Section 2.04(a) above must be effected
prior to the last Business Day that is within two years after the
Closing Date. As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller
substitutes a Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution
shall be effected by delivering to the applicable Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, for such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans,
the related Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage, the related
Assignment of Mortgage to the Trustee, and such other documents and
agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, together with
an Officers’ Certificate stating that each such Replacement
Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the
Substitution Amount (as described below), if any, in connection
with such substitution. The applicable Custodian shall acknowledge
receipt for such Replacement Mortgage Loan and, within 45 days
thereafter, shall review such Mortgage Documents as specified in
the related Custodial Agreement and deliver to the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator and the Depositor, with respect to such
Replacement Mortgage Loans, a certification substantially in the
form of a revised Trust Receipt, with any exceptions noted thereon.
Within one year of the date of substitution, each applicable
Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor a
certification substantially in the form of a revised Final Trust
Receipt, with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans for which
it acts as Custodian, with any exceptions noted thereon. Monthly
Payments due with respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in the
month of substitution shall not be included as part of the Trust
Fund and shall be retained by the Seller. For the month of
substitution, distributions to the Certificateholders shall reflect
the collections and recoveries in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
in the Due Period preceding the month of substitution and the
Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts
subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Upon such substitution, such Replacement Mortgage Loan shall
constitute part of the Trust Fund and shall be subject in all
respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase and Sale Agreement, including all representations and
warranties thereof included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement, in each case as of the date of substitution.
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For any month in
which the Seller substitutes one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans
for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the related Servicer shall
determine the excess (each, a “Substitution Amount”),
if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Replacement Mortgage Loans replacing such Deleted Mortgage
Loans, together with one month’s interest on such excess
amount at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On the date of such
substitution, the Seller, as applicable, shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account
an amount equal to the related Substitution Amount, if any, and the
applicable Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, upon receipt of the
related Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and receipt by the
Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, of
certification by the Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the
Seller the related Trustee Mortgage File or Files and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Seller shall
deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
In addition, the
Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee
and the Trust Administrator an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such substitution (either specifically or as a class of
transactions) shall not cause an Adverse REMIC Event. If such
Opinion of Counsel can not be delivered, then such substitution may
only be effected at such time as the required Opinion of Counsel
can be given.
(c) Upon
discovery by the Seller, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator,
the Master Servicer or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not
constitute a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such
fact shall within two Business Days give written notice thereof to
the other parties. In connection therewith, the applicable party
shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 2.04(b), substitute one or more Replacement Mortgage
Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the
earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such
affected Mortgage Loan. Any such repurchase or substitution shall
be made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.04(a)
above. The Trustee shall re-convey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan
to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same
terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for
breach of a representation or warranty.
(d) The
Seller indemnifies and holds the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer,
the Trust Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor and each
Certificateholder harmless against any and all taxes, claims,
losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Trust
Administrator, the Depositor and any Certificateholder may sustain
in connection with any actions of such party relating to a
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan other than in compliance with the
terms of this Section 2.04 and the Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Sale Agreement, to the extent that any such action causes an
Adverse REMIC Event.
Section 2.05.
[Reserved.]
Section 2.06.
Grant Clause.
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(a) It
is intended that the conveyance of the Depositor’s right,
title and interest in and to property constituting the Trust Fund
pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute, and shall be construed
as, a sale of such property and not a grant of a security interest
to secure a loan. However, if such conveyance is deemed to be in
respect of a loan, it is intended that: (1) the rights and
obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement; (2) the Depositor hereby grants to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates a
first priority security interest in all of the Depositor’s
right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, the Trust Fund and all proceeds of any and all
property constituting the Trust Fund to secure payment of the
Certificates; and (3) this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law. If such conveyance is
deemed to be in respect of a loan and the trust created by this
Agreement terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any
Person holding any Certificate, the security interest created
hereby shall continue in full force and effect and the Trustee
shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the benefit of such
Person, and all proceeds shall be distributed as herein
provided.
(b) The
Depositor shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage
Loans and the other property described above, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of
first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such
throughout the term of this Agreement. The Depositor will, at its
own expense, make all initial filings on or about the Closing Date
and shall forward a copy of such filing or filings to the Trustee.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Depositor
shall prepare and forward for filing, or shall cause to be
forwarded for filing, at the expense of the Depositor, all filings
necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any original filings
necessary under the relevant UCC to perfect the Trustee’s
security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans, including
without limitation (x) continuation statements, and
(y) such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any
change of name of the Seller, the Depositor or the Trustee,
(2) any change of location of the place of business or the
chief executive office of the Seller or the Depositor, (3) any
transfer of any interest of the Seller or the Depositor in any
Mortgage Loan or (4) any change under the relevant UCC or
other applicable laws. Neither of the Seller nor the Depositor
shall organize under the law of any jurisdiction other than the
State under which each is organized as of the Closing Date (whether
changing its jurisdiction of organization or organizing under an
additional jurisdiction) without giving 30 days prior written
notice of such action to its immediate and intermediate transferee,
including the Trustee. Before effecting such change, the Seller or
the Depositor proposing to change its jurisdiction of organization
shall prepare and file in the appropriate filing office any
financing statements or other statements necessary to continue the
perfection of the interests of its immediate and mediate
transferees, including the Trustee, in the Mortgage Loans. In
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
each of the Seller and the Depositor authorizes its immediate or
mediate transferee to file in any filing office any initial
financing statements, any amendments to financing statements, any
continuation statements, or any other statements or filings
described in this paragraph (b).
On or before March
1 of each calendar year, beginning in 200_, the Depositor shall
furnish to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator an Opinion of
Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such
action has been taken with respect to any filings necessary to
maintain the effectiveness of any original filings necessary under
the relevant UCC to perfect the
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Trustee’s
security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans, or stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary
to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of
Counsel shall also describe the execution and filing of any
financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the
opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain such lien and
security interest until March 1 in the following calendar
year.
Section 3.01.
The Certificates.
(a) The
Certificates shall be issuable in registered form only and shall be
securities governed by Article 8 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code. The Certificates will be evidenced by one or more
certificates, beneficial ownership of which will be held in the
minimum denominations in Certificate Amount or Notional Amount
specified in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement and in
integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, or in the Percentage
Interests specified in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement,
as applicable.
(b) The
Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Each Certificate
shall, on original issue, be authenticated by the Authenticating
Agent upon the order of the Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee,
or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, of the Trustee Mortgage
Files described in Section 2.01. No Certificate shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any
purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein,
executed by an authorized officer of the Authenticating Agent, by
manual signature, and such certification upon any Certificate shall
be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Depositor may deliver Certificates executed
by the Trustee to the Authenticating Agent for authentication and
the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such
Certificates as in this Agreement provided and not
otherwise.
(c) The
Class [ ], Class
[ ] and Class
[ ] Certificates offered and sold in
reliance on the exemption from registration under Rule 144A
under the Securities Act shall be issued initially in definitive,
fully registered form without interest coupons with the applicable
legends set forth in Exhibit A added to the forms of such
Certificates (each, a “Restricted Global
Security”).
Section 3.02.
Registration. The Trust Administrator is hereby appointed, and the
Trust Administrator hereby accepts its appointment as, initial
Certificate Registrar in respect of the Certificates and shall
maintain books for the registration and for the transfer of
Certificates (the “Certificate Register”). The Trustee
may appoint a bank or trust company to act as successor Certificate
Registrar. A registration book shall be maintained for the
Certificates collectively. The Certificate Registrar may resign or
be discharged or removed and a new successor may be appointed in
accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in
Sections 6.06 and 6.07 hereof with respect to the resignation,
discharge or removal of the Trust Administrator and the
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appointment of
a successor trust administrator. The Certificate Registrar may
appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Holders, the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Master Servicer, any bank
or trust company to act as co-registrar under such conditions as
the Certificate Registrar may prescribe; provided, however,
that the Certificate Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its
duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such
appointment.
Section 3.03.
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) A
Certificate (other than Book-Entry Certificates which shall be
subject to Section 3.09 hereof) may be transferred by the
Holder thereof only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificate at the office of the Certificate Registrar duly
endorsed or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by such
Holder or his duly authorized attorney in such form as shall be
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Upon the transfer of any
Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee
shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver to the transferee, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and evidencing, in the aggregate, the same aggregate
Certificate Amount (or Notional Amount) as the Certificate being
transferred. No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder
for any registration of transfer of Certificates, but the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer of
Certificates.
(b) A
Certificate may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for any number
of new Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations,
representing in the aggregate the same Certificate Amount (or
Notional Amount) as the Certificate surrendered, upon surrender of
the Certificate to be exchanged at the office of the Certificate
Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed by such Holder or his duly authorized
attorney in such form as is satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar. Certificates delivered upon any such exchange will
evidence the same obligations, and will be entitled to the same
rights and privileges, as the Certificates surrendered. No service
charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any exchange of
Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be imposed in connection with any exchange of Certificates.
Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the
Trustee shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate, date and deliver the Certificates which the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
(c) By
acceptance of a Restricted Certificate, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate
acknowledges the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate
set forth thereon and agrees that it will transfer such a
Certificate only as provided herein.
The following
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and
registration of transfer of a Restricted Certificate to a
transferee that takes delivery in the form of a Definitive
Certificate:
(i) The
Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Restricted
Certificate if the requested transfer is (x) to the Depositor
or an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405
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under the
Securities Act) of the Depositor or (y) being made to a
“qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”)
as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”) by a transferor that has provided
the Certificate Registrar with a certificate in the form of
Exhibit H hereto; and
(ii) The
Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Restricted
Certificate if the requested transfer is being made to an
“accredited investor” under Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act, or to any Person all of
the equity owners in which are such accredited investors, by a
transferor who furnishes to the Certificate Registrar a letter of
the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I
hereto.
(d) No
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a
Definitive Certificate shall be made to any Person or shall be
effective unless the Certificate Registrar, on behalf of the
Trustee, has received (A) a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit J hereto (or Exhibit B, in the case of a
Residual Certificate) from such transferee or (B) an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect
that the purchase and holding of such a Certificate will not
constitute or result in prohibited transactions under Title I of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the
Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor or the Trust Administrator to any obligation in addition
to those undertaken in this Agreement; provided, however,
that the Certificate Registrar will not require such certificate or
opinion in the event that, as a result of a change of law or
otherwise, counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar has
rendered an opinion to the effect that the purchase and holding of
an ERISA-Restricted Certificate by a Plan or a Person that is
purchasing or holding such a Certificate with the assets of a Plan
will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under
Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each Transferee
of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate
shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in
Exhibit J. The preparation and delivery of the certificate and
opinions referred to above shall not be an expense of the Trust
Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer,
the Depositor or the Trust Administrator.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no opinion or certificate shall be required for the
initial issuance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. The
Certificate Registrar shall have no obligation to monitor transfers
of Book-Entry Certificates that are ERISA-Restricted Certificates
and shall have no liability for transfers of such Certificates in
violation of the transfer restrictions. The Certificate Registrar
shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of
transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not
permitted by this Section 3.03(d) and none of the Trust
Administrator, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall have any
liability for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such
Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the
transfer was registered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance
with the foregoing requirements. The Trust Administrator, on behalf
of the Trust Fund, shall be entitled, but not obligated, to recover
from any Holder of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that was in
fact a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of a Plan any payments
made on such ERISA-Restricted Certificate at and after either such
time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trust Administrator, on
behalf of the Trust Fund, shall be paid and delivered by the Trust
Administrator, on behalf of the Trust Fund, to the last preceding
Holder of such Certificate that is not such a Plan or Person acting
on behalf of a Plan.
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(e) As
a condition of the registration of transfer or exchange of any
Certificate, the Certificate Registrar may require the certified
taxpayer identification number of the owner of the Certificate and
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge imposed in connection therewith; provided,
however, that the Certificate Registrar shall have no
obligation to require such payment or to determine whether or not
any such tax or charge may be applicable. No service charge shall
be made to the Certificateholder for any registration, transfer or
exchange of a Certificate.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Residual Certificate
may be owned, pledged or transferred, directly or indirectly, by or
to (i) a Disqualified Organization or (ii) an individual,
corporation or partnership or other person unless such person is
(A) not a Non-U.S. Person or (B) is a Non-U.S. Person
that holds a Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of
a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the
transferor and the Certificate Registrar with an effective Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form at the time and in
the manner required by the Code (any such person who is not covered
by clause (A) or (B) above is referred to herein as a
“Non-permitted Foreign Holder”).
Prior to and as a
condition of the registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of a Residual Certificate, the proposed transferee
shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an
affidavit in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B representing and warranting, among other things,
that such transferee is neither a Disqualified Organization, an
agent or nominee acting on behalf of a Disqualified Organization,
nor a Non-permitted Foreign Holder (any such transferee, a
“Permitted Transferee”), and the proposed transferor
shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an
affidavit in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C. In addition, the Certificate Registrar may (but
shall have no obligation to) require, prior to and as a condition
of any such transfer, the delivery by the proposed transferee of an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar, that such proposed transferee or, if the proposed
transferee is an agent or nominee, the proposed beneficial owner,
is not a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or a
Non-permitted Foreign Holder. Notwithstanding the registration in
the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale, or other
disposition of a Residual Certificate to a Disqualified
Organization, an agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign
Holder, such registration shall be deemed to be of no legal force
or effect whatsoever and such Disqualified Organization, agent or
nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder shall not be
deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose hereunder,
including, but not limited to, the receipt of distributions on such
Residual Certificate. The Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and
the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration or transfer of a Residual Certificate to a
Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder or for the Paying Agent making any
payments due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or
for taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement, so long as the transfer was effected
in accordance with this Section 3.03(f), unless the
Certificate Registrar shall have actual knowledge at the time of
such transfer or the time of such payment or other action that the
transferee is a Disqualified Organization, or an agent or nominee
thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder. The Certificate Registrar
shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual
Certificate that was a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee
thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder at the time it became a
Holder or any subsequent time it became a Disqualified
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Organization,
agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder, all
payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
times (and all costs and expenses, including but not limited to
attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection therewith). Any
payment (not including any such costs and expenses) so recovered by
the Certificate Registrar shall be paid and delivered to the last
preceding Holder of such Residual Certificate.
If any purported
transferee shall become a registered Holder of a Residual
Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
Section 3.03(f), then upon receipt of written notice to the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that the registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by
this Section 3.03(f), the last preceding Permitted Transferee
shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to
the date of such registration of transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the
Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 3.03(f), or for the Paying Agent
making any payment due on such Certificate to the registered Holder
thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered upon receipt of the affidavit described in the preceding
paragraph of this Section 3.03(f).
(g) Each
Holder or Certificate Owner of a Restricted Certificate,
ERISA-Restricted Certificate or Residual Certificate, or an
interest therein, by such Holder’s or Owner’s
acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to have
consented to the provisions of this section.
Section 3.04.
Cancellation of Certificates.
Any Certificate
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and retained in accordance with normal retention policies
with respect to cancelled certificates maintained by the
Certificate Registrar.
Section 3.05.
Replacement of Certificates.
If (i) any
Certificate is mutilated and is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar or (ii) the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to
its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and there is delivered to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required
by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
that such destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate has been acquired
by a protected purchaser, the Trustee shall execute and the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange
for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and Certificate
Amount. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 3.05, the Trustee, the Depositor or the Certificate
Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee, the Depositor or the Certificate Registrar) connected
therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section 3.05 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be
found at any time.
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If after the
delivery of such new Certificate, a protected purchaser of the
original Certificate in lieu of which such new Certificate was
issued presents for payment such original Certificate, the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee or any agent
shall be entitled to recover such new Certificate from the Person
to whom it was delivered or any Person taking therefrom, except a
protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss,
damage, cost or expenses incurred by the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar, the Trustee or any agent in connection
therewith.
Section 3.06.
Persons Deemed Owners.
Subject to the
provisions of Section 3.09 with respect to Book-Entry
Certificates, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Trust Administrator
and any agent of any of them shall treat the Person in whose name
any Certificate is registered upon the books of the Certificate
Registrar as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and
for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying
Agent, the Trust Administrator nor any agent of any of them shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.07.
Temporary Certificates.
(a) Pending
the preparation of definitive Certificates, upon the order of the
Depositor, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Certificates that are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are
issued and with such variations as the authorized officers
executing such Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Certificates.
(b) If
temporary Certificates are issued, the Depositor will cause
definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary
Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon
surrender of the temporary Certificates at the office or agency of
the Certificate Registrar without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Certificates, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
aggregate Certificate Amount of definitive Certificates of the same
Class in the authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Certificates of
the same Class.
Section 3.08.
Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Trustee may
appoint a Paying Agent (which may be the Trustee) for the purpose
of making distributions to the Certificateholders hereunder. The
Trustee hereby appoints the Trust Administrator as the initial
Paying Agent. The Trustee shall cause any Paying Agent, other than
the Trust Administrator, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee
and the Trust Administrator that such Paying Agent will hold all
sums held by it for the payment to the Certificateholders in an
Eligible Account (which shall be the Certificate Distribution
Account) in trust for the benefit of the
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Certificateholders entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to the Certificateholders. All funds remitted by
the Trustee or the Trust Administrator to any such Paying Agent for
the purpose of making distributions shall be paid to the
Certificateholders on each Distribution Date and any amounts not so
paid shall be returned on such Distribution Date to the Trustee or
the Trust Administrator, as applicable. If the Paying Agent is not
the Trust Administrator, the Trust Administrator shall cause to be
remitted to the Paying Agent on or before the Business Day prior to
each Distribution Date, by wire transfer in immediately available
funds, the funds to be distributed on such Distribution Date. Any
Paying Agent shall be either a bank or trust company or otherwise
authorized under law to exercise corporate trust powers.
Section 3.09.
Book-Entry Certificates.
(a) Each
Class of Book-Entry Certificates, upon original issuance, shall be
issued in the form of one or more typewritten Certificates
representing the Book-Entry Certificates. The Book-Entry
Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate
Register in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency, and no
Certificate Owner will receive a definitive certificate
representing such Certificate Owner’s interest in the
Book-Entry Certificates, except as provided in Section 3.09(c).
Unless Definitive Certificates have been issued to Certificate
Owners of Book-Entry Certificates pursuant to
Section 3.09(c):
(i) the
provisions of this Section 3.09 shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the
Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Trust Administrator
and the Trustee shall deal with the Clearing Agency for all
purposes (including the making of distributions on the Book-Entry
Certificates) as the authorized representatives of the Certificate
Owners and the Clearing Agency and shall be responsible for
crediting the amount of such distributions to the accounts of such
Persons entitled thereto, in accordance with the Clearing
Agency’s normal procedures;
(iii) to
the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.09 conflict
with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this
Section 3.09 shall control; and
(iv) the
rights of Certificate Owners shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Certificate Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing
Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Certificates are
issued pursuant to Section 3
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